Calcutta University History

Can I get details about history of the Calcutta University from its official website? I am in MBA Final Semester and I have to submit a major project. So I am making project in this University. So I want history of the Calcutta University. Also provide some high quality images and videos for my project.

Can you provide me the syllabus for B.A. Honours Course of Studies in History offered by University of Calcutta as I want to check it before applying for admission in it?

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The syllabus for B.A. Honours Course of Studies in History offered by University of Calcutta is as follows:


PART‐I

PAPER-I

History of India from the earliest Times to 600 CE


UNIT-I (50 marks; 40 lectures)
Module-I
Sources of Early Indian History
1.1 Classification and importance of both Literary and Archaeological sources
1.2 Understanding the nature of the sources for each period
1.3 History and Itihasa


Module-II
Changing Relationship between people and landscape, from hunter-gatherers to post
Harappan cultures in the Indian subcontinent
2.1 The importance of understanding archaeological cultures viz a` viz landscape features Hunter Gatherers to Early Pastoralists and Agriculturists
2.2 An over view of archaeological cultures in the subcontinent- pre-Mehrgarh , Mehrgarh and contemporary to Mehrgarh
2.3 Early/Pre Harappan Cultures‐Prelude to Harappan Civilization ‐Harappan Civilization‐ the First Urbanization

2.4 Pastoralist/Early agriculturist Cultures contemporary to the Harappan-various Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures of the Indian subcontinent
2.5 Decline of the Harappan civilization-Late/Post Harappan Cultures- a) Cemetery H phase, b) Gandhara Grave phase, c) Lustrous Red Ware.


Module –III
The Vedic Corpus and transition to the age of Janapadas and Mahajanapadas (c.1500BCE-400 BCE)
3.1 Spread of settlements -Political situation
3.2 Aryan Debate
3.3 Archaeological cultures beyond the Vedic milieu—Ochre coloured pottery, Black &Red
Ware and Painted Grey Ware
3.4Transition from chiefdom to kingdom- the Ganasangha tradition- sixteen mahajanapadas Pre-eminence of Magadha


Module-IV
Mauryan & Post –Mauryan India (c. 400BCE-300CE)
4.1 Nature and extent of the Mauryan empire
4.2 Asoka’s Dhamma
4.3 Decline of the Empire - rise of regional power centres in the post Mauryan period.
4.4 Central Asian intervention in north Indian politics focusing on the Indo-Greeks and the Kushanas
4.5 The Satavahanas and their struggle with the Saka Kshatrapas of western India
4.6 Kings and chieftains –the Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas- Sangam literature and archaeological evidence.


Module- V
The Age of the Guptas (c.300CE – 600CE)
5.1 Historical situation of India in 300CE—Emergence of the Gupta empire
5.2 The Empire in its mature form‐ Political achievements of the rulers‐disintegration of the empire
5.3 Administrative structure of the empire with special reference to Bengal
5.4 Notion of Classical age and Threshold times
5.5 An introduction to the contemporary dynasties like the Vakatakas, the Kadambas etc.


Syllabus for B.A. Honours Course of Studies in History University of Calcutta