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Re: SGBAU Syllabus MA History

As you want I am here giving you syllabus for M.A.in History program of Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University (SGBAU).

Syllabus :

M.A.PART-I

Historiography.

History of Ancient India.
(From Earliest times to 1200 A.D.)

History of Medieval India.
(From 1200 to 1750 A.D.)

Twentieth Century World.

M.A.PART-II
History of Modern India.
(From 1757 to 1964)

History of the Marathas.
(From 1600 to 1818 A.D.)

Women in Indian History.

History of Ideas OR State in India.
Syllabus MA History - SGBAU
HISTORY
M.A.PART-I
Paper - I ...... Historiography.
Paper - II ...... History of Ancient India.
(From Earliest times to 1200 A.D.)
Paper -III ...... History of Medieval India.
(From 1200 to 1750 A.D.)
Paper -IV ...... Twentieth Century World.
M.A.PART- II
Paper -I ...... History of Modern India.
(From 1757 to 1964)
Paper -II ...... History of the Marathas.
(From 1600 to 1818 A.D.)
Paper-III ...... Women in Indian History.
Paper-IV ...... History of Ideas OR State in India.
OBJECTIVES:-
The students shall have an integrated view of the process of change in the
social and cultural patterns along with the polity and economy.
NOTES :
1. The syllabi prescribed is divided into Five Units paper wise.
2. One question from each unit will have to be answered, paperwise.
3. Four lecturers per week, per paper shall be provided for insturctiosn.
4. For each paper full marks 100 are allotted.
5. Facilities of excursion tours for students are made available once in a
year, preferably in Diwali Vacation. The financial burden shall have to
be borned by the participants.
6. The students will have to offer any one paper as paper IV for M.A.II
Examination, provided that the perticular paper is being taught to
regular students at colleges. Hence the external examinees shall not
offer the untaught paper for examination which is being marked by
one asterick.
M.A. PART-I HISTORY
PAPER-I : HISTORIOGRAPHY.
UNIT-I: MEANING AND SCOPE OF HISTORY.
(1) Sources of History and their relative importance.
(2) Collection and selection of data.
(3) Evidance and its transmission.
(4) Facts and authenticity.
(5) Causation in History.
(6) Historicism
(7) Objective and generalisation of History.
UNIT-II: HISTORY AND OTHER DISCIPLINES.
(1) Archaeology, Geography, anthropology.
(2) Linguistics.
(3) Sociology, Economics, Philosophy, Politics.
(4) Natural sciences, Applied sciences.
(5) Literature.
(6) Kinds of History.
(7) Laws of History.
UNIT-III: TRADITIONS OF HISTORICAL WRITING AND MAJOR
THEORIES OF HISTORY.
(1) Ancient Tradition: Greeco-Roman Tradition, Chinese Tradition,
Ancient Indian Tradition.
(2) Medieval Historiography: Western, Arabic, Persian, and Indian.
(3) Modern Historiography: Positivist , Whig, Classical Marxist and
Annals.
UNIT-IV: (A) APPROACHES TO THE HISTORY;
(1) Theological, orientalist, imperialist, nationalist.
(2) Marxist, Recent Marxist.
(3) Subaltern, and post modernist.
(4) Interpretation of world History.
(B) MAJOR THEORIES OF HISTORY.
(1) Cyclical theory, Historical materialism.
(2) Sociological theory, comparative & structural theories.
(3) World system, Ecological and post modernist critiques of History.
UNIT-V:THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY.
(1) Economic , Labour and Peasant .
(2) Varna, Jati, Janjati, and Jender.
(3) Religion and culture.
(4) Environmental , Science and technology.
(5) Rewriting of History.
(6) History as an art and/or a science.
Reference Books:
1. Modern Historians : C.H.Williams.
2. History and Historian in 19th century : G.P.Goach.
3. Introduction to the study of History: Langlois & Seignbos.
4. Study of History: A Toynbee.
5. History of Historiography : Shot Weel.
6. Gateway of History : E.H. Carr.
8. The Idea of History: R.G. Collingwood.
9. An Introduction to the Philosophy of History : W.H.Walsh.
10. Historians and Historiography in Modern India.: S.P.Sen (Institute of
Historical studies).
11. History of Modern Indian Literature: Published by Institute of Historical
studies.
12. Philosophy of History: Dharmendra Goel.
13. The political philosophy of M.Gandhi : G.N. Dhhawan.
14. Historiography of Modern India: R.C.Mujumdar.
15. Theories of History: Patrick Gardiner.
16. History: Its Theory and Practice: B.Shaikh Ali.
17. Historian of India, Pakistan & Cylon: C-H Philips.
PAPER-II : HISTORY OF ANCIENT INDIA:
UNIT-I : FROM STONE AGE TO IRON AGE.
1. Sources: literature: archaeology; epigraphy, numismatics; accounts.
2. Prehistory: Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures; and rock art; early
farming communities; Neolithic and chaleolithic village culture.
3. Protohistory: Bronze age: first urbanization - The Harappan
civilization; early Harappan, mature Harappan and late and post
Harappan.
4. Early historic India; Vedic age-society, polity, economy and religion
as reflected in vedic literature.
5. Iron age: megelithic culture, economic development. social
statification - beginnings of varnashram, jati, gender, marriage,
property relations. sanskaras.
6. Janapadas and mahajanapadas: territorial states - monarchical and
gana-sanghas; craft production, trade and coinage.
7. Religious movements: Jainism, Buddhism, Atavikism and other
sects; second urbanization; urban centres; new classes; and
changing social relations.
UNIT-II:MAURYAN AND POST MAURYAN AGE:
1. The Mauryan empire: Nandas and Mauryas: Polity-nature and extent,
centrelization, and foreign relations; Economy- trade and trade routes,
currency and coinage ; art and architecture; Kautilya's Arthashastra;
and Megasthenes' Indica.
2. Ashokan ects, dhamma, scripts, propogation.
3. Post mauryan developments; Sungas and Kanvas; Indo-greeks and
Saka-pallavas - social conditions.
4. State formation in Central India and in the Deccan: Satavahanas and
Western Kshatrapas - land grants and agricultural expansion; trade
and trade guilds; Indo-Roman trade; coins and currency; art and
architecture; sculpture. and cave paintings.
5. Kushanas; society ; religion , art , architecture and sculpture -
Gandhara, Mathura, Amravati; interactions with central and Western
Asia; trade and trade routes, including silk routes and spice routes;
coins and currency.
6. Society and religion; peasantization of tribes; assimilation of
incoming people; spread of Jainism and Buddhism, emergence of
Mahayan Buddhism, Vaishnava and Saiva forms of worship;
beginning of Tantricism, literature.
7. Sangam Age:Chiefdoms; literature;society ; Indo-Roman Trade; and
integration of cultures.
UNIT-III: AGE OF THE GUPTAS:
1. Political consolidation - extent and structure.
2. Polity : administrative organisation, provincial and feudatory states.
3. Society: agrarian structure of villages; urban patterns.
4. Economy: land grants, expansion of agriculture; coinage and
currency system; trade.
5. Religion : revival of vedic and puranic traditions, temples; cultural
contacts with Central Asia.
6. Cultural developments; art, architecture, sculpture, painting, sanskrit
literature, science and technology.
7. Vakatakas: Land grants;art and architecture; paintings; society ;
and religion.
UNIT-IV: POST GUPTA PERIOD:
1. Vardhan empire: Harshavardhan - Political system and administrative
institutions; patronage to Buddhism.
2. Peninsular India: Chalukyas and Pallavas- polity, society; and
economy; cultural developments with special reference to art and
religion.
3. Post-Vardhan India; Gurjaras, Pratiharas & Palas; the polity and
economy; their contribution towards culture.
4. Dynesties of Central, Westerm & Deccan India : eastern Chalukyas
Rastrakutas and Yadawas in Deccan.
5. Invasions of the Arabs, Ghazanavids and Ghorids: nature and their
impact.
6. Post-Vardhan polity: Political structure and forms of legitimation.
nature of regional policies- northern and eastern India; western and
central India, and Deccan and South India.
7. Post Vardahn Economy: Agrarian economy- land grants; agricultural
expansion; agrarian organization ; peasants; intermediataries and
landed magnats; irrigation; and technology. Urban economy: trade
and trade routes; inter-regional and maritime trade; trade contacts
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with South East Asia and West Asia; urban settlements; trade and
craft guilds; forms of exchange; coinage and currency; interest and
wages; and traders, merchants and craftsmen.
UNIT-V: POST VARDHAN SOCIETY, RELIGIONS AND CULTURE.
1. Society; social stratification , proliferation of castes; untouchability;
status of women, matrilineal system; marriage, property rights;
inheritance, educational ideas and institutions, every day life,
migration and settlement of Aryan groups in diffenent regions of
India.
2. Religions: bhakti movements, shaivism, vaishnavism, Tantricism,
Jainism, Buddhism, Islam, and popular religious movements.
3. Philosophy: Schools of Vedanta and Mimansa.
4. Literature: Sanskrit, Prakrit, Tamil and apabhransha.
Rise of regional languages and literature: Marathi, Kannad, Telugu
and other languages.
5. Art and Architecture: Temple architecture; evolution of regional
styles; scrulpture; bonzes; and paintings.
Science and technology.
Reference Books:-
1. The Archaeology of India- D.P. Agrawal
2. Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism-Uma Chakravarti
3. History of Science and Technology in Ancient India-
B.D.Chatopadhyaya
4. The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent - J.C.Harle.
5. Economy and Society in Early India- D.N. Jha.
6. An introduction to the study of India History-D.D.Kosambi.
7. History and culture of the Indian People- R.C.Mujumdar.
8. Social Roots of Religion in Ancient India- R.N.Nandi
9. Political History of Ancient India- H.C.Rayachaudhari.
10. Land system and Rural society in Early India- B.P.Sahu.
11. Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas- Romila Thapar
12. Ancient Indian Social History - Romila Thapar
13. History of Indian Literature- M. Winternitz
14. Material culture and Social Formations in Ancient India-
R.S.Sharma.
15. Frontiers of the Indian Civilization -B.B.Lal, S.P.Gupta
16. Ancient India and south Indian History and Culture- S.K.Aiyangar.
17. History and Culture of Indian People vols. 1 to 5 (Vakataka Gupta
Age): R.C. Mujumdar
18. History of Ancient India : R.S. Tripathi
19. Ancient India (An outline) : D.N. Jha
20. History of Ancient India: Arun Bhattacharya
21. Ancient History of India- Dr. B.P. Saha and Dr. K.S. Behera
22. Introduction to the study of Indian History : D.D. Kosambi
23. The Indian civilization: R.E.M.Wheeler
24. The age of Nandas and Mauryas : K.A.N.Shastri
25. The age of Imperial Guptas : R.D.Banerjee
26. The Vakataka and Gupta Age : R.C. Mujumdar
27. Chandragupta and his times : R.C. Mukerjee
28. Early History of Deccan : R.G.Bhandarkar
29. History of South India: Nilkantha Shashtri
30. The Cholas: K.A.N. Shastri.
31. Rashtrakutas and their times : A.S. Altekar
32. Harsh Vardhan: R.K. Mukerjee
33. History of Rajputana Vol.I : S.H. Ojha
34. History of Gurjar Pratiharas : B.N. Puri
35. Wonder that was India: A.L.Basham
36. Kingship in India: fropm vedic age to Gupta age : Ravinder Sharma.
37. State and Government in Ancient India. Position of Women in
Hindu civilization : A.S. Altekar
38. Economic life and progress in Ancient India : N.C.Bandopadhyaya.
39. Cambridge Economic History of India,Vol.1 : Tapan Raychaudhari
and Irfan Habib (Ed.)
40. The Agrarian system in Ancient India: V.N. Ghoshal
41. Sources of Land and Society in Ancient India : N.C.Sengupta
42. Slavery in Ancient India: Devral Channa.
43. Education in Ancient India: Local Government in ancient India-
R.K. Mukerjee.
44. History of Dharmashastras : P.V. Kane
45. Foundation of Muslim Rule in India : Habibullah
46. Al baruni’s India : E.C. Sachau
47. The Archaeology of India : D.P. Agrawal
48. Hindu Colonies in the Far East- R.C.Mujumdar
49. Historical Atlas of India - Davis.
50. Yadavas and their times - Dr.O.P.Verma

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