Module 1

 The nature and relevance/importance of history.(Class Lecture)

 Methods of studying history:
Archaeological & Historical Sources
Historiography

Module 2
 Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic & Chalcolithic Age (Time, Places/ Sites, Tools used &
technology, Way of living & beliefs, Key features)
 Indus Valley / Harappan Civilization/ First Urbanisation: (Origin, Expansion, Town- Planning,
Socio-economic condition, Cultural beliefs, Decline, Key Features )

Module 3

 The Problem of Aryans (Their arrival)



Rig-Vedic/ Early Vedic Later Vedic

Period
Expansion
Socio-economic life
Polity
Religious beliefs

 Second Urbanisation & its features

Module 4
 Teachings of Buddha
 Sixteen Mahajanpadas(two lines each- their modern names and location)
 Factors that led to the emergence of Magadhan empire
 Achievements of Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka
 Ashoka’s Dhamma
 Decline of Mauryan empire