Semester - I
History Honours Core Courses
Paper – I Syllabus
UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN
History of India-I
(From Earliest Times up to 600 AD)
I. Reconstructing Ancient Indian History
Early
Indian notions of History – Sources and tools of historical reconstruction –
Historical interpretations with special reference to gender, environment,
technology, and regions.
II. Phases of Pre-historic Cultures
Paleolithic,
Mesolithic & Neolithic cultures- regional and chronological distribution;
new developments in technology and economy; subsistence, and patterns of
exchange; Mehergarh - The advent of food production.
III. The Harappan civilization
Origins;
Antiquity and Extent 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. Development of Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures in post Harappan
period.
IV. Cultures in transition
Coming of
the Aryans and Aryan Debate, Vedic Literature, expansion of Brahmavarta to
Aryavarta, Vedic religion and philosophy; Vedic economy and society. Religious
protest movements; Second Urbanisation, Sixteen Mahajanpadas to the rise of
Magadha.
V. Changing political formations (circa 300 BCE to circa CE
300):
The
Mauryan Empire & politics- Asoka and the Fall of the Mauryas Post-Mauryan
Polities with special reference to the Kushanas and the Satavahanas;
Gana-Sanghas. Rise of the Guptas, development of Gupta Empire, Gupta Art,
Architecture and Literature
VI. Society Economy and Culture in Early India
Agrarian
expansion: land grants, changing production relations; graded Land rights and
peasantry. Urban growth: north India, central India and the Deccan; craft production:
trade and trade routes; coinage social stratification: class, varna, Jati,
untouchability; gender; marriage and property relations he problem of urban
decline: patterns of trade, currency, and urban Settlements.
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