Course Objective:
(i) The students will acquire knowledge about the sources for the reconstruction
of early medieval Indian history
(ii) Information regarding political structure and social and religious institutions
(iii) The agrarian structure and social change of the period under study
(iv) Trade and commerce, guilds and process of urbanization
Unit-1 Studying Early Medieval India:
Historical Geography Sources: Texts, Epigraphic and Numismatic Data Debates on Indian
Feudalism, rise of the Rajputs and the nature of the State
Unit-2 Political Structures:
a) Evolution of political structures: Rashtrakutas, Palas, Pratiharas, Rajputs and Cholas
(b) Legitimization of kingship; Brahmanas and Temples; Royal Genealogies and Rituals
(c) Arab conquest of Sindh: nature and impact of the new set-up; Ismaili dawah
(d) Causes and consequences of early Turkish invasions: Mahmud of Ghazna; Shahab-ud-Din
of Ghaur
Unit-3 Agrarian Structure and Social Change:
a) Agricultural expansion; crops
(b) Landlords and Peasants
(c) Proliferation of Castes; status of Untouchables
(d) Tribes as Peasants and their place in the Varna order
Unit-4 Trade and Commerce:
(a) Inter-regional Trade
(b) Maritime Trade
(c) Forms of Exchange
(d) Process of Urbanization
(e) Merchant guilds of South India
Unit-5 Religious and Cultural Developments:
(a) Bhakti, Tantrism, Puranic traditions; Buddhism and Jainism; Popular religious cults
(b) Islamic intellectual traditions: Al-Biruni; Al-Hujwiri
(c) Regional Languages and Literature
(d) Art and Architecture: Evolution of Regional Styles
Recommended Readings:
R.S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism (circa 300 - 1200).
B.D. Chattopadhyaya, The Making of Early Medieval India.
R.S. Sharma and K.M. Shrimali, eds, Comprehensive History of India, Vol. IV (A & B).
Mohammad Habib and K.A. Nizami, eds, Comprehensive History of
India, Vol. V, The Delhi Sultanate
Hermann Kulke, ed., The State in India (AD 1000 - AD 1700).
N. Karashima, South Indian History and Society (Studies from Inscriptions, AD 850 -1800
Derryl N. Maclean, Religion and Society in Arab Sindh.
Irfan Habib, Medieval India: The Study of a Civilization.
Richard Davis Lives of Indian Images.
Romila Thapar, Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History.
John S. Deyell, Living Without Silver: The Monetary History of Early Medieval North India.
Vijaya Ramaswamy, Walking Naked: Women, Society, and Spirituality in South India.
Burton Stein, Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India.
R. Champakalakshmi, Trade, Ideology and Urbanization: South India, 300 BC to 1300 AD.
Al. Beruni’s India, NBT edition.
Ali Hujwiri, Kashful Mahjoob, tr. R.Nicholson.
S C Mishra, Rise of Muslim Communities in Gujarat.
(i) The students will acquire knowledge about the sources for the reconstruction
of early medieval Indian history
(ii) Information regarding political structure and social and religious institutions
(iii) The agrarian structure and social change of the period under study
(iv) Trade and commerce, guilds and process of urbanization
Unit-1 Studying Early Medieval India:
Historical Geography Sources: Texts, Epigraphic and Numismatic Data Debates on Indian
Feudalism, rise of the Rajputs and the nature of the State
Unit-2 Political Structures:
a) Evolution of political structures: Rashtrakutas, Palas, Pratiharas, Rajputs and Cholas
(b) Legitimization of kingship; Brahmanas and Temples; Royal Genealogies and Rituals
(c) Arab conquest of Sindh: nature and impact of the new set-up; Ismaili dawah
(d) Causes and consequences of early Turkish invasions: Mahmud of Ghazna; Shahab-ud-Din
of Ghaur
Unit-3 Agrarian Structure and Social Change:
a) Agricultural expansion; crops
(b) Landlords and Peasants
(c) Proliferation of Castes; status of Untouchables
(d) Tribes as Peasants and their place in the Varna order
Unit-4 Trade and Commerce:
(a) Inter-regional Trade
(b) Maritime Trade
(c) Forms of Exchange
(d) Process of Urbanization
(e) Merchant guilds of South India
Unit-5 Religious and Cultural Developments:
(a) Bhakti, Tantrism, Puranic traditions; Buddhism and Jainism; Popular religious cults
(b) Islamic intellectual traditions: Al-Biruni; Al-Hujwiri
(c) Regional Languages and Literature
(d) Art and Architecture: Evolution of Regional Styles
Recommended Readings:
R.S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism (circa 300 - 1200).
B.D. Chattopadhyaya, The Making of Early Medieval India.
R.S. Sharma and K.M. Shrimali, eds, Comprehensive History of India, Vol. IV (A & B).
Mohammad Habib and K.A. Nizami, eds, Comprehensive History of
India, Vol. V, The Delhi Sultanate
Hermann Kulke, ed., The State in India (AD 1000 - AD 1700).
N. Karashima, South Indian History and Society (Studies from Inscriptions, AD 850 -1800
Derryl N. Maclean, Religion and Society in Arab Sindh.
Irfan Habib, Medieval India: The Study of a Civilization.
Richard Davis Lives of Indian Images.
Romila Thapar, Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History.
John S. Deyell, Living Without Silver: The Monetary History of Early Medieval North India.
Vijaya Ramaswamy, Walking Naked: Women, Society, and Spirituality in South India.
Burton Stein, Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India.
R. Champakalakshmi, Trade, Ideology and Urbanization: South India, 300 BC to 1300 AD.
Al. Beruni’s India, NBT edition.
Ali Hujwiri, Kashful Mahjoob, tr. R.Nicholson.
S C Mishra, Rise of Muslim Communities in Gujarat.
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