Question Paper of Kalyani University

I am pursuing MA 2nd year in University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal and my exams are near so for preparation I want the previous year question papers of MA 2nd year of this University so can provide me or provide me the process to download these from net?

Can you provide me the syllabus for B.A. Honours Program of Department of History of University of Kalyani on which the question paper is based?

[Neelu Bhasin]

The syllabus for B.A. Honours Program of Department of History of University of Kalyani on which the question paper is based is as follows:


Core Course
(14 Courses, Each Course would be allotted 40 lectures)

Semester-1

Course – I
History of Early India, from remote past to the end of the Vedic Polity

Unit-1: Historiography of early India – historical interpretations - imperialist vs nationalist school - leftist vs liberal school - secular vs religious school.

Unit-2: Evolution from paleolithic to neolithic cultures - chalcolithic societies from Baluchistan to Gujrat - growth and decline of pre-state non-iron urban culture - the Harappan Civilization ; problem of the Indus script - journey from proto-historic to historic India.

Unit-3: Legacy of the Harappan Culture - the Aryan penetration and the Anglo-Oriental debate ; beginning of iron age and settled agriculture - patterns of settlement and cultural changes - emergence of caste society, organized religion and state territoriality - the Vedic literature.

Unit-4:The non-Vedic political economy of the 16 Mahajanapadas - spread of protestant religions – Ajivikism, Jainism and Buddhism ; commercial and urban growth of India - rise of Magadha as an imperial power.


Reading
1. D. D. Kosambi : The Culture and Civilization of Ancient India in Historical Outline
2. A. L. Basam : The Wonder that was India.
3. Irfan Habib : Pre-History ; Indus Civilization (2002) : The Vedic Age (2003)
4. Romila Thapar : Early India from the Beginning to 1300
5. Upinder Singh : A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India.
6. R.S.Sharma : India’s Ancient Past.
7. Bridget and Allchin : The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan.
8. Uma Chakraborty : The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism.


Syllabus B.A. Honours Program University of Kalyani