Major/ Honours Course
DetailedSyllabus(SemesterI--VI)
B.A(Honours)ProgrammeinHistory
Semester-I
CORECOURSE
HIS-HC-1016:HISTORY OF INDIA-I
UnitI.ReconstructingAncientIndianHistory
[a] EarlyIndiannotionsofHistory
[b] Sourcesandtoolsofhistoricalreconstruction:archaeological:epigraphy,numismatics,literary
[c] Historicalinterpretations(withspecialreferencetogender,environment,technology,andregions)
UnitII.Pre-historichunter-gatherers
[a] Paleolithiccultures-sequenceanddistribution;stoneindustriesandothertechnologicaldevelopments.
[b] Mesolithiccultures-regionalandchronologicaldistribution;newdevelopmentsintechnologyand economy; rock art.
UnitIII. Theadvent offood production
[a]UnderstandingtheregionalandchronologicaldistributionoftheNeolithicandChalcolithiccultures: subsistence, and patterns of exchange
UnitIV.TheHarappancivilization
Origins; settlement patterns and town planning; agrarian base; craft productions and trade;social and political organization; religious beliefs and practices; art; the problem of urbandeclineand the late/post-Harappan traditions.
UnitV.Culturesintransition
Settlementpatterns,technologicalandeconomicdevelopments;socialstratification;politicalrelations;religion and philosophy; the Aryan Problem.
[a] North India(circa1500BCE-300BCE)
[b] Central India andthe Deccan(circa1000BCE-circa300BCE)
[c] Tamilakam(circa300BCEtocircaCE 3
HIS-HC-1026 :
SOCIAL FORMATIONS AND CULTURAL PATTERNS OF THEANCIENTWORLD
UnitI.EvolutionofHumankind:
[a] Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures.[b]Food production: beginnings of agriculture[c]Animalhusbandry.
UnitII.BronzeAgeCivilizations:economy,socialstratification,statestructure,religion
[a]Egypt(OldKingdom)
[b]Mesopotamia(uptotheAkkadianEmpire);
[c]China(Shang);
UnitIII.Nomadicgroupsin CentralandWestAsia
[a] From Bronze to Iron age: Anatolia and Greece[b]MinoanCivillization
[c]DebateonIron
UnitIV.SlavesocietyinAncientGreece:
[a] OriginofSlavery:SlaveryinSpartaandGreece
[b] DebateonSlavery
[c] Agrarianeconomy,urbanization,trade.
UnitV.Polisin ancientGreece:
[a]Development of democracy in Athens and Sparta;[b]Conceptofcitizenship
[c]GreekCulture-ScienceandPhilosophy,religion,artandarchitecture
SEMESTER-II
HIS-HC-2016:HISTORYOFINDIA-II
UnitI.EconomyandSociety (circa300BCEtocircaCE300):
[a] Expansionofagrarian economy:productionrelations.
[b] Urbangrowth:northIndia,centralIndiaandtheDeccan;
[c] craftProduction:tradeandtraderoutes;coinage.
[d] Social stratification: class, Varna, jati, untouchability; gender; marriage and propertyrelations
UnitII.Changingpoliticalformations(circa300BCEtocircaCE300):
[a] TheMauryanEmpire
[b] Post-MauryanPolities:Kushanas,Satavahanas,GanaSanghas.
UnitIII.TowardsearlymedievalIndia[circaCEfourthcenturytoCE750]:
[a] Agrarian expansion: land grants, changing production relations; graded Land rights andpeasantry.
[b] Theproblemof urbandecline: patternsoftrade, currency,and urbanSettlements.
[c] Varna,proliferationof jatis: changingnormsof marriageandproperty.
[d] Thenatureof polities:theGuptaempireand its contemporaries.
[e] Post-Guptapolities - Pallavas,Chalukyas,andVardhanas
UnitIV.Religion,philosophyandsociety(circa 300BCE-CE750):
[a] Consolidation of the brahmanical tradition: dharma, Varnashram, Purusharthas,samskaras.
[b] Theisticcults(fromcircasecondcenturyBC): Mahayana;thePuranictradition.
[c] Thebeginnings of Tantricism
UnitV.Culturaldevelopments (circa300 BCE-750CE):
[a] AbriefsurveyofSanskrit,Pali,PrakritandTamilliterature;Scientificandtechnicaltreatises
[b] Artand architecture&formsand patronage;Mauryan,post-Mauryan,Gupta,post-Gupta
HIS-HC-2026 : SOCIAL FORMATIONS AND CULTURAL PATTERNS OF THEMEDIEVALWORLD
Unit-I. Roman Republic: I
[a] Roman Empire
[b] SlavesocietyandAgrarianeconomy
[c] Trade and Urbanizationin RomanEmpire
Unit-II. Roman Republic: II
[a] Religionand Culture inAncient Rome
[b] Crisisof theRoman Empire
[c] ExternalFactors ofdeclineof Roman Empire
UnitIII.EconomicdevelopmentsinEuropefrom the 7thtothe14thcenturies:
[a] Organizationofproduction,townsandtrade.
[b] Technologicaldevelopments.
[c] Crisisoffeudalism.
UnitIV.Religionandculturein medievalEurope:
[a]Expansion of Christianity[b]DevelopmentoftheCatholicChurch
[c]Religion,CultureandSocietyinMedievalEurope
UnitV.SocietiesinCentralIslamicLands:
[a] Thetribalbackground,Ummah,Caliphate ;riseofSultanates
[b] Religiousdevelopments:Sharia,Mihna,Sufism
[c] Urbanizationandtrade
SEMESTER-III
HIS-HC-3016:HISTORYOF INDIAIII (c.750-1206)
UnitI.StudyingEarlyMedievalIndia:
(a) Historicalgeography;Sources:texts,epigraphicandnumismaticdata
(b) Debateson Indianfeudalism,riseoftheRajputsand thenatureofthestate
UnitII.PoliticalStructures:
(a) Evolutionofpoliticalstructures:Rashtrakutas,Palas,Pratiharas,RajputsandCholas
(b) Legitimizationofkingship;brahmanasandtemples;royalgenealogies andrituals
(c) ArabconquestofSindh:natureandimpact of thenewset-up;Ismailidawah
(d) EarlyTurkishinvasions: Mahmudof Ghazna;Shahab-ud-Din of Ghur
UnitIII.Agrarian StructureandSocialChange:
(a) Agriculturalexpansion;crops
(b) Landlordsandpeasants
(c) Proliferationofcastes;status ofuntouchables
(d) Tribesas peasantsand theirplacein theVarnaorder
UnitIV.TradeandCommerce:
(a) Inter-regionaltrade
(b) Maritimetrade
(c) Mediumof exchange
(d) Processofurbanization
(e) Merchantguildsof SouthIndia
UnitV.ReligiousandCulturalDevelopments:
(a) Bhakti,Tantricism,Puranictraditions;BuddhismandJainism;Popularreligiouscults
(b) Islamicintellectualtraditions:Al-Biruni;Al-Hujwiri
(c) Artandarchitecture:Evolutionofregionalstyles
HIS-HC-3026:RISEOF THEMODERNWEST–I
Unit I. Transition from feudalism (to capitalism):[a]concepts of feudalism; regional variations[b]TheCrisis of Feudalism
[c]EconomicCrisis:commercialdecline,decayoftownsandepidemics
[d] The transition debate : Maurice Dobb and Paul Sweezy; Marc Bloch, GeorgesDuby;the BrennerDebate
UnitII.Geographicalexplorationsandearlycolonialexpansion:
[a] Factors andmotivesbehindvoyagesand explorations
[b] theconquestsoftheAmericas:
[c] beginningoftheeraofcolonization;
[d] miningandplantation;theAfricanslaves.
UnitIII.Renaissance:
[a]Origins and impact[b]Humanism in Renaissance[c]Re-discoveryofClassics
[d]Italian influence on Art, Architecture, Culture, Education and Polity; NorthernHumanism
UnitIV.Reformationin the16thcentury:Origin andimpact
[a]MartinLuther,JohnCalvin,Zwingli
[b]TheRadicalReformation:Anabaptists,Huguenots
[c] EnglishReformationandthestate
[d] CounterRevolution
Unit V. Economic developments of the sixteenth century:
Shift of economic balance fromthe Mediterranean to the Atlantic; agricultural revolution , Enclosure movement;CommercialRevolution; InfluxofAmericansilver andthe PriceRevolution
HIS-HC-3036:HISTORYOF INDIAIV (c.1206-1550)
UnitI.Sources:
(a) Persiantarikhtradition
(b) Foreigners’accounts;vernacularliterature.
(c) Epigraphyandnumismatics.
(d) Architecture.
UnitII. Polity:
(a) Foundation,expansionandconsolidationoftheSultanateofDelhi;Theoriesofkingship
(b) The Khaljis and the Tughluqs; Mongol threat and Timur’s invasion; The Sayyids; TheLodis:Conquest ofBahlul and Sikandar; IbrahimLodi andthe battleofPanipat
(c) Rulingelites;Sufis, ulemaandthe politicalauthority;imperialmonumentsandcoinage
UnitIII.Society andEconomy:
(a) Iqta;revenue-freegrants
(b) Agriculturalproduction;technology
(c) Changesinruralsociety;revenuesystems
(d) Monetization;marketregulations;growthofurbancenters;tradeandcommerce; IndianOceantrade
UnitIV.Regional Polities:
(a) Bahmani,Vijayanagar,
(b) Gujarat,Malwa,Jaunpur,AssamandBengal
(c) Consolidationofregionalidentities:art,architectureandliterature
UnitV.ReligionandCulture:
(a) Sufisilsilas:ChishtiandSuhrawardi;doctrinesandpractices;socialroles;literature
(b) Bhakti movements and monotheistic traditions in South and North India; WomenBhaktas;
Nathpanthis;Kabir,NanakandtheSanttradition
Semester:-IV
HIS-HC-4016:RISE OF THE MODERNWEST– II
UnitI.Europein the17thCentury:
(a) Formationofnation-states:Spain;France;England;Russia
(b) The17thcentury crisis:economic, socialand politicaldimensions.
UnitII. TheEnglishRevolution:
(a) Majorissues.
(b) Politicalandintellectualcurrents.
UnitIII.EuropeanEconomy:
(a) Developmentofscience: Renaissancetothe17thcentury.
(b) ConceptsofMercantilismandImperialism.
(c) Mercantilisminthe 17th and18th centuries.
UnitIV.Politicsin the18thcentury:
(a) Parliamentarymonarchy;patternsof AbsolutisminEurope.
(b) AmericanRevolution:Politicalandeconomicissues.
UnitV.PreludetotheIndustrialRevolution.
(a) Money economy
(b) ThePutting Out system
HIS-HC-4026: HISTORYOF INDIAV(c. 1550-1605)
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UnitI.SourcesandHistoriography:
(a) Persianliterature;translations;
(b) Memoirsandtravelogues;vernacularliterature.
(c) Epigraphyandnumismatics.
(d) Architecture.
UnitII.EstablishmentofMughalrule:
(a) Indiaon theeveof Babur’sinvasion
(b) Firearms,militarytechnologyandwarfare
(c) Humayun’sstruggleforempire
(d) SherShah:administrativeand revenuereforms
UnitIII.ConsolidationofMughalruleunderAkbar:
(a) Campaignsandconquests:tacticsandtechnology.
(b) Evolutionofadministrativeinstitutions: zabt,mansab,jagir, madad-i-maash.
(c) Revoltsandresistance.
(d) Religioustoleranceandsulh-i-kul.
UnitIV.ExpansionandIntegration:
(a) Inclusive political ideas: theory and practice; Incorporation of Rajputs and otherindigenousgroups in Mughal nobility
(b) North-Westfrontier, GujaratandtheDeccan
(c) Conquestof Bengal
(d) Pressurefromtheulema;Sufimysticalandintellectualinterventions.
UnitV.RuralSocietyandEconomy:
(a) Landrightsandrevenuesystem;Zamindarsandpeasants;ruraltensions
(b) Extensionofagriculture;agriculturalproduction;croppatterns
(c) Traderoutesand patternsofinternal commerce;overseastrade; riseof Surat
HIS-HC-4036: HISTORYOFINDIAVI (c. 1605 -1750)
UnitI.PoliticalCultureunderJahangirandShahJahan:
[a] Extension of Mughal rule; changes in mansab and jagir systems;imperialculture.
[b] SyncreticismofJahangir,ShahJahan andDaraSukoh
[c] ArchitectureandPaintings
UnitII.MughalEmpireunderAurangzeb:
(a) State and religion under Aurangzeb; issues in the war ofsuccession;policiesregardingreligiousgroupsandinstitutions
(b) Conquestsandlimitsofexpansion
(c) Beginning of the crisis: contemporary perceptions; agrarian andjagircrises; revolts
UnitIII. Patternsof Regional Politics:
(a) Rajputpoliticalcultureandstateformation.
(b) Deccankingdoms.
(c) EmergenceoftheMarathas;Shivaji;expansion underthePeshwas.
UnitIV.TradeandCommerce:
(a) Craftsandtechnologies;Monetarysystem
(b) Markets;transportation;urbancentres
(c) IndianOceantradenetwork
UnitV:18thcenturyIndia
(a) Mughaldecline.
(b) Emergenceof successorstates.
(c) Theeighteenthcenturydebate.
Semester:-V
HIS-HC-5016:HistoryofModernEurope-I(c. 1780-1939)
UnitI.TheFrenchRevolutionanditsEuropeanrepercussions:
[a] Crisisofancien regime
[b] Intellectualcurrents.
[c] Socialclassesandemerginggenderrelations.
[d] Phasesofthe FrenchRevolution1789-99.
[e] ArtandCultureof FrenchRevolution.
[f] Napoleonicconsolidation -reform andempire.
UnitII.RestorationandRevolution:c. 1815-1848:
[a] Forcesofconservatism&restorationofoldhierarchies.
[b] Social,Politicalandintellectualcurrents.
[c] RevolutionaryandRadicalmovements,1830-1848.
UnitIIICapitalistIndustrialization
[a] Process of capitalist development in industry and agriculture: case Studies of Britain,France,the German States and Russia.
UnitIV.SocialandEconomicTransformation(Late18thcentury toc.1914)
[a] Evolution and Differentiation of social classes: Bourgeoisie, Proletariat, land owningclassesand peasantry.
[b] Changingtrendsin demographyand urbanpatterns.
[c] Family,gender andprocessofindustrialization.
Unit V.Varieties of Nationalism and the Remaking of States in the 19th and 20thCenturies.
[a] Intellectual currents, popular movements and the formation ofNationalidentitiesinGermany,Italy,IrelandandtheBalkans.
[b] Specificities of economic development, political and administrative Reorganization -Italy;Germany.
HIS-HC-5026: HISTORYOF INDIAVII (c. 1780-1857)
UnitI.ExpansionandConsolidationofcolonialPower:
[a] EuropeantradingcompaniesinIndia:Portuguese,Dutch,EnglishandFrench
[b] Mercantilism,foreigntradeand earlyformsof exaction.
[c] Dynamics of expansion, with special reference to Bengal, Mysore, Western India, Awadh,Punjab,andSindh.
UnitII.Colonial Stateand Ideology:
[a] Armsofthecolonialstate:army,police,law.
[b] IdeologiesoftheRajandracialattitudes.
[c] Education:indigenousandmodern.
UnitIII.RuralEconomyandSociety:
[a] Landrevenuesystems andforestpolicy.
[b] Commercializationandindebtedness.
[c] Ruralsociety:change andcontinuity.
[d] Famines.
[e] Pastoraleconomyand shiftingcultivation.
UnitIV.TradeandIndustry
[a] De-industrialization
[b] Tradeand fiscal policy
[c] DrainofWealth
[d] Growthofmodern industry
UnitV.PopularResistance:
[a] Santhaluprising
[b] Uprisingof18
Semester:-VI
HIS-HC-6016:HISTORYOFINDIAVIII (c.1857-1950)
UnitI.CulturalchangesandSocio-ReligiousReform Movements:
[a] The adventofprinting anditsimplications
[b] Reform and Revival: Brahmo Samaj, Prarthna Samaj, and Ramakrishna and Vivekananda,AryaSamaj, Wahabi, Deoband, Aligarh and SinghSabhaMovements.
[c] Debatesaroundgender
[d] Makingof religious andlinguisticidentities
[e] Caste:sanskritisingandantiBrahmanicaltrends
UnitII.Nationalism:Trendsupto1919:
[a] Politicalideologyand organizations,formationof INC
[b] Moderatesandextremists.
[c] Swadeshimovement
[d] Revolutionaries
UnitIII.Gandhiannationalism after1919:IdeasandMovements:
[a] MahatmaGandhi:hisPerspectivesandMethods
[b] (i)Impactofthe FirstWorldWar
(ii) RowlattSatyagrahaandJallianwalaBagh
(iii) Non-CooperativeandCivilDisobedience
(iv) ProvincialAutonomy,QuitIndiaandINA
[c] Leftwingmovements
[d] Princely India:States peoplemovements
[e] NationalismandCulture:literatureandart
UnitIV.Nationalism andSocialGroups:
[a] Landlords;Peasants
[b] MiddleClasses
[c] Tribal
[d] Labour
[e] Dalits
[f] Women
[g] Businessgroups
UnitV.CommunalismandPartition:
[a] Ideologiesandpractices:RSS,HinduMahaSabha,MuslimLeague.
[b] Negotiationsforindependence,andpartition
[c] Partitionriots;
[d] Emergenceof aNewState: Integration ofprincely states, Making oftheConstitution
HIS-HC-6026:HISTORYOF MODERNEUROPE II(c.1780-1939)
Unit I. Liberal Democracy, Working Class Movements and Socialism in the 19th and20thCenturies:
[a] Thestruggleforparliamentarydemocracy andcivilliberties in Britain.
[b] Forms of protest during early capitalism: food riots in France and England: Luddites andChartism.
[c] Earlysocialistthought;MarxianSocialismandtheFirstandtheSecondInternational.
[d] GermanSocialDemocracy,PoliticsandCulture.
[e] ChristianDemocracyasapoliticalandideologicalforceinwesternandcentral Europe
UnitII.TheCrisisofFeudalism inRussiaandExperimentsinSocialism:
[a] Emancipationof serfs.
[b] RussianPopulismandSocialDemocracy.
[c] Revolutionsof 1905;theBolshevikRevolutionof1917.
[d] ProgrammeofSocialistConstruction.
UnitIII.Imperialism,War,andCrisis:c.1880-1919:
[a] Theoriesandmechanismsofimperialism;
[b] growth of Militarism; Power blocks and alliances: expansion of European empires - Warof 1914-1918
UnitIV. Thepost 1919WorldOrder
[a] Economiccrises,the GreatDepressionandRecovery.
[b] RiseofFascismandNazism.
[c] TheSpanish Civil War.
[d] OriginsoftheSecondWorldWar.
UnitV.CulturalandIntellectualDevelopmentssincecirca1850:
[a] Changing contexts: [i] Notions of Culture [ii] Creation of a New public sphere and massmedia[iii] Mass education and extension of literacy.
[b] Creationofnewculturalforms:fromRomanticismtoAbstractArt.
[c] Major intellectual trends: [i] Institutionalization of disciplines history, Sociology andAnthropology.[ii] Darwin and Freud.
[d] Culture and the making of ideologies: Constructions of Race, Class and Gender,ideologiesofEmpire.
DisciplineSpecificElectiveCourses
(4Courses)
- HIS-HE-5016 History of Assam Up to c. 1228
- HIS-HE-5026 History of Assam (c. 1228-1826)
- HIS-HE-6016 History of Assam (c. 1826-1947)
- HIS-HE-6026 Assamafter Independence
HIS –HE-5016:HISTORYOFASSAM(UPTOc.1228)
Unit-I:
[a] Abriefsurveyofthesources:Literary,Archaeological
[b] Landandpeople:Migrationroutes
[c] CulturallinkageswithSouth EastAsia: theStoneJars ofDimaHasao
Unit-II:
[a] Originandantiquityof PragjyotishaorKamrupaSociety
[b] Traditionalrulersand earlyHistory
[c] Religionand beliefsystems
Unit-III:
Politicaldynasties:
[a] Varmana
[b] Salastambha
[c] Pala
Unit-IV:
[a] PoliticalconditionofAssamin thePost-Pala period.
[b] Turko-Afghaninvasions
[c] Disintegrationofthe KingdomofKamarupa
Unit-V:
[a] Centraland Provincialadministration
[b] Judicialadministration
[c] Revenueadministration
[d] CulturalLife:Literature,Artandarchitectur
HIS –HE-5026:HISTORYOF ASSAM(c. 1228 –1826)
Unit-1
[a] Sources- archaeological, epigraphic, literary, numismatic and accounts of the foreigntravelers;Buranjis
[b] Political conditions of the Brahmaputra valley at the time of foundation of the Ahomkingdom.
[c] Siu-ka-pha-Anassessment
[d] Stateinformationin theBrahmaputravalley-theChutiya,Kachariand theKochstate
Unit-II
[a] Expansionof theAhomKingdom in the16thcentury:Suhungmung (Dihingiya Raja)
[b] PoliticalDevelopmentsin the17thcentury: ruleof PratapSingha)
[c] Ahom-Mughalwars- the treatyof1639.
Unit–III
[a] Assam in the second half of the 17thCentury- the Ahom-Mughal Wars – Mir Jumla’sAssamInvasion-causesand consequences,
[b] InvasionofRam Singha-theBattle ofSaraighat (1671)and itsresults
[c] Post-Saraighat Assam: Ascendancy of the Tungkhungia dynasty – the reign of GadadharSingha.
Unit:IV
[a]AhomRuleatitszenithofRudraSingha(1696-1714)toRajeswarSingha(1751-1769)
[b] Declineand fallof theAhom Kingdom theMoamariya Rebellionand the
[c] BurmeseInvasions-TheEnglish EastIndiaCompany inAssam Politics
[d] TreatyofYandaboo andAssam
Unit:V
[a]Ahom system of administration: the Paik system[b]AhomPolicytowardstheneighbouringhilltribes
[c] Religious life –-Sankaradeva and the Neo Vaishnavite Movement- background andimplications
[d] Culturaldevelopments:Art,Architectureandliterature.
HIS –HE-6016:HISTORYOFASSAM(c.1826–1947)
UnitI:
[a] Politicalcondition inAssam on theeveof theBritish rule.
[b] Establishment and Consolidation of the British rule:Reforms and Reorganizations- DavidScott–Annexation ofLower Assam, Administrative
[c] Reorganisation and Revenue Measures of Scott; Robertson – Administrativeand RevenueMeasures;Jenkins’AdministrativeMeasures
UnitII:
[a]AhomMonarchyinUpperAssam(1833-38)
[b] AnnexationofCachar
[c] Early phase of Revolts and Resistance to British rule- GomdharKonwar,PiyaliPhukan,U.TirutSingh,
[d] TheKhamti andtheSingphorebellion
[e] The1857Revoltin Assamanditsaftermath.
UnitIII:
[a] EstablishmentofChiefCommissionershipinAssam.
[b] LandRevenueMeasures andPeasantUprisings in19thcentury Assam
[c] Growthofnationalconsciousness–AssamAssociation,SarbajanikSabhas,RaiyatSabhas.
[d] Governmentof India Act,1919 –DyarchyonTrialinAssam.
UnitIV:
[a] NonCo-operationMovement andSwarajistPolitics inAssam
[b] TheCivil DisobedienceMovement
[c] TradeUnionandAlliedMovements
[d] TribalLeague and PoliticsinAssam
UnitV:
[a] Quit IndiaMovementinAssam.
[b] CabinetMissionPlan andthe GroupingControversy
[c] TheSylhet Referendum.
[d] Migration,LineSystem andits Impacton Politicsin Assam
HIS–HE-6026:ASSAMSINCEINDEPENDENCE
UnitI-Political developments
[a] Politicalchangesandimpactofpartition
[b] AdministrativeRe-organisation.
[c] Indo-ChinaWar(1962)
[d] ElectoralpoliticsinAssam
[e] IndependenceofBangladeshanditsimpactonAssam
UnitII-Economicdevelopments
[a] Economicimpact of thePartition
[b] Revenuepolicies
[c] Fiveyearplans
[d] IndustrialisationandUrbanDevelopment
[e] DemographicChanges
[f] Transportand communication
UnitIII:Movementsand EthnicRessurgence:
[a] Growthofmiddleclass
[b] Languagemovement
[c] Refinery Movement[d]AssamMovement
[e]EthnicResurgenceand movementforautonomy;insurgency
UnitIV:Environmentalissues:
[a] Naturaldisasters: earthquakeof1950, flood,erosion.
[b] Landpolicies andlandhunger
[c] Developmentand environment
[c] Bigdam issue
[d] Development,Displacementandnaturalresources.
UnitV-Cultural development
[a] ActivitiesofTheAssamSahityaSabha,
[b] DevelopmentofMedia(printandelectronic), theAllIndiaRadio.
[c] DevelopmentofEducation: Elementary,SecondaryandHigher
[d] Women’sMovements:MahilaSamiti,AsamLekhikaSomaroh
GenericElectiveCourses
(4Courses)
- HIS –HG-1016: History of India (from Earliest Times up to c. 1206)
- HIS –HG-2016: Historyof India (c.1206-1757)
- HIS –HG-3016: History of India from (c.1757 - 1947)
- HIS–HG-4016:SocialandEconomicHistoryofAssam
HIS –HG-1016: HISTORY OF INDIA (FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES UP TO c.1206)
Unit:I
[a] Sources:literaryand archaeological
[b] IndusCivilization :origin,extent,urbanplanningandurbandecline.
[c] Society,polity,economyandreligion intheRigVedicPeriod
[d] Society,polity, economyand religionin theLaterVedicPeriod
Unit:II
[a] Riseofterritorial states–Janapadas andMahajanapadas
[b] Rise of new religious movements in north India- Jainism and Buddhism :social dimensionofearly Jainism and Buddhism.
[c] TheMauryas-BackgroundofMauryanstateformation.
[d] Asoka:Dhamma-its propagation;AdministrationandEconomy undertheMauryas.
[e] Declineof theMauryas
Unit:III
[a] Post–Mauryan period : The Sungas, Chedis[b]Kharavelas and Satavahanas
[c]SangamAge:literature,societyandcultureinSouthIndia.
Unit:IV
[a] CentralAsiancontactanditsImpact:TheIndo-Greeks,SakasandKushanas
[b] TheGupta Empire-stateandadministration
[c] PostGuptaperiod:VardhanasandPalas
Unit:V
[a] Political development in the South – the Pallavas, the imperial Cholas, the Rashtrakutasandthe Chalukyas.
[b] TheArabsand theTurks inIndian politics–Ghaznivides andthe Ghorid invasions.
[c] Indian Society during 650 –1200 A.D.-literature & language, temple architecture andSculpture.
HIS –HG-2016:HISTORY OFINDIA (c.1206to 1757)
Unit:1
[a] FoundationandconsolidationoftheSultanate:Iltutmish,SultanaRaziya,BalbanandtheMongol invasions
[b] Expansion of Sultanate :AlauddinKhalji - conquests and administration[c]Tughlaqs-Muhammad bin Tughlaqand FirozShah Tughlaq.
Unit:II
[a] Declineof theSultanate
[b] RiseofProvincialKingdomsandcontestforsupremacy:VijaynagarandBahmaniKingdoms.
[c] PoliticalandRevenue administration:Iqtadarisystem
[d] Agriculture,trade andcommerceduringtheSultanateperiod.
Unit:III
[a] FoundationoftheMughalEmpire:Mughal- Afghancontest-BaburandHumayun;SherShahand his administration.
[b] ConsolidationandterritorialExpansionoftheMughalEmpire-Akbar,Jahangir,Shahjahan,Aurangzeb.
[c] Mughal-RajputRelations.
[d] ReligiousPolicyof theMughals
Unit:IV
[a] RiseofMaratha powerunderShivaji.
[b] Disintegrationofthe MughalEmpire
[d] MughalAdministration :mansabdariand jagirdariSystem.
[e] AspectsofsocietyandeconomyduringtheMughalperiod:agriculture,tradeandcommerce
Unit:V
[a] SyncretisminmedievalIndia:religion,literature,artandarchitecture
[b] Bhakti movement : Nanak, Kabir and Mirabai[c]Sufism: DifferentSilsilahs
HIS –HG-3016:HISTORYOFINDIA(c.1757to1947)
Unit:I
[a] : Political condition in post-Mughal period and rise of regional powers : Bengal, Oudh andHyderabad
[b] : The Battle of Plassey and the Battle of Buxar - the establishment of the British rule inIndia.
[c] :RobertCliveandhisDualAdministrationinBengal.
Unit:II
[a] : Expansion and Consolidation of the British rule under Warren Hastings and LordCornwallis.
[b] BritishrelationswiththeMarathas and Mysore.
[c] LordWellesley andthePolicyofSubsidiaryAlliance.
[d] LordHastingsandtherelationswiththe IndianStates.
Unit:III
[a] : Lord Bentinck and his reforms ; Raja Ram Mohan Roy and the growth of progressiveideasinIndia.
[b] :TheGrowth andexpansion of Sikh powerunder Ranjit Singh.
[c] :Lord Dalhousieandhis policyof expansion-theDoctrineof Lapse
Unit:IV
[a] :TheRevoltof 1857- its causes andconsequences, theGovernment ofIndiaAct of1858.
[b] : The British Economic policies in India – Land revenue systems - Permanent settlement,RyotwariandMahalwari; trade,commercializationof agriculture,theDrainTheory.
[c] : The growth of national awakening in India and the establishment of the IndianNationalCongress.
Unit:V
[a] : Lord Curzon and the Partition of Bengal – the Swadeshi Movement in India –growth ofRevolutionaryTerrorism.
[b] : Gandhi in Indian politics- the Khilafat and the Non Co-operation Movement, theCivilDisobedienceMovement.
[c] :Thegrowth oftheLeft, MuslimLeagueandCommunalpolitics inIndia.
[d] :TheQuitIndiaMovement –TheINAandPartitionofIndia.
HIS –HG-4016:SOCIALANDECONOMIC HISTORYOF ASSAM
UnitI:SocietyandEconomy inEarlyAssam
[a] Proto-historyArchaeology,landgrants,Agrahara
[b] Aryanisationdebate
[c] Rurallife
[d] Urbancentres
[e] Beliefsandpractices
UnitII:SocietyinMedievalAssam
[a] SocialOrganisation–Caste-ClassRelationship,Nobility,Paiks,SlavesandServants
[b] Neo-VaishnaviteMovementinAssam –ImpactonSociety
[c] DevelopmentofSatraInstitutions
UnitIII:Economyin MedievalAssam
[a] AgricultureandLandSystem–Classification andOwnershipofLand
[b] LandRevenueand otherTaxes
[c] TradeandCommerce–Exportand Import,Traderoutes
[d] MediumofTrade
[e] EconomicRelationbetween the Hillsandthe Valley:the Posasystem.
UnitIV:Economyin ColonialAssam
[a] AgricultureRegulationsandrevenuesystem
[b] PlantationEconomyoftheTea Industry
[c] DevelopmentofModern Industries-Coaland Oil.
[d] DevelopmentofTransport System
UnitV:Societyin Colonial Assam
[a] GrowthofModern Educationand theroleof ChristianMissionaries.
[b] LanguageControversy in19thcenturyAssam
[c] Emergenceof MiddleClass
[d] LiteraryandCultural Development, ImpactoftheBengalRenaissance.
[e] DevelopmentofPressandGrowthofPublicAssociations–TheAssamSahityaSabh
SkillEnhancementElectiveCourses
(2Courses)
- HIS –SE-3014: Historical Tourism in North East India
- HIS –SE-4014:Oral Cultureand OralHistory
HIS–SE-3014:HistoricalTourisminNorthEastIndia
Unit I : Theoretical aspects of tourism, Elementary geography and bio – diversity ofNorthEast India
[a] :Tourism –Concept,meaningandsignificance
[b] :Different typesof Tourism
[c] :Physiographicaldivisions,waterbodiesandclimaticconditions
[d] : Important wildlife habitats :Kaziranga, Manas, Orang, Nameri, DibruSaikhowa,Namdapha,KeibulLamjao, Rain forests ofAssam.
UnitII:AncientremainsandImportanttouristplacesoftheNorth–EastIndia
[a] : Ancient remains: Goalpara, Ambari, Tezpur, Deopahar, Malinithan,Doyang– DhansiriValley
[b] : Tourist places: Shillong, Cherapunjee, Aizwal, Gangtok, Kohima, Tawang, Poa Mecca(Hajo),Azan Pir Dargah,Jatinga
UnitIII:ArchitecturalHeritage
[a] :Dimapur,Kasomari, Maibong,Khaspur
[b] :Charaideo,Garhgaon,SivasagarandRangpur
[c] :Ujayantapalace,NeerMahal
[d] :Kamakhya,HayagrivaMadhava,TripuraSundariTemple,Rumtekmonastery
[e] :Kanglafort
UnitIV:Fairs and festivals oftheNorth– East
[a] :Festivals -Bihu,AliAyeLrigang,Mopinfestival, Tai –BuddhistfestivalsinAssam
[b] :Bhaona, Rascelebrationin Majuli
[c] :Fairs–JonbilMela,Ambubachifair atKamakhya
[d] : Tourist festivals based on ethnic culture – Horn Bill festival, Sangai festival, DihingPatkaifestival
HIS–SE-4014:OralCultureandOralHistory
UnitI.Concepts:
(a) Orality,OralTradition,OralCulture
(b) OralHistory
(c) DistinctionbetweenOralTraditionandOralHistory
UnitII.HistoryandHistoriography
(a) OralHistoryasatoolfor analysis
(b) Socialissues:Gender,conflict,violence,etc.
III. Economicissues:Developmentschemesandtheirimpact,displacement,etc. Methodology:
(a) Collection, preservation and interpretation of historical information through recordedinterviewsof people,communities,and participants in pastevents
(b) DocumentationandArchiving:Written,AudioandVisual
IV. PotentialareasforOralHistoryresearch:
(a) OralTraditions:Customs,Beliefs,PracticesandWorldview;
(b) Life Histories: Participants in past events; Women; War migrants; Victim of disasters,governmentpolicies, ethnic conflicts; Personal stories.
- 2. General/ Regular Course
- HIS –RC-1016: History of India (from Earliest Times up to c. 1206)
- HIS –RC-2016: History of India (c.1206-1757)
- HIS –RC-3016: History of India from (c.1757 - 1947)
- HIS–RC-4016:SocialandEconomicHistoryof Assam.
- HIS –RE-5016:History of Assam (from earliest times to 1826)
- HIS –RG-5016 History of Europe (c. 1648 – 1870)
- HIS –RE-6016: History ofAssam (c.1826-1947)
- HIS–RG-6016HistoryofEurope(c.1870–1939)
HIS –RC-1016:HISTORYOFINDIA(FROM THEEARLIESTTIMES UPTOc.1206)
Unit:I
[a] Sources:literaryand archaeological
[b] IndusCivilization :origin,extent,urbanplanningandurbandecline.
[c] Society,polity,economyandreligion intheRigVedicPeriod
[d] Society,polity, economyand religionin theLaterVedicPeriod
Unit:II
[a] Riseofterritorial states–Janapadas andMahajanapadas
[b] Rise of new religious movements in north India- Jainism and Buddhism :social dimension ofearlyJainism and Buddhism.
[c] TheMauryas-BackgroundofMauryanstateformation.
[d] Asoka:Dhamma-its propagation;AdministrationandEconomy undertheMauryas.
[e] Declineof theMauryas
Unit:III
[a]Post–Mauryanperiod:TheSungas,Chedis[b]Kharavelas and Satavahanas
[c]SangamAge:literature,societyandcultureinSouthIndia.
Unit:IV
[a] CentralAsiancontactanditsImpact:TheIndo-Greeks,SakasandKushanas
[b] TheGupta Empire-stateandadministration.
[c] PostGuptaperiod:VardhanasandPalas
Unit:V
[a] PoliticaldevelopmentintheSouth–thePallavas,theimperialCholas, theRashtrakutasandthe Chalukyas.
[b] TheArabsand theTurks inIndian politics–Ghaznivides andthe Ghorid invasions.
[c] IndianSocietyduring 650 –1200A.D.-literature&language,temple architectureandSculpture.
HIS –RC-2016:HISTORYOFINDIA(c.1206 to1757)
Unit:1
[a] FoundationandconsolidationoftheSultanate:Iltutmish,SultanaRaziya,BalbanandtheMongol invasions
[b] Expansion of Sultanate :AlauddinKhalji - conquests and administration[c]Tughlaqs-Muhammad bin Tughlaqand FirozShah Tughlaq.
Unit:II
[a] Declineof theSultanate
[b] RiseofProvincialKingdomsandcontestforsupremacy:VijaynagarandBahmaniKingdoms.
[c] PoliticalandRevenue administration:Iqtadarisystem
[d] Agriculture,trade and commerceduringtheSultanateperiod.
Unit:III
[a] FoundationoftheMughalEmpire:Mughal-Afghancontest-BaburandHumayun;SherShahand his administration.
[b] ConsolidationandterritorialExpansionoftheMughalEmpire-Akbar,Jahangir,Shahjahan,Aurangzeb.
[c] Mughal-RajputRelations.
[d] ReligiousPolicyof theMughals
Unit:IV
[a] RiseofMaratha powerunderShivaji.
[b] Disintegrationofthe MughalEmpire
[d] MughalAdministration :mansabdariand jagirdariSystem.
[e] Aspectsofsocietyandeconomy duringtheMughalperiod: agriculture,tradeandcommerce
Unit:V
[a] SyncretisminmedievalIndia:religion,literature,artandarchitecture
[b] Bhaktimovement:Nanak,KabirandMirabai[c]Sufism: DifferentSilsilahs
HIS –RC-3016:HISTORYOFINDIA(c.1757to1947)
Unit:I
[a] : Political condition in post-Mughal period and rise of regional powers : Bengal, Oudh andHyderabad
[b] : The Battle of Plassey and the Battle of Buxar - the establishment of the British rule in India.[c]:Robert Cliveand hisDualAdministration in Bengal.
Unit:II
[a] :Expansionand ConsolidationoftheBritishruleunderWarren HastingsandLordCornwallis.
[b] BritishrelationswiththeMarathas and Mysore.
[c] LordWellesleyandthePolicyofSubsidiaryAlliance.
[d] LordHastingsandtherelationswiththe IndianStates.
Unit:III
[a] :LordBentinckandhisreforms;RajaRam MohanRoyandthegrowthofprogressiveideasinIndia.
[b] :TheGrowth and expansion ofSikh power under Ranjit Singh.
[c] :Lord Dalhousieandhis policyof expansion-theDoctrineof Lapse
Unit:IV
[a] :TheRevolt of1857-its causesand consequences,theGovernment of IndiaActof1858.
[b] : The British Economic policies in India – Land revenue systems - Permanent settlement,RyotwariandMahalwari; trade,commercializationof agriculture,theDrain Theory.
[c] :ThegrowthofnationalawakeninginIndiaandtheestablishmentoftheIndianNationalCongress.
Unit:V
[a] :LordCurzonandthe Partition ofBengal –theSwadeshi MovementinIndia–growthofRevolutionaryTerrorism.
[b] : Gandhi in Indian politics- the Khilafat and the Non Co-operation Movement, theCivilDisobedienceMovement.
[c] :Thegrowthof theLeft,Muslim LeagueandCommunalpoliticsinIndia.
[d] :TheQuitIndiaMovement –TheINAandPartitionofIndia.
HIS –RC-4016:SOCIAL ANDECONOMICHISTORY OFASSAM
UnitI:SocietyandEconomy inEarlyAssam
[a] Proto-historyArchaeology,landgrants,Agrahara
[b] Aryanisationdebate
[c] Rurallife
[d] Urbancentres
[e] Beliefsandpractices
UnitII:Society in MedievalAssam
[a] SocialOrganisation–Caste-ClassRelationship,Nobility, Paiks,SlavesandServants
[b] Neo-VaishnaviteMovementinAssam –ImpactonSociety
[c] DevelopmentofSatraInstitutions
UnitIII:Economyin MedievalAssam
[a] AgricultureandLandSystem –Classificationand OwnershipofLand
[b] LandRevenueand otherTaxes
[c] TradeandCommerce–Exportand Import,Traderoutes
[d] MediumofTrade
[e] EconomicRelationbetweentheHillsandtheValley :the Posasystem.
UnitIV:EconomyinColonialAssam
[a] AgricultureRegulationsandrevenuesystem
[b] PlantationEconomyoftheTea Industry
[c] DevelopmentofModern Industries-Coaland Oil.
[d] DevelopmentofTransportSystem
UnitV:Societyin Colonial Assam
[a] Growthof Modern Educationand the roleof Christian Missionaries.
[b] LanguageControversy in19thcenturyAssam
[c] Emergenceof MiddleClass
[d] LiteraryandCultural Development, ImpactoftheBengalRenaissance.
[e] DevelopmentofPressandGrowthofPublicAssociations–TheAssamSahityaSabha.
HIS–RE-5016:HISTORYOFASSAM(From earliesttimesupto1826CE)
Unit-I:
[a] A brief survey of the sources: literary, archaeological, epigraphic, literary, numismatic andaccountsof the foreign travellers
[b] Landandpeople:Migrationroutes
[c] CulturallinkageswithSouthEastAsia:theStoneJarsofDima Hasao
Unit-II:
[a] Originandantiquityof PragjyotishaorKamrupasociety
[b] Politicaldynasties:Varmana;Salastambha;Pala
[c] Administration:CentralandProvincial;Judicial;Revenue
Unit-III:
[a] PoliticalconditionofAssaminthe Post-Palaperiod.
[b] Turko-Afghaninvasions
[c] Disintegrationofthe KingdomofKamarupa
[d] Stateformationinthe Brahmaputravalley-the Chutiya,Kachari andthe Kochstate
[e] Politicalconditionsof theBrahmaputravalleyatthetimeoffoundationoftheAhomkingdom.
Unit-IV:
[a] ImportantAhomRulers:Siukapha,Suhungmung,PratapSingha,GadadharSingha,RudraSingha,Rajeswar Singha
[b] Ahom-Mughalwars-theTreatyof 1639,BattleofSaraighat(1671)
[c] Ahomsystemof administration:thePaiksystem
[d] AhomPolicytowards the neighbouringhilltribes
Unit:V
[a] DeclineandfalloftheAhomKingdom:theMoamariyaRebellion;Burmese Invasions
[b] TheEnglishEastIndiaCompanyin AssamPolitics;Treaty ofYandaboo andAssam
HIS –RG-5016:HISTORYOF EUROPE (c.1648-1870)
UnitI
[a] PeaceofWestphaliaandthePyreneesandEmergenceofModernState-System
[b] FranceunderHenryIV,RichelieuandMazarin's
[c] EraofLouisXIV:AbsoluteMonarchy
[d] Bourbonsuccession toSpain
UnitII:
[a] Rise of Prussia and Austria: Frederick the Great and Maria Theresa; War of AustrianSuccession,Diplomatic Revolution, SevenYearsWar
[b] Enlighteneddespotism-JosephII,MariaTheresa
[c] MakingofModernRussia:PetertheGreat,CatherineII:WarmWaterPolicy,
[d] PartitionofPoland
UnitIII:
[a] GenesisandgrowthofCapitalism,Imperialism,MercantilismandWorldPolitics
[b] Novelintellectualcurrents:NaturalScienceandthe‘Enlightenment’
[c] TheMaritimeascendancyofEurope:Anglo-Frenchstruggle;triumphofBritishimperialism.
[d] ‘Glorious’Revolution:LimitedMonarchyandParliamentaryGovernment
UnitIV:
[a] TheFrenchRevolution:CrisisoftheAncienRegime;IntellectualCurrents;ParticipationoftheSocialClasses.
[b] RiseandFallofNapoleon:InternalReforms,NapoleonicWarsandContinentalSystem
[c] TheEuropeanStateSystemafterNapoleon:TheCongressofVienna,ConcertofEurope
UnitV:
[a] Revolutionsof1830and1848andtheirrepercussions
[b] TheEasternQuestion:TheCrimeanWar
[c] EraofSecondNapoleonicEmpire:NapoleonIII:ForeignPolicy
[d] UnificationofItaly
[e] UnificationofGermany
HIS –RE-6016:HISTORYOF ASSAM(c.1826– 1947)
UnitI:
[a] Politicalcondition inAssam on theeveof theBritishrule.
[b] EstablishmentandConsolidationoftheBritishrule:ReformsandReorganizations -DavidScott –Annexation ofLower Assam, Administrative
[c] Reorganisation and Revenue Measures of Scott; Robertson – Administrative and RevenueMeasures;Jenkins’AdministrativeMeasures
UnitII:
[a] AhomMonarchyin UpperAssam (1833-38)
[b] AnnexationofCachar
[c] Early phase of Revolts and Resistance to British rule- GomdharKonwar, PiyaliPhukan,U.Tirut Singh,
[d] TheKhamti andtheSingphorebellion
[e] The1857RevoltinAssamanditsaftermath.
UnitIII:
[a] EstablishmentofChiefCommissionershipinAssam.
[b] LandRevenueMeasures andPeasantUprisings in19th centuryAssam
[c] Growthofnationalconsciousness–AssamAssociation, SarbajanikSabhas,RaiyatSabhas.
[d] Governmentof India Act,1919 –DyarchyonTrialinAssam.
UnitIV:
[a] NonCo-operationMovementandSwarajist PoliticsinAssam
[b] TheCivil DisobedienceMovement
[c] TradeUnionandAlliedMovements
[d] TribalLeague and PoliticsinAssam
UnitV:
[a] Quit IndiaMovementinAssam.
[b] CabinetMissionPlan andthe GroupingControversy
[c] TheSylhet Referendum.
[d] Migration,LineSystem andits Impacton Politicsin Assam
HIS –RG-6016:HISTORY OFEUROPE(c.1870 –1939)
Unit-I.
[a] TheTreatyofVersailles(1871):ImpactonGermanyandItaly
[b] Kulturkamph: Conflictbetween theChurch andState
[c] ForeignpolicyofGermanyunderBismarck
[c]TheParisCommune
[c]ImperialisminAfrica
Unit:II
[a] TheEastern Question:RoleofImperialistpowers
[b] Russo-TurkishWarandtheBerlinCongress
[c] Riseofnationalismand theBalkan Wars.
[d] Triple Alliance[e]TripleEntente
Unit:III
[a] The FirstWorldWar:Causesandconsequences
[b] TheParisPeaceConferenceandthe PeaceSettlements
[b] LeagueofTheNations –Origin andactivities
[c] TheBolshevik Revolution (1917)–Rise ofthe USSR
Unit:IV
[a] RiseofNazism–Germany underHitler
[b] Rise of Fascism - Italy under Benito Mussolini[c]TheSpanish Civil War
[d]Policyofappeasement
Unit:V
[a] Europeaninvolvementin EastAsia
[b] Anglo-JapaneseTreaty(1902)
[c] Russo-JapaneseWar(1904-05)
[c]TheSecondWorldWa