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1. B.A. & M.A. in Social Science Course Syllabus 1-32

2. B.Sc. (IT) Course Syllabus 33-64

3. B.C.A Course Syllabus 65-105

4. B.Sc. (H) FST Course Syllabus 106-161

5. B.Com. Course Syllabus 162-197

6. L.L.M. Course Syllabus 198-240

7. B.LISc. Course Syllabus 241-252

History Syllabus

Satellite Campus BBAU, Amethi

Syllabus Outline

Code Paper Credits

Semester-I

BSH 101 Philosophy of History 4

BSH 102 Classical Greco-Roman History 4

Semester-II

BSH 201 History of Early India: Indus Valley to 400 BCE 4

BSH 202 History of Early India: 400 BCE to 1200 CE 4

Semester III

BSH 301 Medieval World Sixth to the Fifteenth Century CE 4

BSH-302 Political History of Medieval India: 12th

to Mid 16th

CE 4

Semester IV

BSH 401 Political History of Medieval India: Mid 16th

to mid 18th

CE 4

BSH 402 Western World 1450-1648 4

Semester V

BSH 501 History of the Early Modern World: From the Renaissance to the

American Revolution

4

BSH 502 History of Modern India: 1707-1947 4

BSH A-502 The Modern World: Late 18th

Century to the 20th

Century 4

Semester VI

BSH 601 Colonialism, Imperialism and anti-Imperialist Movements in Asia,

Africa and Latin America

4

BSH 602 US History from Pre-Columbian times to the Cold War 4

BSH A-602 Western Historiography 4

Semester I

BSH 101 Philosophy of History

Unit I

1. Nature, Object, meaning and subject matter of history.

2. Value judgment and varieties in history.

3. History and other social Sciences.

Unit II

4. Greco-Roman Historiography

5. The Influence of Christianity.

6. Critical and Speculation Philosophy.

Unit III

7. Historiography during Renaissance Enlightenment.

8. Romanticism and Positivism.

9. Post- Modernism.

Unit IV

10. Modern theories Historical Imagination and Historical Evidence.

11. Human nature and Human History.

BSH 102 Classical Greco-Roman History

Unit I

1. Greece: General History: Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Periods; Greek city-states; Athens,

Sparta, Delphi;

Unit II - Greek History

2. Economic Aspects

3. social and political aspects

4. Cultural facets of urbanism (slavery, democracy, the arts and letters).

Unit III - Rome General History

5. Kingdom,

6. Republic,

7. Empire; Rome, Pompeii, Herculaneum;

Unit IV - Roman Economic and Political Bases of Urbanism

8. The Roman empire,

9. Pax Romana

10. International trade arts and letters.

Semester II

BSH 201 History of Early India: 400 BCE To 1200 CE

Unit I - Emergence of Empire in Early India

1. The Mauryas: Administration, Society and Economy. Ashoka and his policy of Dhamma. Decline of the

Mauryan Empire.

2. Rise of New Political Powers-Shungas, Indo-Greeks, Kushanas.

Unit II - Deccan And Tamilham 200 BCE- 200 CE 3. Deccan in the Shaka- Satavahana period, Rise of trade.

4. South as Reflected in the Sangam Poems and Archaeology.

Unit III - Society and Culture 300- 700 CE

5. The Gupta Dynasty, Harshavardhana.

6. Religion, Art and Literature 300-700 CE.

Unit IV - Regions and Regionalism 700 1200 CE

7. Growth of Regional Cultures in north India: The State and economy. The debate on feudalism.

8. Growth of Regional Cultures in south India: State, economy and society.

BSH 202 History of Early India: Indus Valley to 400 BCE

Unit I - Early Cities

1. The Harappan Civilization: antecedents and material conditions

2. Society, trade and religion

Unit II Decline of the Indus Valley Civilizations

3. Decline and diffusion of the Harappan Civilization

Unit III - Early Indian Society: Second Millennium BCE to First Millennium BCE

4. Spread of the Chalcolithic and the Iron Age Cultures.

5. Early Vedic and later Vedic societies.

Unit IV - Second Urbanisation And New Religious Traditions

6. Early States and Cities (Sixth century BCE to the fourth century BCE): Janapadas and

Mahajanapadas, urban centres.

7. Buddhism, Jainism and other heterodox sects.

Semester III

BSH 301 Medieval World Sixth to the Fifteenth Century CE

Unit I 1. Europe after the collapse of Rome (fifth till tenth century) -

2. Arabia (sixth till ninth century)-

3. China: (from sixth to the tenth century) -

emergence of woodblock printing, the printing of the book and literary practices.

Unit II 4. Feudalism in Europe from eleventh to thirteenth century -

5. Arabised West Asia and Africa (seventh to the twelfth century)-

6. China: (tenth to fourteenth century) -

(a) State, nomadic invasions and sinification

(b) Trade, commerce and urbanisation, Medieval Economic Revolution.

Unit III 7. Economic and social changes in Europe (fourteenth and fifteenth centuries)

8. Economic and social changes in West Asia (twelfth to the fifteenth century) -

9. Economic and social changes in China (twelfth to the sixteenth century)-

Unit IV 10. Intellectual and economic interactions between Europe and Asia:

(a) Scientific and intellectual exchange.

(c) Feudal culture.

(d) Medieval cities.

BSH 302 Political History of Medieval India: 12th

to Mid 16th

CE

Unit I - Early Medieval Polities in the 11th Century

1. The Rajput states in western and central India: An overview.

2. The Regional states in Peninsular India: An overview.

Unit II - The Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526): Political Expansion and Consolidation

3. Sources for the Study of Delhi Sultanate; historiography of Turkish invasions and conquest.

4. Territorial expansion and consolidation: administrative measures of Iltutmish, Alauddin Khalji and Muhammad

bin Tughlaq.

6. Political structure of regional Sultanates; the Lodis (1451-1526).

Unit III - The Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526): Forms of Political Legitimization and Control

7. Theory of Kingship and forms of political legitimization; relations with ulama and sufis.

8. Iqta System and the changing composition of the ruling class.

9. Architecture as representation of power and hierarchy: the Qutb Complex and the settlement of Mehrauli; urban

settlements of Delhi.

Unit IV - Vijayanagar Kingdom and South India

10. Sources for the study of medieval south Indian History.

11. Emergence and growth of Vijaynagar Empire (1336- 1565); Vijaynagar-Bahmani relations, disintegration of

Vijaynagar Empire.

12. Interpreting the nature of Vijaynagar state- Nayankara system and Amaram.

13. Political structure of post-Vijaynagar Nayak states.

Semester IV

BSH 401 Political History of Medieval India: Mid 16th to mid 18th CE

Unit I - The Mughal Empire

1. Sources for the study of Mughal Empire

2. Baburs conquest of northern India

3. Mughal-Afghan conflict and the Sur interregnum

4. Mughal expansion and consolidation under Akbar, Jahangir, Shahjahan and Aurangzeb; new military

technology.

Unit II - Political Centralization, Theory of Kingship and Forms of Political Legitimacy

5. Administrative centralization under Akbar; the Mansab and Jagir systems; changing composition of Mughal

nobility.

6. Mughal theory of kingship and forms of political legitimation

7. State and religion with special reference to Akbar and Aurangzeb

8. Relations with Ottomans, Safavids and Uzbeks

Unit III - Emergence of Regional Powers

9. The rise of Marathas, Maratha state under Shivaji and the Peshwas

10. Nature of Rajput polity during the Mughal period

11. Rise and growth of Sikh Power

12. Political structure of Deccan kingdoms and post-Vijaynagar Nayaka states

Unit IV Rebellions, Decline and Disintegration

13. The crisis in agrarian and jagir systems; agrarian revolts of the late 17th and the early 18th centuries

14. The Rajput revolt of 1679

15. Disintegration of the Mughal Empire in the first half of the 18th century

16. The nature of Mughal successor states in the 18th century

BSH 402 Western World 1450-1648

Unit I

1. Decline of middle Ages in Europe.

2. Humanism and Renaissance in Italy and Europe.

Unit II

1. Reformation & Counter Reformation.

2. Geographical Discoveries, Scientific accomplishments.

Unit III

1. Hapsburgs.

Unit IV

1. Tudors.

2. Bourbons.

Semester V

BSH 501 History of the Early Modern World: From the Renaissance to the American Revolution

Unit I

1. The Renaissance in Italy

2. The Age of Explorations and early colonial conquests

3. The Reformation in Europe

Unit II

4. The transition from feudalism to capitalism

5. The rise of absolutist states in Europe

6. The Scientific Revolution

Unit III

7. The Enlightenment

8. Mercantilism in the eighteenth century

9. Society and culture in early modern Europe

Unit IV

10. The agricultural revolution in Britain

11. The coming of the Industrial Revolution

12. The American Revolution

BSH 502 History of Mode