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MODULE 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 MODULE 2 Lesson 9 Lesson 10 Lesson 11 Lesson 12 Lesson 13 Lesson 14 Lesson 15 ANCIENT INDIA Understanding Indian History The Geographical Setting and pre-historic cultures of India The Harappan Civilization The Vedic Age (1500 BC600BC) From Janapadas to Empire Post Mauryan Developments The Guptas And Their Successors (A.D.300750) India Between AD 7501200 MEDIEVAL INDIA Establishment and Expansion of the Delhi Sultanate Establishment of the Mughal Rule Emergence of Regional States in India: Twelfth to Eighteenth Century Administrative System and Institutions Economy Cultural Developments in Medieval India Understanding Eighteenth Century India 133 155 175 189 207 224 249 1 10 30 48 63 82 101 120

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MODULE 3 Lesson 16 Lesson 17 Lesson 18 Lesson 19 MODULE 4 Lesson 20 Lesson 21 MODULE 5 Lesson 22 Lesson 23 Lesson 24 Lesson 25 Lesson 26 Lesson 27 Lesson 28 MODERN INDIA Establishment of British rule in India till 1857 Economic changes Social changes Popular resistance to company rule
INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT & CONTEMPORARY INDIA

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Nationalism National Movement & Indian Democracy 20th CENTURY WORLD Legacy of 19th Century World War I and the Russian Revolution The Inter War Period and the Second World War Cold war and its effects National Liberation Movements Social Transformation in the Twentieth Century Changes in the Twentieth Century Feedback Form

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MODULE 6A Lesson 29 Lesson 30 Lesson 31 Lesson 32 MODULE 6B Lesson 29 Lesson 30 Lesson 31 EVOLUTION OF STATE IN INDIA Towards Formation of State Early States Medievel States Colonial State
CULTURE IN INDIA

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