Objective:
The objective of this paper is to acquaint the students with the general outline of the history
of India from the known earliest times to the coming of the Mughals to India in the first
quarter of the 16th century. It is aimed at giving them a comprehensive idea of the
developments in all spheres of life during this period.
Unit-1 1.01: Sources –a Survey
1.02: Harappan Civilization –Origin and Extent, Morphology of the Major sites,
Salient features, End of the civilization.
1.03: Vedic Civilization Society, Economy, Polity and Culture of the Rig-Vedic
and the later-Vedic Periods
Unit-2 2.01: Rise of the Territorial States –the Mahajanapadas, Geographical Extent,
2.02: Ascendancy of Magadha-Alexander’s Invasion of India.
2.03: Rise of the Mauryan Empire under Asoka -His Inscriptions –the Dhamma –
External Relations
2.04: Mauryan System of Administration
2.04: Decline and Fall of the Mauryan Empire6
Unit-3 3.01: Political Developments in the Post-Mauryna period - the Sungas, Kanvas,
Kushanas and Satavahanas- Society, Economy and Culture
3.02: The Tamils and Sangam Age.
3.03: The Sakas and the Indo-Greeks in India- their Contributions
3.04: India in the Gupta and the Post-Gupta period- Polity, Society, Economy and
Culture
Unit-4 4.01: Political development in the South –the Pallavas, the Imperial Cholas, the
Rashtrakutas and the Chalukyas
4.02: The Arabs and the Turks in Indian politics –Ghaznivides and the Ghorid
Invasions
4.03: Indian Society during 650 –1200 A.D.-Literature and Language, Temple
Architecture and Sculpture
Unit-5 5.01: The Delhi Sultanate- (a) the Slave dynasty (b) the Khalijis- Alauddin
Khaliji’s Administration (c) the Tughlaqs –Experiments of Muhammad Bin
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Tughlaq.
5.02: Disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate and Rise of Provincial KingdomsVijayanagar and Bahmani kingdom
5.03: Polity, Society, Economy, Religion and Culture of the Sultanate Period,
Bhakti Movement and Sufism and Neo-Vaishnavism in Assam
Suggested Readings:
Barua, P.K : Bharat Bhuranji
Begum, Senehi : Bharat Buranji, (Dillir Sultan Sakal)
Banerjee, A.C. : History of India
Chandra, Satish : Medieval India
Majumdar, Dutta & Raychoudhury : Advanced History of India
Nath, D. : Bharatar Rajnoitik Aru Sanskritik Buranji.
Sinha & Ray : History of India
Spear Percival : History of India
Singh, Upindar : A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India
Thapar, Romila : Ancient India
The objective of this paper is to acquaint the students with the general outline of the history
of India from the known earliest times to the coming of the Mughals to India in the first
quarter of the 16th century. It is aimed at giving them a comprehensive idea of the
developments in all spheres of life during this period.
Unit-1 1.01: Sources –a Survey
1.02: Harappan Civilization –Origin and Extent, Morphology of the Major sites,
Salient features, End of the civilization.
1.03: Vedic Civilization Society, Economy, Polity and Culture of the Rig-Vedic
and the later-Vedic Periods
Unit-2 2.01: Rise of the Territorial States –the Mahajanapadas, Geographical Extent,
2.02: Ascendancy of Magadha-Alexander’s Invasion of India.
2.03: Rise of the Mauryan Empire under Asoka -His Inscriptions –the Dhamma –
External Relations
2.04: Mauryan System of Administration
2.04: Decline and Fall of the Mauryan Empire6
Unit-3 3.01: Political Developments in the Post-Mauryna period - the Sungas, Kanvas,
Kushanas and Satavahanas- Society, Economy and Culture
3.02: The Tamils and Sangam Age.
3.03: The Sakas and the Indo-Greeks in India- their Contributions
3.04: India in the Gupta and the Post-Gupta period- Polity, Society, Economy and
Culture
Unit-4 4.01: Political development in the South –the Pallavas, the Imperial Cholas, the
Rashtrakutas and the Chalukyas
4.02: The Arabs and the Turks in Indian politics –Ghaznivides and the Ghorid
Invasions
4.03: Indian Society during 650 –1200 A.D.-Literature and Language, Temple
Architecture and Sculpture
Unit-5 5.01: The Delhi Sultanate- (a) the Slave dynasty (b) the Khalijis- Alauddin
Khaliji’s Administration (c) the Tughlaqs –Experiments of Muhammad Bin
47
Tughlaq.
5.02: Disintegration of the Delhi Sultanate and Rise of Provincial KingdomsVijayanagar and Bahmani kingdom
5.03: Polity, Society, Economy, Religion and Culture of the Sultanate Period,
Bhakti Movement and Sufism and Neo-Vaishnavism in Assam
Suggested Readings:
Barua, P.K : Bharat Bhuranji
Begum, Senehi : Bharat Buranji, (Dillir Sultan Sakal)
Banerjee, A.C. : History of India
Chandra, Satish : Medieval India
Majumdar, Dutta & Raychoudhury : Advanced History of India
Nath, D. : Bharatar Rajnoitik Aru Sanskritik Buranji.
Sinha & Ray : History of India
Spear Percival : History of India
Singh, Upindar : A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India
Thapar, Romila : Ancient India
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