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Learning Module of B.A Part – I
History (Honours)
Paper-I (History of India from Prehistoric times to 1206 A.D.)

Name of the Topic Sub-Topic No. of
(Teachers) Classes

Sources of Ancient India 1. Archaeological Sources, 02
(AD) 2. Literary Sources 02
Pre-historic India 1. Pre-Historic India 01
(AD) 2. Discovery and Antiquity of Indus Valley 02
Civilization
3. Features of the Civilization 02
4. Political Organization, Religious beliefs and 03
practices
5. Causes for the Decline of I.V.C 02
Vedic Civilization 1. Original Homeland of the Aryans 02
(AD) 2. Socio-Economic Condition of the Aryans 02
3. Political Organization of the Vedic People 02
4. Religious Beliefs and Practices of the 02
Aryans 02
5. Position of Women in the Rig-Vedic and
Later Vedic Society 02

State Formation in Early 1. Definition of the Janapadas and
India Mahajanapadas and name of the
(AD & MDG) Mahajanapadas 02
2. Alexandar’s Invasion in India and its 01
Consequences 01
3. Factors and Backgrounds for the Rise of 02
Magadha
4. Bimbisara and Ajatsatru of Harjanka 03
Dyansty 02
5. Role of Chandragupta Mauryan for the
Consolidation of the Empire 02
6. Asoka’s Dhamma 02
7. Causes for the downfall of the Mauryan 02
empire, role of Asoka
8. Mauryan Administration 02
9. Art and Architecture of Mauryan 02
Northern India after the 1. Sungas 02
Mauryas Rise of regional powers-
(MDG) 2. Satavahanas; 02
3. Saka 01
4. Satrapas; 02
5. Pahlavas; 02
6. Kusanas—polity, economy, religion; 03
7. Indo-Roman trade.
The Imperial Guptas 1. Achievement of Samudragupta 02
(MDG) 2. Chandragupta-II 02
3. Gupta Period as Golden Age 01
4. Administrative System of the Gupta Period 02
North India after the Guptas 1. Achievement of Sasanka 01
(RR) 2. Harshavardhana 03
3. Tripartite Struggle 02
4. Achievement of Devapala and Dharmapala 02
5. Kaivarta revolt 02
6. Military achievement of Vijay Sena and
causes of the decline of Sena Dyanasty 02
7. Socio-economic conditions of Bengal under
Palas and Senas 02
South India 1. Rashtrakutas; 01
(AD & RR) 2. Pallavas—polity and art; 02
3. Chalukyas; 01
4. Maritime Activities of the Chola kingdom
02
5. Feature of the Chola Administration
01
Advent of Islam 1. Arab conquest of Sind; 02
(RR) 2. Ghaznavid 01
3. Ghurid invasions 02
Early Medieval India 1. Feudalism debate; 02
(AD & RR) 2. Urbanization 02
Total No. of Lectures to be delivered 97

Books recommended:
1.B. and R. Allchin - The Rise of Civilisation in India and Pakistan, Cambridge, 1982.
2. A.L. Basham (ed.), A Cultural History of India, OUP, 1988.
3. Sukumari Bhattacharya, Women and Society in Ancient India, Calcutta, 1994.
4. A.N. Bose, Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, Kolkata, 1967.
5. D.M.Bose.et. al. Eds., A Concise History of Science in India, New Delhi, 1971.
6. D.K. Chakraborty, a) Beginnings of Early Historic Foundations, N. Delhi, 1999.
b) India an Archaeological History.
7. Ranabir Chakraborty, Exploring Early India up to . A.D. 1300, MACMILLAN, 2013.
8. R.Chakraborty, Trade in Early India, OUP, 2001.
9. D.N.Jha, Early India, A Concise History, Delhi, 2004.
10. D.D. Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History, Mumbai, 1985.
11. Bongard Levin, Mauryan India, Delhi, 1985.
12. A.K.Majumdar, Concise History of Ancient India, Vols. I, II. & III, Delhi.
13. R.C.Majumdar (ed), History and Culture of the Indian People, Relevant Vols, 5
th
edn,
Mumbai,1988.
14. R.C.Majumdar, History of Ancient Bengal, Cal., 1971.
15. H.C.Raychaudhury, Political History of Ancient India with a Commentary by B.N. Mukherjee,
N.
Delhi, 1996 (OUP)
16. K.A.N.Sastri (ed), a) A Comprehensive History of India, Vol.II, Orient Longman,1957.
b) A History of South India,4
Learning Module of B.A (HONOURS) Part – I
Paper II
History of Classical Greece and Rome

Name of the Topics Sub-Topic No. of
(Teachers) Classes

The Polis: 1. Emergence 0 2
(MAR) 2. Characteristics 0 2
3. Nature and class composition 0 2
4. Decline
02
Sparta 1. Society 0 2
(MAR) 2. Polity 0 2
3. Constitution 0 2
4. Army
02
5. The Peloponnesian League
02

Athenian Democracy to 1 Evolution of Athenian constitution 0 2
Athenian Empire 2. Solon The Wise – Constitutional Reforms – 05
(MAR) Economic, Social, administrative etc. - Criticism 0 5
3.Cimon, Cleisthenes & Themistocles 0 5
4. Pericles – Democracy – Confederacy of Delos -
08
Athenian Expansion

5. Establishment of Cleruchies - The Greeko - Persian
04
Wars

6. Confederacy to Athenian Empire
02

Peloponnesian War: 1. Origin 0 2
(MAR) 2. Resources of belligerents 0 2
3. Plague – Impact on morality – Funeral Speech 03
4. Plutarch, Thucydides, Aristophanes etc.
05
5. Demagogues – Cleon & others – Rise of

Oligarchy
05
6. Sicilian expedition

7. Melos & Mytilene Rebellions
02

02
1. Sophists; 02
Greek Philosophy and 2. Socrates; 02
morality 3.Plato; 02
4.Aristotle;
(MC) 02
5.Decline of Athenian Morality
03
6. Plague; Pericles’ funeral oration.
04
Greek Culture and Religion 1.games; 02
2.drama—tragedy, comedy; 06
(MC) 3.art and architecture; 04
4. Greek gods. 03
Greek Historiography 1.Logographers, 02
(MC) 2.Herodotus, 03
3.Thucydides 02
4.Comparison between Herodotus & Thucydides 03
Roman Polity 1. Roman State under the monarchs 0 4
2. Transition from monarchy to Republic 0 2
(MDG ) 3. Development of the Republican constitution 0 3
4. Development and cultivation of Roman law 0 2
5. Crisis of the Republic and transition to Principate
03
State

6. Julius Caesar as dictator
02

Roman Empire: 1.Augustus as Emperor 0 4
(MDG ) 2. Roman Society 0 3
3. Economy 0 3
4 Citizenship and slavery
03
5 Gender;
02
6 Army;
02
Mode of production 1.Agriculture, 02
(MDG ) 2. trade and commerce leading to urbanization 03

Religion and Culture in 1.Old gods and customs; cult of the Emperor; 03
Classical Rome 2. Judaic revolts and Christianity; 03
(MDG ) 3. Literature, 04
4.Philosophy; 03
5. Art and architecture
03

Total No of Lectures to be delivered 173
Learning Module of B.A (HONOURS) Part – II
History (Honours)
Paper III
History of India (1206—1757)

Name of the Topics Sub-Topic No. of
(Teachers) Classes

Establishment and 1. Qutb-ud-din Aibak; 02
Consolidation of the 2. Iltutmish; 02
Sultanate 3. Razia; 02
4. Balban
(MAR) 02
1. Khaljis 03
2. Tughluqs 04
Delhi Sultanate: 3. Lodis 02
(MAR)

Disintegration of the 1. Vijaynagar 02
Sultanate and the Coming of 2. Bahamani kingdoms; Sayyids; 02
the Mughals 3. Sher Shah; 02

(MC)
1. Babur 02
2. Humayun 02
The Great Mughals 3. Akbar -Mughal imperialism; 04
(MC) 4. Jahangir; 02
5. Shah Jahan. 02
6. Aurangzeb 03
Resistance-
Mughal Empire (1657— 1. Marathas, 02
1739): 2. Rajputs, 02
(MDG) 3. Sikhs, 02
4. Deccan 02
Disintegration of the Mughal 1. Bengal, 04
Empire and Emergence of 2. Marathas, 02
Regional Powers 3. Sikhs, 02
4. Mysore,
(MDG) 02
5. Deccan
02
1. Theory of kingship; 01
Polity 2. Central and provincial administration; 02
(MC) 3. Mansabdari system 02
1. Revenue administration—from iqta to jagir 03
2. Agrarian crisis; 03
Society and Economy 3. Non-agricultural production; 01
(MC) 4. Trade and commerce; 01
5. Monetary system; 01
6. Urbanization. 02
Syncretic movements—
1. Sufism, 02
Religion and Culture 2. Bhakti; 02
(MDG) 3. Art—painting, sculpture, architecture; 02
literature—Persian and regional 04
Coming of the Europeans 1. Chartered companies; 02
(MC) 2. Expansion of European trade 02
Total No of Lectures to be delivered 88
Learning Module of B.A (HONOURS) Part – II
History (Honours)
Paper IV
History of Europe (800—c.1700)

Name of the Topics Sub-Topic No. of
(Teachers) Classes
Muhammad and 1. Coronation of Charlemagne& its significance 02
Charlemagne 2. Administration 02
(SD) 3. Empire expanding 02
4. Pirenne Thesis
02
5. Post - Charlemagne scramble for empire among
03
successors
Treaty of Verdun: 1. Dissolution of Carolingian Empire. 03
(SD)

1. Norsemen 02
Europe besieged: 2. Magyars; 02
(SD) 3. Saracens. 02

1. Feudalism—origin, features and decline 06
2. Manorialism 03
Feudal Society and Economy 3. Chivalry; 02
(c.800—c.1100): 4. Emergence of towns 02
(MAR) 5. Trade and commerce
03
6. Guilds.
02
1. Germany and Hohenstaufen’s 03
Emergence of National 2. France under Valois. 03
Kingship:
(SD)

1. Cluniac Reform Movement 03
2. Investiture Contest; 03
3. Monasticism; 02
Religion and Culture: 4. Crusades
03
(MDG) 5. Schoolmen;
02
6. Universities;
03
7. Twelfth Century Renaissance.
03

1. Art 02
2. Literature 02
Renaissance: 3. Science 02
(MC) 4. Humanism;
02
5. Religion.
03
Reformation: 1. Origin & Nature 03
(MC) 2. Ideas—Luther, Zwingli, Calvin 06
3. Counter-Reformation 02
Socio-economic 1. Crisis of feudalism; 02
Transformation of Europe 2. Transition to capitalism; 04
(c.1100—c.1700): 3. Black Death and urban decay; 03
4. Fifteenth century Crisis;
(MAR) 02
Sixteenth century Europe 1. 1.Agriculture, 02
(MAR) 2. Proto-industrialization, 02
3. Price Revolution; 02
4. 4. Mercantilism.
03
Science and Technology: 1. 1.Scientific Revolution; 02
(MAR) 2. Printing Revolution 02
3. Military Revolution 02
4. Geographical Explorations
04

Crisis of Absolutism England—
(MAR) 1. Civil War 02
2. Glorious Revolution; 02
3. Lockean liberalism.
02
Total No. of Lectures to be delivered 121

Books recommended:

1. Bloch, M.L.B., Feudal Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961.
2. Collins, R., Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
3. Collins, R., Charlemagne, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.
4. Davis, R. H.C., A History of Medieval Europe: from Constantine to Saint Louis. London; New
York: Longman, 1988.
5. Havighurst, A.F., (ed.), The Pirenne Thesis: Analysis, Criticism, and Revision. Lexington, MA:
Heath, 1976.
6. Jones, G., A History of the Vikings. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968.
7. McEvedy, C., The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.
8. Norwich, J.J., Byzantium: the Decline and Fall. London: Viking, 1995.
9. Tierney, B., Western Europe in the Middle Ages, 300-1475. 6th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill
College, 1999.
10. Treadgold, W., T., A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford
University Press, 1997.
11. Ashton, T.H. and C.H.E. Philipin (eds.), The Brenner Debate: Agrarian Class Structure and
Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe, Cambridge University Press. 2005.
12. Cameron, E. (ed.), Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History, OUP, 2004 (NE)
13. Hilton, R., Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism, Aakar Books, 2006.
14. Rice, E.F., A. Grafton, The Foundations of Early Modern Europe, 1460-1559, W.W. Norton &
Company, 2004.
15. The New Cambridge Economic History of Europe, vols. I, VII. CUP, 2004 (Revised edn.).
16. The New Cambridge Modern History of Europe, vols. I – VII, CUP 1994.
17. Charles, A. N., Humanism and the Culture of the Renaissance, OUP, 1996.
18. Thompson, J.W., E.N. Jonson, An Introduction to Medieval Europe, New York, 1937.
19. Phukan, M., Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic History of Modern Europe
Macmillan, 1998.
20. Hall, A.R., The Scientific Revolution 1500-1800 (Ed.), London, 1962.
21. Dutta, N.C., Madhyayuger Europe, Vols. 1,2 , Pashchimbanga Pustak Parshad, 1972,
22. Roy, P., Madhyayuger Europe (Rahstra, Samaj, Samskriti), Progressive Publishers, 1995.
23. Baidya, J., Madhyayugiya Europe (800-1250), New Kalpana Parakashani, 2009.
24. Chakravorty, B., S. Chakraborty, K. Chattopadhyay, Europe-e Yugantar, Nababharati,
2007.
25. Dutta, N., Madhyayug theke Europer Adhunikatay Uttaran, Mitram, 2007.
26. Roy, M., Europer Roopantar (1500-1700), Progressive Book Forum, 2004.
27. Roy, P., S. Das, Uttoroner Pathe Europe, Progressive Publishers, 2004.
28. Mallik, S., Yugasandhikshane Europe (1400-1700), Sobha, Kolkata, 2012.