(History Gen),Bharater Itihas,(1st Sem)

CALCUTTA University

Unit-1: Sources & Interpretation

Unit-2: A broad survey of Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Cultures.

Unit-3: Harappan Civilization: Origin, Extent, dominant features &decline, Chalcolithic age.

Unit-4: The Vedic Period: Polity, Society, Economy and Religion, Iron Age with reference to PGW & Megaliths.

Unit-5: Territorial States and the rise of Magadha,Conditions for the rise of Mahajanpadas and the Causes of Magadha's success

Unit-6: Iranian and Macedonian Invasions, Alexander's Invasion and impact

Unit-7: Jainism and Buddhism: Causes, Doctrines, Spread, Decline and Contributions

Unit-8: The Satavahanas Phase: Aspects of Political History, Material Culture, Administration, Religion

Unit-9: Emergence and Growth of Mauryan Empire; State Administration, Economy, Ashoka's Dhamma, Art &Architecture

Unit-10: The Satvahana Phase: Aspects of Political History, Administration, Material Culture, & Religion

Unit-11: The Sangam Age: Sangam Literature, The three Early Kingdoms, Society & the Tamil language

Unit-12: The age of the Indo-Greeks, Shakas: Parthians & Kushanas: Aspects of Polity, Society, Religion, Arts &Crafts, Coins, Commerce and Towns.

KALYANI UNIVERSITY

Unit-1: Sources and interpretation broad survey of paleolithic, mesolithic and neolithic cultures the Harappan Civilisation journey from the Vedic state to the 16 Mahajanapadas from the age of the Vedas to the age of Jainism and Buddhism.

Unit-2: The Maurya rule in Magadha Asoka s Dhamma and administration - The post-Maurya India of the Kushanas, Satavahanas and Tamil powers, Splits in Jainism and Buddhism - Vaishnavism, Saivism

Unit-3: Age of the Guptas ; consolidation of Magadhan empire ; debates on golden age, brahminical revival and growth of feudalism ; decline of the Gupta power and beginning of political decentralization of India ; assessing Harshavardhana as the last great emperor.

Unit-4: From centralized to decentralized India - The Rajputs of North India - Palas and Senas in Bengal - Kingdoms of the South The Pallavas, Rashtrakutas, Chalukyas and Cholas changes in Polity, Society, Economy, Religion and Culture - towards transition.

VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY

Unit-1: Harappan Civilisation: Features & Town Planning, Decline

Unit-2: Vedic Age: Corpus of Vedic Literature, Society, Economy and Polity in Early & Later Vedic Period

Unit-3: State Formation in Early India: Mahajanapadas

Unit-4: Mauryan Empire: Chandragupta Maurya to Asoka: Polity, Administration, Society, Culture and Mauryan decline

Unit-5: Gupta Empire: Chandragupta I to Skandagupta: Polity, Administration, Society, Culture and Downfall

Unit-6: India after the Guptas

WEST BENGAL STATE UNIVERSITY

Unit-1: Sources & Interpretation

Unit-2: A broad survey of Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Cultures.

Unit-3: Harappan Civilization; Origin, Extent, dominant features &decline, Chalcolithic age.

Unit-4: The Vedic Period: Polity, Society, Economy and Religion, Iron age with reference to PGW and Megaliths.

Unit-5: Territorial States and the rise of Magadha, Conditions for the rise of Mahajanpadas and the Causes of Magadha s success

Unit-6: Iranian and Macedonian Invasions, Alexander s Invasion and impact

Unit-7: Jainism and Buddhism: Causes, Doctrines, Spread, Decline and Contributions

Unit-8: The Satvahanas Phase; Aspects of Political History, Material Culture, Administration, Religion

Unit-9: Emergence and Growth of Mauryan Empire; State, Administration, Econoy, Ashoka s Dhamma, Art & Architecture

Unit-10: The Sangam Age: Sangam Literature, The three Early Kingdoms, Society & the Tamil language xi. The age of Shakas: Parthians andKushanas, Aspects of Polity, Society, Religion, Arts &Crafts, Coins, Commerce and Towns.

THE UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN

Unit-1: Sources; Prehistory and Proto-historic cultures: Sources & Interpretation A broad survey of Palaeolithic, Mesolithic andNeolithic Cultures, Bronze age civilization Harappan Civilization - Origin, Extent, dominantfeatures& decline.

Unit-2: The Vedic Period: Polity, Society, Economy andReligion, Iron age with reference to PGW &Megaliths.

Unit-3: Jainism and Buddhism: Causes, Doctrines, Spread, Decline and Contributions

Unit-4: Rise of Magadha: Emergence and growth of the Magadhan Empire Conditions for the rise of Mahajanpadas and the Causes of Magadha s success; The Iranian and Macedonian Invasion

Unit-5: The Mauryan Empire: State and Administration of the Mauryas, Economy, Ashoka s Dhamma, Art & Architecture.

Unit-6: Post Mauryan Period

The Satvahana Phase: Aspects of Political History, Material Culture, and Administration & Religion

The Sangam Age: Samgam Literature, The three Early Kingdoms, Society & the Tamil language

The age of Sakas and Kushanas: Parthians & Kushanas, Aspects of Polity, Society, Religion, Arts & Crafts, Coins, Commerce and Towns.

BANKURA UNIVERSITY

Module-l: Sources of Ancient Indian History Archaeological and Literary, Epigraphy, Numismatics; evolution and uses of stone industries and other technological developments.

Concept of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic Culture; Understanding the Complexities of its beginning.

Module-II: Proto-history: Harappan Civilization-Origin, antiquity, extent, general features, decline-Neolithic Chalcolithic Culturesinnon-HarappanIndia.

Module-Ill: Vedic Civilisation

(a) Original homeland of the Aryans; Vedic literature; transition from pastoralist to agrarian society. Expansion of Aryans; Aryan Polity, Society and Economy, Religion.

(b) Epics-Ramayana and Mahabharata; society with special reference to varna system and position of Women.

(c) Iron Age Cultures.

Module-IV: State formation in Early India-Mahajanapadas; Rise of Magadha; Religious Protest Movements; Mauryan Imperialism Polity, Society, Administration; Asokan Dhamma ; Art & Architecture; Mauryan Decline.

ModuleV: Northern India after the Mauryas: Sungas; Rise of Regional Powers; Satavahanas; Saka Satrapas; Pahalavas; Kusanas-Polity, Economy, Religion, lndo-Roman Trade.

Module-VI: Post Mauryan Developments (c.200BC-c.300AD) Bactrian Greeks; Tamil Chieftaincies-Chera, Chola, Pandya, Sangam Age-Polity, Economy, Society, Religion and Culture; Landgrants and Agricultural Expansion; Urban Growth; Craft Production; Trade and trade Routes; Coinage and Currency.

Module-VII: Age of the Imperial Guptas: From Chandragupta I to Skandagupta-Administration; Economy; Society; Religion; Art & Architecture; Gupta Decline; Vakatakas; Kadambas.

KAZI NAZRUL UNIVERSITY

Unit-1: Harappan Civilisation: Features & Town Planning, Decline

Unit-2: Vedic Age: Corpus of Vedic Literature, Society, Economy and Polity in Early & Later Vedic Period

Unit-3: State Formation in Early India: Mahajanapadas

Unit-4: Mauryan Empire: Chandragupta Maurya to Ashoka: Polity, Administration, Society, Culture and Mauryan decline

Unit-5: Gupta Empire: Chandragupta I to Skandagupta: Polity, Administration, Society, Culture and Downfall

Unit-6: India After the Guptas

SIDHO-KANHO-BIRSHA UNIVERSITY

Unit-1: Reconstructing Ancient Indian History: Sources and approaches of historical reconstruction-15classes

Unit-2: PrehistoryandProto-history: Paleaolithic, Neolithic habitation; growth of Chalcolithic culture; economic and technological evolution-20classes

Unit-3: The Harappan civilization and its origin, antiquity, morphology of majorcities, agricultural base and development; growth of commerce and trade; religious beliefs and practices- 15classes Background to early historic India: the Aryan problem: debate and reconstruction; the Vedic age: economy, polity, society and religion; latter-Vedic age: economy, polity, society and religion; Sixteen Mahajanapadas-Rise of Magadha, Persian and Greek invasion-25classes