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Syllabus

Institute of Humanities & social Sciences

M.A. History

MA (History)

Year I

Subject

Code

Subject Name Teaching

hours

Distribution of marks

Theory Papers Practical

L T P Internal External Total internal External total

01MAH101 Medieval Societies – I 3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

01MAH102 Twentieth Century

World – I

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

01MAH103 Medieval Indian Polity, A.D. 1200 to 1750

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

01MAH104 History of India (1757-

1857) – I

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

01MAH105 History of East Asia in Modern Times : China

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

01MAH106 Medieval Societies – II 3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

01MAH107 Twentieth Century

World – II

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

01MAH108 Medieval Indian

Economy, A.D. 1200 to

1750

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

01MAH109 History of India (1757-1857) – II

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

01MAH110 History of East Asia in

Modern Times : Japan

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

Subject

Code

Subject Name Teaching

hours

Distribution of marks

Theory Papers Practical

L T P Internal External Total internal External total

02MAH101 Historiography

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

02MAH102 Society in Medieval India, AD 1200-1750

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

02MAH103 Modern India (1858-1947)

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

02MAH104 Social History of India

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

02MAH105 Approaches of History

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

02MAH106 Art, Architecture and Culture in Medieval India, AD1200-1750

- - 2 - - - 50 50 100

02MAH107 Indian National Movement (1885-1947)

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

02MAH108 Socio-Religious Movements in India

3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -

Year 1

Medieval Societies – I

01MAH101

1) Transition from Ancient Society to Medieval Society; Feudal Institutions;

Medieval State and Church; Clergy and its socio-economic role.

2) Feudalism : Agrarian Structure and relations, The Manorial System, Changing position of the

Peasantry, the decline of feudalism

3) Organization of non-agricultural production, Major non-agricultural productions, Artisans and

Merchants

4) Local Trade under feudalism, Growth of foreign Trade and Commerce, Urbanization and urban

centres, urban society

5) Feudal Japan; Rise of Provincial Warrior class; High feudal society; Zen culture.

Books Recommended :

1 Anderson, Perry Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism

2 Bloch, March Feudal Society, 2 Vols.

3 Cipolla, Carlo (ed.) The Contana Econoic History of Europe : The

Middle Ages

4 Colemn, D.C. Revisions in Mercantilism

5 Dening, Ealer Japan

6 Dobb, Maurice & Sweezy

Dobb

Studies in the Development of Capitalism

7 Faruqqi, Amar Prachin Aur Madhyakalin Samajik

Saranchanaya aur Sanskritiya (Hindi tr.)

8 Ganshof, F.L. Feudalism

9 Hall, A.R. The Scientific Revolution 1500-1800

10 Heaton, Herbert Economic History of Europe

11 Hilton, Rodni (ed.) The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism

12 Hodgett, A.J. Gerald A Social and Economic History of Medieval

Europe

13 Jayapalan, M. History of Japan

14 Latourette, Kennetu Scott The Chinese their History and Culture

15 Pirenne, Henri Economic and Social History of Medieval

Europe

16 Rolls, Eric History of Economic Thought

17 Takashesh et. The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism

18 White, Lynn Medieval Technology and Social Change

Twentieth Century World – I

01MAH102

1) Legacy of the 19th Century: Liberalism; Nationalism; Imperialism and

Socialism

2) World Order upto 1919 : Origins and Nature of the World War I; Peace

Settlement and its Long Term Consequences; Making of the Russian

Revolution and Establishment of the First Socialist State

3) World between the Two Wars : Working of the League of Nations –

Disarmament and Collective Security; Economic Depression; Liberal Ideas and

Social Movements

4) Towards Second World War : Rise of Nazism and Fascism – Germany, Italy and

Japan; World War II : Origins, Nature and Results

5) The New Political Order : Nationalist Movements and Decolonization in Asia

and Africa; Communist Revolution in China and its Impact on World Politics

Suggested Readings :

1 Bury, J.P.T. France 1814-1940

2 Carr, E.H. 1917 : Before and After

3 Dorpalen, Andreas Europe in the 20th Century

4 Evans, J. The Foundations of a Modern State in 19th Century Europe.

5 Hobsbawn, E.J. Nation and Nationalism

6 Hobsbawm, E.J. The Age of Revolution

7 Hobsbawm, E.J. Age of Extremes : The Short Twentieth Century (1914-1991)

8 Joll, James Europe Since 1870

9 Joll, James Origins of the First World War

10 Kochan, L.E. The Struggle for Germany 1914-1945

11 Lee, F. B. Europe Since 1914

12 Lucass, Colin The French Revolution and the Making of

Modern Political Culture, 2 Volumes

13 Morgan, K.O. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, (1789-

1983), 2 Volumes

14 Mergan, R.P. German Social Democracy and The First

International

15 Porter, Andrew European Imperialism, 1860-1914

16 Riasanovsky, N.V. A History of Russia

17 Roberts, J.M. Europe 1880-1945

18 Robertson, E.(ed.) The Origins of the Second World War

19 Roth, J.J. (ed.) World War II : A Turning Point in Modern

History

20 Soboul, Albert History of the French Revolution, 2

Volumes

21 Watson, Seton The Russian Empire

22 Wiskemann, E. Europe of the Dictators

23 Wood, Anthony History of Euorpe 1915-1960

Medieval Indian Polity, A.D. 1200 to 1750

01MAH103

1) Sources : Archival, Archaeological, Contemporary writings : Tarikh-i-Firozshahi,

Fatwa-i-Jahandari, Babarnama, Akbarnama, Ain-i-Akbari, Muntakhab-ut-

Tawarikh, Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, Mutakhab-ul-Lubab, Bernier’s Account, European

Factory Records, Rajasthani Khayats, Arsattas, Malfuzat and Bhakti literature

2) State : Nature (the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal State), Theory of kingship :

Balban, Alauddin Khalji, Afghan theory of kingship, Mughal theory of kingship

3) State : Problem of Legitimacy; Pressure Groups; State and Regional Identities

with special reference to Vijaynagar and Bahmani Kingdom.

4) Evolution of the Insitutional Structure and system of Government : Iqta; Amaram; Mansab and

Jagir; Centre and Provinces

5) State and Rural Society and Village administration; Ruling classes; Evolving compositions;

Immigration; Local alliances and conflicts.


1 Alam, Muzaffar and

Subramanyam, Sanjay (ed)

The Mughal State

2 Ali, M. Athar, The Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb

3 Chandra, Satish Medieval India : Society The Jagirdari Crisis and the

Village

4 Chandra, Satish Medieval India : From Sultanate to Mughals, Vol. I – II

5 Digby, Simon War Horse and Elephant in the Delhi Sultanate : A Study

in Military Supplies

6 Habib, Mohammad Politics and Society in Early Medieval Period, Vols. I & II

7 Habib, Mohammad and

K.A.Nizami (ed)

Comprehensive History of India, Vol. V AD 1206-1526

8 Jackson, P The Delhi Sultanate

9 Khan, A.R. Chieftains in the Mughal Empire During the Reign of

Akbar

10 Kulke, Hermann The State in India (AD 1000-1700)

11 Nizami, Khaliq A. Religion and Politics in the Thirteenth Century

12 Richards, J.F.(ed.) The Mughal Empire

13 Sharma, G.D. Madhyakalin Bharat Ki Rajnetik Aur Aarthik Sansthayen

(Hindi)

14 Stein, Burton New Cambridge History of India Vijaynagar

15 Streusand, Douglas E. The Formation of the Mughal Empire

History of India (1757-1857) – I

01MAH104

1) Understanding Modern Indian History : Sources – Archival Records, Private

Papers, Governments Reports, Newspapers and Periodicals and Oral Traditions

2) India in the Mid 18th Century : Pre-Colonial Order – Polity, Economy, Society and

Culture

3) Expansion of British Power : Ideology of Expansion and Mercantilism; Tools and

Policies of Expansion – Bengal, Mysore and Marathas

4) Consolidation of British Power : Annexation of Awadh, Sindh and Punjab;

Subsidiary Alliance System and Doctrine of Lapse

5) Evaluation of British Paramountcy : Motives, Phases and Nature of the Policy;

Impact on Princely States as well as British Empire


1 Amold, David and

Ramachandra Guha (eds.)

Nature, Culture and Imperialism : Essays on the

Environmental History of South Asia

2 Bayly, C.A. Indian Society and the Making of the British

Empire (New Cambridge History of India)

3 Brown, Judith Modern India: The Origin of an Asian

Democracy

4 Chicherov, A.L. Indian Economic Development in the

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century

5 Desai, A.R. Social Background of Indian Nationalism

6 Fisher, M.H. (ed.) Policies of British Annexation of India, 1757-

1857

7 Gopal, S. British Policy in India

8 Guha, Ranjit (ed.) Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian

History and Society, Vols. I - XI

9 Habib, Irfan Essays in Indian History: Towards a Marxist

Perception

10 Kumar, Dharma (ed.) Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. – II

11 Mishra, Girish Economic History of Modern India

12 Mishra, Girish Adhunik Bharat Ka Arthik Itihas(Hindi tr.)

13 Panigrahi, D.N. (ed.) Economy, Society and Politics in Modern India

14 Ravindra Kumar Social History of Modern India

15 Rai, Satya Murti (ed.) Bharat Mein Upniveshwad Aur Rashtrawad (Hindi)

16 Raychaudhury, Tapan Indian Economy in the 19th Century : A

Symposium 17 Sarkar, Sumit Modern India, 1885-1947

18 Shukla, Ram Lakhan (ed.) Adhunik Bharat Ka Itihas (Hindi)

19 Siddiqui, Aisya (ed.) Trade and Finance in Colonial India

History of East Asia in Modern Times : China

01MAH105

1) Shaping Forces of Modern China : The Canton System of Trade and the Opium

Wars; The Taiping Revolt

2) Ideological Awakening :The Boxer Uprising; Revolution and the Repulic of 1911,

Dr. Sun Yat Sen

3) Resistance and Struggle :The May 4th Movement; Rise of the Communist Party:

Early Agendas and Initiatives, Relations with the Kuamingtang

4) Founding of the Peoples’ Republic :Civil War 1945-1949; Mao Tse-Tung and the

‘Liberation’; Causes of the Communists’ Success; Political Structure of the New

State

5) Restructuring of Economy and Society :Agricultural Collectivisation and Economic

Reforms; Social Policy and ‘Cultural Revolution’


1 Origins of the Chinese Revolution, 1915-

1949

2 Mao Tse-Tung and the Chinese Revolution

3 China from Opium War to 1911 Revolution

4 China from the 1911 Revolution to

Liberation

5 Far East

6 Sudoor Purva (Hindi tr.)

7 East Asia : Modern Transformation

8 The United States of China

9 The Great Chinese Revolution

10 Economic Planning in Communist China

11 The Rise of Modrn China

12 Japan and China : From War to Peace, 1894-1972

13 Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power : The Emergence of Red China, 1937-1945

14 Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung

15 The Political Philosophy of MaoTse-Tung

16 Cheenee Kranti (Hindi)

17 The Boxer Uprising : A Background Study

18 Chinese Communism and the Rise of Mao

19 Government and Administration in

Communist China

20 Recent Political and Economic

Developments in China

21 The May Fourth Movement : Intellectual

Revolution in Modern China

22 China in Revolution : The First Phase, 1900-1913

Medieval Societies – II

01MAH106

Unit – I

Arabia before Islam: Political, Socio-religious, and economic conditions, Rise of

Islam ; Islam as a socio religious system; relations with Arab tribes, Jews and Christians

Unit – II

Evolution of Islamic state upto the pious caliphs, State under Ummayids, State under Abbasids

Unit – III

Society under the Prophet and the Caliphs; Economy; Administration with special reference to

taxation system.

Unit – IV

The Arab Empire : Growth of Art, Music, Painting and Calligraphy; Growth of Architecture;

Education, Intellectual Contribution : Language, Literature and Sciences

Unit – V

China : Transition from classical to early Modern China, Commercial revolution, Society and

Culture, Neo-Confucianism; State and Society under the Ming dynasty


1 Aghnides, N. Muhammadan Theories of Finance

2 Dening, Ealer Japan

3 Faruqui, Amar Prachin Aur Madhyakalin Samajik

Saranchanaya aur Sanskritiya (Hindi tr.)

4 Fitzerald, C.P. China

5 Granebaum Medieval Islam

6 Hitti, P.K. History of Arabs

7 Lamblon Landlords and Peasants in Persia

8 Latourette, Kennetu Scott The Chinese their History and Culture

9 Levy, P The Social Structure of Islam

10 Needham, Joseph History and Civilization of China

11 Sahu, K.P. Islam : Udbhav Aur Vikas (Hindi)

Twentieth Century World – II

01MAH107

Unit – I

The Cold War Era: Ideological and Political Basis of the Cold War, Different

Phases–Pacts and Treaties, Tensions and Rivalries; From Bipolar to Unipolar World

System

Unit – II

Non-Aligned Movement and the Third World ;U.N.O : Concepts of World Peace,

Role in Sorting out of International Conflicts

Unit – III

Age of Progress : Cultural Revolution in China; Civil Rights Movement in U.S.A.;

Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa; Feminism

Unit – IV

Economic and Technological Developments : Industry and Agriculture; Science

and Technology; Transport, Communication and Information

Unit – V

Disintegration of the Socialist Blocks : Origins, Process and Impact on Society and

Policies; The Globalization and its Effects


1 Brar, Bhupinder Explaining Communist Crisis

2 Clyde, P.H. Far East

3 Davis, A.G. ‘I Have A Dream’ : The Life and Time of Martin

Luther King

4 Dorpalen, Andreas Europe in the 20th Century

5 Evans, J. The Foundations of a Modern State in 19th

Century Europe.

6 Fairback, John K. The Great Chinese Revolution.

7 Gilbert, Felix The End of European Era : 1890 to Present

8 Grant & Temperly Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

9 Hobsbawm, E.J. The Age of Revolution

10 Hobsbawm, E.J. Age of Extremes : The Short Twentieth Century

(1914-1991)

11 Joll, James Europe Since 1870

12 King, Martin Luther Stride Towards Freedom

13 Lee, F. B. Europe Since 1914

14 Lengson, W.C. World Since 1914

15 Lichhyme, George Europe in the Twentieth Century

16 Linda, Karber Women’s America : Refusing the Past

17 Luthli, Chief Albert Let My People Go !

18 Marriot, J.R.R. The Remaking of Modern Europe

19 Morgan, K.O. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, (1789-1983),

2 Volumes

20 Nager, Joseph L. & Robert H.

Donaldson

Soviet Foreign Policy Since World War II

21 Riasanovsky, N.V. A History of Russia

22 Roberts, J.M. Europe 1880-1945

23 Robinson, Nail Ideology and the Collapse of Soviet System : A

Critical History of Soviet Ideological Discourse

24 Roth, J.J. (ed.) World War II : A Turning Point in Modern History

25 Schwartz, Benjamin I. Chinese Revolution and the Rise of Mao

26 Sontegi, Raymond Revolt Against Old Order

27 Wiskemann, E. Europe of the Dictators

28 Wood, Anthony History of Europe 1915-1960

Medieval Indian Economy A.D. 1200 to 1750

01MAH108

Unit – I

Agrarian Economy, Industries and Production Technology and the State : Control over Land;

Resource base and the pattern of resource used in agrarian production; Nature and magnitude of

taxation; Agrarian relations

Unit – II

Handicraft Production : Textiles, Agro-Industries, Metal technology, Artisans, Mercantile groups

and their role in production.

Unit – III

Trade, Commerce and Monetary system, Growth of cities and towns : Inland and maritime

Trade; Structure and volume of Trade; Role of Arab and European Traders; Indian Merchants and their

commercial practices

Unit – IV

Medium of exchange, Currency and Banking : indigenous methods; Growth of cities and towns :

Nature and classification; demographic changes; administration.

Unit – V

Systemic Crisis and Collapse of the Mughal Empire : Tensions and conflicts inherent in the

imperial system; Patterns of Resistance; Collapse of Empire; Interpreting the 18th Century


1 Alam, Muzaffar and

Subramanyam, Sanjay

(ed)

The Mughal State

2 Alavi, Seema (ed.) Eighteen Century in India

3 Chandra, Satish Medieval India : Society The Jagirdari Crisis and the Village

4 Chandra, Satish Parties and Politics in the Mughal Court, 1707-1740

5 Chandra, Satish The Eighteenth Century in India : Its Economy and the Role

of the Marathas, the Jats, the Sikhs and the Afghans

6 Chandra, Satish Medieval India : From Sultanate to Mughals, Vol. I – II

7 Chaudhuri, K.N. Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean

8 Digby, Simon War Horse and Elephant in the Delhi Sultanate : A Study in

Military Supplies

9 Eaton, Richard M. The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier (1204-1760)

10 Fukazawa Hiroshi The Medieval Decan : Peasants, Social System and States-

Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries

11 Gordon, Stewart The Marathas, 1600-1818

12 Grewal, J.S. (ed) State and Society in Medieval India

13 Habib, Irfan Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1526-1707

14 Habib, Irfan Essays in Indian History : Towards a Marxist Perception

15 Hasan, S. Nurul Thoughts on Agrarian Relations in Mughal India

16 Khan, A.R. Chieftains in the Mughal Empire During the Reign of Akbar

17 Kulke, Hermann The State in India (AD 1000-1700)

18 Marshall, P.J. (ed.) Eighteen Century India : Evolution or Revolution

19 Moosvi, Shireen Economy of the Mughals Empire : A Statistical Study

20 Naqvi, H.K. Urbanisation and urban Centres under the great Mughals

1556-1707

21 Raychaudhri, Tapan

and Irfan Habib (eds.)

Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol I 1200 to 1750

22 Richards, J.F.(ed.) The Imperial Monetary System of Mughal India

23 Richards, J.F.(ed.) The Mughal Empire

24 Sangwan, R.S. Jodhpur and the later Mughals, A.D. 1707-1752

25 Sharma, G.D. Madhyakalin Bharat Ki Rajnetik Aur Aarthik Sansthayen

(Hindi)

26 Singh, Chetan Region and Empire : Punjab in the 17th Century

27 Singh, Chetan Madhya Kalin Bharat : Sultanate Se Mughal Kal Tak Bhag I-

II (Hindi)

28 Wink, Andre Land and Sovereignth in India : Agrarian society and

Politics under the Eighteenth Century Maratha Swarajya

History of India (1757-1857) – II

01MAH109

Unit – I

Construction of the Colonial State : The ‘Iron’ Framework–Police, Army and Law;

The ‘Steel’ Framework– Civil Administration and Bureaucracy

Unit – II

Social Policies and Social Change : British Policy Towards Indian Society – Role of

Orientalists, Evangelicals and Utilitarians; Introduction of Modern Education; Social

Reforms

Unit – III

Economic Organization of the Colonial State : Rise of Capitalism in Colonial India;

Rural Economy; Urban Economy; Communication and Railways

Unit – IV

Ideology and Attitude of the Colonial State : The British Imperialist Ideology –

Political, Economic and Cultural Theories; Racial Bias in Policies and Governance

Unit – V

Resistance to the Colonial State : Pre-1857 Risings – Nature and Impact; The

Uprising of 1857 – Nature, Growth and Repression


1 Amold, David and Ramachandra Guha (eds.)

Nature, Culture and Imperialism : Essays on the Environmental History of South Asia

2 Bayly, C.A. Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire (New Cambridge History of India)

3 Bipan Chandra India’s Struggle for Independence

4 Brown, Judith Modern India : The Origin of an Asian Democracy

5 Chicherov, A.L. Indian Economic Development in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century


7 Fisher, M.H. (ed.) Policies of the British Annexation of India 1757-1857

8 Gopal S. British Policy in India

9 Guha, Ranjit Rule of Property for Bengal : An Essay on the Idea of

Permanent Settlement

10 Guha, Ranjit (ed.) Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian History

and Society, Vols. I - XI

11 Joshi, P.C. Rebellion – 1857

12 Kumar, Dharma (ed,) Cambridge Economic History of India Vol.-II


14 Mishra, Girish Adhunik Bharat Ka Arthik Itihas(Hindi tr.)

15 Rai, Satya Murti (ed.) Bharat Mein Upniveshwad Aur Rashtrawad (Hindi)

16 Ravindra Kumar Social History of Modern India

17 Raychandhary, Tapan Indian Economy in the 19th Century : A Symposium

18 Sarkar, Sumit Modern India, 1885-1947

19 Shukla, Ram Lakhan (ed.) Adhunik Bharat Ka Itihas (Hindi)

20 Siddiqui, Aisya (ed.) Trade and Finance in Colonial India

History of East Asia in Modern Times : Japan

01MAH110

Unit – I

The Period of Transition:

Japan in the 19th Century; Western Contact and its Implications; Events leading

to the Meiji Restoration

Unit – II

Meiji Period :

Meiji Restoration – Aims, Nature and Significance; Economic and Political

Reforms; Educational and Social Restructuring

Unit – III

The Period of Consolidation:

Industrial Transformation; Foreign Policy 1895-1919; Policy of Expansion and

Aggression

Unit – IV

Failure of Democracy:

Growth of the Military; The Political Party System and its Drawbacks; Japan and

the World War II

Unit – V

Post-World War II Japan :

Democratization and the New Political System; Economic and Industrial

Remodeling; Social and Educational Remodeling


1 Akita, George Foundation of the Constitutional Government in

Modern Japan

2 Allen, George C. Modern Japan and its Problem

3 Allen, George C. A Short Economic History of Modern Japan 1867-1937

4 Beasley, W.G. The Modern History of Japan

5 Bakmann, George M. The Making of the Meiji Constitution

6 Clyde, P.H. Far East

7 Clyde, P.H. Sudoor Purva (Hindi tr.)

8 Dengarfield, R.J. The New Japan

9 Fairback, John K. East Asia : Modern Transformation

10 Fine, S.M. Japan’s Post-War Industrial Recovery

11 Hall, John W. Japan From Prehistory to Modern Times

12 Holtam, D.C. Modern Japan and Shinto Nationalism

13 James, David H. The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire

14 Jansen, M.B. Japan and China : From War to Peace, 1894-1972

15 Kostan, E.E.N Militarism and Foreign Policy in Japan

16 Lockwood, William The Economic Development of Japan : Growth and

Structural Change

17 Jansen M.B. (ed) The Cambridge History of Japan Vols V to VI

18 Myers, Ramon H. and

Mark R. Patric (eds.)

The Japanese Colonial Empire, 1895-1945

19 Norman, E.H. Japan’s Emergence as a Modern State

20 Pyle, Kenneth B. The Making of Modern Japan

21 Scalapino, Robrt A. Democracy and the Party Movement in Pre-War

Japan

Year2

Historiography

02MAH101

Unit – I

History : Meaning; Nature and Scope

Unit – II

History and Allied Disciplines; Historical Evidence : Its Nature and Transmission

Unit – III

Objectivity in History; Causation in History; Collection and Selection of Historical

Data

Unit – IV

Early Trends of Historiography: Greeco-Roman; Chinese and Ancient Indian

Unit – V

Medieval Historiography : Western; Arabic and Persian


1 Ali, B. Sheikh History : Its Theory and Method

2 Bajaj, Satish, K. Recent Trends in Historiography

3 Bentley, Michael (ed.) Companion to Historiography

4 Bloch, Marc The Historian’s Craft

5 Buddha Prakah Itihas Darshan (Hindi)

6 Carr, E.H. What is History ?

7 Collingwood, R.G. The Idea of History

8 Elton, G.R. Practice of History

9 Gardener, Patrick Theories of History

10 Habib, Irfan Interpreting Indian History

11 Hale, J.R. Evolution of British Historiography

12 Hardy, Peter Historians of Medieval India

13 Johnson, Allen Historian and Historical Evidence

14 Ladurie, L. R. Territory of the Historian

15 Leonard, M.M. The Nature of Historical Inquiry

16 Majumdar, R.K. & Srivastava,

A.N.

Historiography

17 Marwick, Aurther The Nature of History

18 Marwick, Aurther What History Is and Why It is Important ?

19 Renier, G.T. History : Its Purpose and Method

20 Sridharan, E. A Textbook of Historiography

21 Thompson, J.W. A History of Historical Writing 500 B.C. to

A.D. 2000

22 Topolski, Jarzy Methodology of History

23 Walsh, W.H. Philosophy of History

24 Widgery, G.A. The Meaning of History

25 William, S.H. The Modern Historian

Society in Medieval India, AD 1200-1750

02MAH102

Unit – I

Continuity and Change in Medieval Indian Society : Composition and

Stratification; Urban and Rural Society

Unit – II

Caste and Social Mobility, Slavery; Women in Medieval Indian Society

Unit – III

Origin and Concepts of Sufism; Chisti, Qadiri, Suhrawardi and Naqashbandi

Silsilas

Unit – IV

Origin and Concepts of Bhakti Movement : Nath Panthis, Kabir, Nanak, Dadu,

Chaitanya, Tulsidas, Raidas and Maharashtra Dharma

Unit – V

Elements of Conflicts and Synthesis in Medieval Indian Society : Ruling Groups,

State and Orthodoxy; Muslim Revivalist Movement under Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi;

Sectarian Communities


1 Ashraf, K.M. Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan

2 Banga Indu (ed.) The City in Indian History : Urban Demography,

Society and Politics

3 Chopra, P.N. Life and Letters under the Mughals.

4 Eaton, Richards M. (ed.) India’s Islamic Tradition

5 Grewal, J.S. (ed.) The State and Society in Medieval India

6 Habib, Irfan (ed.) Medieval India-Research in the History of India

1200-1750

7 Habib, Muhammad Politics and Society in Early Medieval Period, Vol I &

II

8 Hasan, S. Nural Religion, State and Society in Medieval India (ed.

Satish Chandra)

9 Jackson, Peter The Delhi Sultanate

10 Karashima, N. Towards a New Formation : South Indian Society

under Vijayanagar

11 Nigam, S.B.P. Nobility under the Sultans of Delhi

12 Nizami, K.A. Religion and Politics in the 13th Century

13 Richards, J.F. The Mughal Empire

14 Rizvi, S.A.A. History of Sufism, Vol. I-II

15 Rizvi, S.A.A. Muslim Revivalist Movement in Northern India in

the 16th – 17th Centuries

16 Rizvi, S.A.A. Religious and Intellectual History of the Muslims in

Akbar’s Reign

17 Satish, Chandra Medieval India : Society, Jagirdari Crisis and the

State

18 Stein, Burton New Cambridge History of India : Vijaynagar

19 Stein, Burton Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India

20 Umar, Muhammad Muslim Society in Northern India During the 18th

Century

21 Umar, Muhammad Urban Culture in North India During the 18th

Century.

Modern India (1858-1947)

02MAH103

Unit – I

Colonial State : Authorities at London; British Indian Government; Provincial

Structure; Local Self Government and Administration

Unit – II

Colonial Control : Police, Law and Justice; Land Revenue Administration;

Relations with Princely States; Foreign Relations : Afghanistan, Burma and Tibbat

Unit – III

Decline of the Handicrafts and its Effects; Flow of Foreign Capital and its Effects;

Agrarian Relations, Commercialization of Agriculture; Economic Drain

Unit – IV

Rise of the Modern Industries: Jute Textile, Cotton Textile, Iron and Steel; Rise of

Capitalist Class and Industrial Labour

Unit – V

The Utilitarians and Social Change; Nature and Ideas of the Brahmo Samaj, the

Arya Samaj, the Ram Krishan Mission and the Aligarh Movement; Growth of the

Modern Education; Rise of the Middle Classes


1 Bilgrani, Ashgar H. Afghanistan and British India : A Study in Foreign

Relations

2 Bipan, Chandra Essays on Colonialism

3 Bipan, Chandra Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India

4 Brown, Judith Modern India : The Origin of the Asian Democracy

5 Datta, K.K. Social History of Modern India


7 Dodwell, H. (ed) The Cambridge History of India, Vol. - II

8 Dutt, R.C. Economic History of India, Vol. I & II

9 Fraser, Lovet India under Curzon and After

10 Gopal, S. British Policy in India

11 Hasan, Zoya Politics and State in India

12 Jones, K.W. Socio-Religious Reform Movement in British India

13 Kennedy, G.S. Providence and the Raj

14 Kulkarani, V.B. British Dominion in India and After

15 Kumar, Dharma (ed.) Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol.-II

16 Kumar, Ravinder Social History of Modern India

17 Majumdar, R.C. (ed) British Paramountey and Indian Renaissance, Vol. IX

& X

18 Metcalf, T.R. Land, Landlords and the British Raj : North India in

the 19th Century

19 Mishra, B.B. The Indian Middle Classes : Their Growth in Modern

Times

20 Mishra, B.B. The Administrative History of India 1834-1947

21 Nanda, B.R. Essays in Modern India History

22 Nauroji, Dada Bhai Poverty and the Un-British Rule in India

23 Pavlov, V.I. The Indian Capitalist Class : A Historical Study

24 Roy, Tirthankar The Economic History of Modern India

25 Sharma, M.P. Local Self - Government in India

26 Smith, W.C. Modern Islam in India

27 Stein, Burton The Making of the Agrarian Policy in British India

1770-1900

28 Stein, Burton Thomas Munro : The Origins of the Colonial State

and his Vision of the Empire

29 Stokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India

30 Tomlinson, B.R. Economy of Modern India 1860-1970

Social History of India

02MAH104

Unit – I

Social History of India : Sources and Approaches ; Indian Social Institutions :

Tribe, Caste (as well as Untouchability), Class and Community

Unit – II

Medieval Indian Society : Urban and Rural; Social Stratification and Social

Mobility; Position of Women

Unit – III

Education and Culture in Medieval India : Educational Systems and Institutions;

Syncretic Tradition and Cultural Synthesis

Unit – IV

Colonial Intervention and Social Change : British Social Policy and Western Ideas

- Evangelicals and Utilitarians ; Growth of Modern Education; Rise of New Social

Classes

Unit – V

Social Change in Colonial India : Transitions in Caste-ridden Society; Conflict

between Tradition and Modernity; Changing Position of Women ; Patterns of

Urbanization


1 Ahmad, Aziz Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian Environemnt

2 Altekar, A.S. Position of Women in Hindu Civilization

3 Ambedkar, B.R. The Untouchables


5 Ballahatchet, K.S. Social Policy and Social Change in Western India

6 Basu, Aparna The Growth of Education and Political Development

1898-1920

7 Bayly, Susan Caste, Society and Politics in India from the

Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age



10 Dube, S.C. Indian Society

11 Dube, S.C. Contemporary India and its Modernization


13 Habib, Mohammad Politics and Society during the Early Medieval Period

14 Hardey, Peter The Muslims of British India

15 Jha, D.N. Economy and Society in Early India : Issues and

Paradigms

16 Kothari, Rajni (ed.) Caste in Indian Politics

17 Krishnamurthi, J. Women in Colonial India

18 Kumar, Ravindra Social History of Modern India

19 Majumdar, R.C. British Paramount and Indian Renaissance, Vol. X

20 Majumdar, R.C. The History and Culture of Indian People, Vol. V &

VII

21 Mishra, B.B. The Indian Middle Classes : Their Growth in Modern

Times


23 Mujeeb, M. The Indian Muslims

24 Nurullah, S. & J.P. Naik History of Education in India

25 O’ Malley, L.S.S. Modern India and the West

26 Potts, E. Daniel British Baptist Missionaries in India 1793-1837

27 Rashid, Abdul Society and Culture in Medieval India

28 Rizvi, S.A.A. Religious and Intellectual History of the Muslims in

Akbar Reign

29 Sarkar, Sumit Writing Social History

30 Shah, A.B. & C.R.M.,Rao Tradition and Modernity in India

31 Sharma, R.S. Social Changes in Early Medieval India



34 Srinivas, M.N. Social Change in Modern India

35 Srinivas, M.N. Caste in India and Other Essays


37 Tara Chand Society and State in the Mughal Period

38 Tara Chand Influence of Islam on Indian Culture

39 Thapar, Romila Ancient Indian Social History

40 Vidyarathi, L.P. Tribal Culture of India

Approaches of History

02MAH105

Unit – I

The Idealistic Approach : W.G.F Hegel; Benedito Croce and R.G. Collingwood

Unit – II

The Positivist Approach : Auguste Comte and Leopold von Ranke; The

Materialistic Approach : Karl Marx

Unit – III

The Annals Tradition and the Idea of Total History; The Post-Modernist Approach

Unit – IV

Approaches of Indian History : Early Imperialist Historiography; Cambridge

School; Nationalist Historiography

Unit – V

Approaches of Indian History : Marxist Historiography; Subaltern School;

Historiography on Lower Castes’ Movements


1 Ali, B. Sheikh History : Its Theory and Method

2 Bajaj, Satish K. Recent Trends in Historiography

3 Barns, H.D. A History of Historical Writing

4 Buddha Prakah Itihas Darshan (Hindi)

5 Burtens, Hans The Idea of Post Modern : A History

6 Carr, E.H. What is History ?

7 Clark, Stuart The Annals Historians

8 Collingwood, R.G. The Idea of History

9 Comte, Auguste Course of Positivist Philosophy

10 Croce, Benedito Philosophy of Spirit

11 Dray, Arthur On History and Philosophers of History

12 Evans, J. Richard In Defence of History

13 Foucault, Michael Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in

the Age of Reason

14 Gooch, G.P. History and Historians in the Nineteenth Century


16 Hughes, Warrington Fifty Key Thinkers on History

17 Jenkins, Keith (ed) Post Modern History Reader

18 Johnson, Allen Historian and Historical Evidence

19 Majumdar, R.K. &

Srivastava, A.N.

Historiography

20 Marx, Karl Das Capital

21 Marx, Karl The Communist Manifesto

22 Philips, C.H. Historians of India, Pakistan and Ceylon

23 Russel, Bertrand History of Western Philosophy

24 Sen, S.P. Historians of Modern India


26 Thompson, J.W.& Holm

Bernord

A History of Historical Writing, Vols. I & II

27 William S.H. Some Twentieth Century Historians

28 Zenkins, Keeth Why History : Reflections on the Possible End of

History and Ethics under the Impact of Post-

Modernism

Art, Architecture and Culture in Medieval India, AD1200-1750

02MAH106

Unit – I

System of Education; Growth of Literature: Persian, Sanskrit and Hindi; Patronage

of Learning

Unit – II

Food, Dresses and Ornaments; Means of Recreation; Festivals and Fairs

Unit – III

Development of Architecture under the Sultans of Delhi : Mamluqs, Khaljis,

Tughlaqs and Lodis; Regional Architecture – Vijayanagar and Sharqi

Unit – IV

Mughal Architecture : The Early Phase; Development from Akbar to Shahjahan;

The Later Stage

Unit – V

Visual and Performing Arts : Mughal, Rajput and Kangra Schools of Painting;

Dance and Music; Evolution of Composite Culture


1 Ali, M. Athar Mughal India : Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society and Culture

2 Asher, Catherine

B.

Architecture of Mughal India


4 Aziz, Ahmad Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian Environment

5 Beach, Miloc Mughal and Rajput Paintings

6 Chopra, P.N. Life and Letters under the Mughals.

7 Habib, Irfan Medieval India : The Study of A Civilization

8 Habib, Irfan Medieval Technology : Exchanges between Indian and

Islamic World

9 Havell, E.B Indian Architecture

10 Koch, Ebba Mughal Architecture : An Outline of its History and

Development (1528-1858)

11 Koch, Ebba Mughal Art and Imperial Ideology

12 Malik, Z.U. Reign of Muhammad Shah

13 Percy, Brown The Indian Architecture and Painting under the Mughals

14 Qaisar, A.J. Indian Response to European Culture and Technology

15 Rashid, A. Society and Culture in Medieval India

16 Siddiqui, I.H. Essays On Intellectual Thought and Culture, Vol. I

17 Srivastava, A.L. Medieval Indian Culture

18 Stein, Burton New Cambridge History of India : Vijayanagar

19 Stein, Burton Peasan,t State and Society in Medieval South India

20 Tara, Chand Influence of Islam on Indian Culture

21 Umar,

Muhammad

Muslim Society in Northern India During the 18th Century

22 Umar,

Muhammad

Urban Culture in North India During the 18th Century.

23 Verma, S.P. Mughal Painters and Their Works

02MAH107

Indian National Movement (1885-1947)

Unit – I

Emergence of the Organized Nationalism; The Moderates : Their Ideology and

Politics; Rise of the Extreme Nationalism and its Politics; Partition of Bengal and the

Swadeshi Movement

Unit – II

Revolutionary Movements; Rise of Communal Politics; First World War and the

Home Rule Movement; Emergence of Gandhi and his Ideology

Unit – III

Rowlatt Satyagraha, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement; Swaraj Party;

Civil-Disobedience Movement; Quit India Movement

Unit – IV

Rise of the Left Ideology and Indian Politics; Trade Union Movements; Peasant

Movements; Revolutionary Movement; Congress Socialist Party; Subhas Bose and INA

Unit – V

Muslim Communal Politics during the 1930s; Cripps Mission and Indian Politics;

Gandhi-Jinnah Negotiations and Wavell Plan; Cabinet Mission and Mountbatten Plan :

Partition and Independence.


1 Agrow, D. Moderates and Extremist in the Indian National

Movement

2 Bahadur, Lal Muslim League

3 Bhuyan, Arun The Quit India Movement

4 Brown, Judith Gandhi’s Rise to Power: Indian Politics 1915-22

5 Brown, Judith Gandhi : The Prisoner of Hope

6 Bipan Chandra Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India

7 Bipan Chandra Essays on Colonialism

8 Bipan Chandra et al India’s Struggle For Independence


10 Desai, A.R. Peasant Struggle in India

11 Ghosh, P.C. The Indian National Congress

12 Guha, Ranjit Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in

Colonial India

13 Guha, Ranjit (ed) Subaltern Studies, Vol. I – VI

14 Gupta, M.N. History of the Revolutionary Movement in India

15 Hardy, Peter The Muslims of British India

16 Hasan, Mushirul India’s Partition : Process, Strategy and

Mobilization

17 Hasan, Mushirul Nationalism and Communal Politics in India 1916-

1928

18 Joshi, Shashi and

Bhagwan Josh

Struggle for Hegemony in India, 3 Vols.

19 Kumar, Kapil Peasants in Revolt

20 Low , D.A. (ed) Indian National Congress : A Centenary Hindsight

21 Low, D.A. (ed) Congress and the Raj : Facets of the Indian

Struggle 1917-1947

22 Majumdar, R.C. History of the Freedom Movement in India, 3 Vols.

23 Mehrotra, S.R. The Emergence of the Indian National Congress

24 Mohan, Kamlesh Militant Nationalism in the Punjab

25 Moon, Penderal Divide and Quit

26 Moore, R.J. Crisis of Indian Unity

27 Nanda, B.R. Gandhi : A Biography

28 Nanda, B.R. Gandhi and His Critics

29 Page, David Prelude to Partition

30 Pannikar, K.N. National and Left Movements in India

31 Sarkar, Sumit Modern India

32 Shankar, Girija The Socialist Trend in the Indian National

Congress.

33 Singh, Amarjit Punjab Divided : Politics of the Muslim League and

Partition 1935-1947

34 Singh, Anita Inder The Origins of the Partition of India 1936-1947

35 Singh, L.P. The Left Wing in India

36 Sitaramaya, P. History of the Indian National Congress, 3 Vols.


38 Tara Chand History of the Freedom Movement in India, 4 Vols,

39 Tomlinson, B.R. The Indian National Congress and the Raj : 1929-

1942

40 Vajpeyi, J.N. The Extremist Movement in India.

Socio-Religious Movements in India

02MAH108

Unit – I

Advent of Islam in India: Its Impact on Indian Society; Religious Cults in Early

Medieval India

Unit – II

Socio-Religious Movements in Medieval India : Bhakti and Sufi – Their Ideology,

Nature and Impact

Unit – III

Socio-Religious Movements in Modern India : Brahmo Samaj; Arya Samaj,

Ramkrishan Mission and Theosophical Society

Unit – IV

Socio-Religious Movements in Modern India : Wababi Movement; Aligarh

Movement; Singh Sabha and Sanatan Dharam Sabha

Unit – V

Caste, Anti-Caste and Tribal Movements : Sri Narayan Dharam Movement;

Satyashodhak Samaj; Depressed Class Movements with special reference to the

Movement of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar; Tribal Movements


1 Ahmad, Qeyamuddin The Wahabi Movement in India

2 Ambedkar, B.R. What Congress and Gandhi have done to the

Untouchables

3 Beteitte, Andre Caste, Class and Power

4 Bhatnagar, S. (ed.) Indian Studies in Social History

5 Chahal, S.K Dalits Patronised : Indian National Congress

and the Untouchables of India 1921-1947

6 Chopra, P.N. Some Aspects of Social Life during the

Mughal Age(1526-1707)


8 Deliegue, Robert The Untouchables of India

9 Dodwell, H.H. Cambridge History of India, Vol. V

10 Gore, M.S. Social Context of An Ideology : Ambedkar’s

Political and Social Thought

11 Guha, Ranjit (ed.) Subaltern Studies, Vol. I-VI

12 Heimsath, Charles Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social Reform

13 Jain, M.S. The Aligarh Movement

14 Jone, K.W. Arya Dharma : Hindu Consciousness in the

19th Century Punjab

15 Jone, K.W. Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British

India

17 Joshi, Barbara Untouchable! Voices of the Dalit Liberation

Movement

18 Joshi, V.C. (ed.) Rammohan Roy and Process of

Modernisation in India

19 Majumdar, B.B History of Indian Social and Political Ideas :

From Rammohan to Dayananda

20 Majumdar, R.C. British Paramountcy and Indian

Renaissance, Vol. X

21 Majumdar, R.C. The History and Culture of Indian People,

Vol. V & VII

22 Moon, Vasant (ed.) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar : Writings and

Speeches, Vols. I,II, V & IX

23 Nizami, K.N. Some Aspects of Religion and Politics in the

Thirteenth Century

24 Nurullah, S. & J.P. Naik History of Education in India

25 Ojha, P.N. Some Aspects of North Indian Social Life

26 Omvedt, Gail Cultural Revolt in a Colonial Society : The

Non-Brahman Movement in Western India

27 Omvedt, Gail Dalits and the Democratic Revolution : Dr.

Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in

Colonial India

28 Patil, P.G. (tr.) Collected Works of Mahatma Jyotirao

Phooley, Vol. I & II

29 Rashid, Abdul Society and Culture in Medieval India

30 Rizvi, S.A.A. History of Sufism in India, Vol. I & II

31 Rizvi, S.A.A. Religious and Intellectual History of the

Muslims in Akbar’s Reigon

32 Sarkar, Sumit Modern India 1885-1947

33 Singh, Suresh The Dust Storm and the Hanging Mist


35 Strokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India

38 Tara Chand Society and State in the Mughal Period

39 Thruston, Edge Tribes and Castes of Southern India

40 Wilson, C.H. The Sects of the Hindus

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