SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

Name of School – Kirit P. Mehta School of Law

Program: B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) 8101 Semester : I
Module: Ancient & Medieval India Module Code:
Teaching Scheme Evaluation Scheme
Lecture Practical Term End
Tutorial Internal Continuous
(Hours (Hours Examinations (TEE)
(Hours per Credit Assessment (ICA)
per per (Marks- 50
week) (Marks - 50)
week) week) in Question Paper)
3 0 1 3 Marks Scaled to 50 Marks Scaled to 50
Pre-requisite: Social Studies.
Objectives:
1. Have the knowledge of sources of ancient and medieval India, civilizations, political and
social changes.
2. Understand the Structure of Ancient and Medieval Indian Economic Institution.
3. The course will enable the students to study the history of ancient and medieval India
from an analytical perspective.
4. It will acquaint the student with various approaches and interpretations of ancient
history of
5. India.
Outcomes:
1. To assess the emergence of Empires in ancient India. (PLO 3a)
2. To acquaint the students with concept and structure of ancient Indian administration. (PLO
3a)
3. To study socio-cultural and economic developments of different regions and periods of
ancient India. (PLO 3a)
4. To assess the role of history the nature, structure and impact of Mughal rule
during the medieval period. (PLO 3a)
5. To examine Mughal polity and administrative institutions.(PLO 3a)
Detailed Syllabus: ( per session plan )
Unit Description: Ancient & Medieval India (Indian History) Duration
Hrs.
1. Introduction 3 Hrs.
 History - Meaning and Methodology
 Relationship between Law and History
BASIC READINGS
What is History? By Edward Hallett Carr, London, Penguin, 1961
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Ancient_Law/jQeI3q2DYP8
C?hl
=en&gbpv=1&dq=Henry+maine&printsec=frontcover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkdzu8X84fo
Pedagogy : Discussion method
2. Polity, State and Administration 3 Hrs.
● Vedic Polity
● Gupta Polity
BASIC READING
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GzRboJSr7Y
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https://www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org/book_archive/196174216674_1015
4780625086675.pdf
● State and Individual in Ancient Indian Political Thought Author(s): C. I
Philip Source: The Indian Journal of Political Science , July—September—
1950, Vol. 11, No. 3 (July—September—1950), pp. 19-27 Published by: Indian
Political Science Association Stable URL:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/42743291
● An Advanced History of India. By R. C. Majumdar, H. C.
Raychaudhuri, and KalikinkarDatta. 4th edition, pg. 137 – 146
Pedagogy : Discussion method
3. Society and Economy: Social Institutions in Ancient India 3 Hrs.
● Varna
● Family
BASIC READING
Chandragupta Maurya and His Times by
RadhakumudMookerjiMotilalBanarsidass Publ., 1966. Chapter III.
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=i-
y6ZUheQH8C&pg=PA51&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=
false https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odPVYb9CTwg
Pedagogy : Discussion method
4. Society and Economy 3 Hrs.
● Slavery
● Position of Woman
BASIC READING
Women and Work in Precolonial India A Reader, Editor: Vijaya
Ramaswamy, 26 September 2016, SAGE Publications
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Women_and_Work_in_Preco
loni
al_India/TzxwDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Society+and+Economy
+in+
ancient+India+Slavery+and+Position+of+Women&printsec=frontcover
Pedagogy : Discussion method
5. Economic Structure 3 Hrs.
 Feudalism
BASIC READING
● India's Ancient Past, By R.S. Sharma, OUP, 2006. Chapter 31 & 32
Pedagogy : Discussion method
6. Economic Structure 3 Hrs.
● Mauryan Economy
● Post-Mauryan Economy
BASIC READINGS
● Ancient India by V D Mahajan, S. Chand Publishing, 2016, pg. 284 –
295
Pedagogy : Discussion method
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7. Economic Structure 3 Hrs.
● Gupta Economy
BASIC READINGS
● Ancient India by V D Mahajan, S. Chand Publishing, 2016, pg. 354 – 436
Pedagogy : Discussion method
8. Legal Systems and Institutions Ancient India 3 Hrs.
● Vedic Texts
● Sutras (Kalpa and Dharma)
BASIC READINGS
● Legal and Constitutional History of India: Ancient, Judicial and
Constitutional System by Rama Jois, Universal Law Publishing Company
Pvt. Limited, 2004,
Pedagogy : Discussion method
9. Legal Systems and Institutions Ancient India 3 Hrs.
● Dharma Shastra
● Customs
BASIC READING
● Ancient India by V D Mahajan, S. Chand Publishing, 2016, pg. 121 – 124
Pedagogy : Discussion method
10. Judicial System: Types of court: 3 Hrs.
● Panchayats,
● Kantakasodhana,
● Dharmasthiyaa
BASIC READING
● Ancient Judicial System of India by Gokulesh Sharma, Deep &
Deep, 2008, pg.79- 159
● https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Ancient_Judicial_System
_of_Indi a/8pBljxRUligC?hl=en&gbpv=1
● Legal and Constitutional History of India: Ancient, Judicial and
Constitutional System By Rama Jois, Universal Law Publishing
Company Pvt. Limited, 2004,
● Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India by By Ram
Sharan Sharma, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1991
Pedagogy : Discussion method
11. Judicial System: Types of court: 3 Hrs.
PROCEDURES:
● Trial,
● Witness,
● Pleaders,
● Secret Agents
● Punishment
BASIC READING
 The Arthashastra By Kauṭalya, L. N. Rangarajan, Penguin Books
India 1992, Law and Justice Part VIII, pg. 348 - 462
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/_/FFJz72h5qjUC?hl=e
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n&gbpv=1 The Arthasastra Selections from the Classic Indian
Work on Statecraft, Hackett Publishing Company, Translators:
Mark McClish, Patrick Olivelle, 2012
 https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Arthasastra/osh
gDwAAQB
AJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kautilya+arthashastra+book&printsec=fr
ontcover Legal and Constitutional History of India: Ancient,
Judicial and Constitutional System By Rama Jois, Universal Law
Publishing Company Pvt. Limited, 2004,
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Legal_and_Constituti
onal_Histor y_of_Indi/V552bAz5xFAC?hl=en&gbpv=1
Pedagogy : Discussion method
12. Foundation and Consolidation of Mughal Rule 3 Hrs.
● Establishment of Mughal rule: Babar
● Akbar,
● Jahangir,
● Shahajahan and
● Aurangzeb
BASIC READING
 An Advanced History of India. By R. C. Majumdar, H. C.
Raychaudhuri, and KalikinkarDatta. 4th edition, pg. 267 – 384
 Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals Part – II, By Satish
Chandra, Har-Anand Publications, 2005.
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Medieval_India_From
_Sultanat_t
o_the_Mugh/0Rm9MC4DDrcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Satish+Chan
dra%E2%8
0%99s+Medieval+India:+from+Sultanat+to+the+Mughals+(1526-
1748)+Part+2,+6th+Edition+2017.&printsec=frontcover
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13. Mughal Administration 3 Hrs.
● Central and Provincial Administration
● Revenue and Judiciary
BASIC READING
● Writing the Mughal World Studies on Culture and Politics, By
MuzaffarAlam, Sanjay Subrahmanyam, Columbia University Press,
2012
● https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Writing_the_Mughal_Worl
d/9m mLOKuzT-
IC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Muzaffar+Alam+and+Subrahmanyam+Sanjay,
+Writ
ing+the+Mughal+World,+Studies+in+Political+Culture,+Orient+Black+s
wan
,+New+Delhi,+2010.&printsec=frontcover
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14. Mughal Administration 3 Hrs.
● Military; Mansabdari System
BASIC READING
● Mansabdari System Under the Mughals (1574-1707) by Fakhar Bilal,
VDM Publishing, 2010
Pedagogy : Discussion method
15. Medieval Society (Mughal Period) 3 Hrs.
● Socio-religious life
● Economic history
● History of legal and judicial system
BASIC READING
A Comprehensive History of Medieval India, Twelfth to the Mid-
eighteenth Century By Farooqui Salma Ahmed, Pearson India Education
Services, 2011
https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/A_Comprehensive_History_o
f_M
edieval_Indi/sxhAtCflwOMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Foundation+and+Co
nsol idation+of+Mughal+Rule+in+India&printsec=frontcover
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Total 45 Hrs.
Text Books:
1. Sreenivasa Murthy, H.V., History of India Part I India, Eastern Book Company, Lucknow, 2020.
Reference Books:
1. Satish Chandra’s Medieval India: from Sultanat to the Mughals (1526-1748) Part 2,
6th Edition 2017.
2. MuzaffarAlam and Subrahmanyam Sanjay, Writing the Mughal World, Studies in Political
Culture, Orient Black Swan, New Delhi, 2010 (E-book available)
3. E. H. Carr, What is History? Penguin UK, 2018
Any other information:
1. The course shall contain 15 hours of in-class tutorials, as per tutorial guidelines.
2. Latest and updated case laws to be incorporated while teaching.
Details of Internal Continuous Assessment (ICA): 50 Marks
Components Marks
Test 1 20
Quiz 10
Group Discussion 10
Class Participation 10

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Signature Signature
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