Syllabus and Scheme of Evaluation for

B.A. HISTORY (Honours)

Under
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)

Department of History
Ravenshaw University, Cuttack
 Details of Courses under History (Honours)
Courses *Credits
FULL MARKS Theory+Tutorial
Core Courses 100 x14=1400 14X6=84
(14 Papers)

Discipline Specific Elective(4 100 x4=400 4x6=24

Papers)

Generic 100x4=400 4X6=24

Elective/Interdisciplinary
(4 Papers)

Ability Enhancement 50 x 2=100 2X2=4

Compulsory Courses (AE)
(2 Papers of 2 Credits each)
Skill Enhancement Courses 50 x4=200 4X2=8
(SE) (2 Papers of 2 Credits
each)
Total Credit/Marks 2500 144 Credits

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 SCHEMES OF COURSES
Seme Course Course Title Remarks
ster. Code
I Core C101 History of India-I Compulsory

C102 Social Formations and

Cultural Patterns of the
Ancient World

Generic G101 ------------- Students of HISTORY Honours can opt for

Elective GE course from among courses offered by
Humanities and Social Sciences departments
Ability AE101 Environmental Science Compulsory
enhancement
II Core C203 History of India-II Compulsory

C204 Social Formations and

Cultural Patterns of the
Medieval World
Generic G202 ------------------------- Students of HISTORY Honours can opt for
Elective GE course from among courses offered by
Humanities and Social Sciences departments
Ability AE202 Communicative English Compulsory
enhancement
Skill SE201 MIL (Odia/Hindi/Alt. Compulsory; the students to choose one of the
enhancement English) courses
III Core C305 History of India-III Compulsory
(c.750-1206)
C306 Rise of Modern West-I
C307 History of India IV
(c.1206-1550)
Generic G303 ------------------------------ Students of HISTORY Honours can opt for
Elective - GE course from among courses offered by
Humanities and Social Sciences departments
Skill SE302 Computer Science Compulsory
enhancement
IV Core C408 Rise of Modern West-II Compulsory
C409 History of India-V (c.
1550-1605)
C410 History of India-VI (c.
1605-1750
Generic G404 ________ Students of HISTORY Honours can opt for
Elective GE course from among courses offered by
Humanities and Social Sciences departments
Skill SE403 A.Understanding

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 Enhancement Heritage

B.Art Appreciation: An Students to choose one out of the two courses

Introduction to Indian
Art

V Core C511 History of Modern Compulsory

Europe- I (c. 1780-1939)
C512 History of India-VII (c.
1750-1857)
Skill SE504 A. Archives and
Enhancement museums/ Students to choose one of the two courses
B. Understanding
Popular Culture
D501 Archaeology Compulsory

DSE D502 A History of

Odisha.Part-1 Students to choose one of the two courses
B.History of China and
Japan
VI Core C613 History of India-VIII (c.
1857-1950)
Compulsory
C614 History of Modern Compulsory
Europe- II (1780-1939)
DSE D603 A.History of Students to choose one out of the two courses
Odisha.Part-11
B History of Science &
Technology in India
D604 DISSERTATION Compulsory

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 Scheme of UG Examination in HISTORY
Under Choice Based Credit System (CSBS)

B: Generic Electives
For students opting HISTORY as Generic elective. Students of
HISTORY Honours can opt for GE course from among courses offered
by Humanities and Social Sciences departments

Semester Code Course Title Remarks

I G101 History of India from early times For the students from other
to early Medieval times departments who will choose
HISTORY as Generic Elective
II G202 History of India from 1206-1757 For the students from other
AD departments who will choose
HISTORY as Generic Elective
III G303 History of India (1757-1947). For the students from other
departments who will choose
HISTORY as Generic Elective
IV G404 A. Research Methodology in Students to choose one out of three
History
B. Making of Contemporary India
C. : Issues in Contemporary
World

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- I
Core Course
PAPER C101 - HISTORY OF INDIA- I (6 Credits)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I. Reconstructing Ancient Indian History

[a] Early Indian notions of History
[b] Sources and tools of historical reconstruction.
[c] Historical interpretations (with special reference to gender, environment, technology, and
regions).

Unit II. Pre-historic hunter-gatherers

[a] Palaeolithic cultures- sequence and distribution; stone industries and other technological
developments.
[b] Mesolithic cultures- regional and chronological distribution; Settlement pattern and
Subsistence economy; rock art.
Unit III. The advent of food production
Understanding the regional and chronological distribution of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic
cultures: subsistence economy
Unit IV. The Harappan civilization
Origins; settlement patterns and town planning; agrarian base; craft productions and trade; social
and political organization; religious beliefs and practices; art; the problem of urban decline and
the late/post-Harappan traditions.
Unit V. Cultures in transition
Settlement patterns, technological and economic developments; social stratification; political
relations; religion and philosophy; the Aryan Problem.
[a] North India (circa 1500 BCE-300 BCE)
[b] Central India and the Deccan (circa 1000 BCE - circa 300 BCE)
[c] Tamilakkam (circa 300 BCE to circa CE 300)
ESSENTIAL READINGS
1. R.S. Sharma, India’s Ancient Past, New Delhi, OUP, 2007
2. R. S. Sharma, Material Culture and Social Formations in Ancient India, 1983.
3. R.S. Sharma, Looking for the Aryas, Delhi, Orient Longman Publishers,1995
4. D. P. Agrawal, The Archaeology of India, 1985
5. Bridget & F. Raymond Allchin, The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan, 1983
6. A. L. Basham, The Wonder that Was India, 1971.
7. D. K. Chakrabarti, The Archaeology of Ancient Indian Cities, 1997, Paperback.
8. D. K. Chakrabarti, The Oxford Companion to Indian Archaeology, New Delhi, 2006.
9. H. C. Raychaudhuri, Political History of Ancient India, Rev. ed. with Commentary by B. N. Mukherjee, 1996
10. K. A. N. Sastri, ed., History of South India, OUP, 1966.
11. Upinder Singh, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India, 2008. 12.Romila Thapar, Early India from the
Beginnings to 1300, London, 2002.
13 . Irfan Habib, APeople’s History-Vol. - I,PreHistory,2001,
----Vol.-2, Indus Civilization: Including Other Copper Age Cultures and the History of Language Change till 155
B.C., 2002
Suggested Readings
1.Uma Chakravarti, The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism. 1997. 2.Rajan Gurukkal, Social Formations of Early
South India, 2010.
3.R. Champakalakshmi, Trade. Ideology and urbanization: South India 300 BC- AD 1300, 1996.

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- I
Core Course
PAPER C102 - SOCIAL FORMATIONS AND CULTURAL PATTERNS OF THE
ANCIENT WORLD (6 Credits)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I. Evolution of humankind; Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures:

Unit II. Food production: beginnings of agriculture and animal husbandry: South West Asia
and East Asia
Unit III. Bronze Age Civilizations, with reference to any one of the following: i) Egypt (Old
Kingdom); ii) Mesopotamia (up to the Akkadian Empire); iii) China (Shang); IV) Eastern
Mediterranean (Minoan) economy, social stratification, state structure, religion.

Unit IV. Nomadic groups in Central and West Asia; Debate on the advent of iron and its
implications
Unit V. Slave society in ancient Greece: agrarian economy, urbanization, trade and Polis in
ancient Greece: Athens and Sparta; Greek Culture.
ESSENTIAL READINGS
1. Burns and Ralph. World Civilizations.
2. Cambridge History of Africa, Vol. I.
3. V. Gordon Childe, What Happened in History.
4. Clark, World Prehistory: A New Perspective.
5. B.Fagan, People of the Earth.
6. Amar Farooqui, Early Social Formations.
7. M. Finley, The Ancient Economy. Jacquetta Hawkes, First Civilizations.
8. G.Roux, Ancient Iraq.
9. Bai Shaoyi, An Outline History of China.
10. G.W. F. Saggs, The Greatness that was Babylon.
11. B.Trigger, Ancient Egypt: A Social History.
12. UNESCO Series: History of Mankind, Vols. I - III./ or New ed. History of Humanity.
13. R.J. Wenke, Patterns in Prehistory. SUGGESTED READINGS
14. G.E. M. Ste Croix, Class Struggles in the Ancient Greek World.
15. G.D. Bernal, Science in History, Vol. I.
16. J.D. Bernal, Science in History, Vol. I.
17. V.Gordon Childe, Social Evolution. Glyn Daniel, First Civilizations.
18. A.Hauser, A Social History of Art, Vol. I.

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 HISTORY
SEMESTER- I
Generic Elective Course
Paper G101- History of India from early times to early Medieval times (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)
To be offered by students from other departments belonging to the disciplines of Humanities and Social
Sciences.

Unit I. History of India from Earliest Times up to 300 CE: I. Sources & Interpretation
Unit II. Harappan Civilization ;Origin, Extent, dominant features &decline, Chalcolithic age.; The Vedic
Period: Polity, Society, Economy and Religion, Iron age with reference to PGW &Megaliths.
Unit III Jainism and Buddhism: Causes, Doctrines, Spread, Decline and Contributions ;Emergence and
Growth of Mauryan Empire; State ,Administration,Economy,Ashoka’s Dhamma,Art &Architecture
Unit IV. The Rise & Growth of the Guptas: Administration, Society, Economy, Religion, Art, Literature, and
Science &Technology
Unit V. Towards the Early Medieval: Changes in Society, Polity Economy and Culture with reference to the
Pallavas, Chalukayas and Vardhanas
References:
1. Agrawal, D.P. The Archaeology of India
2. Basham, A.L. The Wonder That was India
3. Chakrabarti, D.K. Archaeology of Ancient Indian Cities
4. Jaiswal, Suvira Caste: Origin, Function and Dimensions Subramanian, N. Sangam Polity
5. Thapar, Romila History of Early India
6. Allchin, F.R. and B Origins of a Civilization: The Prehistory and Early Archaeology of South Asia
7. Basham, A.L. The Wonder That was India
8. Jha, D.N. Ancient India in Historical Outline (1998 edn.) Kosambi, D.D. Culture and Civilization of
Ancient India Ray, H.P. Monastery and Guild India in Historical Outline Sastri, K.A.N. A History of
South India
9. R.S Sharma, India’s Ancient Past
10. Ray, Niharranjan Maurya and Post Maurya Art
11. Sharma, R.S. Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India (1991 edn.)
12. Thapar, Romila Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas (1997 edn
13. Yazdani, G. Early History of Deccan Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India (1991
edn.)
14. Thapar, Romila Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas (1997 edn

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER I
Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course
AE101 - Environmental Science (2 Credits)
Full Mark: 50 (End semester evaluation)
Unit I: Ecosystems
Ecosystem- Structure and function of ecosystem (Abiotic and Biotic factors); Energy
flow in an ecosystem. Environmental Problems: global warming and Climate change,
ozone layer depletion. Deforestation, acid rain; impacts of environmental disturbances.

Unit II: Natural Resources and Biodiversity

Energy resources: Renewable and non-renewable energy sources. Biodiversity patterns
and global biodiversity hot spots, India as a mega-biodiversity nation; Endangered and
endemic species of India, Threats to biodiversity, Conservation of biodiversity: In-
situ and Ex-situ conservation of biodiversity.

Unit III: Environmental Pollution, Impact and Management

Environmental pollution: Air, water, soil and noise pollution, Nuclear hazards and
human health risks, Solid waste management: Control measures of urban and industrial
waste.
Environment Protection Act and International agreements: Montreal and Kyoto protocols
and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Suggested Readings:
1. Carson, R. 2002. Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
2. Gadgil, M., & Guha, R. 1993. This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India.
Univ. of California Press.
3. Gleeson, B. and Low, N. (eds.) 1999. Global Ethics and Environment, London,
Routledge.
4. Gleick, P. H. 1993. Water in Crisis. Pacific Institute for Studies in Dev., Environment
& Security. Stockholm Env. Institute, Oxford Univ. Press.
5. Groom, Martha J., Gary K. Meffe, and Carl Ronald Carroll. Principles of
Conservation Biology. Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, 2006.
6. Grumbine, R. Edward, and Pandit, M.K. 2013. Threats from India’s Himalaya
dams. Science, 339: 36-37.
7. McCully, P. 1996. Rivers no more: the environmental effects of dams (pp. 29-64). Zed
Books.
8. McNeill, John R. 2000. Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History
of the Twentieth Century.
9. Odum, E.P., Odum, H.T. & Andrews, J. 1971. Fundamentals of Ecology.
Philadelphia: Saunders.
10. Pepper, I.L., Gerba, C.P. & Brusseau, M.L. 2011. Environmental and Pollution
Science. Academic Press.

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- II
Core Course
PAPER C203 - HISTORY OF INDIA II (6 Credits)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I. Economy and Society (circa 300 BCE to circa CE 300):

[a] Expansion of agrarian economy: production relations.
[b] Urban growth: north India, central India and the Deccan; craft Production: trade and trade
routes; coinage.
[c] Social stratification: class, Varna, jati, untouchability; gender; marriage and property
relations
Unit II. Changing political formations (circa 300 BCE to circa CE 300):
[a] The Mauryan Empire
[b] Post-Mauryan Polities with special reference to the Kushanas and the Satavahanas; Gana-
Sanghas.
Unit III. Towards early medieval India [circa CE fourth century to CE
750]:
[a] Agrarian expansion: land grants, changing production relations; graded Land rights and
peasantry.
[b] The problem of urban decline: patterns of trade, currency, and urban Settlements.
[c] Varna and proliferation of jatis
[d] The nature of polities: the Gupta empire and its contemporaries: post- Gupta polities -
Pallavas, Chalukyas, and Vardhanas
Unit IV. Religion, philosophy and society (circa 300 BCE- CE 750):
(a) Consolidation of the brahmanical tradition: dharma, Varnashrama, Purusharthas,
Samskaras.
(b) Theistic cults (from circa second century BC): Mahayana; the Puranic tradition.
(c) The beginning of Tantricism
Unit V. Cultural developments (circa 300 BCE û CE 750):
[a] A brief survey of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit and Tamil literature.
[b] Art and architecture & forms and patronage; Mauryan, post-Mauryan, Gupta, post-Gupta
ESSENTIAL READINGS
1.B. D. Chattopadhyaya, The Making of Early Medieval India, 1992
2.D. P. Chattopadhyaya, History of Science and Technology in Ancient India, 1986.
3.D. D. Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History, 1975.
4.S. K. Maity, Economic Life in Northern India in the Gupta Period, 1970.
5.B. P. Sahu (ed), Land System and Rural Society in Early India, 1997.
6.K. A. N. Sastri, A History of South India.
7.R. S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism, 1980.
8.R.S.Sharma,UrbanDecayinIndia,c.300-9.C1000,Delhi,Munshiram Manohar Lal,1987
10.Romila Thapar, Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, 1997.
11.Susan Huntington, The Art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain, New York, 1985.
SUGGESTED READINGS
1.N. N. Bhattacharya, Ancient Indian Rituals and Their Social Contents, 2nd ed., 1996.
2.J. C. Harle, The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent, 1987.
3.P. L. Gupta, Coins, 4th ed., 1996.
4.Kesavan Veluthat, The Early Medieval in South India, New Delhi, 2009
5.H. P. Ray Winds of Change, 1994.
6.Romila Thapar, Early India: From the Origins to 1300, 2002.

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- II
Core Course
PAPER C204 - SOCIAL FORMATIONS AND CULTURAL PATTERNS OF THE
MEDIEVAL WORLD (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I. Roman Republic, Participate and Empire &slave society in ancient Rome: Agrarian
economy, urbanization, trade.

Unit II. Religion and culture in ancient Rome & Crises of the Roman Empire

Unit III. Forms and Structures of Medieval Europe: Origin and Debates on Feudalism, forms
and structures of Polity, economy, society, Organization of production, towns and trade,
technological developments. Crisis of feudalism.

Unit IV. Religion and culture in medieval Europe: Feudal culture: chivalry, knight,
monasticism, Crusades

Unit V. Societies in Central Islamic Lands:

[a] The tribal background, ummah, Caliphal state; rise of Sultanates
[b] Religious developments: the origins of shariah, Mihna, Sufism
[c] Urbanization and trade

ESSENTIAL READINGS

1.Perry Anderson, Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism. Marc Bloch, Feudal 2.Society, 2 Vols.
3.Cambridge History of Islam, 2 Vols.
4.Georges Duby, The Early Growth of the European Economy. Fontana, Economic History of
Europe, Vol. I (relevant chapters).
5.P. K. Hitti, History of the Arabs.
6.P. Garnsey and Saller, The Roman Empire.
SUGGESTED READINGS
1.S. Ameer Ali, The Spirit of Islam.
2.J. Barrowclough, The Medieval Papacy.
3.Encyclopedia of Islam, Ist ed., 4 vols.
4.M. G. S. Hodgson, The Venture of Islam.

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 HISTORY
SEMESTER- II
Generic Elective Course
Paper G202- times History of India (1206-1757) (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)
To be offered by students from other departments belonging to the disciplines of
Humanities and Social Sciences

Unit I. Foundation, Expansion &consolidation of the Delhi Sultanate; Nobility &Iqta system;
Miltary, administrative & economic reforms under the Khiljis & the Tughlaqs.

Unit II. Bhakti &Sufi Movements; Provincial kingdoms: Mewar, Bengal, Vijaynagara &
Bahamanis.

Unit III. Emergence and consolidation of Mughal State, C.16th century to mid 17th century.

Unit IV.Akbar to Aurangzeb: administrative structure-Mansabs & Jagirs, State &Religion,

Socio-Religious Movements.;

Unit V. Economy, Society &Culture under the Mughals;Emergence of Maratha Power.

References:

1. Irfan Habib: The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707, Irfan Habib (ed.) :
Madhya Kaleen Bharat, (in Hindi), 8 Volumes, M. Athar Ali: Mughal Nobility under
Aurangzeb,

2. Shireen Moosvi: The Economy of the Mughal Empire

3. S.A.A.Rizvi: Muslim Revivalist Movements in Northern India during 16th and 17th
Centuries

4. R.P. Tripathi: The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire, 2 vol. I. H. Siddiqui: Some
Aspects of Afghan Despotism
5. Kesvan Veluthat: Political Structure of Early Medieval South India P.J. Marshall: The
Eighteenth Century in Indian History.
6. Stewart Gordon, : The Marathas 1600-1818

7. Percy Brown, : Islamic Architecture

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER II
Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course
AE202- Communicative English (2 Credits)
Full Mark: 50 (End semester evaluation)
This is a need based course. It aims to develop the communicative ability of the students
in speaking, reading and writing skills. The course also aims to equip the students in use
of grammar in meaningful contexts and express themselves in day to day life’s practical
situations.

Unit I.

Basics of Communication:

The process of Communication; Language as a Tool of Communication; Levels of

Communication, The Flow of Communication; Communication Networks; Barriers to
Communication; Technology in Communication
Verbal and Non-verbal Communication: Spoken and written; Formal and Informal Style;
Use of bias free English

Unit II.

Principles and Practices of Writing.

Grammar and Punctuation: Subject-Verb Agreement; Common Mistakes; Punctuation.
Sentence Construction

Unit III.
Reading and Writing

Comprehension; Art of Condensation; Note making; Summarizing; Paragraph Writing;

Writing a Review; Dialogue Writing

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER II
Skill Enhancement Compulsory Course
SE201 - MIL(Odia/Hindi/Alternative English)(2 Credits)
Full Mark: 50 (End semester evaluation)

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 HINDI

ALTERNATIVE ENGLISH
Unit I:
Poetry: Shakespeare: Sonnet CXXX; William Blake: London;
T S Eliot: Preludes; Thomas Hardy: The Darkling Thrush
Wordsworth: It’s a Beauteous Evening
Unit II:
Short Story: Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Balthazar’s Marvellous Afternoon
Amitav Ghosh: Ghost’s of Mrs Gandhi; Omprakash Valmiki: Jhootan
Unit 3: Essays
Virginia Woolf: Shakespeare’s Sister
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: Indian Movie, New Jersey
B. R. Ambedkar: Who are the Shudras?
Prescribed Text: The Individual and Society: Essays Stories and Poems. New Delhi:
Pearson, 2006

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- III
Core Course
PAPER C305 - HISTORY OF INDIA III (c. 750 -1206) (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I. Studying Early Medieval India:

Historical geography Sources: texts, epigraphic and numismatic data :Debates on Indian
feudalism
Unit II. Political Structures:
(a) Evolution of political structures: Rashtrakutas, Palas, Pratiharas, Rajputs and Cholas
(b) Legitimization of kingship; brahmanas and temples; royal genealogies and rituals
(c) Arab conquest of Sindh
(d) Causes and consequences of early Turkish invasions: Mahmud of Ghazna; Shahab-ud-Din
of Ghur
Unit III. Agrarian Structure and Social Change:
(a) Agricultural expansion
(b) Proliferation of castes; status of untouchables
(c) Tribes as peasants and their place in the Varna order
Unit IV. Trade and Commerce:
(a) Inter-regional trade
(b) Maritime trade
(c) Process of urbanization
(d) Merchant guilds of South India
Unit V. Religious and Cultural Developments:
(a) Bhakti, Tantricism, Puranic traditions; Buddhism and Jainism
(b) Islamic intellectual traditions: Al-Biruni
(c) Art and architecture: Evolution of regional styles
ESSENTIAL READINGS
1. R.S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism (circa 300 - 1200).
2. B.D. Chattopadhyaya, The Making of Early Medieval India.
3. R.S. Sharma and K.M. Shrimali, eds, Comprehensive History of India, Vol. IV (A & B).
4. Mohammad Habib and K.A. Nizami, eds, Comprehensive History of India, Vol. V, The
Delhi Sultanate
5. Hermann Kulke, ed., The State in India (AD 1000 - AD 1700).
6. N. Karashima, South Indian History and Society (Studies from Inscriptions, AD 850 -1800
7. Derryl N. Maclean, Religion and Society in Arab Sindh. Irfan Habib, Medieval India: The
Study of a Civilization.
SUGGESTED READINGS
1. Richard Davis, Lives of Indian Images.
2. Romila Thapar, Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History.
3. John S. Deyell, Living Without Silver: The Monetary History of Early Medieval North
India.
4. Vijaya Ramaswamy, Walking Naked: Women, Society, and Spirituality in South India.
5. Burton Stein, Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India. R. Champakalakshmi,
Trade, Ideology and Urbanization: South India, 300 BC to 1300 AD.
6. Al. Beruni’s India, NBT edition.
7. Ali Hujwiri, Kashful Mahjoob, tr. R.Nicholson.
8. S C Mishra, Rise of Muslim Communities in Gujarat. J. Schwartzberg, Historical Atlas of
South Asia.

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- III
Core Course
PAPER C306 - RISE OF THE MODERN WEST – I (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I. Transition from feudalism to capitalism: problems and theories.

Unit II. Early colonial expansion: motives, voyages and explorations; the conquests of the
Americas: beginning of the era of colonization
Unit III. Renaissance and reformation: its social roots, city-states of Italy; spread of
humanism in Europe; Art.
Unit IV. Economic developments of the sixteenth century: Shift of economic balance from
the Mediterranean to the Atlantic; Commercial Revolution
Unit V. Emergence of European state system: Spain; France; England; Russia.
ESSENTIAL READINGS
1. T.S. Aston and C. H. E. Philpin (eds.), The Brenner Debate H. Butterfield, The Origins of
Modern Science.
2. Carlo M. Cipolla, Fontana Economic History of Europe, Vols. II and III. Carlo M. Cipolla,
Before the Industrial Revolution, European Society and Economy. 1000 -1700. 3rd ed.
(1993)
3. D. C. Coleman (ed.), Revisions in Mercantilism.
4. Ralph Davis, The Rise of the Atlantic Economics. Maurice Dobb, Studies in the
Development of Capitalism. J. R. Hale, Renaissance Europe.
5. R. Hall, From Galileo to Newton. Christopher Hill, A Century of Revolutions.
6. Rodney Hilton, Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism.
7. H. G. Koenigsberger and G. L. Mosse, Europe in the Sixteenth Century.
8. Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History, 1494 - 1789. G. Parker, Europe in Crisis.
1598- 1648.
9. G. Parker and L. M. Smith, General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century.
10. J. H. Parry, The Age of Reconnaissance.
11. Meenaxi Phukan, Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic History of Early Modern
Europe.
12. V. Poliensiky, War and Society in Europe, 1618 - 48.
13. Theodore K. Rabb, The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe.
14. V. Scammell, The First Imperial Age: European Overseas Expansion, 1400 - 1715.
15. Jan de Vries, Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis 1600 û 1750.
SUGGESTED READINGS
1. M. S. Anderson, Europe in the Eighteenth Century.
2. Perry Anderson, The Lineages of the Absolutist State. Stuart Andrews, Eighteenth Century Europe.
A. H. Slicher von Bath, The Agrarian History of Western Europe. AD. 500 - 1850.
3. The Cambridge Economic History of Europe. Vol. I - VI.
4. James B. Collins, The State in Early Modern France: New Approaches to European
5. History.
6. G. R. Elton, Reformation Europe, 1517 û 1559.
7. M. P. Gilmore, The World of Humanism. 1453 -1517.
8. Peter Kriedte, Peasants, Landlords and Merchant Capitalists. J. Lynch, Spain under the Hapsburgs.
9. Peter Mathias, First Industrial revolution.
10. Harry Miskimin, The Economy of Later Renaissance Europe: 1460 û 1600.
11. Charles A. Nauert, Humanism and the Culture of the Renaissance (1996).
12. The New Cambridge Modern History of Europe, Vols. I -VII. L. W. Owie, Seventeenth Century
Europe.
13.D. H. Pennington, Seventeenth Century Europe.
14.F. Rice, The Foundations of Early Modern Europe

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- III
Core Course
PAPER C307 - HISTORY OF INDIA IV (c.1206 - 1550) (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I. Sources of the Delhi Sultanate:

Survey of sources: Persian tarikh tradition; vernacular histories; epigraphy
Unit II. Sultanate Political Structures:
Foundation, expansion and consolidation of the Sultanate of Delhi; The Khaljis and the
Tughluqs; Mongol threat and Timur’s invasion; The Lodis: Conquest of Bahlul and Sikandar;
Ibrahim Lodi and the battle of Panipat

Unit III: Regional Identities:

(a) Emergence of provincial dynasties: Bahamanis, Vijayanagar, Jaunpur and Bengal
(b)Consolidation of regional identities; regional art, architecture and literature
Unit IV. Society and Economy:
(a) Iqta and the revenue-free grants
(b) Agricultural production; technology
(c) Monetization; market regulations; growth of urban centres; trade and commerce; Indian
Ocean trade
Unit V. Religion, Society and Culture:
(a) Sufi silsilas: Chishtis and Suhrawardis; doctrines and practices
(b) Bhakti movements and monotheistic traditions in South and North India; Women Bhaktas;
Nathpanthis; Kabir and Nanak
ESSENTIAL READINGS
1. Mohammad Habib and K.A. Nizami, eds, Comprehensive History of India, Vol. V, The
Delhi Sultanate.
2. Satish Chandra, Medieval India I.
3. Peter Jackson, The Delhi Sultanate.
4. Catherine Asher and Cynthia Talbot, India Before Europe.
5. Tapan Raychaudhuri and Irfan Habib, eds, Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. I.
6. K.A. Nizami, Religion and Politics in the Thirteenth Century. W.H. McLeod, Karine
Schomer, et al, Eds, The Sants. S.A.A. Rizvi, A History of Sufism in India, Vol. I.
7. Mohibul Hasan, Historians of Medieval India.

SUGGESTED READINGS

1. Cynthia Talbot, Pre-colonial India in Practice.

2. Simon Digby, War Horses and Elephants in the Delhi Sultanate. I.H. Siddiqui, Afghan
Despotism.
3. Burton Stein, New Cambridge History of India: Vijayanagara. Richard M. Eaton, ed.,
India’s Islamic Traditions.
4. Vijaya Ramaswamy, Walking Naked: Women, Society, and Spirituality in South India.
5. Sheldon Pollock, Languages of the Gods in the World of Men. Pushpa Prasad, Sanskrit
Inscriptions of the Delhi Sultanate. Andre Wink, Al-Hind, Vols. I-III.

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 HISTORY
SEMESTER- III
Generic Elective Course
PAPER G303 - History of India (1757-1947) (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I: Coming of colonialism: conquest and consolidation; Institutional and Ideological

Foundation of Colonial India: Military, Judiciary, Bureaucracy.

Unit II: Colonial economy: Revenue Settlement, Deindustrialisation, Commericiaisation, trade

and tariff policy, growth of new industries

Unit III: Popular Protest in Colonial India: Peasant and tribal movements; nature and
Characteristics

Unit IV: Emergence of Nationalism: Reform Movements, Political Assocaition and Moderates
and Extremist Phase

Unit V: Emergence of Gandhian Politics: Movements, nature and consequence and Partition
Reading list
1. Bipan Chandra: Modern India
2. Sumit Sarkar: Modern India
3. Ishita banerjee Dube: Modern India
4. Marshall: Cambridge History of Modern India
5. Partha Chaterjee; Nationalsit Thought..

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER III
Skill Enhancement Course
SE302 - Basics of Computer (2 Credits)
Full Mark: 50 (End semester evaluation)
UNIT-I
Introduction: Introduction to computer system, uses, types. Data Representation:
Number systems and character representation, binary arithmetic. Human Computer
Interface: Types of software, Operating system as user interface, utility programs.

UNIT-II
Devices: Input and output devices (with connections and practical demo), keyboard,
mouse, joystick, scanner, OCR, OMR, bar code reader, web camera, monitor, printer,
plotter.
Memory: Primary, secondary, auxiliary memory, RAM, ROM, cache memory, hard
disks, optical disks

UNIT-III
Computer Organisation and Architecture: C.P.U., registers, system bus, main memory
unit, cache memory, Inside a computer, SMPS, Motherboard, Ports and Interfaces,
expansion cards, ribbon cables, memory chips, processors.

Reference Books:

1. Goel, Computer Fundamentals, Pearson Education, 2010.

2. P. Aksoy, L. DeNardis, Introduction to Information Technology, Cengage
Learning, 2006
3. P. K.Sinha, P. Sinha, Fundamentals of Computers, BPB Publishers, 2007.

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- IV
Core Course
PAPER C408 - RISE OF THE MODERN WEST - II (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I. 17th century European crisis: economic, social and political dimensions.
Unit II. The English Revolution: major issues; political and intellectual currents.
Unit III. Rise of modern science in relation to European society from the Renaissance to
the 17th century.
Unit IV. Mercantilism and European economics; 17th and 18th centuries.
Unit V. European politics in the 18th century: Parliamentary monarchy; patterns of
Absolutism in Europe.
Readings:
1. T.S. Aston and C.H.E. Philpin (eds.), The Brenner Debate. H. Butterfield, The Origins of
Modern Science.
2. Carlo M. Cipolla, Fontana Economic History of Europe, Vols. II and III.Carlo M.
Cipolla, Before the Industrial Revolution, European Society and Economy, 1000 -1700.
3rd ed. (1993)
3. D.C. Coleman (ed.), Revisions in Mercantilism.
4. Ralph Davis, The Rise of the Atlantic Economics. Maurice Dobb, Studies in the
Development of Capitalism. J.R. Hale, Renaissance Europe.
5. R. Hall, From Galileo to Newton.
6. Christopher Hill, A Century of Revolutions.
7. Rodney Hilton, Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism.
8. H.G. Koenigsberger and G.L. Mosse, Europe in the Sixteenth Century.
9. Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History, 1494 - 1789. G. Parker, Europe in Crisis,
1598 - 1648.
10. G. Parker and L.M. Smith, General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century.
11. J.H. Parry, The Age of Reconnaissance.
12. Meenaxi Phukan, Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic History of Early
Modern Europe.
13. V. Poliensiky, War and Society in Europe. 1618 -48.
14. Theodore K. Rabb, The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe.
15. V. Scammell, The First Imperial Age: European Overseas Expansion, 1400-1715.
16. Jan de Vries, Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis 1600 û 1750.
SUGGESTED READINGS
1. M. S. Anderson, Europe in the Eighteenth Century. Perry Anderson, The Lineages of the Absolutist State.
2. Stuart Andrews, Eighteenth Century Europe.
3. H. Slicher von Bath, The Agrarian History of Western Europe. AD. 500 - 1850.
4. The Cambridge Economic History of Europe. Vol. I - VI.
5. James B. Collins, The State in Early Modern France, New Approaches to European
6. History.
7. G. R. Elton, Reformation Europe, 1517 û 1559.
8. M. P. Gilmore, The World of Humanism. 1453 û-1517. Peter Kriedte, Peasants, Landlords and Merchant
Capitalists. J. Lynch, Spain under the Hapsburgs.
9. Peter Mathias, First Industrial revolution.
10. Harry Miskimin, The Economy of Later Renaissance Europe: 1460 û 1600.
11. Charles A. Nauert, Humanism and the Culture of the Renaissance (1996).
12. The New Cambridge Modern History of Europe, Vols. I - VII. L. W. Owie, Seventeenth Century Europe.
13. H. Pennington, Seventeenth Century Europe.
14. Rice, The Foundations of Early Modern Europe

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- IV
Core Course
PAPER C409 - HISTORY OF INDIA V (c. 1526 - 1605) (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I. Sources and Historiography:

(a) Persian literary culture; translations; Vernacular literary traditions
(c) Modern Interpretations
Unit II. Establishment of Mughal rule:
(a) Babur’s invasion of India
(b) Humayun’s struggle for empire
(c) Sher Shah and his administrative and revenue reforms
Unit III. Consolidation, Expansion and Integration of Mughal rule under Akbar:
(a) Campaigns and conquests: tactics and technology
(b) Evolution of administrative institutions: zabt, mansab, jagir, madad-i-maash
(c) Incorporation of Rajputs and other indigenous groups in Mughal nobility
Unit IV. Rural Society and Economy:
(a) Land rights and revenue system; Zamindars and peasants; rural tensions
(b) Extension of agriculture; agricultural production; crop patterns
(c) Trade routes and patterns of internal commerce; overseas trade; rise of Surat
Unit V. Political and religious ideals:
(a) Inclusive political ideas: theory and practice
(b) Religious tolerance and sulh-i-kul; Sufi mystical and intellectual interventions
(c) Pressure from the ulama

Bibliography
1. Chandra, Satish, Medieval India (Society, the jagirdari crisis and the village), Macmillan
India Ltd., Madras, 1992.
2. Kulkarni, A.R., Maharashtra in the Age of Shivaji, Pune, 2002.
3. Alam, Muzaffar and Subrahmanyam, Sanjay, The Mughal State, Oxford India Paperbacks,
2000
4. Mukhia, H., Perspectives on Medieval India, Delhi, 1994
5. Mehta, J.L. Advanced History of Medieval India, 3 Vols Delhi: Sterling Publication

Additional list will be supplied by the course teacher

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- IV
Core Course
Paper C410- HISTORY OF INDIA VII (c. 1605 - 1750s) (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I. Sources: Persian and vernacular literary cultures, histories, memoirs and
travelogues
Unit II. Political Culture under Jahangir and Shah Jahan:
(a) Extension of Mughal rule; changes in mansab and jagir systems; imperial culture
(b) Orthodoxy and syncretism - Naqshbandi Sufis, Miyan Mir, Dara Shukoh, Sarmad
Unit III. Mughal Empire under Aurangzeb:
(a) State and religion under Aurangzeb; issues in the war of succession; policies regarding
Religious groups and institutions
(b) Conquests and limits of expansion
(c) Beginning of the crisis: contemporary perceptions; agrarian and jagir crises; revolts
Unit IV. Visual Culture: Paintings and Architecture V. Patterns of Regional Politics:
(a) Rajput political culture and state formation
(b) Deccan kingdoms; emergence of the Marathas; Shivaji; Expansion under the Peshwas
(c) Mughal decline; emergence of successor states
Unit V. Trade and Commerce:
(a) Crafts and technologies; Monetary system
(b) Markets; transportation; urban centres
(c) Indian Ocean trade network

ESSENTIAL READINGS

1.
M. Athar Ali, The Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb.
2.
Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subramanian, eds, The Mughal State, 1526 - 1750.
3.
J.F. Richards, The Mughal Empire.
4.
Satish Chandra, Essays on Medieval Indian History.
5.
Irfan Habib, Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1526 û 1707.
6.
Ashin Dasgupta, Indian Merchants and the Decline of Surat, 1700 - 1750.
7.
Stewart Gordon, The Marathas 1600 - 1818.
8.
Ebba Koch, Mughal Art and Imperial Ideology.
9.
S.A.A. Rizvi, Muslim Revivalist Movements in Northern India. K. R. Qanungo, Dara
Shikoh.
SUGGESTED READINGS
1. S. Nurul Hasan, Religion, State, and Society in Medieval India.
2. S. Arsaratnam, Maritime India in the Seventeenth Century.
3. Muzaffar Alam, The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India.
4. Catherine Asher, Architecture of Mughal India.

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 HISTORY
SEMESTER- IV
Generic Elective Course
PAPER G404A - Research Methodology in History (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I
[a] Time, space, human agency

[b] Sources as authority and sources in context: written, oral, visual, and archaeological

[c] Facts and historical facts; interpretation and meaning

Unit II

(a) Hypothesis, argumentation, problematic

(b) Objectivity, causality, generalization, historical imagination

(c) Narrative and history

Unit III
History as interdisciplinary practice: [a] History and Archaeology [b] History and
Anthropology [c] History and Psychology [d] History and Literature

Unit IV
Historical traditions in ancient and medieval India: Itihasa-Purana Traditions,
Kalhana’s Rajatarangini and Abul Fazl.
Unit V
Development of modern historiography: Colonialist, Nationalist, Marxist and
Subaltern.

Essential Readings:
1. E. H. Carr, What is History, Penguin, 2008 (also in Hindi)
2. Marc Bloch, The Historian’s Craft (Introduction and Chapter I: History, Men and Time),
Manchester University Press, 1992.(also in Hindi)
3. E. Sreedharan, A Text -book of Historiography 500 BC to AD 2000, Orient Longman,
2004 (also in Hindi)
Suggested Readings:
1. Arthur Marwick, New Nature of History: Knowledge, Evidence, Language (Chapter V:
The Historian at work: Forget ‘facts’, Foreground Sources), Lyceum Books
Incorporated, 2001.
2. Habib, Irfan. Interpreting Indian History. Northeastern Hill University Publications,
Shillong, 1988
3. Arthur Marwick, The Nature of History (Chapter IV: History, Science and Social
Science), London: Macmillan, 1989

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 HISTORY
SEMESTER- IV
Generic Elective Course
PAPER G404B - Making of Contemporary India (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I: Towards Independence and Emergence of the New State Government of India Act
1935 Working of the GOI Act Negotiations for Independence and Popular Movements Partition:
Riots and Rehabilitation

Unit II: Making of the Republic The Constituent Assembly;

Drafting of the Constitution Integration of Princely States

Unit III: Indian Democracy at Work c1950- 1970s Language, Region, Caste and Religion
Electoral Politics and the Changing Party System; Regional Experiences India and the World;
Non Aligned Movement

Unit IV: Economy c 1950-1970s

The Land Question, Planned Economy, Industry and Labour

Unit V: Society and Culture c 1950-1970s

Science and Education The Women’s Question: Movements and Legislation Cultural Trends:
Institutions and Ideas, Literature, Media, Arts

ESSENTIAL READINGS

1. Granville Austin, Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, New Edition, OUP, 2011
Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy, 1947-2004, New Delhi: Oxford University
Press, 2006.
2. Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1994.
3. Ram Chandra Guha, India after Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy,
New Delhi: Picador, 2007

SUGGESTED READINGS

1. Bipan Chandra, et al (ed) India after Independence, New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1999
2. Appadurai, Domestic Roots of India's Foreign Policy 1947-1972. New Delhi: Oxford
University Press,1979.
3. Rajni Kothari, Politics in India, New Delhi: Orient Longman, 1970.
4. Joya Chatterji, The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947-67,Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2007.
5. Sunil Khilnani, The Idea of India, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 2004T

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 HISTORY
SEMESTER- IV
Generic Elective Course
PAPER G404C - Issues in Contemporary World (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)
Unit I: Colonialism and Nationalism: a Synoptic view; Social Transformation after the Second
World War; United Nations and UNESCO; NAM, Cold War: the character of Communist States

Unit II: Perspectives on Development and unnderdevelopment:

Unit III:Social Movements in the North and the South: Ecological, Feminist, Human Rights
issues

Unit IV:Modernity and Cultural Transformation: Emerging trends in Culture, Media and
Consumption

Unit V:Globalization--a long view

Essential Readings:

1. E.J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes, 1914 – 1991, New York: Vintage, 1996
2. Carter V. Findley and John Rothay, Twentieth-Century World,. Boston:
Houghton-Mifflin, 5th ed. 2003
3. Norman Lowe, Mastering Modern World History, London: Palgrave Macmillan,
1997

Suggested Readings:
1. Mark Mazower, The Balkans: A Short History [especially chap. 4], New York: Modern
Library, 2000: paperback, 2002
2. Basil Davidson, Modern Africa: A Social and Political History, 3d edn. London / New
Jersey: Addison – Wesley, 1995

3. Rigoberta Menchu, An India Woman in Guatemala [Memoir of 1992 Nobel Peace Prize
Winner, London: Verso.1987 {Hindi translation available}

4. Jonathan Spence, The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution, 1895
– 1980, Penguin, 1982

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- IV
Skill Enhancement Courses
PAPER SE403A- Understanding Heritage (2 Credits)
Full mark 50 (End Semester Evaluation)

About paper
This course will enable students to understand the different facets of heritage and their
significance. It highlights the legal and institutional frameworks for heritage protection in India
as also the challenges facing it. The implications of the rapidly changing interface between
heritage and history will also be examined. The course will be strongly project-based and will
require visits to sites and monuments.

Unit I. Defining Heritage and Evolution of Heritage Legislation and the Institutional
Framework:
Meaning of ‘antiquity’, ‘archaeological site’, ‘tangible heritage’, 'intangible heritage' and ‘art
treasure’
Conventions and Acts— national and international Heritage-related government departments,
museums, regulatory bodies etc. Conservation Initiatives

Unit II. Challenges facing Tangible and Intangible Heritage and Evolution of Heritage
Legislation and the Institutional Framework:
Conventions and Acts— national and international Heritage-related government departments,
museums, regulatory bodies etc. Conservation Initiatives

Unit III. Challenges facing Tangible and Intangible Heritage and Heritage and Travel:
Development, antiquity smuggling, conflict (to be examined through specific case studies)
Viewing Heritage Sites The relationship between cultural heritage,
Essential Readings
1. David Lowenthal, Possessed By The Past: The Heritage Crusade and The Spoils of
History, Cambridge, 2010
2. Layton, R. P. Stone and J. Thomas. Destruction and Conservation of Cultural Property.
London: Rutledge, 2001
3. Lahiri, N. Marshaling the Past - Ancient India and its Modern Histories.Ranikhet:
Permanent Black. 2012, Chapters 4 and 5.
4. S.S. Biswas, Protecting the Cultural Heritage (National Legislations and International
Conventions). New Delhi: INTACH, 1999.
Suggested Readings
1. Acts, Charters and Conventions are available on the UNESCO and ASI websites
(www.unesco.org; www.asi.nic.in)
2. Agrawal, O.P., Essentials of Conservation and Museology, Delhi, 2006
3. Chainani, S. 2007. Heritage and Environment. Mumbai: Urban Design Research
Institute, 2007

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- IV
Skill Enhancement Courses
PAPER SE403B-Art Appreciation an Introduction to Indian Art (2 Credits)
Full mark 50 (End Semester Evaluation)

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to Indian art, from ancient to contemporary
times, in order to understand and appreciate its diversity and its aesthetic richness. The course
will equip students with the abilities to understand art as a medium of cultural expression. It will
give students direct exposure to Indian art through visuals, and visits to sites and museums.

Unit I: Indian art (c. 600 BCE – 600 CE):

Evolution of Temple Art & Architecture: Major developments in temple art and architecture
in Early Medieval India

Unit II.Iconography of Buddha and Brahmanical gods: Buddha , Forms of Siva and Visnu
Unit III. Indian art and architecture (c. 1200 CE – 1800 CE) : Sultanate and Mughal
architecture Miniature painting traditions: Mughal, Rajasthani,Pahari Introduction to fort, palace
and haveli architecture

Essential Readings

1. Dhaky, M.N. Temples of North India, Delhi: AIIS.

2. Neumayer, Erwin, Lines of Stone: The pre-historic rock-art of India, South Asia Books,
1993

3. Goswamy, B.N., Essence of Indian Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1986

4. Huntington, Susan, The Art of Ancient India: Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Weatherhill, 1985

5. Beach, M.C., The New Cambridge History of India I: 3, Mughal and Rajput Painting,
Cambridge University Press, 1992.

6. Ray, Niharranjan, An Approach to Indian Art, Calcutta, 1970

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- V
Core Course
Paper C511 -History of Modern Europe- I (c. 1780-1939) (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I.The French Revolution and its European repercussions:

[a] Crisis of Ancient Regime
[b] Intellectual currents.
[c] Social classes
[d] Phases of the French Revolution 1789 - 99.

Unit II. Napoleonic consolidation – Reform, Empire and decline.

Unit III. Restoration and Revolution: c. 1815 - 1848:
[a] Forces of conservatism & restoration of old hierarchies.
[b] Social, Political and intellectual currents.
[c] Revolutionary and Radical movements, 1830 - 1848.
Unit IV Capitalist Industrialization and Social and Economic Transformation (Late 18th
century to AD 1914)
[a] Process of capitalist development in industry and agriculture in Europe
[b] Evolution and Differentiation of social classes: Bourgeoisie, Proletariat, land owning classes
and peasantry.
[c] Changing trends in demography and urban patterns.
[d] Family, gender and process of industrialization.
Unit V. Varieties of Nationalism and the Remaking of States in the 19th and 20th
Centuries.
[a] Intellectual currents, popular movements and the formation of National identities in
Germany, Italy, Ireland and the Balkans.
[b] Specificities of economic development, political and administrative Reorganization - Italy;
Germany.

ESSENTIAL READINGS
1. Gerald Brennan: The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political
Background of the Civil War.
2. C.M. Cipolla: Fontana Economic History of Europe, Volume III: The Industrial
Revolution.
3. Norman Davies, Europe.
4. J. Evans: The Foundations of a Modern State in 19th Century Europe.
5. T.S. Hamerow: Restoration, Revolution and Reaction: Economics and Politics in
6. Germany [1815 - 1871].
7. E.J. Hobsbawn: The Age of Revolution.
8. Lynn Hunt: Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution. James Joll, Europe
Since 1870.
9. David Landes: Prometheus Unbound.
10. George Lefebvre, Coming of the French Revolution.
11. George Lichtheim : A Short History of Socialism.
12. Peter Mathias, First Industrial Revolution
13. Alec Nove: An Economic History of the USSR.
14. Andrew Porter, European Imperialism, 18760 û 1914 (1994). Anthony Wood, History of
Europe, 1815 û 1960 (1983). Stuart Woolf: History of Italy, 1700 û 1860.

SUGGESTED READINGS

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1. Barrowclough, An Introduction to Contemporary History.
2. Fernand Braudel, History and the Social Science in M. Aymard and
3. Mukhia Ed. French Studies in History, Vol. I (1989).
4. Maurice Dobb: Soviet Economic Development Since 1917.
5. M. Perrot and G. Duby [eds.]: A History of Women in the West, Volumes 4 and 5.
6. H.J. Hanham; Nineteenth Century Constitution, 1815 - 1914. E.J. Hobsbawm, Nations
and Nationalism.
7. Charles and Barbara Jelavich: Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1840 û 1920.
8. James Joll, Origins of the First World war (1989).
9. Jaon B. Landes: Women and the Public Sphere in the Age of the French Revolution.
10. David lowenthal, The Past is a Foreign Country.
11. Colin Licas: The French Revolution and the Making of Modern Political Culture,
Volume
12. Nicholas Mansergh: The Irish Question, 1840 û 1921.
13. K.O. Morgan: Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Volume 3 [1789 - 1983].
14. R.P. Morgan: German Social Democracy and the First International. N.V. Riasanovsky:
A History of Russia.
15. J.M. Robert, Europe 1880 û 1985.
16. J.J. Roth (ed.), World War I : A Turning Point in Modern History. Albert Soboul:
History of the French Revolution (in two volumes). Lawrence Stone, History and the
Social Sciences in the Twentieth Century The Past and the Present (1981).
17. Dorothy Thompson: Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution.
18. E.P. Thompson: Making of the English Working Class. Michel Vovelle, fall of the
French Monarchy (1984). H. Seton Watson: The Russian Empire.
19. Raymond Williams: Culture and Society.

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- V
Core Course
PAPER C512 - HISTORY OF INDIA VI (c. 1750 - 1857) (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I. India in the mid 18th Century; Society, Economy, Polity

Unit II. Expansion and Consolidation of colonial Power:
[a] Mercantilism, foreign trade and early forms of exactions from Bengal.
[b] Dynamics of expansion, with special reference to Bengal, Mysore, Western India, Awadh,
Punjab, and Sindh.
Unit III. Colonial State and Ideology:
[a] Arms of the colonial state: army, police, law.
[b] Ideologies of the Raj and racial attitudes.
[c] Education: indigenous and modern.
Unit IV. Rural Economy and Society:
[a] Land revenue systems and forest policy.
[b] Commercialization and rise of modern Industries: De industrialization, Drain of Wealth
[c]Rural society: change and continuity.
[d] Famines.
Unit V. Popular Resistance:
[a] Santhal uprising (185-7); Indigo rebellion (1860); Pabna agrarian Leagues (1873); Deccan
riots (1875).
[b] Uprising of 1857
ESSENTIAL READINGS
1. Bayly, Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire, New Cambridge History of India.
2.Bipan Chandra, Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India.
3.Suhash Chakravarty, The Raj Syndrome: A Study in Imperial Perceptions, 1989.
4.J.S. Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab, New Cambridge History of India
5.Ranajit Guha, ed., A Subaltern Studies Reader.
6.Dharma Kumar and Tapan Raychaudhuri, eds., The Cambridge Economic History of India,
Vol. II.
7.P.J. Marshall, Bengal: The British Bridgehead, New Cambridge History of India.
8.R.C. Majumdar, ed., History and Culture of Indian People, Vols. IX and X. British
Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance.
9.Rajat K. Ray, ed., Entrepreneurship and Industry in India, 1800-1947, Oxford In India
Readings.
10.Eric Stokes, English Utilitarians and India.
SUGGESTED READINGS
1. David Arnold and Ramchandra Guha, eds, Nature, Culture and Imperialism.
2. Amiya Bagchi, Private Investment in India.
3. Bipan Chandra, K.N. Panikkar, Mridula Mukherjee, Sucheta Mahajan and Aditya
Mukherjee, India’s Struggles for Independence.
4. A.R. Desai, Peasant Struggles in India. R.P. Dutt, India today.
5. M.J. Fisher, ed., Politics of Annexation (Oxford in India Readings).
6. Ranajit Guha, Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India (1983).
7. P.C. Joshi, Rebellion 1857: A Symposium.
8. J.Krishnamurti, Women in Colonial India.
9. Dadabhai Naroji, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.
10. Milo Beach, Mughal and Rajput Paintings.
11. Satish Chandra, Parties and Politics at the Mughal Court. Andre Wink, Land and

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 Sovereignty in India.
12. Harbans Mukhia, The Mughals of India.
13. J.F. Richards, Mughal Administration in Golconda. Z.U. Malik, The Reign of
Muhammad Shah.
14. Iqbal Husain, Ruhela Cheiftancies in 18th Century India

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- V
Discipline Specific Elective Course
Paper D501 - Archaeology: Principles and Methods (6 Credits)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I:
a. Definition and scope of archaeology
b. Relationship of archaeology with History, Anthropology and Natural sciences
c. History of archaeology in world and Indian context
Unit II: Exploration and Excavation: Methods and Techniques
a. Techniques of exploration
b. Methods of excavation
c. Stratigraphy: Site formation process and reconstruction of cultural sequences
d. Dating methods: Relative and absolute dating
e. Methods of recording excavated sites
f. Analysis of Data
Unit III: Pottery and Stone tool Studies

1. Methods of study: significance of tools, pottery, beads in archaeology

2. Stone tool techniques and their uses

Unit IV: Metal technology and Settlement Archaeology

1. Technological developments of archaeological cultures: Stone age, Bronze age and Iron
age
2. Settlement archaeology

Unit V: Expanding Scope of Archaeology

1. Ethno-archaeology
2. New archaeology
3. Archaeology and public awareness

Bibliography

1. Fagan, B. Digging from the Earth

2. Renfrew, C. & Bahn, P. G. (1991), Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice, London
3. Trigger, B. G. (1989), A History of Archaeological Thought, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- V
Discipline Specific Elective Course
Paper D502A - History of Odisha –I (6 Credits)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I: Early Historical Developments

1. Kalinga war: causes and consequences
2. Kharavela; Career and achievements
3. Emergence of sub-regional kingdoms in Kalinga, Kosala and Utkala
Unit II: From Local kingdoms towards Political Kingdoms
a. The Sailodbhavas of Kongoda
b. The Bhumakaras of Tosali
c. The Panduvamsi-Somavamsis of Kosala and Utkala
Unit III: Imperial period and Decline
a. The Imperial Gangas and their role in the formation of a regional kingdom
b. The Suryavamsi Gajapatis
c. Fall of the Odishan Empire
Unit IV: Religion in Ancient Odisha
a. Jainism in Odisha b. Buddhism in Odisha
c.Saivism and Vaisnavism in Odisha and cult of Jagannath
Unit V:
1. Buddhist art and architecture in Odisha: Ratnagiri, Lalitagiri and Udayagiri complex
2. Early temples of Odisha: Satrughanesvara group and Parasuramesvara temple
3. Muktesvara and Lingaraja temples
4. The Sun temple of Konarka
ESSENTIAL READINGS
1. Mohapatra, R.P Jainism in Odisha,
2. Mitra, Debala Khandagiri and Udayagiri, Delhi: ASI
3. Donaldson (1985-7) Hindu Temple Arts of Odisha, Leiden: E.J Brill
4. Panigrahi, K.C.( 1961) Archaeological Remain so Bhubaneswar, Cuttack.
5. Eschmann, A., et. al. Cult of Jagannath and Regional Tradition of Odisha, Delhi: Manohar
6. Sahu, N.K. (1958) Buddhism in Odisha, Bhubaneswar: Utkal University.
7. Pattnaik, N.R (2000) Religious History of Odisha, Delhi.
SUGGESTED READINGS
1. Acharya, Paramanand () Essays in History, Culture, Archaeology of Odisha,
2. Panigrahi, KC (1981)History of Odisha, Cuttack, Kitab Mahal
3. Sahu, BP (1993) “Aspects of Rural Economy in Early Medieval Odisha,” Social Scientist,
Vol. 21, No. 1/2 (Jan. - Feb., 1993), pp. 48-68.
4. Sahu, BP (1996) “Situating Early Historical Trade in Odisha” in KM Shrimali (ed.) Indian
Archaeology since Independence, Delhi: Amit printing: 95-109.
5. Singh, Upinder (1994) Kings, Brahmanas and Temples –An epigraphic Study, Delhi:
Munshiram Manoharlal.
6. Basa, Kishor, Mohanty, Pradeep (ed)(2000) Archaeology of Odisha, Delhi: Pratibha

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7. Mukherjee, Prabhat The History of the Gajapati Kings of Orissa, CuttacK: Kitab Mahal.
8. Das, MN (ed) (1977) Sidelights on History and Culture of Odisha, Cuttack: Vidyapur
9. Eschmann, Kulke, H, Tripathy, GC(eds) (1977) Cult of Jagannath and Regional Tradition of
Odisha, Delhi: Manohar.
10. Panda, Shishir Kumar (1991) Medieval Odisha: A Socio- Economic Study , Delhi Mittal.
11. Das, Biswarup (1978) The Bhaumakaras and their Times, Delhi
12. Mohanty, Prafulla (2003) State Formations in Odisha, Calcutta: Punthi Pusthak.

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- V
Discipline Specific Elective Course
Paper D502B - HISTORY OF CHINA and JAPAN (c. 1840-1950)(6 Credits)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I. Imperialism and China during the 19th century

(a) Chinese feudalism: Gentry, bureaucracy and peasantry; the Confucian value system; Sino-
centrism; the Canton commercial system.
(b) The transformation of China into an informal colony; the Opium Wars; the
Unequal Treaties; the scramble for concessions; Finance Imperialism; the Open Door policy.
(c) Agrarian and Popular Movements: Taiping and Yi Ho Tuan.
(d) Attempts at Self-Strengthening (Tzu-chiang): Reforms of 1860-95; 1898; and 1901-08.
The Emergence of Nationalism in China
(e)The Revolution of 1911: Causes, nature and significance; the social composition of the
Revolution; Sun Yat-sen and his contribution; the formation of the Republic; Yuan Shih Kai;
Warlordism.
(b) May Fourth Movement of 1919: Nature and significance
Unit II. History of China 1919-1949
(a)Nationalism &Communism in China (1921-1937)
(b)Formation of CCP; and the Guomintang (National Party of KMT)
(c)The First United Front
(d)The Communist Movement (1938-1949) ;The Jiangxi Period and the rise of Mao Tse
Tung

Unit III. Japan (c.1868-1905)

a. Transition from feudalism to capitalism:
b. Crisis of Tokugawa Bakuhan system
c. Meiji Restoration :Its nature and Significance
d. Political Reorganization
e. Military Reforms
f. Social, cultural and educational reforms (bunmeikaika)
g. Financial reforms and educational development in the ‘Meiji’era
h. Meiji Constitution

Unit IV. Japanese Imperialism

(a)China
(b)Manchuria
(c) Korea
Unit V. Democracy and Militarism/Fascism
(a) Popular/People’ s Rights Movement
(b) Nature of political parties
(c) Rise of Militarism-Nature and significance
(d) Second World War; American occupation
(e) Post-War Changes

ESSENTIAL READINGS

1. George Allen, A Short Economic History of Japan.

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2. Jean Chesneaux, et al, China from Opium War to 1911 Revolution. Jean Chesneaux, et
al, China from the 1911 Revolution to Liberation.
3. Tan Chung, Triton and Dragon: Studies on the Nineteenth Century China and
Imperialisms.
4. John K. Fairbank, et al., and East Asia: Modern Transformation Y. Immanuel Hsu, The
Rise of Modern China.
5. Chalmers A Johnson, Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power: The Emergence of
Red China, 1937 - 1945.

6. Nathaniel Peffer, The Far East: A Modern History. Victor Purcell, The Boxer Uprising:
A Background Study. Kenneth B. Pyle, The Making of Modern Japan.
7. Franz Schuramann and Orville Schell (eds.), China Readings, 2 Volumes (Imperial
China, and Republican China).

8. Benjamin I. Schwartz, Mao and the Rise of Chinese Communism. Hu Sheng,

Imperialism and Chinese Politics.
9. Chow Tse tung, The May Fourth Movement: Intellectual Revolution in Modern, China.
10. Mao Tse tung’s Selected Writings, National Book Agency, Calcutta. Mary C. Wright,
China in Revolution: The First Phase, 1900 -1913.

11. George M. Beckmann, Modernization of China and Japan. George M. Beckmann, The
Making of the Meiji Constitution. Lucien Bianco, Origins of the Chinese Revolution,
1915 -1949. Jean Chesneaux, Peasant Revolts in China, 1840 û 1949.
12. Tan Chung, China and the Brave New World: A Study of the Origins of the Opium War,
1840 û 42.
13. Wolfgang Franke, A Century of Chinese Revolution. John W. Hall, Japan From
Prehistory to Modern Times.
14. History of Modern China Series: The Opium War, The Taiping Revolution, The Reform
Movement (1898).

15. M.B. Jansen, Japan and China: From War to Peace, 1894 û 1972. Franz Michael, The
Taiping Rebellion.
16. Harold Z. Schifrin, Sun Yat-Sen and the Origin of the Chinese Revolution.

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- V
Skill Enhancement Courses
PAPER SE504A - Archives and museums (2 Credits)
Full mark 50 (End Semester Evaluation)

This course introduces students to the institutions that house and maintain documentary, visual
and material remains of the past. Museums and archives are among the most important such
repositories and this course explains their significance and how they work. Students will be
encouraged to undertake collection, documentation and exhibition of such materials in their
localities and colleges. Visit to National Archives and National Museum are an integral part of
the course.

Unit I: Definition and history of development (with special reference to India)

Unit II: Types of archives and museums: Understanding the traditions of preservation in India
Collection policies, ethics and procedures Collection: field exploration, excavation,
purchase, gift and bequests, loans and deposits, exchanges, treasure trove confiscation
and others Documentation: accessioning, indexing, cataloguing, digital documentation
and de-accessioning Preservation: curatorial care, preventive conservation, chemical
preservation and restoration
Unit III: (A)Museum Presentation and Exhibition:
(B). Museums, Archives and Society: (Education and Communication Outreach
activities

Essential Readings:

1. Saloni Mathur, India By Design: Colonial History and Cultural Display, University of
California, 2007

2. Sengupta, S. Experiencing History Through Archives. Delhi: Munshiram

Manoharlal.2004. Guha, Thakurta, Tapati, Monuments, Objects, Histories: Institution of
Art in Colonial

3. Colonial India, New York, 2004 Kathpalia, Y. P. Conservation and Restoration of

Archive Materials.UNESCO, 1973

4. houdhary, R.D. Museums of India and their maladies. Calcutta: Agam Kala. 1988 Nair,
S.M. Bio- Deterioration of Museum Materials. 2011
5. Agrawal, O.P., Essentials of Conservation and Museology, Delhi, 20

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- V
Skill Enhancement Courses
PAPER SE504B - Understanding Popular Culture (2 Credits)
Full mark 50 (End Semester Evaluation)

The paper examines some popular cultures expressed in different mediums like visual, oral and
cultural. In the process of their evolution, these cultures eclectically draw from traditions,
articulate anxieties, and even give rise to new traditions. The paper endeavours to equip students
with understanding such phenomena historically, with special reference to India. It is imperative
that the students use electronic devices to view, record, and document the subject matter.

Unit I: (a) Introduction: Defining popular culture and understanding it historically

(b) Visual expressions Folk art, calendar art, photography
(c). Performance: Theatre; music ; folk tales/songs/swang and Nautanki:Identifying
themes, functionality, anxieties

Unit II:The audio-visual: cinema and television:

Indian cinema: Mapping the influence of the national struggle for independence (1930s and 40s);
Idealized nationalism (1950s), disillusionment and the anti-establishment mood (1970s and 80s);
documentary films Expressions of popular culture in television

Unit III: A) Fairs, Festivals and Rituals: Disentangling mythological stories, patronage,
regional variations
(B). Popular culture in a globalized world:
The impact of the Internet and audio-visual media
Essential Readings:
1. Dissanayake, W. and K. M. Gokul Singh, Indian Popular Cinema, Trentham Book,
London, 2004
2. John Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, London, 2001
3. Patricia Oberoi,, Freedom and Destiny: Gender, Family and Popular Culture in India,
Delhi, 2009
4. Christopher Princy, Camera Indica: The Social Life of Indian Photographs, Chicago,
1998

Suggested Readings:

1. Pankaj Rag, Dhuno ke Yatri, Rajkamal, New Delhi, 2006 (Hindi) Ramanujan, A.K.
Folktales from India A Selection of Oral Tales from Twenty-two
2. Languages (Only Introduction). Ramaswamy, V. ‘Women and the ‘Domestic’ in Tamil
Folk Songs’ in KumkumSangari and Uma Chakravarti, eds., From Myths to Markets:
Essays on Gender, Shimla, 1999
Singh, Lata (ed.), Theatre in Colonial India: Playhouse of Power, New Delhi, 2000

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- VI
Core Course
Paper C613 - HISTORY OF INDIA VIII (c. 1857 - 1950) (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

UNIT I. Culture changes and Social and Religious Reform Movements:

[a] The advent of printing pressand its implications
[b] Reform and Revival: Hindu,Muslim and Sikh societies
[c] Debates around gender and caste

UNIT II. Nationalism: Trends up to 1919:

[a] Political ideology and organizations, formation of INC
[b] Moderates and extremists.
[c] Swadeshi movement and Revolutionaries

UNIT III. Gandhian nationalism after 1919: Ideas and Movements:

[a] Mahatma Gandhi:Rise to power, his Ideas and Methods
(b)Mass Movements :Non- Cooperation ,Civil Disobedience , Quit India Movements
(c) INA and Subash Bose
[d] Left movements :Socialists and Communists
[e] Princely India: States people movements
UNIT IV. Communalism: Ideologies and practices ; RSS, Hindu Mahasabha, Muslim League.
UNIT V. Independence and Partition
[a] Negotiations for independence, and partition
(b) Emergence of a New State: Making of the Constitution and Integration of princely states
ESSENTIAL READINGS
1. Judith Brown, Gandhi’s rise to Power, 1915-22.
2. Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence, OUP, 1990.
3. Bipan Chandra, Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India, 1979.
4. Bipan Chandra, Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India.
5. Mohandas K. Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth.
6. Ranajit Guha, ed., A Subaltern Studies Reader. Peter Hardy, Muslims of British India.
7. Mushirul Hasan, ed., India’s Partition, Oxford in India Readings.
8. D.A. Low, ed., Congress and the Raj.
9. John R. McLane, Indian Nationalism and the Early Congress. Jawaharlal Nehru, An
Autobiography.
10. Gyanendra Pandey, The Construction of Communalism in colonial north India.
11. Sumit Sarkar, Modern India, 1885-1947.
12. Anil Seal, Emergence of Indian Nationalism.
13. Ram Lakhan Shukla (ed.), Adhunik Bharat ka Itihas.
14. Eleanor Zelliot, From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement.
SUGGESTED READINGS
1. Judith Brown, Gandhi: (et al) A Prisoner of Hope.
2. Bipan Chandra, Communalism in Modern India, 2nd ed., 1987. Bipan Chandra, K.N. Panikkar,
Mridula Mukherjee, Sucheta Mahajan and Aditya Mukherjee, India’s, Struggles for
Independence.
3. A.R. Desai, Social Background of Indian Nationalism. A.R. Desai, Peasant Struggles in India.
4. Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy, 1947-77.
5. Ranajit Guha, and G.C. Spivak, eds. Select Subaltern Studies.
6. Charles Heimsath, Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social Reform.
7. F. Hutchins, Illusion of Permanence.
8. F. Hutchins, Spontaneous Revolution.

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- VI
Core Course
Paper C614 - HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE II (c. 1780 -1939) (6 Credit)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

UNIT I. Liberal Democracy, Working Class Movements and Socialism in the 19th and 20th
Centuries:
[a] The struggle for parliamentary democracy and civil liberties in Britain.
[b] Early socialist thought and Marxian Socialism
[c] Liberalism and Democracy in Europe
UNIT II. The Crisis of Feudalism in Russia and Experiments in Socialism:
[a] Emancipation of serfs.
[b] Revolutions of 1905; the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
[c] Programme of Socialist Construction.
UNIT III. Imperialism, War, and Crisis: c. 1880 -1939:
[a] Theories and mechanisms of imperialism; growth and expansion of European empires - War
of 1914 - 1918
[b] The post 1919 World Order: economic crises, the Great Depression and Recovery.
[c] Fascism and Nazism. .
[d] Origins of the Second World War.
UNIT IV. Cultural and Intellectual Developments since circa 1850:
[a] Changing contexts: Notions of Culture , New public sphere and mass media and Mass
education .
[b] Creation of new cultural forms: from Romanticism to Abstract Art.
UNIT V. Major intellectual trends:
(a)Institutionalization of disciplines ;History Sociology and Anthropology.
(b) Ideas of Darwin and Freud.

ESSENTIAL READINGS
1. Gerald Brennan: The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political
Background of the Civil War
2. C.M. Cipolla: Fontana Economic History of Europe, Volume II the Present (1981).
3. I : The Industrial Revolution. Norman Davies, Europe.
4. J. Evans: The Foundations of a Modern State in 19th Century Europe.
5. T.S. Hamerow: Restoration, Revolution and Reaction: Economics and Politics in
Germany [1815 - 1871].
6. E.J. Hobsbawn : The Age of Revolution.
7. Lynn Hunt: Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution.
8. James Joll, Europe Since 1870.
9. David Landes: Promctheus Unbound.
10. George Lefebvre, Coming of the French Revolution. George Lichtheim: A Short History
of Socialism.
11. Peter Mathias, First Industrial Revolution.
12. Alec Nove: An Economic History of the USSR.
13. Andrew Porter, European Imperialism, 18760 -1914 (1994).
14. Antbony Wood, History of Europe, 1815 û 1960 (1983).
15. Stuart Woolf: History of Italy, 1700 û 1860.

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SUGGESTED READINGS

1. Barrowclough, An Introduction to Contemporary History.

2. Fernand Braudel, History and the Social Science in M. Aymard and
3. Mukhia eds. French Studies in History, Vol. I (1989).
4. Maurice Dobb: Soviet Economic Development Since 1917.
5. M. Perrot and G. Duby [eds.]: A History of Women in the West, Volumes 4 and 5.
6. H.J. Hanham; Nineteenth Century Constitution, 1815 û 1914.
7. E.J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism.
8. Charles and Barbara Jelavich: Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1840 û 1920.
9. James Joll, Origins of the First World war (1989).
10. Jaon B. Landes: Women and the Public Sphere in the Age of the French Revolution.
11. David lowenthal, The Past is a Foreign Country.
12. Colin Licas: The French Revolution and the Making of Modern Political Culture,
Volume 2.
13. Nicholas Mansergh: The Irish Question, 1840 - 1921.
14. K.O. Morgan: Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Volume 3 [1789 - 1983].
15. R.P. Morgan: German Social Democracy and the First International.
16. N.V. Riasanovsky: A History of Russia.
17. J.M. Robert, Europe 1880 - 1985.
18. J.J. Roth (ed.), World War I: A Turning Point in Modern History. Albert Soboul: History
of the French Revolution (in two volumes).
19. Lawrence Stone, History and the Social Sciences in the Twentieth Century, The Past and
the Present (1981).
20. Dorothy Thompson: Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution.
21. E.P. Thompson: Making of the English Working Class.
22. Michel Vovelle, fall of the French Monarchy (1984).
23. H. Seton Watson: The Russian Empire.
24. Raymond Williams: Culture and Society.

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- VI
Discipline Specific Elective Course
Paper D603A- HISTORY OF ODISHA- Part II (6 Credits)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I: Odisha under Mughals, Maratha and British Occupation

a. Odisha under the Mughals
b. Odisha under the Marathas
c. British conquest of Odisha and Paik rebellion
Unit II: Resistance and Reform Movements & Famine
a. Resistance movement in 19th century Odisha: Surendra Sai in Sambalpur, Doara Bisoyi
and Cahkra Bisoyi in Ghumsar, and Dharani Naik in Keonjhar
b. The Famine of 1866
c. Social reforms in the 19th century
Unit III: Emergence of regional identity
a. Growth of Oriya nationalism and Utkal Sammilani
b. Formation of a separate state of Odisha in 1936
c. Freedom movement in Odisha in outline
Unit IV: Growth of Modern Odia literature

a. Satyabadi Age
b. Sabuja sahitya
c. Navayuga

Unit V: Post-Independent Odisha

a. Mergers and Consolidation

b. Democracy and party politics
c. Poverty and Development discourse

Bibliography
1. Mishra, P.K & J.K .Samal (2000 ) Comprehensive History and Culture of Odisha, 4 vols.
Delhi: Asian Publishers.
2. Mansingh, Mayadhar History of Odia Literature
3. Suresh Sing, K. Tribes of Orissa, Bhubaneswar: Tribal Institute
4. Pattnaik, N.R (ed) Religious History of Orissa, Delhi.
5. Pattnaik, D. Yatra traditions of Orissa, Bhubaneswar: Sahitya Academy
6. Patttnaik, P. Odia Sahityara Ithihasa, Cuttack.
7. Roy, B.C Odisha under Moghuls, Delhi.
8. Patra, K.M & Bandiata Devi( 1992) An Advanced History of Odisha, Delhi: Bhubaneswar.
9. Patra, K.M (1971) Odisha under East India Company, Delhi.

SUGGESTED READINGS

1. Mohanty, Nibedita (1982.) Oriya nationalism : quest for a united Odisha, 1866-1936,
New Delhi : Manohar.

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2. Chaudhury, Pradipta (1991) “Peasants and British Rule in Odisha”, Social Scientist, Vol.
19, No. 8/9 (Aug. - Sep., 1991), pp. 28-56.
3. History of Freedom Movement in Odisha, 2 vols. Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Archives .
4. Nanda, CP (2008) Vocalising Silence: Political protest in Odisha-1930-42, Delhi: Sage
5. Pati, Biswamoy (), Resisting Domination, Delhi: Manohar.
6. Mishra, P.K & J.K .Samal (2000 ) Comprehensive History and Culture of Odisha, Delhi.

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- VI
Discipline Specific Elective Course
D603B - HISTORY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE IN INDIA
(6 Credits)
Full mark 100 (Mid Sem 20 + End Sem 80)

Unit I: Introduction: Definition of Science, conception of Science in ancient and

Medieval india; Enlightenment and Science; Science as secular Eschatology, Knowledge
and Power; Orientalism and Occidentalism

Unit II: Science and Medicine in Ancient India

1. Diseases and their cure in Atharvaveda

2. Metal casting in early India with special references to coins and sculptures
3. Science and technological advancements under the Guptas-Aryabhatta,
Varahamihira and Brahmagupta

Unit III: Science, technology and Medicine in Medieval India

1. Arabic medicine and astronomy in India

2. Boat and Ship-building activities in India
3. Manufacturing of textile and ceramic products in India

Unit IV: Scinece and Technology in colonial and Post colonial India

1. Disease, public health and intervention of colonial medicine in India

2. Science and technology in industry and economic development in 19th-20th
century India: Railways, mining, iron and steel and power generation

Unit V: Great Scientists and their biographies: Life and works of major scientists of
modern India: J.C. Bose, Ramnujan, C.V. Raman, Swaminathan, Homi Baba
REFERENCES
1. Agrawal, D. P. Advances in World Technology, Academic Press, 1982.
2. Allchin, Bridget. Origins of a Civilization: The Prehistory and Early
Archaeology of South Asia. New Delhi and New York: Viking, 1997.
3. Basalla, George. The Evolution of Technology. New York: Cambridge
University Press, 1989.
4. Bhardwaj, H.C. Aspects of Ancient Indian Technology, Motilala Banarasi Dass,
Varanasi, 1979.
5. Biswas, A.K. Science in India, Firma KLM Pvt. Ltd. Calcutta, 1969.
6. Biswas, A.K.Minerals and Metals in India (2 vols.), New Dlehi, 1991.
7. Bunch, Bryan, and Hellemans, Alexander. The Timetable of Technology: A
Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in the History of
Technology. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
8. Cardwell, Donald. The Norton History of Technology. New York: W. W.
Norton, 1995.
9. Carlson, W. Bernard. Ed. Technology in World History, 7 vols. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2005.

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10. Chattopadhyaya, Debiprasad History of Science and Technology in Ancient- The
Beginning, Firma KLM Pvt. LTd., Calcutta, 1986.
11. Friedman, John Block and Kristen Mossler Figg et al., eds. Trade, Travel, and
Exploration in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland
Publishing, 2000.
12. Kenoyer, Jonathan M. Ancient cities of the Indus ivilization. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1998.
13. Pacey, Arnold. Technology in World Civilization: A Thousand-Year
History. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1990.
14. Petoski, Henry. The Evolution of Useful Things. New York: Alfred A Knopf,
1992.
15. Selin, Helaine, Ed. Encylopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and
Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Dordrecht, Netherlands and Boston:
Kluwer, 1997.
16. Sharma, P.V. Indian Medicine in the Classical Age, Varanasi, 1972.

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 HISTORY (HONOURS)
SEMESTER- VI
Discipline Specific Elective Course
Paper D604 - Project (6 Credits)
Full mark 100 (End semester evaluation)

DISSERTATION IN SEMESTER VI BY USING PRIMARY SOURCES. Students

will be required to prepare a Project report on a topic assigned to him by the
Department under the supervision of a faculty of the Department.

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