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1.Sources:
Archaeologicalsources:Exploration,excavation,epigraphynumismatics,monuments.
Literarysources:
Indigenous:Primaryandsecondarypoetry,scientificliterature,literature,literatureinregional
languages,religiousliterature.
Foreignaccounts:Greek,ChineseandArabwriters.
2.PrehistoryandProtohistory:Geographicalfactorshuntingandgathering(paleolithicand
mesolithic)Beginningofagriculture(neolithicandchalcolithic).
3.IndusValleyCivilization:Origin,date,extent,characteristics,decline,survivalandsignificance,art
andarchitecture.
4.MegalithicCultures:DistributionofpastoralandfarmingculturesoutsidetheIndus,Developmentof
communitylife,Settlements,Developmentofagriculture,Crafts,Pottery,andIronindustry.
5.AryansandVedicPeriod:ExpansionsofAryansinIndia.
VedicPeriod:ReligiousandphilosophicliteratureTransformationfromRigVedicperiodtothelater
VedicperiodPolitical,socialandeconomicallifeSignificanceoftheVedicAgeEvolutionofMonarchy
andVarnasystem.
6.PeriodofMahajanapadas:
FormationofStates(Mahajanapada):
RepublicsandmonarchiesRiseofurbancentresTraderoutesEconomicgrowthIntroductionof
coinageSpreadofJainismandBuddhismRiseofMagadhaandNandas.
IranianandMacedonianinvasionsandtheirimpact.
7.MauryanEmpire:
FoundationoftheMauryanEmpire,Chandragupta,KautilyaandArthashastraAshokaConceptof
DharmaEdictsPolity,AdministrationEconomyArt,architectureandsculptureExternalcontacts
ReligionSpreadofreligionLiterature.DisintegrationoftheempireSungasandKanvas.
8.PostMauryanPeriod(IndoGreeks,Sakas,Kushanas,WesternKshatrapas):
Contactwithoutsideworldgrowthofurbancentres,economy,coinage,developmentofreligions,
Mahayana,socialconditions,art,architecture,culture,literatureandscience.
9.EarlyStateandSocietyinEasternIndia,DeccanandSouthIndia:
Kharavela,TheSatavahanas,TamilStatesoftheSangamAgeAdministration,economy,landgrants,
coinage,tradeguildsandurbancentresBuddhistcentresSangamliteratureandcultureArtand
architecture.
10.Guptas,VakatakasandVardhanas:
Polityandadministration,Economicconditions,CoinageoftheGuptas,Landgrants,Declineofurban
centres,Indianfeudalism,Castesystem,Positionofwomen,Educationandeducationalinstitutions
Nalanda,VikramshilaandVallabhi,Literature,scientificliterature,artandarchitecture.
11.RegionalStatesduringGuptaEra:
TheKadambas,Pallavas,ChalukyasofBadamiPolityandAdministration,Tradeguilds,Literature
growthofVaishnavaandSaivareligions.TamilBhaktimovement,ShankaracharyaVedanta
InstitutionsoftempleandtemplearchitecturePalas,Senas,Rashtrakutas,Paramaras,Polityand
administrationCulturalaspects.ArabconquestofSindAlberuni,TheChalukyasofKalyana,Cholas,
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Hoysalas,PandyasPolityandAdministrationlocalGovernmentGrowthofartandarchitecture,
religioussects,InstitutionoftempleandMathas,Agraharas,educationandliterature,economyand
society.
12.ThemesinEarlyIndianCulturalHistory:Languagesandtexts,majorstagesintheevolutionof
artandarchitecture,majorphilosophicalthinkersandschools,ideasinScienceandMathematics.
13.EarlyMedievalIndia,7501200:Polity:MajorpoliticaldevelopmentsinNorthernIndiaandthe
Peninsula,originandtheriseofRajputs
TheCholas:administration,villageeconomyandsociety
"IndianFeudalism"
Agrarianeconomyandurbansettlements
Tradeandcommerce
Society:thestatusoftheBrahmanandthenewsocialorder
Conditionofwomen
Indianscienceandtechnology
14.CulturalTraditionsinIndia,7501200:
Philosophy:SkankaracharyaandVedanta,RamanujaandVishishtadvaita,MadhvaandBrahma
Mimansa
Religion:Formsandfeaturesofreligion,Tamildevotionalcult,growthofBhakti,Islamanditsarrivalin
India,Sufism
Literature:LiteratureinSanskrit,growthofTamilliterature,literatureinthenewlydeveloping
languages,Kalhan'sRajtarangini,Alberuni'sIndia
ArtandArchitecture:Templearchitecture,sculpture,painting
15.TheThirteenthCentury:
EstablishmentoftheDelhiSultanate:TheGhurianinvasionsfactorsbehindGhuriansuccess
Economic,socialandculturalconsequences
FoundationofDelhiSultanateandearlyTurkishSultans.
Consolidation:TheruleofIltutmishandBalban.
16.TheFourteenthCentury:
"TheKhaljiRevolution"
AlauddinKhalji:Conquestsandterritorialexpansion,agrarianandeconomicmeasures
MuhammadTughluq:Majorprojects,agrarianmeasures,bureaucracyofMuhammadTughluq.
FiruzTughluq:Agrarianmeasures,achievementsincivilengineeringandpublicworks,declineofthe
Sultanate,foreigncontactsandIbnBattuta'saccount.
17.Society,CultureandEconomyintheThirteenthandFourteenthCenturies:
Society:compositionofruralsociety,rulingclasses,towndwellers,women,religiousclasses,caste
andslaveryundertheSultanate,Bhaktimovement,Sufimovement.
Culture:Persianliterature,literatureintheregionallanguagesofNorthIndia,literatureinthe
languagesofSouthIndia,Sultanatearchitectureandnewstructuralforms,painting,evolutionofa
compositeculture.
Economy:Agriculturalproduction,riseofurbaneconomyandnonagriculturalproduction,tradeand
commerce.
18.TheFifteenthandEarlySixteenthCenturyPoliticalDevelopmentsandEconomy:
RiseofProvincialDynasties:Bengal,Kashmir(ZainulAbedin),Gujarat,Malwa,Bahmanids.
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TheVijayanagraEmpire.
Lodis.
MughalEmpire,Firstphase:BaburandHumayun.
TheSurEmpire:SherShah'sadministration.
PortugueseColonialenterprise.
BhaktiandSufiMovements.
19.TheFifteenthandearlySixteenthCenturySocietyandCulture:
Regionalculturalspecificities.
Literarytraditions.
Provincialarchitecture.
Society,culture,literatureandthearts.inVijayanagaraEmpire.
20.Akbar:
ConquestsandconsolidationoftheEmpire.
EstablishmentofJagirandMansabsystems.
Rajputpolicy.
Evolutionofreligiousandsocialoutlook,theoryofSulhikulandreligiouspolicy.
Courtpatronageofartandtechnology.
21.MughalEmpireintheSeventeenthCentury:
MajoradministrativepoliciesofJahangir,ShahjahanandAurangzeb.
TheEmpireandtheZamindars.
ReligiouspoliciesofJahangir,ShahjahanandAurangzeb.
NatureoftheMughalState.
LateSeventeenthcenturycrisisandtherevolts.
TheAhomKingdom.
ShivajiandtheearlyMarathaKingdom.
22.EconomyandSocietyintheSixteenthandSeventeenthCenturies:
Population,agriculturalproduction,craftproduction.
Towns,commercewithEuropethroughDutch,EnglishandFrenchcompanies:atraderevolution.
Indianmercantileclasses,banking,insuranceandcreditsystems.
Conditionofpeasants,conditionofwomen.
EvolutionoftheSikhcommunityandtheKhalsaPanth.
23.CultureintheMughalEmpire:
Persianhistoriesandotherliterature.
Hindiandotherreligiousliterature.
Mughalarchitecture.
Mughalpainting.
Provincialarchitectureandpainting.
Classicalmusic.
Scienceandtechnology.
24.TheEighteenthCentury:
FactorsforthedeclineoftheMughalEmpire.
Theregionalprincipalities:Nizam'sDeccan,Bengal,Awadh.
MarathaascendancyunderthePeshwas.
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TheMarathafiscalandfinancialsystem.
EmergenceofAfghanPower,BattleofPanipat:1761.
Stateofpolitics,cultureandeconomyontheeveoftheBritishconquest.

PAPERII
1.EuropeanPenetrationintoIndia:
TheEarlyEuropeanSettlementsThePortugueseandtheDutchTheEnglishandtheFrenchEast
IndiaCompaniesTheirstruggleforsupremacyCarnaticWarsBengalTheconflictbetweenthe
EnglishandtheNawabsofBengalSirajandtheEnglishTheBattleofPlasseySignificanceofPlassey.
2.BritishExpansioninIndia:BengalMirJafarandMirKasimTheBattleofBuxarMysoreThe
MarathasThethreeAngloMarathaWarsThePunjab.
3.EarlyStructureoftheBritishRaj:TheearlyadministrativestructureFromdiarchytodirectcontrol
TheRegulatingAct(1773)ThePitt'sIndiaAct(1784)TheCharterAct(1833)Thevoiceoffreetrade
andthechangingcharacterofBritishcolonialruleTheEnglishutilitarianandIndia.
4.EconomicImpactofBritishColonialRule:
(a)LandrevenuesettlementsinBritishIndiaThePermanentSettlementRyotwariSettlement
MahalwariSettlementEconomicimpactoftherevenuearrangementsCommercializationof
agricultureRiseoflandlessagrarianlabourersImpoverishmentoftheruralsociety.
(b)DislocationoftraditionaltradeandcommerceDeindustrialisationDeclineoftraditionalcraftsDrain
ofwealthEconomicTransformationofindiaRailroadandcommunicationnetworkincludingtelegraph
andpostalservicesFamineandpovertyintheruralinteriorEuropeanbusinessenterpriseandits
limitations.
5.SocialandCulturalDevelopments:
Thestateofindigenouseducation,itsdislocationOrientalistAnglicistControversy,theIntroductionof
westerneducationinIndiaTheriseofpress,literatureandpublicopinionTheriseofmodern
vernacularliteratureProgressofscienceChristianmissionaryactivitiesinIndia.
6.SocialandReligiousReformmovementsinBengalandOtherAreas:
RamMohanRoy,TheBrahmoMovementDevendranathTagoreIsWarChandraVidyasagarThe
YoungBengalMovementDayanadaSaraswatiThesocialreformmovementsinIndiaincludingSati,
widowRemarriage,childmarriageetc.ThecontributionofIndianrenaissancetothegrowthofmodern
IndiaIslamicrevivalismtheFeraiziandWahabiMovements.
7.IndianResponsetoBritishRule:
Peasantmovementsandtribaluprisingsinthe18thand19thcenturiesincludingtheRangpurDhing
(1783),theKolRebellion(1832),theMoplaRebellioninMalabar(18411920),theSantalHul(1855),
IndigoRebellion(185960),DeccanUprising(1875)andtheMundaUlgulan(18991900)TheGreat
Revoltof1857Origin,Character,CausesoffailuretheconsequencesTheshiftinthecharacterof
peasantuprisingsinthepost1857periodthepeasantmovementsofthe1920sand1930s.
8.FactorsleadingtothebirthofIndianNationalism:PoliticsofAssociationTheFoundationofthe
IndianNationalCongressTheSafetyvalvethesisrelatingtothebirthoftheCongressProgrammeand
objectivesofEarlyCongressthesocialcompositionofearlyCongressleadershipTheModeratesand
ExtremiststhePartitionofBengal(1905)TheSwadeshiMovementinBengaltheeconomicand
politicalaspectsofSwadeshiMovementThebeginningofrevolutionaryextremisminIndia.
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9.RiseofGandhi,CharacterofGandhiannationalism:Gandhi'spopularappealRowlatt
SatyagrahatheKhilafatMovementtheNoncooperationMovementNationalpoliticsfromtheendof
theNoncooperationmovementtothebeginningoftheCivilDisobediencemovementthetwophases
oftheCivilDisobedienceMovementSimonCommissionTheNehruReporttheRoundTable
ConferencesNationalismandthePeasantMovementsNationalismandWorkingclassmovements
WomenandIndianyouthandstudentsinIndianpolitics(18851947)theelectionof1937andthe
formationofministriesCrippsMissiontheQuitIndiaMovementtheWavellPlanTheCabinetMission.
10.ConstitutionalDevelopmentsintheColonialIndiabetween1858and1935.
11.OtherstrandsintheNationalMovementTheRevolutionaries:Bengal,thePunjab,Maharashtra,
U.P,theMadrasPresidency,OutsideIndia.TheLeftTheLeftwithintheCongress:JawaharlalNehru,
SubhasChandraBose,theCongressSocialistPartytheCommunistPartyofIndia,otherleftparties.
12.PoliticsofSeparatismtheMuslimLeague:theHinduMahasabhaCommunalismandthe
politicsofpartitionTransferofpowerIndependence.
13.ConsolidationasaNation:Nehru'sForeignPolicyIndiaandherneighbours(19471964)The
linguisticreorganisationofStates(19351947)RegionalismandregionalinequalityIntegrationof
PrincelyStatesPrincesinelectoralpoliticstheQuestionofNationalLanguage.
14.CasteandEthnicityafter1947:Backwardcastesandtribesinpostcolonialelectoralpolitics
Dalitmovements.
15.Economicdevelopmentandpoliticalchange:Landreformsthepoliticsofplanningandrural
reconstructionEcologyandenvironmentalpolicyinpostcolonialIndiaProgressofscience.
16.EnlightenmentandModernideas:
(i)MajorideasofEnlightenment:Kant,Rousseau.
(ii)SpreadofEnlightenmentinthecolonies.(iii)Riseofsocialistideas(uptoMarx)spreadofMarxian
Socialism.
17.OriginsofModernPolitics:
(i)EuropeanStatesSystem.
(ii)AmericanRevolutionandtheConstitution.
(iii)Frenchrevolutionandaftermath,17891815.
(iv)AmericanCivilWarwithreferencetoAbrahamLincolnandtheabolitionofslavery.
(v)BritishDemocraticPolitics,18151850ParliamentaryReformers,FreeTraders,Chartists.
18.Industrialization:
(i)EnglishIndustrialRevolution:CausesandImpactonSociety
(ii)Industrializationinothercountries:USA,Germany,Russia,Japan
(iii)IndustrializationandGlobalization.
19.NationStateSystem:
(i)RiseofNationalismin19thcentury
(ii)Nationalism:statebuildinginGermanyandItaly
(iii)DisintegrationofEmpiresinthefaceoftheemergenceofnationalitiesacrosstheworld.
20.ImperialismandColonialism:
(i)SouthandSouthEastAsia
(ii)LatinAmericaandSouthAfrica
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(iii)Australia
(iv)Imperialismandfreetrade:Riseofneoimperialism.
21.RevolutionandCounterRevolution:
(i)19thCenturyEuropeanrevolutions
(ii)TheRussianRevolutionof19171921
(iii)FascistCounterRevolution,ItalyandGermany.
(iv)TheChineseRevolutionof1949
22.WorldWars:
(i)1stand2ndWorldWarsasTotalWars:Societalimplications
(ii)WorldWarI:Causesandconsequences
(iii)WorldWarII:Causesandconsequence
23.TheWorldafterWorldWarII:
(i)Emergenceoftwopowerblocs
(ii)EmergenceofThirdWorldandnonalignment
(iii)UNOandtheglobaldisputes.
24.LiberationfromColonialRule:
(i)LatinAmericaBolivar
(ii)ArabWorldEgypt
(iii)AfricaApartheidtoDemocracy
(iv)SouthEastAsiaVietnam
25.DecolonizationandUnderdevelopment:
(i)Factorsconstrainingdevelopment:LatinAmerica,Africa
26.UnificationofEurope:
(i)PostWarFoundations:NATOandEuropeanCommunity
(ii)ConsolidationandExpansionofEuropeanCommunity
(iii)EuropeanUnion.
27.DisintegrationofSovietUnionandtheRiseoftheUnipolarWorld:
(i)FactorsleadingtothecollapseofSovietcommunismandtheSovietUnion,19851991
(ii)PoliticalChangesinEasternEurope19892001.
(iii)EndofthecoldwarandUSascendancyintheWorldasthelonesuperpower.

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