INDIAN HISTORY

SECTION-A
1. Prehistoric cultures in India.
2. Indus Civilization . Origins.The Mature Phase: extent ,society, economy and culture. Contacts with other cultures .Problems of declie.
3. Geographical distribution and characteristics of pastoral and farming communities outside the Indus region , from the neolithic to early iron phases.
4. Vedic society . The Vedic texts: change from Regvedic to later Vedic phases .Religion; Upanishadic thought . Political and social organisations ; evolutuion of monarchy and varna system.
5. State formation and urbanization from the mahajanapadas to the Nandas. Jainism and Buddhism. Factors for the spread of Buddhism.
6. The Mauryan Emipire . Chandragupta; Megasthenes.Asoka and his inscriptions ; his dhamma administration , culture and art . The Arthasastra.
7. Post -mauryan India ;BC 200-AD 300. Society : Evolution of jatis. The Satavahanas and state formation in Peninsula .Sangam texts and society. Indo- Greeks, Sakas, Parthians, Kushanas; Kanishka. Contacts with the outside world. Regligion: Saivism, Bhagavatism, Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism; jainism; Culture and art.
8. The Guptas and Their Sussessors {to c. 750 Ad}. Chola Empire. Agrarian of organisation of empire. Economy and society. Lierature and Science Arts.
SECTION-B
9.Early Medieval Indua. Major dynasties; the Chola Empire. Agrarian and Political strcturea. The Rajaputras. Extentof social mobility. Postition of woman. The Arabs in Sind and the Ghaznavides.
10.Cultural trends, 750-1200, Religious conditiond: importance of temples and monastic instutions: Sankaracharya: Islam: Sufism. Literature and Science. Alberuni's 'India' . Art and architecture.
11-12. Thirteenth and fourteenth Centuries: Ghorian invasions causes and consequences. Delhi Sultanate under the 'Slave' Rulers. Alauddin Khalji: Conquests; administraative, agrarian and economic measures. Muhammad Tughluq's innovations. Firuz Tughluq and the decline of the Delhi Sultanate. Growth of commerce and urbanization. Mystic movements in Hinduism and Islam. Literature. Architecture' Technological changes.
13. The fifteeth and early 16th Century : major Provincial dynasties; Vijauyanagara Empire.The Lodis , First phase of the Mughal Empire : Babur , Humayun.The Sur empire and administration . The Portuguese.
Montheistic movements: Kabir; Guru Nanak and Sikhism; Bhakti .Growth of regional literatures. Art and Culture.
14-15. The Mughal Empire, 1556-1707 . Akbar : conquests , admini strative measures, jagir and mansab systems ; polic of sulh-i-kul. Jahangir, Shahjahan and Aurangzeb: expansion in the Deccan : religious policies Shivaji Culture : Persian and regional literatures. Religious thought :Abul Fazl; Maharashtra dharma . Painting Architecture.
Economy: conditions of peasants and artisans , growth in trade; commerce with Europe . Social stratification and status of women.
16.Decline of Mughal Empire, 1707-61. Causes behind decline. Maratha power under the Peshwas. Regional states. The Afghans. Major elements of composite culture. Sawai jai Singh , astronomer. Rise of Urdu language.
SECTION-C
17.British expansion: The Carnatic Wars, Conquest of Bengal. Mysore and its resistance to British expansion : The three Anglo- Maratha Wars. Early structure of British raj : Regulating and pitt's India Acts.
18. Economic Impact of the British Raj: Drain of Wealth (Tribute); land revenue settlements (zamindari, ryotwari, mahalwari); Deindustrialisation ; Railways and commercialisation of agriculture; Growth of landless labour.
19. Cultural encounter and social change : Introduction of western education and modern ideas. Indian Renaissance , Social and religious reform movements; growth of Indian middle class; The press and its impact: rise of modern literature in Indian languages measures befour 1857.
20.Resistance to British rule: Early uprisings; The 1857 Revolt-causes, nature, course and consequences.
21. Indian Freedom struggle- the phase: Growth of national consciousness; Formation of Association ; Establishment of the Indian National Congress and its Moderate phase :- Economic Nationalism; Swadeshi movement ; The growth of 'Extremism' and the 1907 split in Congress; The Act of 1909 - the policy of Divide and Rule; Congress- League Pact of 1916.
22.Gandhi and his thought ; Gandhian techniques of mas mobilisation Khilafat and Non Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience and Quit India Movement ; Other strands in the National Movement- Revolutionaries , the Left, Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army.
23. Separatist Trends in Indian nationalist politics- the Muslim League and the Hindu Mahasabha : The post -1945 devolopments; Partition and Independence.
24. India independent to 1964. A parliamentary , secular , dmocratic republic the 1950 Constitution ).Jawaharlal Nehru's vision of a devoloped , socialist society . Planning and state - controlled industrialization . Agrarian reforms. Foreign polic of Non-alignment. Border conflict with China , and Chinese aggression.