Unit | Area Covered | Marks | |
Part A | Themes in Indian History-I | ||
Unit 1 | The Story of the First Cities: Harappan Archaeology | 6 | read more |
Unit 2 | Political and Economic History: How Inscriptions tell a story | 6 | read more |
Unit 3 | Social Histories: Using the Mahabharata | 6 | read more |
Unit 4 | A History of Buddhism: Sanchi Stupa | 6 | read more |
Part B | Themes in Indian History-II | ||
Unit 1 | Agrarian Relations: The Ain-i- Akbari | 6 | read more |
Unit 2 | The Mughal Court: Reconstructing Histories through Chronicles | 6 | read more |
Unit 3 | New Architecture: Hampi | 6 | read more |
Unit 4 | Religious Histories: The Bhakti-Sufi tradition | 6 | read more |
Unit 5 | Medieval Society through Travelers' Accounts | 6 | read more |
Part C | Themes in Indian History-III | ||
Unit 1 | Colonialism and-Rural Society: Evidence from Official Reports | 6 | read more |
Unit 2 | Representations of 1857 | 6 | read more |
Unit 3 | Colonialism and Indian Towns: Town Plans and Municipal Reports | 6 | read more |
Unit 4 | Mahatma Gandhi through Contemporary Eyes | 6 | read more |
Unit 5 | The Making of the Constitution | 6 | read more |
Unit 6 | Partition through Oral Sources | 6 | read more |
Part D | Map Work on Units 1-15 | 10 | read more |
Total Marks | 100 | Time: 3 Hours |
Broad overview: Early urban centres.
Story of discovery: Harappan civilization
Excerpt: Archaeological report on a major site.
Discussion: how it has been utilized by archaeologists/historians
Broad overview: Political and economic history from the Mauryan to the Gupta period.
Story of discovery: Inscriptions and the decipherment of the script. Shifts in the under- standing of political and economic history.
Excerpt: Asokan inscription and Gupta period land grant.
Discussion: Interpretation of inscriptions by historians.
Broad overview: Issues in social history, including caste, class, kinship and gender.
Story of discovery: Transmission and publications of the Mahabharata.
Excerpt: from the Mahabharata, illustrating how it has been used by historians.
Discussion: Other sources for reconstructing social history.
Broad overview (a)A brief review of religious histories of Vedic religion, Jainism, Vaisnavism,Saivism(b)Focus on Buddhism.
Story of discov Marksery: Sanchi stupa
Excerpt: Reproduction of sculptures from Sanchi.
Discussion: Ways in which sculpture has been interpreted by historians, other sources for reconstructing the history of Buddhism.
Broad overview:
Story of Discovery: Account of the compilation and translation of Ain-i-Akbari.
Excerpt: from the Ain-i-Akbari
Discussion: Ways in which historians have used the text to reconstruct history.
Broad Overview:
Story of Discovery: Account of the production of court chronicles, and 'their subsequent. Translation and transmission.
Excerpts: from the Akbarnama and Padshahnama
Discussion: Ways in which historians have used the texts to reconstruct political histories.
Broad Overview:
Story of Discovery: Account of how Hampi was found.
Excerpt: Visuals of buildings at Hampi
Discussion: Ways in which historians have analyzed and interpreted these structures
Broad Overview:
Story of Transmission: How Bhakti-Sufi compositions have been preserved.
Excerpt: Extracts from selected Bhakti Sufi works.
Discussion: Ways in which these have been interpreted by historians.
Broad Overview: Outline of social and cultural life as they appear in travelers' accounts.
Story of their writings: A discussion of where they travelled, why they travelled, what they wrote, and for whom they wrote.
Excerpts: from Al Beruni, Ibn Battuta, Bernier.
Discussion: What these travel accounts can tell us and how they have been interpreted by historians.
Broad overview:
Story of official records : An account of why official investigations into rural Societies were under taken and the types of records and reports produced.
Excerpts : From Firmingers Fifth Report, Accounts of Frances Buchanan-Hamilton and Deccan Riots Report.
Discussion: What the official records tell and do not tell, and how they have been used by historians.
Broad Overview:
Focus: Lucknow.
Excerpts: Pictures of 1857. Extracts from contemporary accounts
Discussion: How the pictures of 1857 shaped British opinion of what had happened.
Broad Overview: The growth of Mumbai, Chennai, hill stations and cantonments in the18th and 19th century.
Excerpts: Photographs and paintings. Plans of cities. Extract from town plan reports. Focus on Kolkata town planning.
Discussion: How the above sources can be used to reconstruct the history of towns. What these sources do not reveal.
Broad Overview:
Focus: Mahatma Gandhi in 1931.
Excerpts: Reports from English and Indian language newspapers and other Contemporary writings.
Discussion: How newspapers can be a source of history.
Broad Overview:
Focus: Punjab and Bengal.
Excerpts: Oral testimonies of those who experienced partition.
Discussion: Ways in which these have been analyzed to reconstruct the history Of the event.
Broad Overview:
Focus: The Constitutional Assembly debates.
Excerpts: from the debates.
Discussion: What such debates reveal and how they can be analyzed.
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