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HISTORY :
PAPER – II :
1. CONCEPTS, IDEAS AND TERMS :
Bharatvarsha Kara/Vishti
Sabha and Samiti Stridhana
Varnasrama Memorial stones
Purusharthas Agraharas
Rina Khilafat
Samskaras Sulh-i-kul
Yajna Maharashtra-dharma
Doctrine of Karma Turkan-i-Chahlghani
Dandaniti/Arthasastra Watan
Saptanga Baluta
Dharmavijaya Iqta
Stupa/Chaitya Jizyah
Nagara/Dravida/Vesara Madad-i-maash
Bodhisattva/Tirthankara Amaram
Alvars/Nayanars Raya-Rekho
Sreni Jangama
Chauth Dyarchy
Hundi (Bills of Exchange) Federalism
Sarraf Utilitarianism
Polygars Filtration Theory
Jagir Forward Policy
Dastur Doctrine of Lapse
Mansab (Rank) Satyagraha
Deshmukh Swadeshi
Nadu Revivalism
Pargana Communalism
Bengal Vaishnavism Orientalism
Alt magha De-industrialisation
Shahna-i-Mandi Subsidiary Alliance
Mercantilism Evangelicalism
Economic Nationalism Bhudan
Indian Renaissance Panchsheel
Economic Drain Mixed Economy
Colonialism Indian Left
Paramountcy Hindu Code Bill

2. ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY :
Source :
Archaeological Sources Exploration, excavation epigraphy, numismatics, monuments
Literary Sources :
Indigenous : Primary and Secondary – Problems of dating, myths, legends, poetry, scientific literature, literature in regional languages, religious literature.
Foreign accounts : Greek, Chinese and Arab writers
Pre-history and Proto-history :
Man and Environment – geographical factors, Hunting and gathering (Paleolithic and Mesolithic); Beginning of agriculture (Neolithic and Chalcolithic).
Indus Valley Civilization– origin, date, extent, characteristics, decline, survival and significance. Iron age; Second urbanisation
Vedic Period :
Migrations and settlements; dating the Vedic, literary and archaeological evidences, evolution of social and political institutions; religious and philosophical ideas, rituals and practices.
Period of Mahajanapadas
Formation of States (Mahajanapadas); Republics and Monarchiesi rise of urban centres; trade routes; economic growth; introduction of coinage; spread of Jainism and Buddhism; rise of Magadha and Nandas. Iranian and Macedonian Invasions and their impact.
Mauryan Empire :
Foundation of the Mauryan Empire, Chandragupta, Kautilya and Arthashastra; Ashoka; Concept of Dharma; Edicts; Brahmi and Kharosthi script. Administration; economy; architecture and sculpture; external contacts.
Disintegration of the empire, Sungas and Kanvas.
Post-Mauryan Period :
(Indo-Greek, Sakas, Kushanas, Western Kshatrapas) Contact with outside world; growth of urban centres, economy, coinage, development of religions, Mahayana, social conditions, art and architecture, literature and science.
Early state and society – in Eastern India, Deccan and South India :
Kharavela, The Satavahanas, Tamil States of the Sangam Age, Administration; economy, land grants, coinage, trade guilds and urban centres. Buddhist centres, Sangam literature and culture; art and architecture.
Imperial Guptas and Regional States of India :
Guptas and Vakatakas, Harsha, Administration, economic conditions, coinage of the Guptas, land grants, decline of urban centres, Indian feudalism, caste system, position of women, education and educational institutions- Nalanda, Vikramshila and Vallabhi, contact with neighbouring countries – Central Asia, South-East Asia and China, Sanskrit literature, scientific literature, art and architecture.

The Kadambas, Gangas, Pallavas and Chalukyas of Badami – Administration, trade guilds, Sanskrit literature and growth of regional languages and scripts; growth of Vaishnava and Saiva religions, Tamil Bhakti Movement, Shankaracharya – Vedanta; Institutions of temple and temple architecture.

Varmanas of Kamrup, Palas and Senas. Rashtrakutas, Prathiharas Kalachuri-Chedis; Paramaras; Chalukyas of Gujarat; Arab contacts– Ghaznavi conquest Alberuni.

The Chalukyas of Kalyana, Cholas, Cheras, Hoysala Pandyas – Administration and local Government, growth of art of architecture, religious sects, Institution of temple and Mathas, Agraharas education and literature, economy and society, contact with Sri Lanka and South-East Asia.

3. MEDIEVAL INDIAN HISTORY :
Sources :
Archaeological, epigraphic and numismatic materials and monuments Chronicles
Literary sources – Persian, Sanskrit and Regional languages.
Archival materials.
Foreign travellers’ accounts
Political Developments :
The Sultanate- the Ghorids, the Turks, the Khaljis, the Tughluqs, the Sayyids and the Lodis.
Foundation of the Mughal Empire-Babur, Humayun and the Suris, expansion from Akbar to Aurangzeb.
Decline of the Mughal empire-political, administrative and economic causes.
Later Mughals and disintegration of the Mughal empire.
The Vijayanagara and Bahmanis-rise, expansion and disintegration.
The Maratha movement, the foundation of Swaraj by Shivaji; its expansion under the Peshwas; Maratha Confederacy-causes of decline.
Administration :
Administration under the Sultanate-civil, judicial, revenue, fiscal and military.
Sher Shah’s administrative reforms; Mughal administration–land revenue and other sources of income;
Mansabdari and Jagirdat; Administrative system in the Deccan–the Vijayanagara, the Bahmanis and the Marathas.
Ecconomic Aspects :
Agricultural production–village economy; peasantry.
Urban centres and population.
Industries–cotton textiles, handicrafts, agro-based industries, organisation, karkhanas, technology.
Trade and commerce- State policies, internal and external trade;
European trade, trade centres and ports, transport and communication.
Financing trade, commerce and industries; Hundi (Bills of Exchange) and Insurance. Currency.
Socio-religious Movements :
The Sufis-their orders, beliefs and practices, the leading Sufi saints. Bhakti cult-Shaivism and its brances;
Vaishnavism and its branches.
The Saints of the medieval period-north and south-their impact of socio-political and religious life.
The Sikh movement-Guru Nanak Dev and his teachings and practices.
Adi Granth; the Khalsa.
Society :
Classification-ruling class, major religious groups, the mercantile and professional classes.
Rural society-petty chieftains, village officials, cultivators and non cultivating classes artisans.
Position of woman.
Cultural Life :
System of Educational and its motivations.
Literature-Persian, Sanskrit and Regional languages.
Fine Arts-major schools of painting; music.
Architectural developments of the North and South India;
Indo-Islamic architecture.

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