It is worth thinking about why there are simply not as many historical biographies written about major South Asian figures, except for figures from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Two recent exceptions:
Richard Eaton, A Social History of the Deccan 1300 - 1761: Eight Indian Lives
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=eight%20indian%20lives
Very usable, I suspect even in middle school, and it's eight discrete though connected biographies so chapters can be used in isolation
Andre Wink, Akbar (Makers of the Muslim World)
http://www.amazon.com/Akbar-Makers-Muslim-World-Andre/dp/1851686053/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372865838&sr=8-2&keywords=andre+wink
Short enough to be used in its entirety
Two recent exceptions:
Richard Eaton, A Social History of the Deccan 1300 - 1761: Eight Indian Lives
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=eight%20indian%20lives
Very usable, I suspect even in middle school, and it's eight discrete though connected biographies so chapters can be used in isolation
Andre Wink, Akbar (Makers of the Muslim World)
http://www.amazon.com/Akbar-Makers-Muslim-World-Andre/dp/1851686053/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1372865838&sr=8-2&keywords=andre+wink
Short enough to be used in its entirety
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