HISTORY—Syllabus for Mains Examination

 Strategy for History as Optional in Main                                  Examination

                          Suggested Reading

PAPER - I

1. Sources
2. Pre-history and Proto-history
3. Indus Valley Civilization
4. Vedic Period
5.  Period of Mahajanapadas
6.  Mauryan Empire
7.  Post Mauryan Period
8.  Early State & Society in Eastern India, Deccan & South India
9. Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas
10.  Regional States During Gupta Era
11.  Themes in Early Indian Cultural History
12.  Early Medieval India; 750 - 1200
13.  Cultural Traditions in India; 750 - 1200
14.  The Thirteenth Century
15.  The Fourteenth Century
16. Society, Culture and Economy in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Century
17.  The 15th and early 16th Century — Political developments & Economy
18. The 15th and early 16th Century – Society and Culture
19.  Akbar
20.  Mughal Empire in the 17th Century
21.  Economy and Society in the 16th and 17th Century
22.  Culture in the Mughal Empire
23.  The 18th Century
24.  Map Based Questions

PAPER II

1. British Expansion in India
2. Economic Impact of British Colonial Rule
3. Indian Response to British Rule
4. Social and Cultural Development
5. De-industralisation
6. Birth of Indian Nationalism
7. Rise of Gandhi
8. Other Strands in the National Movement
9. Literary and Cultural Movements
10. Constitutional Developments in the Colonial India between 1858 and 1935
11. Independence
12. India and her Neighbours (1947-64)
13. Enlightenment and Modern Ideas
14. Origins of Modern Politics
15. Industrialization
16. Nation – State System
17. The Great Depression
18. Arab World - Egypts
19. Imperialism and Colonialism
20. History of Far East
21. Mass Revolution and Fascist Counter – Revolution
22. World Wars
23. Cold Wars
24. Liberation from Colonial Rule
25. De-colonization & Underdevelopment
26. Unification of Europe
27. Disintegration of Soviet Union and the Rise of Unipolar World