History Undergraduation – 3 Year Programme

TAMIL NADU STATE COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION CHENNAI – 600 005. State Integrated Board of Studies History Undergraduation – 3 Year Programme Tamilnadu State Council for Higher Education State Integrated Boards of Studies Preamble* In keeping with the announcement of the Honorable Minister for Higher Education (Policy Note 6.3 2013-2014, Department of Higher Education, Government of Tamil Nadu), with the view to provide compatibility in courses offered by various universities, autonomous colleges & deemed universities in Tamil Nadu facilitating the mobility of faculty and students from one university to another and to easily solving the problem of equivalence among courses, Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE) has formed the State Integrated Boards of Studies comprising experts in the areas of knowledge concerned. The State Integrated Boards of Studies, with great diligence and expertise has devised the mandatory areas that have to be covered for three year undergraduation and two year postgraduation courses to realize the above objectives. Great care has been taken so that these areas would take 75% of the course content and the remaining 25% can be decided by the individual institutions. In other words, the areas that have to be covered by the student that are mandatory for earning the degree to have due value has been worked out so that the student will gain enough depth of knowledge in the subject concerned. It is recommended that the institutions specify in their brochures if the course is equivalent or not so that the stakeholder could opt for the course offered with enough awareness about the future possibilities of deciding on the course. The State Integrated Boards of Studies1 have striven their best to see that the standards of higher education in our State are raised to be on a par with international standards. 1 *Note: It is stated that it is not a compulsion on the part of any educational institution in the State to follow State Integrated Board of Studies. However, if the subjects are to be equivalent, Section 'A' must be covered in the 75% of the syllabus of the subjects concerned. 1 State Integrated Board of Studies – History UG Section A (Mandatory Areas) of each course is mandatory and the areas given must be covered in the 75% of the syllabus to make the course equivalent. 25% percent of the syllabus should be designed by the institutions, and the areas covered under this also must have a weightage of 25%. Possible areas for this 25% are suggested in Section B (Suggested Non mandatory Areas). This gives the individual universities and autonomous institutions seamless liberty to innovate and experiment, and more importantly, it is here that the institutions must devise appropriate strategies by which (i) to make creative and critical applications of what has been learnt in the mandatory components, and (ii) to meaningfully connect the learners to the career demands and expectations. It is essential that the theoretical subject knowledge of the students must be translated into practical hands-on experience. 2 Tamilnadu State Council for Higher Education CONTENTS SECTION ‘A’ – MANDATORY AREAS CORE PAPERS Page No. 1. HISTORY OF INDIA UPTO 712 A.D. 4 2. HISTORY OF INDIA FROM 712 AD TO 1526 A.D. 5 3. HISTORY OF TAMILNADU FROM SANGAM AGE TO 1336 A.D. 6 4. HISTORY OF TAMILNADU FROM A.D. 1336- A.D. 1800 7 5. HISTORY OF INDIA 1526 – 1858 A.D. 8 6. HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE FROM 1789 TO 1871 A.D. 9 7. HISTORY OF FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN INDIA,1858 TO 1947 10 8. HISTORY OF THE USA UPTO 1865 A.D. 10 9. HISTORY OF USA 1865 – 1945 A.D. 11 10. FREEDOM MOVEMENT IN TAMIL NADU 12 11. CONTEMPORARY TAMIL NADU 13 12. HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY INDIA, 1947 TO 2000 A.D. 14 13. HISTORY OF JAPAN FROM A.D. 1853 TO A.D.1945 15 14. HISTORY OF CHINA FROM A.D. 1839 TO A.D.1950 15 SECTION ‘B’ – NON-MANDATORY AREAS ELECTIVE PAPERS Page No. 1. INTEGRATED COURSE FOR UG: 17 CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF INDIA 1773 TO 1947 AD 2. ARCHAEOLOGY 18 3. TOURISM IN TAMILNADU 19 4. INDIA AND SAARC COUNTRIES 19 5. HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVES 20 6. INTEGRATED COURSE FOR UG: INDIA AND ITS NEIGHBORS 21 7. WOMEN LEGISLATIONS 22 8. HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN MODERN INDIA 23 3 State Integrated Board of Studies – History UG CORE PAPERS HISTORY OF INDIA UPTO 712 A.D. UNIT I Influence of Geography on Indian History – Sources for the study of Indian history – Archaeological – Epigraphical – Numismatics – Literarary – Harappan Civilization – Vedic Civilization. UNIT II State formation in the second millennium B.C – Janapadas and Mahajanapadas – Rise of Buddhism and Jainisim – Invasion of Alexander – Cultural contacts between Macedonia and Indians. UNIT III Rise and consolidation of the Mauryan Empire – Asoka and his Administration – The Sungas and Satavahanas UNIT IV Kanishka – Mahayanism – Gandhara Art – Rise and Consolidation of the Gupta Empire: Samudra Gupta and Chandra Gupta II - Administration – Social and Economic life – Brahmadeya land grants – Art and Culture UNIT V Harsha’s career and achievements –– Accounts of Fahien and Hiuen-tsuang and Itsing– Rise of Regional Kingdoms in North India – Rashtrakutas, Prathikaras and Palas – Arab conquest of Sind. Maps: 1.Indus valley civilization. 2.Mauryan Empire – Asoka. 3.Gupta Empire. 4.Harsha Empire BOOKS FOR REFERENCE: 1. R.C Majumdar, K.K. Dutta and Roychadhui – An Advanced History of India (Macmillan-1964). 2. A.L. Basham – The wonder that was India (Oxford,1959) 3. K.A. Nilakanda Sasthri – History of South India (Oxford, 1982). 4. R. Sathyanatha Iyer – History of India, Vol I (Viswanathan, 1984). 5. Allchin, Bridget &: The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan (London, !954) 6. Saxena, S.K., : Early Ancient History, Newdelhi. 7. Altekar,A.S., : State and Government in Ancient India (Delhi, 1958). 8. Romila Thaper, A history of India, Vol,1 4 Tamilnadu State Council for Higher Education 9. Thapar, R. Cultural Pasts: Essays in Early Indian History, New Delhi: Oxford 10. Thapar, R. Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300, New Delhi: Penguin, 2003 11. Majumdar, R. C,et.al.eds. The Vedic Age, George Allen and Unwin, 1931 12. Ratnagar, S. Understanding Harappa: Civilization in the Greater Indus Valley 13. Singh, U, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century, Delhi: Pearson Longman, 2008 HISTORY OF INDIA FROM 712 A.D. TO 1526 A.D. UNIT I Sources for the study of Medieval Indian history – Impact of Arab conquest of Sind – Cultural contact between Arabs and Hindus – Regional kingdoms in Sind – Conquests of Ghazni – Ghor UNIT II Beginning of Sultante period- Kutub-ud-Aibak – Iltumish – Razia – Balban- Consolidation of the Sultanate period -Mongol Threat UNIT III Khilji dynasty- Alauddin Khilji – Malik Kafur’s invasion into South India and its impact – Beginning of Tughlak dynasty -Mohammed-bin Tughlak – Firoz Tughlak – Timur’s invasion- Lodi dynasty UNIT IV Administration under Delhi Sultanate – Socio-economic conditions in the Sultanate period – Iqta and Jagir system – Decline of the Sultanate – Art and Architecture under the Sultanate – Rise of Bhakti movement – Sufis UNIT V Rise of Regional kingdoms in South India – Vijayanagar Empire and Bhamini Kingdoms – Social and Economic life of people in South India – Art and Architecture under Vijayanagar Empire Maps: 1. Ghori Invasion, 2. Alauddin Khilji Empire, 3. Tughlaq Empire – Mohammed-bin-Tughlak, 4. Malik Kafur’s South Indian campaigns. BOOKS FOR REFERENCE: 1. V.D. Mahajan – Medieval India (Chand and Co, 1965). 2. R.C.Majumdar, K.K. Dutta, and Raychaudhury – An Advanced History of India (Macmillan-1964). 5 State Integrated Board of Studies – History UG 3. R. Sathyanatha Iyer – History of India Vol II (Viswanathan, 1984). 4. K.A. Nilakanda Sastri – History of South India (Oxford, 1982). 5 A.L.Basham – The wonder that was India (Oxford,1959) 6. Burton Stein, History of India (Oxford,1982) 7. Chandra, Satish: Medieval India (Orient,2016). 8. Habib, I, The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707. Revised edition, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999. 9. Koch, E., Mughal Art and Imperial Ideology. New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2002. 10. Lal, R. Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World. Cambridge: Cambridge. HISTORY OF TAMILNADU FROM SANGAM AGE to 1336 A.D. Unit I Geographical features of Tamil Nadu – Sources for study of Ancient Tamilagam – Sangam Age – The Cheras – Cholas – Pandyas – Sangam Polity – Society – Economy – Religion Unit II The Kalabhras – The Pallavas of Kanchi – Origin – Pallava Administration – Society – Economy – Religion – Bhakthi Movement – Art and Architecture – The First Pandyan Empire Unit III The imperial Cholas – Parantaka-Rajaraja I – Rajendra I – Kulotunga I – Chola Administration – Local Self Government – Uttiramerur Inscriptions – state – Society – Economy – Religion – Literature – Art and Architecture Unit IV The Second Pandyan Empire –Maravarman Sundara Pandya - Jatavarma Sundara Pandya – Pandya Administration – Art and Architecture – Political, Social and Economic condition – Fall of Second Pandyan Empire Unit V The Muslim Invasions – Malik Kafur’s Invasion – establishment of Madurai sultanate – The Impact of the Muslim Invasion – Fall of Madurai Sultanate BOOKS FOR REFERENCE: 1. K.A.Nilakanta Sastri, A History of South India, from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, Reprint, 2000. 2. V.T.Chellam, History and Culture of Tamilnadu, Manivasagar Publication, Chennai 2006. 3. K.A.Nilakanta Sastri, The Cholas, University of Madras, Reprint, 1975 6 Tamilnadu State Council for Higher Education 4. C.Meenakshi – Administration and Social Life under the Pallavas, University of Madras, 1977 5. R.Alalasundaram, Tamil Social Life, New Century Book House, Madras, 1996 6. Appadurai, South Indian Traits (Tamil),Meyappan Publications, Chidambaram, 2002 7. K.K. Pillai, Social History of Tamils, Vol.1 HISTORY OF TAMILNADU FROM A.D.

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