TAMIL NADU NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

(A University established under the Tamil Nadu Act No. 9 of 2012)

Dindigul Main Road, Navalur Kuttapattu
Tiruchirappalli 620 027
Tamil Nadu, India

B.A., LL.B., (H)

Semester II
COURSE SYLLABUS

HISTORY I

Course Objectives
 To understand the history of state, social institutions, people and the culture
 To realize the history of political establishment and social institutions
 To evaluate the legal and judicial structures and process
Learning Outcome

 Writing Historical Research Articles

 Conducting Debate and Group Discussion on Historiography, Society, Ancient
and Modern Judicial system in India
 Preparing portraits of women and men social and religious reformers
Teaching Methods

 Lecture cum White Board enabled method

 I C T method
 Assignments through Google / Turnitine Class Room
 Preparing SLO through e-contents

History and Historiography MO DULE 1

(i) Introduction- History, Meaning, Purpose and Methodology and

Historiography.
(ii) Re-writing of history- the Controversy, Uses of History, Law and History.

Ancient Indian History MODULE 2

(i) Theory of kingship, Nature of state and administrative apparatus: Vedic

polity, Mauryan polity, Sangam Age and Gupta polity.
(ii) Nature of society and economy in the Vedic time and the changes that took
place in the 6th century B.C., in the Mauryan period and the Gupta period:
Vanasharma Dharma, position of women, Guilds, Feudalism.

The concept of justice and judicial systems in ancient India

(a) Concept of Dharma and source of Dharma- Veda, tradition and good
custom

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 (b) Dharma sutras, Dharma Shastras (Manusmriti, Yajnavalkya, Narada and other
Smritis). Commentaries and digests,
(c) The Scope and method of interpretation of law in ancient India and
conflict between texts:
(1) Dharma and custom
(2) Dharma and Royal Ordinances
(3) Judicial system- types of courts, procedure

Medieval Indian History MODULE 3

(i) Theory of kingship, nature of state and administrative apparatus in Medieval

India. Impact of Islam on Indian society.
(ii) The nature of society, economy and agrarian structure in the medieval period;
Bhakti and Sufi Movement
(iii) Legal systems and Institutions sources of Islamic law, Salient features of
Islamic criminal law
(iv) Judicial organization: King, Chief Qazi, Judicial officers and punishments
(v) Law with regard to non-Muslims- changes introduced by Akbar
(vi) Consolidation of kingdom to cover Indian sub-continent- dynasty –religious
confabulations- economic history of Mughal period- administration of justice

Modern Indian History MOD ULE 4

Impact of British rule in India, Religious & Social reform movement during 19th
century Economic Policy of East India Company

Indian National Movement till 1947 MODULE 5

The growth of education in India and Modern legal system

Required Readings:

1. Nilakshi Jatar and Laxmi Paranjape, Legal History (Evolution of the Indian Legal
System), Eastern Book Company, Lucknow, 2012
2. Arthur Marwick, Nature of History, Mac Million, New Delhi, 1989.
3. Bipan Chandra, India’s Struggle for Independence, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 1989.
4. Carr EH, What is History? Mac Millan& Co Ltd, London, 1961.
5. DerrettJ.D.M., Religion, law and state in India, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 1999.
6. MahajanV.D., History of India (3 Volumes), State Mutal Books, Delhi, 1987.
7. Majumdar R.C., An Advanced History of India, Mac Millan, New Delhi, 2002.
8. Raychaudhary,Social, Cultural and Economic History of India, Surjeeth Publication,
Delhi, 1978.

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 9. Robert Lingat, The Classic law of India, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998.
10. Romila Thapar, Early India, Penguin, New Delhi, 2002.
11. Romila Thapar, Past and Prejudice, National Book Trust, New Delhi, 2002.
12. Sathish Chandra, History of Medieval India, Vol. I& Vol. II.Mac Millan, New Delhi,
1984.
13. Sharma R. S., Material culture and Social formation, Mac Million, New Delhi, 2007.
14. Sharma R.S, Shudras in Ancient India, A Social History of the Lower Order Down toAD
600, New Delhi, 1980.
15. Sharma R.S., Aspect of Political ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, M B Publishers
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1996.

Additional Readings:

1. Agarwal, Ashvini (1989). Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas. Delhi: Motilal
Banarsidass. pp. 153-9. ISBN 81-208-0592-5.
2. Basham AL, The Wonder that was India, Rupa& Co., New Delhi, 2003.
3. Grover and Grover, A New Look At Modern Indian History, S Chand, New Delhi,
1998.
4. Ishwari Prasad, A Short History of Muslim Rule in India, Indian Press, Delhi, 1965.
5. Jha D.N,Ancient India: In Historical Outline, Manohar, New Delhi, 2004.
6. Krinsnasami Aiyangar S.(1871) Some Contribution of South India to Indian Culture.
7. Majumdar, R.C. Ancient India, MotilalBanarsidass,New Delhi, 1994.
8. Nilakanta SastriK.A., A History of South India, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 1976.
9. Peter Jackson The Delhi Sultan. A Political and Military History (Cambridge)
1999.
10. Raychudhuri, H.C. Political History of Ancient of India,University of CalcuttaCalcutta,
1972. ISBN 1- 4400-5272-7
11. Stein, Burton, A History of India, Jhon Wiley & Sons, Malden (USA), 2010.
12. Subramanian N., History of Tamilnadu(1565-1956), Koodal Publishers, Madurai,
1987

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