CBCS 3rd Semester History
(Honours) Syllabus
PAPER V: HISTORY OF INDIA III
(c.750 -1206)
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I. Studying
Early Medieval India:
Historical geography Sources:
texts, epigraphic and numismatic data Debates on Indian feudalism, rise of the
Rajputs and the nature of the state.
II.
Political Structures:
(a) Evolution of political
structures: Rashtrakutas, Palas, Senas, Pratiharas, Rajputs and Cholas. (b) Legitimization of kingship; brahmanas
and temples; royal genealogies and
Rituals. (c) Arab conquest of
Sindh: nature and impact of the new set-up; Ismaili dawah (d) Causes and consequences of early Turkish
invasions: Mahmud of Ghazna; Shahab-ud-Din of Ghur.
III.
Agrarian Structure and Social Change:
(a) Agricultural expansion;
crops. (b) Landlords and peasants. (c) Proliferation of castes; status of untouchables. (d) Tribes as peasants and their place in
the Varna order.
IV. Trade
and Commerce:
(a) Inter-regional trade. (b) Maritime trade. (c) Forms of exchange. (d) Process of urbanization. (e) Merchant guilds of South India.
V. Religious
and Cultural Developments:
(a) Bhakti, Tantrism, Puranic
traditions; Buddhism and Jainism; Popular religious cults.
(b) Islamic intellectual traditions: Al-Biruni; Al-Hujwiri. (c) Regional languages and literature. (d) Art and architecture: Evolution of
regional styles.
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তোমাদের উজ্বল ভবিষ্যৎ গড়ে তুলব আমরা, এটাই আমাদের প্রতিশ্রুতি
অনলাইনে কোচিং নিতে হলে এবং বিভিন্ন নোট নিতে হলে এই নাম্বারে কল করুন।
