Alagappa University BA History Syllabus

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Syllabus :

Semester 1:
Part Name
I Tamil/other languages – I
II English – I
III Core – I – History of India up to 900 A.D.
Core – II – World Civilization
Allied – I
IV (1) Non-Major Elective – I –
(c) Communicative English

Semester 2:
I Tamil/other languages – II
II English – II
III Core – III – History of India from 900 to 1707 A.D.
Core – IV – History of Europe from 476 to 1453 A.D.
Allied – II
IV (3) Environmental Studies

Alagappa University B.A., History Syllabus
Unit I
Geographical Features – Unity in Diversity – Sources of study – Stone Age Culture. Indus Valley Civilization – Indus Sites – Extent – features – causes of decline. Ancient Tamil Culture.

Unit II
Vedic Age – Society and culture in the Rig Vedic Age – Changes in the Later Vedic period – Rise of Jainism and Buddhism – Impact of Persian and Greek Invasions.

Unit III
The Mauryas – Social and Economic conditions – Mauryan Administration – Asoka’s contribution to Buddhism – Mauryan Art and Architecture – Sungas and the revival of Hindu culture – Kushans: Kanishka – Mahayanism – Ghandara School of Art.

Unit IV
Gupta Age – salient features of Gupta Administration – Social and Economic Developments – Growth of Literature and Art – Revival of Hinduism – Golden Age – causes of decline

Unit V
North India from Harsha: Socio – Economic and religious conditions – Chalukya Art and Architecture – Society under the Sathavahanas – Rajput polity and the rise of Feudalism – contribution to Indian culture – Rashhtrakutas – Adi Sankara and the Bhakticult.

Map Study

1. Important sites of the Indus Valley civilization.
2. Asoka’s Empire and important sites of his inscriptions.
3. Kanishka’s Empire.
4. Gupta Empire.
5. Harsha Empire.

Books for Reference

1. Basham, A.L. – The Wonder That Was India.
2. Koasambi, D.D. – The Culture and Civilization of Ancient India: In Historical Outline.
3. Majundar, R.C (ed) – History and Culture of Indian People.
4. Thapar, Romila – Ancient India’s Social History.
5. Sharma, R.S. – Aspects of Political Ideas and institutions in Ancient India.
6. Sharma, R.S. – Indian Feudalism.
7. Govindasamy, M.S. – Asokarum Avarudaiya Kalamum (Tamil)

I YEAR – I SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 1BHI1C2

CORE COURSE II – WORLD CIVILIZATION

Unit I

Rise and growth of civilization – Stone age culture.

Unit II

River valley civilizations – Nile – Mesopotomia – Hawang HO – Their Legacies

Unit III

Greece – city states – political experiments – Age of Pericles – Legacy of Greece.

Unit IV

Origin and Growth of Rome – Augustan age – Contribution of Rome to world civilizations

Unit V

Rise and Growth of major religions – Confucianism – Zoarstrianism – Christianity – Islam


Books for Reference

1. J.E. Swaine – The World Civilizations
2. Wall bank Taylor – History of World Civilizations
3. W. Watson – Early civilization in China
4. H.A.L. Fisher – A History of Europe, Vol. I.
5. Arnold J. Toynbee: – A Study of History.

I YEAR – II SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 1BHI2C1

CORE COURSE III – HISTORY OF INDIA FROM 900 to 1707 A.D.

Unit I

Indian Society on the eve of Muslim conquest of India. Advent of Islam – Mohammed of Gazni – Mohammed of Ghur – Qutub-Ud-Din Aibak. Foundation of the Delhi Sultanate – The Slave dynasty – Khilji imperialism and its impact on society – Reforms of Muhammad bin Tughluq – Firoz Shah Tughluq and the rise of Jagirdari system – Bhakthi movement – Social condition during the Sultanate period.

Unit II

Spread of Islam in South India – Art and architecture under the Vijayanagar Empire – social, economic and religious conditions under the Vijayanagar Empire. Social and cultural life under Bahmini Kingdom – Art and architecture under the Hoysalas.

Unit III

Establishment of Mughal Empire in India – Condition of India on the eve of Babar’s invasion– Sur administration – Outline History of the Mughal empire from Akbar to Aurangazeb.

Unit IV

Social and economic condition under Mughals – Akbar’s religious policy – Akbar as a National Monarch – Mughal art and architecture – Literature under the Mughals – Impact of Mughal rule on Hindu Society – Disintegration of the Mughal Empire

Unit V

Rise of Marathas and Sikhs and their contribution to society and culture.

Maps

1. Empire of Alauddin Khilji.
2. Akbar’s empire.
3. Aurangazeb’s empire.
4. Vijayanagar empire under Krishnadevaraya.
5. Maratha empire under Shivaji.

Books for Reference

1. Ishwari Prasad – A short History of Muslim rule.
2. Habib, Irfan(ed) – Researches in the History of India 1200-1750 (Delhi).
3. Habib Irfan (ed) – Agrarian system of Mughal India.
4. Majumbar, R.C (ed) – History and culture of Indian People (Bombay, Bharatiya Bhavan, 1960), Relevant.
5. Srivatsava – The Mughal empire 1526 – 1803 A.D.
6. Sathianathier – Political and cultural History of India, Volume – I & II
7. Basham, A.L. – The wonder that was India.
8. Tarachand – State and society in Manual period
9. Venkatraman, T.R. – Mughals of Indian History Volume – I
10. Sharma, S.R – Mughal Rule in India.

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Alagappa University
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