Course Information & Syllabus
Semester I
Paper- I Rise of Maratha Power (1600-1707)
- Unit I: Sources:
a) Indian sources: Shivbharat and Sabhasad Bakhar
b) Persian sources: Khafi Khan’s Muktakhab-ul-Lubab and Bhimsen Saxena’s Tarikh-i-Dilkasha
c) Foreign sources: English and Portuguese records
- Unit II: Shivaji Maharaja’s achievements till 1666
a) Javali expedition and Afzalkhan episode
b) Shaisthekhan episode and Attack on Surat
c) Treaty of Purandar and Agra visit
- Unit III: Coronation of Shivaji Maharaja and Karnataka Expedition
a)First Coronation
b)Karnataka expedition
c) Shivaji Maharaja’s relations with English and Portuguese
- Unit IV: Maratha War of Independence
a) Chhatrapati Sambhaji
b) Chhatrapati Rajaram
c) Maharani Tarabai
Semester II
Paper II Polity, Society and Economy under the Marathas (1600-1707)
- Unit I: Polity
a) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja’s concept of ‘Swaraj’
b) Asthapradhans
c) Fort administration and Naval policy
- Unit II: Economy
a) Peasants and agricultural production
b) Trade
c) Industries
- Unit III: Society and Religion
a) Village communities
b) Varkari Sampradaya
c) Religious policy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaja
- Unit IV: Historians of the Marathas
a) M.G. Ranade
b) Balkrishna
c) Jadunath Sarkar
Semester III
Paper No. III HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE (1789 TO 1830)
- Unit-1 French Revolution of 1789
a. Causes
b. Course
c. Effects
- Unit-2 Napoleon Bonaparte
a. Rise to Power
b. Internal & External Policy
c. Downfall
- Unit-3 Vienna Congress
a. Objectives
b. Achievement
c. Estimation
- Unit-4 Age of Metternich
a. Biographical sketch
b. Metternich's system
c. Effects on Europe
Semester IV
Paper No. V HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE (1830 TO 1871)
- Unit 1- Revolutions
a. Background
b. French Revolution of 1830: Causes, course, effects
c. French Revolution of 1848: Causes, course, effects
- Unit-2 Napoleon III
a. Rise to Power
b. Internal Policy
c. External Policy
- Unit 3- Unification of Italy
a. Background
b. Victor Emanuel II & Cavour
c. Mazzini and Garibaldi
- Unit 4- Unification of Germany
a. Background
b. William I
c. Bismarck
Semester V
Paper - VII History of Ancient India (Prehistoric and Proto historic Period)
- Survey of Sources
a) Archaeological -
b) Literaturec)
c) Auxillary Sciences -
- Pre history :
a) Paleolith cultures -
b) Mesolithic cultures -
c) Neolithic cultures -
- Pro to history :
a) The Harappan civilization - Discovery major sites and town planning
b) Agriculture, Trade, Industry & Commerce
c) Society, religion, art-architecture and script
- Emergence of early historic India (The Vedic Age)
a) Polity and economy religion as reflected in vedic literature.
b) Society and religion as reflected in Vedic literature
c) Iron Age cultures with special reference to Painted Grey Ware and northern Black Polished Ware Cultures.
Semester VI
Paper - XII History of Ancient India (600 B.C. to 650 A.D.)
- Material and ideological background :
a) Jainism and Ajivikas
b) Buddhism, and other systems.
c) Expansion of settlements and urbanization.
- The Age of Maurya
a) Mauryan Empire : Administrative set up
b) Ashoka’s 'Dhamma' - Nature and propagation
c) Society, economy, art and architecture.
- The Age of the Guptas :
a) Administration
b) Economic changes with special references to agrarian structures, land grants, trade, coin age and currency system
c) Cultural Progress - Art, Architecture and literature
- Post Gupta Period :
a) Harshavardhan.
b) Administration & religious policy 