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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. – Ist Semester HSB-154: Ancient India (Pre-History to Indus Civilization)
Teachers: Dr. O.P. Srivastav Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Fazila Shahnawaz
UNIT-I
a) India’s physical features: a brief survey of geological formation of India. b) Pre-history and Proto-history: basis of classification. c) Early history of humans: evolution of human species. Early appearance of Anatomically Modern Man (AMM) and the Modern human in India: Archaeological evidence. d) Paleolithic Age: Three cultural phases: Lower, Middle and Upper.
UNIT-II Brief Study of Pre-historic Cultures
a) Mesolithic Culture: Northern and Western Zone; Central, Eastern and Southern Zone. b) The ‘Neolithic Revolution’: Meaning of ‘The Neolithic Revolution’; The earliest agricultural communities, 7000-4800 BC; Coming of Agriculture and Pastoralism. c) Significance of Mehrgarh. Neolithic Cultures of Central and Eastern India, post 3000 BC. Northern and early southern Neolithic culture after c. 3000 B.C. d) Antecedents of the Indus civilization: appearance of Bronze Age in the Indus Basin c.4000-3200 BC.
UNIT-III
Chalcolithic and Bronze Age in India
a) Early Bronze Age Cultures, the Helmand Civilization, early Indus cultures. b) The Indus Civilization: Extent and population, Agriculture, Craft Production, Urbanization (cities and towns), Trade, Culture: writing, art and religion; polity. c) Decline of Indus/Harappan Civilization. d) Non urban Chalcolithic cultures, till 1500 BC: Chalcolithic cultures of the Border land and the Indus basin, Malwa and Deccan before 1500 BC. Language before 1500 B.C.
Reading List:
Agrawal, D.P. The Archaeology of India, Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies Monograph Series No. 46, Curzon Press Ltd., London and Malmo, 1982. Allchin, B. and R. The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan , Select Book Service Syndicate, Delhi, 1983. Habib, I. Prehistory , Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2001. Habib, I. The Indus Civilization , Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2011. Ratnagar, S. Understanding Harappa: Civilization in the Greater Indus Valley , Tulika Books, New Delhi, 2001. K.P. Nautiyal, Protohistoric India , Vikram Jain Books New Delhi,1989. H.D. Sankalia Prehistory of India , Munshiram Manoharlal, Delhi, 1977. H.D. Sankalia Pre-history and Proto-history of India and Pakistan, Deccan College, Poona, 1974.
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Session 2019-20 Department of History AMU, Aligarh
B.A. (I Semester) HSB-155: MEDIEVAL INDIA: (800-1290)
Objective: To acquaint students with the socio-political, economic and cultural history of the Delhi Sultanate during the period 900-1316.
Teachers: Dr. Syed Bashir Hasan No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Arshia Shafqat (WC) Dr. Sana Aziz
UNIT – I
1. The Cholas and Chola Administration, Principal North Indian States. 2. Indian Society and Culture in the 11 th Century. 3. The Ghaznavids: Mahmud’s Motives of the Invasions and his major conquests. Ghaznavid Empire in North Western India.
UNIT – II
1. Ghorian Conquests: Possible Factors Behind the Success of the Ghorids, Technological, Military, Political and Social. 2. Establishment of Delhi Sultanate: Qutbuddin Aibak; Conquests, relations with Yalduz and Qubacha. 3. Iltutmish: Conquests, External Policy. Administration – Iqta System, Army Organization, Currency, Turkan-i Chihalgani.
UNIT – III
1. Ghiyasuddin Balban: Rise of Balban, Balban as Sultan; His measures; Consolidation of Power, Elimination of Principal Shamsi Officers. 2. Theory of Kingship of Balban. 3. Balban’s external policy: The Mongols. 4. Development of architecture under the Sultans of Delhi.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. RC Majumdar, ed. : History & Culture of the Indian people , Vol. V (Selected Chapters), Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai, 2001. 2. Habib & Nizami ed. : Comprehensive History of India , Vol. V, People’s Publishing House, New Delhi, 1970. 3. Ishwari Prasad : Medieval India , Central Book Depot, Allahabad, 1960. 4. AB Pandey : Medieval India , Indian Press, Allahabad, 1933. 5. RP Tripathi : Some Aspects of Muslim Administration , Central Book Depot, Allahabad, 1959. 6. Tapan Ray Chaudhari & : Cambridge Economic History of India , Vol. (Chapters dealing Irfan Habib (ed.) with Sultanate Period), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1982. 7. Satish Chandra : Medieval India from Sultanat to the Mughals, Vol. I., Har Anand Publications, New Delhi, 2007. 8. Irfan Habib : Economic History of India, 1206-1526:The Period of the Delhi Sultanate and the Vijayanagar Empire, Aligarh Historians Society, Aligarh, 2016.
ADVANCED READING:
1 M Habib : Mahmud of Ghaznin , S. Chand, Delhi, 1967. 2 Muhammad Nazim : Life and Times of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna , Second edition, Munshiram, 1971. 3 - do - : Introduction to Eliot & Dowson , Aligarh, ed., Vol. II, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 1951. 4 M Habibullah : Foundation of Muslim Rule in India , Central Publishing House, Allahabad, 1989. 5 Tara Chand : Influence of Islam on Indian Culture , Nabu Press, Charleston SC, 2011. 6 M Habib : Hazarat Amir Khusrau of Delhi , Islamic Book Service, Lahore, 1979. 7 Irfan Habib, ed. : Medieval India-1, (relevant articles), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998. 8 K.A. Nizami : Religion & Politics in India during the 13th century , Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delhi, Delhi, 1974. 9 Peter Jackson : Delhi Sultanate: Political and Military History , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003. 10 Ali Athar : Military Technology and Warfare in the Sultanate, Icon Publications, Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2006. 11 Sunil Kumar : The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate , Permanent Block, New Delhi, 2007 12 Irfan Habib : Medieval India: the Study of a Civilization (relevant portions) 13 Irfan Habib : Studies in Medieval Indian Polity & Culture: The Delhi Sultanate and its Times , Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2016. 14 Z.A. Desai : Indo-Islamic Architecture , Publications Division (Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, New Delhi, 1970. 15 Percy Brown : Indian Architecture (The Islamic Period) , D.P. Taraporewala, Mumbai, reprint, 1997. 16 Anirudha Ray : The Sultanate of Delhi (1206-1526) Polity, Economy, Society and Culture , Manohar, 2019.
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. (I Semester) HSB-156: MODERN INDIA (1707-1813)
Objectives : To acquaint the students with socio-political and economic history of India during 18 th century British India.
Teachers : Dr. Parwez Nazir Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Jibraeil Ms. Lubna Irfan
UNIT-I
1. Indian Powers in the 18 th Century: 14 1.1. The succession States of Mughal Empire: Hyderabad, Bengal and Awadh. 1.2 Rise of Maratha Power under Peshwas: Expansion to 1761. Ahmad Shah Abdali’s invasion, Third Battle of Panipat; Causes and Consequences. Maratha Confederacy, (1761- 1802): its weaknesses.
2. Rise of British Power: 2.1 The conflict between the English and French Companies. The Carnatic Wars and its consequences. 2.2 English conquest of Bengal: Black Hole Tragedy, Battle of Plessey and its consequences; Battle of Buxar and its significance. Factors behind English success against Indian Powers.
UNIT-II
3. Organisation of British Rule – 1805: 14 3.1 Administrative arrangements: Assumption of Dewani, Dual Government and its consequences. 3.2 The Company and British Parliament: Regulating Act-1773 and Pitt’s India Act-1784: their impact on Administration. 4. Beginnings of the Colonial Economy: 4.1 “Drain of Wealth” to 1813: its phases, nature and mechanism, size. Effects of the drain on Indian economy.
UNIT-III
5. Indian States and Anti-Colonial Resistance: 12 5.1 Mysore under Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan. 5.2 Mysore resistance to the English; its fall. 6. Establishment of British Supremacy: 6.1 Anglo-Maratha wars to 1819. Causes of the failure of Marathas. 6.2 Wellesley’s subsidiary alliances. Systems, Expansion of the British Empire.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. AC Banerji & DK Ghosh : Comprehensive History of India vol. 9 2. HH Dodwel : Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV. 3. VA Smith : Oxford History of India 4. Thompson & Garrett : Rise & Fulfillment of British Rule in India 5. Tara Chand : History of the Freedom Movement in India, vols. I & II . 6. RC Dutt : Economic History of India, Vol. I & II 7. Sarkar & Dutta : Modern Indian History 8. R.K. Mookerjee : Rise and Fall of the East India Company 9. Shekhar Bandyo Padhyaya : From Plassey to Partition 10. P.C. Joshi : Eighteen fifty seven: A Symposium 11. Bipan Chandra : The Rise and growth of Economic Nationalism in India 12. Desika Char S.V. : Readings in the constitutional History of India 13. Ghosh S.C. : The History of Education in Modern India 1757-1986 14. P.W. Thomas : History and Prospects of British Education in India 15. Mohibul Hasan : History of Tipu Sultan 16.Sardesai G.S. : New History of the Marathas 17.Girish Mishra : An Economic History of Modern India 18.B.H. Boden Powell : Administration of Land Revenue and Tenure in British India 19.Dadabhai Naoroji : Poverty and British Rule in India 20.Spear Percival : India: A Modern History 21.R.C. Majumdar & H.C. Rajchandhuri: An Advanced History of India 22. Barnett, Richard : North India between Empires: Awadh, the Mughals and the British 1720-1801 . 23. Bhattacharya, S. : Financial Foundation of the British Raj . 24. John William Kaye : The Administration of the East India Company . 25. L. Subramanian : History of India 1707-1857 26. K.V. Rajendra : Modern History of India 27. G.B. Malleson : The Decisive Battles of India
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. Semester-I (CBCS) HSB-163: European History (1500-1789)
Teachers: Dr. Roohi Abida Ahmed (W.C.) No. of Lectures = 22 Dr. Jibraeil
Objective: Covering almost three centuries in brief, the objective is to provide an overall survey of the modern centuries in Europe from 16 th century to the French Revolution. It will acquaint the major socio-economic, cultural and religious, and political transformations in Europe across these centuries.
UNIT-I
1. The Renaissance - Beginning of the Modern Age: (i) Humanism (ii) Music, Art and Literature (iii) Scientific Discoveries 2. Invention of printing and its impact
3. Rise of the Nation States: (i) France (ii) England (iii)Italy UNIT-II
(1) Reformation and Counter Reformation: (i) The Protestant Reformation (ii) Martin Luther and Calvin
(2) Commercial Revolution of 16 th & 17 th C. A.D. (3) Price Revolution
UNIT-III
1. Absolutism in France (i.e. Louis XIV, XV & XVI)
2. Age of Intellectual Enlightenment in the 18 th C.A.D. (i.e. Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, etc.)
3. The French Revolution (1789) (i) Factors for the outbreak of Revolution (ii) Fall of the Bastille (iii) Consequences of the Revolution
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Arvind Sinha : Europe in Transition: From Feudalism to Industrialization , Manohar, New Delhi, 2010. 2. J.R. Hale : Renaissance Europe 1480-1520 , (London) Collins 1972, Faulana History of Europe. 3. Peter Elmer : The Renaissance in Europe , New Haven, Yale Univ. Press, 2000. 4. Meenakshi Phukan : Rise of Modern West-I, Delhi Macmillan, 1998. 5. Evan Cameron : Early Modern Europe , OUP, London, 2001. 6. CJH Hayes : Europe to 1870 , New York, Macmillan Co. (c.1953). 7. MS Anderson : Europe in the Eighteenth Century 1713-1783 , London, Longmans, 1962. 8. H Herder : Europe in the Nineteenth Century , London, Longmans,1988, 2 nd edition. 9.Christopher Hill : Reformation to Industrial Revolution , London, Weiden Field, 1967. 10.L. Gershoy : French Revolution and Napolean , Allahabad, Central Book Depot, 1984. 11.Edward M. Burns & others : World Civilizations, Their History and Their Culture, New York, 1991. 12.Bernard Waites : Europe and the Wider World , London, Routledge, 1995. 13.Fergusson & Bruun : Survey of European Civilization , Boston, Houghton, Mifflin, 1947. 14.Frederik L. Nasskum : The Triumph of Science & Reason , New York, Harper Grow, 1953. 15.Alfred Cobban & : Europe and the French Revolution , London, Collins, 1969. J.V. Hunt
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. (I Semester)
HSB-164: Islamic History: Pre-Islamic Arabia to Pious Caliphate (661 AD)
Objective: The paper introduces students with the history of classical Islam. It begins with the rise of Islam and further explores the nature of Islamic state and society in the age of Prophet and the orthodox Caliphate.
Teachers: Dr. Gulfishan Khan No. of Lectures = 20 Dr. Lucky Khan
UNIT-I
1. Pre-Islamic Arabia: Arabia on the Eve of the Rise of Islam (a) Geographical Position of Arabia: Important Provinces and Towns. (b) Tribal organization, social and economic conditions, and religious beliefs.
UNIT-II
2. Advent of Islam: Age of Prophet Muhammad (570-632) (a) Makkan Life of the Prophet: Family Background and Early Life. (b) Dawn of Prophethood: Hostile Reaction of the Makkan, Emigration to Abyssinia, Pledges of Aqabah. (c) Hijrat: Causes and significance.
3. The Expansion of Islam (a) Foundation of the Republic of Madina: Constitution of Madina. (b) Relations with the Jews and Christians. (c) Administration under the Prophet, Sources of Revenue.
UNIT-III
4. The Orthodox Caliphate (632-661A.D.) (a) The Nature of Orthodox Caliphate: The Khalifa, The Shura, The Secretariat. (b) Administration of Provinces under the Orthodox Caliphs. (c) Taxation under the Orthodox Caliphs: Zakat, Jizya, Kharaj, Khums, Ushr, Al-fay’, Ushur. (d) Society and Culture under the Orthodox Caliphate
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
C Brockelmann : History of Islamic Peoples , London, reprint, 1979. Bernard Lewis : Arabs in History , London, 1954. PK Hitti : History of the Arabs , London, 1961. W Montgomery Watt : Mohammad, Prophet and Statesman , Oxford University Press, 1961. Maxim Rodinson : Muhammad , London, 1981. Gebralli : Muhammad and the Conquest of Islam . Montgomery Watt : Muhammad at Makkah , Oxford University Press, 1979. Montgomery Watt : Muhammad at Madinah , Oxford University Press, 1956. Martin Lings : Muhammad His Life Based on the Earliest Sources , London, 1988. Margoliouth D.S. : Muhammad & the of Islam , Delhi, 1985. S.A. Husaini : The Arab Administration, New Delhi, 1976. Gastav Well : History of Islamic People, Delhi, 1983. M.A. Shaban : Islamic History 600-750, CUP, 1971.
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. – I (Ist Semester) TRB-151: Tourism in India–I
Teacher: Dr. Mohammad Nafeesh Total No. of Lectures = 40
Objective: To make students aware of the evolution of tourism/travel from the ancient period to the present times and the efforts of different organizations, national/international, to develop it as an important source of national income and to create social and cultural harmony.
UNIT-I 1.1 “Tourism”, meaning and significance; “Tourist” and “Excursionist”. 1.2 Tourism in the Past: motives of early travels; Spas, Grand Tour. 1.3 Modern concept of tourism: mass tourism.
UNIT-II 2.1 Forms of tourism, basic components and determinants of tourism. 2.2 Main forms of travel: Rail, Road and Air. Organisation and main function; services and facilities provided by international and domestic airlines. 2.3 International Tourism Organisation: World Tourism Organisation (WTO), Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA).
UNIT-III
3.1 Organisation and Promotion of tourism in India: Surgeant Committee’s Recommendations and its result. Objectives and functions of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC). 3.2 Travel Agencies and Tour Operators, Tourist guides and interpreters and their training. 3.3 Tourist accommodation and amenities: types of accommodation, hotel and its classification.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. J. Christopher Holloway : The Business of Tourism , Pearson, London, 2006. 2. A.K. Bhatia : Tourism in India , History and Development, Archaeology Survey of India Library New Delhi, 1978. 3. --do-- : Tourism Development, Principles and Practices, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 1985. 4. --do-- : International Tourism: Fundamentals and Practices , Sterling Publishers, New Delhi, 1991. 5. J.M.S. Negi : Tourism and Hoteliering , a Worldwide Industry, Gitanjali Publishing House, 1982. New Delhi 6.- do - : Tourism and Travel-concepts and Principles , Gitanjali Publishing House, 1990, New Delhi. 7. Wheeler, Tony : India - A Travel Survival Kit , Lonely Planet Publications, 1996. 8. Fodor, Eugene : India, Nepal and Sri Lanka , Fodor’s Travel Publications, Italy, 1987. 9. N. Kaul : Tourist India , International Publication, Bombay, 1982-83. 10. Seth P.N. : Successful Tourism Management in India , Sterling Publication, New Delhi, 1985. 11. S. Madik : Tourism, Past, Present & Future , Heinemann Publishers, London, 1974. 12. M.M. Anand : Tourism and Hotel Industry in India , Prentice Hall of India, Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1976.
13. Usha Bala : Tourism in India: Policy and Perspectives , Arushi Prakashan, New Delhi, 1990. 14. Kanwar Lal : Holy Cities of India , Asia Press, University of Virginia, 1961. 15. Maneet Kumar : Tourism Today - An Indian Perspective , Kanishka Publishing House, Delhi, 1992. 16. K.C. Sharma : Tourism: Policy Planning Strategy, Pointer Publication, Jaipur, 1996. 17. Manish Ratti : History and Geography of Tourism, Rajat Publications, New Delhi, 2007, chapters, I and II. 18. Md. Abu Barkat Ali : Travel and tourism Management , Ist Edition, PHI, Learning, Publication Pvt. Ltd, Delhi 2015. 19. Chitra Garg : Travel India: State wise Road A Complete Guide to Tourists , 2007. 20. A.K. Bhatia : The Business of Tourism, Concept and Strategies – Sterling Publisher, Private Limited, New Delhi, 2006. 21. Shashi Prabha Sharma : Tourism and Environment: Concept, Principles and Approaches , Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi, 2006. 22. Jagmohan Negi : International Tourism and Travel , S. Chand Publisher, Lucknow, 2003.
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. I Semester
TRB-152: ANCIENT INDIAN ART AND MONUMENTS-I
Objective: To familiarize students with the art and architectural heritage of ancient India.
Teacher: Dr. Mohammad Zafar Minhaj No. of Lectures = 40
UNIT-I 10 Early Indian Architecture 1. Stupa architecture: Sanchi Stupa, Sarnath Stupas 2. Rock-Cut architecture: Ajanta, Ellora Caves: Brief Survey
UNIT-II 10 Temple Architecture 1. Early Temples: Dasavatara Temple at Deogarh, Brick Temple at Bhitargaon 2. North Indian Temples: Lingaraja Temple at Bhubaneswar 3. South Indian Temples: Basic Architectural Features
Unit-III 10 1. Sculptures : Asokan Pillars and Capitals; Gandhara, Mathura and Gupta Sculptures: Characteristics Features
2. Paintings: 1. Rock Paintings: Bhimbetka.
2. Murals of Ajanta: Major Themes and Characteristics
BOOKS RECOMMENDED: Percy Brown : Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Periods), Taraporevala Bombay, 1976. H. Sarkar : Studies in Early Buddhist Architecture of India , ASI V.S. Agrawal : Indian Art , Varanasi, 1965 V.A. Smith : A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon , Oxford, 1930 (Chapters II-X) George Michell : The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India (Vol.1: Buddhist, Jain, Hindu), London, 1989. Krishna Dev : Temples of India , 2 Vols., New Delhi, 1995. Tomory Edith : A History of Fine Arts in India and the West , Bombay, 1982. J. Fergussan : History of Indian & Eastern Architecture . V.S. Agrawal : Indian Art , Varanasi, 1965 V.A. Smith : A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon , Oxford, 1930 (Chapters II-X) Percy Brown : Indian Painting , New Delhi, 1965. (Chapters I, II, VII and IX). Philips S. Rawson : Indian Painting , New York, 1961 R.C. Majumdar (ed.) : The History and Culture of the Indian people: R.S. Gupta & : Ajanta, Ellora and Aurangabad, Bombay , 1962. Tomory Edith : A History of Fine Arts in India and the West , Bombay, 1982. Mitra, Debala : Ajanta , ASI, 1983.
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B.A. – II SEMESTER (CBCS) HSB-254: ANCIENT INDIA (VEDIC AGE TO C.322 B.C.)
Teachers: Prof. S. Jabir Raza Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. O.P. Srivastav Dr. Fazila Shahnawaz
UNIT-I Vedic Period
a) Early Vedic : Rigveda, Geography, Linkage with Archaeology b) Society, Economy, Polity, religion, Ritual c) Later Vedic : Later Vedic Texts, Social Structure – Varna Jati, Asrama d) Economy, Introduction of Iron
UNIT-II Sixth Century B.C.
a) Factors behind rise of Buddhism and Jainism b) Philosophy and Monastic Organisation of Buddhism c) Philosophy of Jainism and Its Monastic Practices
UNIT-III Sixth to Fourth Century B.C.
a) Second Urbanization b) The Sixteen Mahajanapadas c) Alexander’s invasion and its consequences
Documents:
a. The Hymns of Rigveda, tr. Ralph. T.H. Griffith, 3 rd edition, 1920-25 Vol. I: Book I, Hymn 32, pp.43-45 Vol.II: Book X, Hymn 75, pp.490-491 Vol.III: Book X, Hymn 90, pp.517-520 b. Megasthenes’ observations about India in R.C. Majumdar, ed., Classical Accounts of India, Calcutta, 1960, pp.224-226. c. Dhamma-Kakka-Pravattana Sutta in T.W. Rhys Davids, ed., Buddhist Sutras, Oxford, 1881 (Delhi, Rpt, 1965) in F. Max Muller, ed., Sacred Books of the East, Vol.XI, Paras 1-8, pp.146-150.
Reading List: Habib, I. and V.K. Thakur. The Vedic Age . Delhi, 2016. Habib, I. and V. Jha, Mauryan India , Chapter I, Delhi, 2005. Jha, D.N. Ancient India. A Historical Outline . Delhi, 1977. Sharma, R.S. Material Culture and Social Formations in Ancient India , Delhi, 1983. Sharma, R.S. Political Ideas and Institutions , Delhi, 1957. Shrimali, K.M. The Age of Iron and the Religious Revolution , Delhi, 2007. Romila Thapar Early India , Delhi, 2002. Upender Singh History of Ancient and Early Medieval India , Pearson, 2005.
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Session 2018-19 Department of History AMU, Aligarh B. A. IIND SEMESTER (CBCS) HSB-255: MEDIEVAL INDIA: DELHI SULTANATE II (1290-1526) AND VIJAY NAGAR EMPIRE
Objective: To acquaint students with the socio-political and economic history of the Delhi Sultanate during the period 1290-1526.
Teachers: Dr. Syed Bashir Hasan No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Sana Aziz Dr. Arshia Shafqat (WC)
UNIT – I
1. The Khaljis: “The Khalji Revolution”. Jalaluddin Khalji. 2. Alauddin Khalji: Administrative Measures: Agrarian Policy; Price-Control; Conflict with the Mongols. 3. The Tughluqs: Ghiyasuddin Tughluq and his administrative measures. 4. Muhammad bin Tughluq: Revolts against Muhammad bin Tughluq, Projects of Muhammad bin Tughluq; Transfer of Capital, Token Currency, Increase in Taxation in the Doab. 4. Administration under the Sultans of Delhi.
UNIT – II
4. Sources: Minhaj’s Tabaqat-i Nasiri , Barani’s Tarikh-i Firuz Shahi , Isami’s Futuh-us- Salatin , Afif’s Tarikh-i Firoz Shahi . 5. Firuz Tughluq: Administrative policy; Public Works. 6. The Decline of the Delhi Sultanate. 7. The Deccan: Administration of Vijayanagara and Bahmani Empires. 8. The Sayyids; Afghan concept of Kingship.
UNIT – III
9. (A) Bhakti Movement in Northern India: Ramanand, Kabir & Nanak (B) Sufism in India: Chishti & Suhrawardi orders. 10. (A) Persian Literature: Amir Khusrau. (B) Sultanate Architecture 11. Delhi as an Urban and Commercial Centre.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. RC Majumdar, ed. : History & Culture of the Indian people , Vol. V (Selected Chapters), Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, 1966. 2. Habib & Nizami ed. : Comprehensive History of India , Vol. V, People’s Publishing House, New Delhi, 1982. 3. AB Pandey : Medieval India , Central Book Depot, Allahabad, 1970. 4. Ishwari Prasad : Medieval India , The Indian Press Ltd., Allahabad, 1940. 5. RP Tripathi : Some Aspects of Muslim Administration , Indian Press, Allahabad, 1936. 6. Tapan Ray Chaudhari & : Cambridge Economic History of India , Vol. (Chapters dealing with Sultanate Period), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1982. 7. Satish Chandra : Medieval India from Sultanat to the Mughals, Vol. I., Har Anand Publications, Delhi, 2007.
ADVANCED READING:
1 M Habib : Sultan Mahmud of Ghaznin , S. Chand & Co., Delhi, 1967. 2 - do - : Introduction to Eliot & Dowson , Vol. II, (Article No. 424). 3 ABM Habibullah : Foundation of Muslim Rule in India , Central Book Depot, 1961. 4 KS Lal : History of the Khaljis , Asia Publishing House, Bombay, 1967. 5 Mehdi Husian : History of the Tughlaq Dynasty , Thacker Spink, Calcutta, 1963. 6 Tara Chand : Influence of Islam on Indian Culture , Indian Press, Allahabad, 1936. 7 M Habib : Hazarat Amir Khusrau of Delhi , Cosmo Publications, New Delhi, 2004. 8 Sewell : A Forgotten Empire , S. Sonnenschein & Co., London, 1900. 9 Irfan Habib : Medieval India-1, (relevant chapters), National Book Trust, New Delhi, 2007. 10 Nizami K.A. : Some Aspects of Religion & Politics in India during the 13th century, Idarah-e-Adabiyat , Delhi, 1974. 11 Peter Jackson : Delhi Sultanate , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999. 12 Ali Athar : Military Technology and Warfare in the Sultanate , Icon Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2006. 13 I.H. Siddiqui : Composite Culture under the Sultanate of Delhi , Primus Book, Delhi, 2016. 14 I.H. Siddiqui : Delhi Sultanate: Urbanization and Social Change , Viva Books, Delhi, 2009. 15. Irfan Habib : Studies in Medieval Indian Polity & Culture: The Delhi Sultanate and its Times , Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2016.
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. – IInd Semester (CBCS) HSB-256: MODERN INDIA (1813-1858)
Teachers: Dr. Parwez Nazir Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Jibraeil Dr. Nadara Ashfaque (W.C.)
UNIT- I
1. Colonial Economy in the first Half of the 19 th Century: a. Agrarian Settlements: The Permanent Settlement and its consequences. b. Ryotwari settlement of Madras and Bombay Presidency and Mahalwari settlement. c. “De-industrialization” after 1813: Causes and Consequences. The De-urbanization question.
2. British Administration: Administrative Reforms of Cornwallis: Commercial Reforms, Civil Service, Police, Judicial organization.
UNIT- II
3. Social Reforms and British Legislation: a. Social Reforms 1829-57: prohibition of Sati and abolition of Slavery, Widow Remarriage. b. Education Policy 1834-57, Traditional System, Anglicist -Orientalist Controversy, Macaulay’s Minutes, Wood’s Despatch.
4. Social and Intellectual Changes: a. Influence of Western Thought: Raja Ram Mohan Roy and the Brahmo Samaj, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and Aligarh Movement. b. Henry Vivian Derozio and Young Bengal c. The Wahabi Movement, Background, Nature, Organization, Legacy. d. Emergence of Press: British Policy
UNIT- III
5. The Forward Policy, 1838-56: a. Ranjit Singh’s Kingdom, and its fall. b. Annexations of Sind and Awadh. c. Lord Dalhousie’s `Doctrine of Lapse’, and annexation of Indian States.
6. The Rebellion of 1857: a. Nature, Causes and Consequences. b. Factors for the defeat of Rebellion c. Queen Victoria’s Proclamation. d. Reorganisation of Imperial Administration.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Shekhar Bandyo Padhyaya : From Plassey to Partition 2. Bipan Chandra : The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India 3. VA Smith : Oxford History of India 4. Tara Chand : History of the Freedom Movement in India, vols. I & II . 5. RC Dutt : Economic History of India, Vol. I & II 6. Sarkar & Dutta : Modern Indian History 7. Spear Percival : India: A Modern History 8. Bhattacharya, S. : Financial Foundation of the British Raj . 9. B.H. Boden Powell : Administration of Land Revenue and Tenure in British India 10. R.C. Majumdar & H.C. Rajchandhuri : An Advanced History of India
BOOKS SUGGESTED: 1. AC Banerji & DK Ghosh : Comprehensive History of India vol. 9 2. HH Dodwel : Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV. 4. Thompson & Garrett : Rise & Fulfillment of British Rule in India 8. Ahmad Qeyamuddin : The Wahabi Movement. 10. P.C. Joshi : Eighteen Fifty Seven: A Symposium 12. Desika Char S.V. : Readings in the Constitutional History of India 13. Ghosh S.C. : The History of Education in Modern India 1757-1986 14. P.W. Thomas : History and Prospects of British Education in India 15. Girish Mishra : An Economic History of Modern India 19. Barnett, Richard : North India between Empires: Awadh, the Mughals and the British 1720-1801 . 20. Bhattacharya, S. : Financial Foundation of the British Raj . 21. John William Kaye : The Administration of the East India Company . 22. L. Subramanian : History of India 1707-1857 23. K.V. Rajendra : Modern History of India 24. G.B. Malleson : The Decisive Battles of India 25. K.V. Rajendra : Modern History of India 26. G.B. Malleson : The Decisive Battles of India 27. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan : Asbab-e Baghawat-e Hind 28. R.K. Mookerjee : Rise and Fall of the East India Company
CENTRE OF ADVANCED STUDY Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh BA Semester-II (CBCS) HSB 263: European History (1789-1919)
Teachers: Dr. Jibraeil No. of Lectures = 20 Dr. Nadara Ashfaque (WC)
Objectives: Covering almost one and half centuries in brief, between the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution. The objective is to provide survey of Europe from the last decade of the 18 th century to the end of the Russian Revolution. It will acquaint the students, of the major upheavals in Europe, of the growth of imperialism and the rivalries between the imperialist powers leading to the World War I and the Russian Revolution.
UNIT-I 1. Napoleon Bonaparte: Rise and Fall. 2. The Age of Reaction: (a) The Congress of Vienna (b) The Concert of Europe 3. Rise of Nationalism: Revolution of 1830 and 1848.
UNIT-II
1. German Unification 2. Italian Unification.
3. Industrialization of Europe.
UNIT-III 1. ‘New’ Imperialism, Imperialist Rivalries. 2. World War I: Causes and Consequences. 3. Russian Revolution of 1917: Factors and Significance.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED: David Thompson : Europe Since Napoleon . Arvind Sinha : Europe in Transition: From Feudalism to Industrialization CJH Hayes : Europe to 1870 . Ergang Robert : Europe Since Waterloo . Burns & Burns : World Civilizations , Vol. B Meenakshi Phukan : Rise of Modern West -I S.N. Sen : A History of Modern Europe & the World. R.S.V.Rao : Modern World C. Davies : Modern Europe Sneh Mahajan : Issues in Twentieth-Century World History David Harvey : The New Imperialism
BOOKS SUGGESTED: Ergang : History of Europe . H Herder : Europe in the Nineteenth Century . Christopher Hill : Reformation to Industrial Revolution . L. Gershoy : French Revolution and Napolean . : Cambridge Modern History of Europe (relevant volumes). Bernard Waites : Europe and the Wider World. Fergusson & Bruun : Survey of European Civilization. R.R. Palmer : A History of the Modern World . Frederik L. Nasskum : The Triumph of Science & Reason . Edward Whiting : The Emergence of Modern European World . Evan Cameron : Early Modern Europe . Robert Biel : The New Imperialism-Crisis and Contradictions.
CENTRE OF ADVANCED STUDY Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. II SEMESTER HSB-264: ISLAMIC HISTORY: UMAYYADS (661 AD) TO GREAT ABBASIDS (833 AD)
Objectives: The paper seeks to introduce expansion of Islamic State and Intellectual Development under the Umayyads and Abbasid Caliphate.
Teachers: Dr. Gulfishan Khan No. of Lectures = 20 Dr. Lucky Khan
UNIT-I 1. The Umayyads (661-750): (8) (a) Establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate and its consequences; Achievements of Muawiyah I
(b) Conquests under Walid I (India, Central Asia, Spain) (c) Nature of the Umayyad government, Central and provincial administration, Taxation system.
UNIT-II 2. The Greater Abbasids. (750-833): (6) (a) “The Abbasid Revolution” and its significance. (b) Expansion of Islamic State under Harun al-Rashid. (c) Central administration under the Greater Abbasids.
UNIT-III 3. Cultural and Scientific development in the Early Islamic World: (6) (a) Development of Hadith Literature. (b) Codification of fiqh and the formation of the Four Schools of jurisprudence. Hanafi , Maliki , Shafai , Hanbali ; Fiqh-i-Jafri . (c) Rise of Arabic Science. Transmission of Greek Sciences. Contributions to Major Sciences in Arabic.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
Gastav Well : History of Islamic Peoples , Delhi, 1983. Bernard Lewis : Arabs in history , London, 1954. PK Hitti : History of the Arabs , London, 1961. MA Shaban : Islamic History, 600-750 , Cambridge University Press, 1971. -do- : The Abbasid Revolution (last Chapter), University Press, 1970. K.Ali : A Study of Islamic of History . Hugh Kennedy : The Early Abbasid Caliphate , London, 1981. SA Husaini : The Arab Administration , New Delhi, 1976. Joseph Hell : The Arab Civilization , Lahore, 1943.
ADVANCED READING:
R. Levy : Social Structure of Islam . (relevant Chapters), Cambridge University Press, 1957. Athar Husain : The Glorious Caliphate , Lucknow, 1980. Masudul Hasan : History of Islam , Delhi, 2002. Ehsan Qureshi : History of Islamic Civilization , Delhi, 2008. Muhammad Hamidullah : The Emergence of Islam, edited and translated Afzal Iqbal, Islamabad, 1999. Reading Material produced by the Centre for Distance Education, AMU. Ignaz Goldziher : Muslim Studies , 2 Vols., London, 1971. George Allen & Unwin : History of Mankind , Vol.III, Pt. I & II, Paris, UNESCO, 1968. Dennett Daniel C. : Conversion and Poll Tax in Early Islam, 1950 .
CENTRE OF ADVANCED STUDY Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. (III Semester) HSB-352: Medieval India: 1526-1605
Objectives: The object of the paper is to acquaint the student with the political, economic and social history of the Mughal Empire upto the reign of Akbar.
Teachers: Dr. Amir Ahmad Total No. of Lectures: 40 Dr. Farah Saif Abidin (W/C) Dr. Lucky Khan
UNIT - I
Establishment of Mughal Rule 1. A brief survey of source material, Baburnama , Akbarnama , Muntakhab-ut Tawarikh . 2. Political condition of North India in 1526: Independent Kingdoms, Delhi, Punjab, Bengal, Jaunpur, Gujarat, Mewar and Malwa. 3. Babur and the establishment of the Mughal Empire, Causes for his success against the Indian powers. 4. Humayun and his difficulties; the struggle between the Mughals and the Afghans, Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. 5. Sher Shah and his administration specially the revenue. Decline of the Sur empire.
UNIT - II
Consolidation and Expansion of the Empire: 1. Akbar: Early Problems and difficulties: Conflicts with the Afghans, Revolt of Uzbek Nobles. 2. Regency of Bairam Khan, His rise and causes of downfall; Consolidation and conquests, Malwa, Garhkatanga, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Bengal. 3. Mughal nobility: Composition and Alteration. 4. Rajput Policy and Its consequences. 5. Evolution of Akbar’s religious policy: Ibadat Khana, Mahzar of 1579, Sulh-i-Kul . 6. The North-West frontier. The Deccan States, Ahmadnagar, Berar, Khandesh.
UNIT - III
State and Government: Institution and Administration: 1. Mughal administration: Central structure and provincial administration. 2. Revenue Administration. Mansab and Jagir systems. 3. Relations with Portuguese. Art and Culture 4. Main features of Art and Architecture with special reference to Fatehpur Sikri.
DOCUMENTS
1. Ain-i Akbari Vol. I (Blochmann’s tr.), Book I, Ain 77 pp. 170-77, Book II, Ain 1 (tr. pp. 241-43).
2. Extracts from sources in Shireen Moosvi, Episodes in the Life of Akbar , NBT, pp.52-59.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED Rushbrook Williams : An Empire Builder of the Sixteenth Century, Bombay, 1918. RP Tripathi : Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire, Allahabad, 1956. Aniruddha Ray : Some Aspects of Mughal Administration, New Delhi, 1984. SR Sharma : Religious Policy of the Mughal Emperors , New Delhi, 1940. TR Chaudhry & Irfan Habib : Cambridge Economic History of India , Vol. I, Cambridge University Press, 1984. Irfan Habib : Agrarian System of Mughal India , New Delhi, 1963. WH Moreland : Agrarian System of Moslem India , New Delhi,1968. --do-- : India at the Death of Akbar , Delhi, 1920 (Reprint 1990) Afzal Hussain : Nobility under Akbar and Jahangir , New Delhi, 1999. Mohibbul Hasan : Babur, the founder of Mughal Empire , New Delhi, 1985. Shireen Moosvi : Episodes in the Life of Akbar , New Delhi, 1994. Irfan Habib (ed.) : Akbar and his India , New Delhi, 1999. Iqtidar A. Khan (ed.) : Akbar and His Age , New Delhi, 1999. M. Athar Ali : Mughal India: Studies in Politics Ideas, Society and Culture , OUP, New Delhi, 2007. VA Smith : Akbar the Great Mughal, Delhi, 1958. (Reprint 1966) Yusuf Husain : Glimpses of Medieval Indian Culture , Bombay, 1962. KA Nizami : Akbar and Religion , Delhi, 1989. --do-- : On History and Historian of Medieval India , Delhi, 1983. K.K. Trivedi : Medieval City of Agra , Delhi, 2018. M. Athar Ali : Mughal India, Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society and Culture , II ed., OUP, New Delhi, 2007. Rezavi, S.A.N. : Fathpur Sikri , Revisited, OUP, New Delhi, 2013. Iqtidar Alam Khan : Akbar and His Age , NBC, New Delhi, 2007.
ARTICLES:
1. Iqtidar Alam Khan : The Mughal Court politics during Bairam Khan’s Regency, ‘Medieval India’ A Miscellany , Vol. I, 1969. 2. - do - : The Nobility Under Akbar and the Development of his Religious Policy 1560-80, JRAs , 1968. 3. M. Athar Ali : Sulhi-i Kul. Proceedings of IHC , Bombay, 1980. 4. Shireen Moosvi : Evolution of Mansab System Under Akbar, JRAS , London, 1991. 5. Prof. Nurul Hasan : ‘The Mahzar of Akbar’s reign’, JUPHS , Vol. XVI,Part I. 7. Satish Chandra : Mughal Religious Policies, the Rajputs and the Deccan. 8. Irfan Habib : ‘The Family of Nurjahan during Jahangir’s reign’. Medieval India A Miscellany Vol. I, 1969. 9. Rafat Bilgrami : ‘Akbar’s Mahzar of 1579', Islamic Culture , 1973. 10.Prof. Muhibbul Hasan : Historians of Medieval India (Chapter on Abul Fazl by Noman A. Siddiqui. 11. KA Nizami : ‘Abul Fazl’ On History and Historians of Medieval India , pp. 141-60. 12. M Mujeeb : ‘Badauni in The Historians of Medieval India ed. Prof. Mohibbul Hasan, pp.III-18. 13. Satish Chandra : Medieval India from Sultanate to Mughal Part-II. The Mughal Empire.
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. (III Semester) HSB-354: Ancient India (Mauryas to Kushana)
Teachers: Prof. S. Jabir Raza No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. O.P. Srivastav Dr. Fazila Shahnawaz
UNIT-I Political History: a) Rise of Mauryan Empire: Chandragupta and Bindusara. b) Ashoka: Conquest of Kalinga and extent of empire. c) Mauryan Chronology d) Asokan Dhamma: its propagation, nature and content e) Inscriptions: languages and scripts
UNIT-II
Society, Economy and Culture: a) Central and provincial administration; issue of centralization b) Arthashastra of Kautilya : its relevance for Mauryan administration; Caste system: information from Megasthenes c) Mauryan Economy: Agriculture and crafts; Towns and trade d) Asokan art (architecture and sculpture) e) Decline of the Mauryan empire
UNIT-III Kushanas: a) Central Asian Tribes and the Kushanas. b) Early Kushanas: Kanishkha: Conquests and empire. c) Kushana chronology. d) Culture: Gandhara and Mathura Schools of arts. e) Economy of the period: Indo-Mediterranian trade.
Documents:
a. Minor Rock Edict I Rock Edict XII, Tolerance Rock Edict XIII, Conquest of Kalinga, relations with Greek Kings; Key to Mauryan Chronology Pillar Edict VII, Asoka’s own summary of his work (Translation by B.M. Barua, Inscriptions of Asoka, is recommended) b. Megasthenes’ observations about India in R.C. Majumdar, ed., Classical Accounts of India, Calcutta, 1960, pp.224-226. c. Dhamma-Kakka-Pravattana Sutta in T.W. Rhys Davids, ed., Buddhist Sutras, Oxford, 1881 (Delhi, Rpt, 1965) in F. Max Muller, ed., Sacred Books of the East, Vol.XI, Paras 1-8, pp.146-150.
Reading List:
Habib, I. and V. Jha Mauryan India , Delhi, . . . . Thapar, R. Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas , Delhi. (Latest ed.) Thapar, R. The Mauryas Revisited , Calcutta. Thapar, R. Early India , Delhi. Thapar, R. (ed.) Recent Perspectives of Early Indian History . B.M. Barua, Asoka and his Inscriptions . Irfan Habib Post-Mauryan India: A Political and Economic History . B.N. Mukherjee Kushanas and the Deccan , Calcutta, 1968. B.N. Mukherjee The Rise and Fall of the Kushana Empire , Calcutta, 1988.
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. (Semester III) HSB-356 : Modern India (1858-1918)
Objective: This paper will look into the nature of British Empire under direct rule, its impact, and Indian response in reforms and growth of nationalism. It discusses the development of nationalism in the second half of nineteenth century and the intensification of struggle after the turn of century. It will take the discussion to the point of demand for Home-Rule and the pact between Indian National Congress and Muslim League.
Teachers: Dr. Hassan Imam Total No. Lectures = 40 Dr. Shadab Bano (W/C) Dr. Yogesh Kumar Yadav
UNIT- I British Rule and Economy
1. Changes and Reconstruction of British rule after the Revolt of 1857-58: administration, army, policy towards states, revenue and fiscal policies , Ripon’s reforms
2. Colonialization of Indian economy: railways, commercialization of agriculture, famines, modern landlordism and tenancy, Drain of Wealth, beginnings of modern industry: imperialist policy towards industrialization
UNIT- II Early Indian Response to Colonial Rule
1. Socio-religious reforms and educational movements: Progressives and Revivalists. Keshav Chandra Sen, Arya Samaj, Aligarh Movement, Jyotiba Phule
2. Early Phase of the National Movement: Factors behind the rise of Indian Nationalism, Foundation of Indian National Congress, Moderates and Economic Nationalism
3. Muslim League : Simla Deputation, Foundation of the League and its early objectives
UNIT-III Discontent and Dissension
1. Demand for Swaraj: Rise of ‘extremism’, Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi Movement. 2. India during World War I: Ghadar movement, Home Rule Movement, Congress- League Pact, 1916. 3. Rise of Gandhi: His thought and early struggles.
DOCUMENTS
Queen Victoria’s Proclamation (as in V.A. Smith, Oxford History of India ) and Reply by Rebels (S.N. Sen 1857) (Unit-I) Dufferin on the Congress, 1886 (C.H. Philips, Evolution of India are Pakistan , pp. 143-45). Unit-II G.K. Gokhale’s Presidential Speech 1905 (C.H. Philips, pp. 156-9). Unit-III
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
Bipan Chandra : India’s Struggle for Independence, New Delhi, 1988. M. Mukherjee, et.al. : 1857-1947 , New Delhi, 1988. Sumit Sarkar : Modern India (1885-1947) , Macmillan, U.K., 1989. R.P. Dutt : India Today , New Delhi, 1949. R.N. Agrawal : National Movement and Constitutional Development of India Tara Chand : History of the Freedom Movement in India, Vols. II, III and IV, New Delhi, 1965. V.B. Singh (ed.) : Economic History of India, 1850-1950 , Allied Publishers, Pvt. Ltd., 1965. L.S.S.O’Malley (ed.) : Modern India and the West , New Delhi, 1941. V.N. Gadgil : Industrial Evolution of India in Recent Times, 1860-1939 (5 th edn.), Delhi, 1971. A.C. Banerjee : Indian Constitutional Documents , Vols. II & III. R.C. Dutt : Economic History of India , Vol.II: Victorian Age , Calcutta, 1961. Irfan Habib : Essays on Indian History-towards a Marxist Perception , Tulika, 1995. --do-- : Indian Economy, 1858-1914 , Tulika, 2006. Kenneth W. Jones : Socio-religious Reform Movements in British India , Cambridge, 1989. S. Gopal : British Policy in India, 1858-1947 , CUP, 1965 (reprint 2007) Bipan Chandra : The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India, 1880-1905 , New Delhi, 2010. Mushirul Hasan : Nationalism and Communal Politics in India, 1885-1930 , Delhi, Manohar, 1991. A.R. Desai : Social Background of Indian Nationalism , Popular Prakashan, 1948 (reprint 2010) Geraldine Forbes : The New Cambridge History of India, IV.2, Women in Modern India , Cambridge, 1996.
Shekhar Bandhopadhyay: From Plassey to Partition , A History of Modern India , New Delhi, Orient Longman, 2004. Ranjit Guha : Subaltern Studies : Writings on South Asian History and Society , Vol.I, OUP, 1982. Ishita Banerjee-Dube : A History of Modern India , CUP, 2015. Ram Chandra Guha : Gandhi: The Year that Changed the World 1914-1948 , Random House, 2018.
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. III Semester HSB-361: HISTORY OF ENGLAND 1485-1688
Teachers: Dr. Roohi Abida Ahmed (W.C.) Total No. of Lectures: 22 Dr. Mohammad Nafeesh
UNIT-I
1. The New Monarchy: Henry VII’s Anti-Baronial Measures. Reformation, Radical Reformation. 2. The Agrarian Changes: First Enclosures. 3. Mary Tudor and Counter Reformation (1553-1558).
UNIT-II
1. The Reign of Elizabeth (1558-1603): The Religious Settlement, Conflict with Spain, The Rise of the Gentry. 2. James I: The Doctrine of Divine (1625-1714) Right. 3. Arbitrary Government under Charles I., Conflict Between the King and the Parliament.
UNIT-III
1. The Civil War (1642-45), Cromwell’s Domestic and Foreign Policies. Fall of Cromwell. 2. Restoration (1660-1688), Significance of Restoration, Charles II and James II. 3. The Glorious Revolution, John Locke’s theories, William and Anne, The Rise of Whig Oligarchy, The Coming of the Hanovarian Dynasty.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Warner & Marten : Ground Work of British History , Blackie and Son, London, 1926. 2. AL Morton : People’s History of England , Lawrence & Wishart, London, 1945. 3. Carter E.H.S. & R.A.F.Mears : History of Britain 1485 A.D. to Present Day , 3 rd ed., Surjeet Pubs. Delhi, 1960. 4. D. Richards & A Quick : Britain under Tudors and Stuarts , Longman, London, 1958. 5. G.R.Elton : Tudor England under the Todors , Mothuen & Company, London, 1962. 6. Reed Brett : Tudor Century , Harrap, London, (1485-1603), London, 1962. 7. Maurice Ashley : Great Britain to 1688, A Modern History, Michigon University Press, 1961. 8. Roger Lockyer : Tudor and Stuart Britain (471-1714), 2nd ed., Longman, London, 1964 9. SE Ayling : The Georgian century. 10. Christopher Hill : Reformation to Industrial Revolution , Weidenfeld, London, 1967. 11. Peter Mathias : First Industrial Nation , An Economic History of Britain, 1700-1914, Methuen, London, 1969. 12. C&D Roberts : A History of England, (Chapters IX-XV), Plenlice Hall, New Jersey, 1985. 13. David Thomson : England in the Nineteenth Century . 14. G.R. Elton : Studies in Tudor and Stuart Politics and Government Papers and reviews, Vol.I & II, 1946-1972, Cambridge University Press, London, 1974. 15. Jagannath Patnaik : History of England from Bosworth to Waterloo (1485-1815) , 3 rd ed., S. Chand, New Delhi, 1974. 16. Anthony Goodman : History of England from Adward II to James I , Longman, London, 1977.
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. III Semester (CBCS)
HSB-362: History of West and Central Asia: Chingiz to Timur
Teachers: Prof. S. Jabir Raza (WC) No. of Lectures = 20 Dr. Syed Ali Kazim
UNIT-I
1. Mongol Empire under Chingiz Khan: Conquest of Central Asia; Chingiz Khan’s succession; Military Organization; State Structure; Religious Policy; Yasa. Economic and Cultural Consequences of Mongol Hegemony. The Il-Khanid State and its Culture. Persian literature and historiography of the period.
UNIT-II
2. Transoxiana under Timur: Conquests; Military System; Religious Policy, Chief features of Timurid State Structure. The Later History of Timurid Empire till Fall of Herat to Safavids. Persian Literature: Hafiz, Rise of Turki Literature
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
J.J. Saunders : The history of the Mongol conquests , London, 1971. Paul, Ratchnershy : Genghis Khan , Oxford 1991. M. Prawdin : Mongol Empire its rise and legacy , London, 1940. B.F. Manz : Rise and Rule of Tamerlane, Cambridge University Press, 1989. V. Barthold : History of Turkistan , London, 1968. Bosworth (ed.) : History of the Civilization of Central Asia , UNESCO Vol. IV (2 pts.), 2000. Browne : Literary History of Persia (relevant portions), Cambridge, 1951-53.
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. (III Semester) TOURISM TRB-353: MEDIEVAL INDIAN ART AND MONUMENTS 800 to c.1500
Teacher: Dr. Aneesa Iqbal Sabir No. of Lectures = 40
Objective: To acquaint students with knowledge of architectural of medieval period.
UNIT – I 1. Main features of pre-saracenic Indian architecture. Trabeate system. The Aryan and Dravidian styles. Distinctive features of Saracenic architecture. The arcuate style. 2. Sources of Islamic Architecture: Influence of the building art of Saljuks, its declines, influence of Persian art.
UNIT-II 1. Main features of important buildings of the Sultanate period: Delhi: Detailed study of Qutb Complex, Arhai Din ka Jhopra, Tomb of Sultan Ghari, Tomb of Iltutmish, The Quwwatul Islam Mosque. 2. Tughlaq Monuments Tombs: Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq’s Tomb, Tomb of Firuzshah Tughlaq, Tomb of Balban. Mosques: Kali Masjid, Begumpuri Mosque, Khirki Mosque and Kalan Masjid.
UNIT-III
1. Imperial styles: Saiyyid and Lodi dynasties: Tomb (Octagonal and Square types) Mosque architecture (Significance of Gumbad). 2. Sur Architecture: Tombs of Sasaram, Purana Qila Mosque. 3. Regional Styles: Gujarat, Bengal (Tombs and Mosques) Mandu and Vijayanagara.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Percy Brown; Indian Architecture (Islamic Period), Mumbai, D.P. Taraporevale, reprint, 1997. 2. Z.A. Desai; Indo-Islamic Architecture, New Delhi Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1970. 3. Sayed A. Khan; Asar-us-Sanadid (Translation by R. Nath as Monuments of Delhi; Historical study), New Delhi, Indian Institute of Islamic Studies, 1979. 4. Percy Brown; Indian Architecture (Islamic Period), Mumbai, Taraporevale, reprint, 1997. 5. I. Carel; 6. S.A.A. Rizvi, FatehpurSikri, New Delhi, Archeological Survey of India, 1972. 7. Y.D. Sharma; Delhi and its Neighbourhood, New Delhi, Archeological Survey of India, 1982. 8. R. Nath; Coloured Decoration in Mughal Architecture, Bombay, Taraporvale, c.1970. 9. George Mitchell; Islamic Heritage of the Deccan, Bombay, Marg Publications, c.1986. 10. L. Ashton (ed.); Art of India and Pakistan, 11. David Talbot Rice; Islamic Art, rev. ed. London, Thames and Hudson, 1975. 12. SubhashParihar; Some Aspect of Indo-Islamic Architecture, New Delhi, Abhinav Publications, 1999. 13. Daljeet; Mughal and Deccani Paintings, New Delhi, Prakash Books, 1999. 14. S.P. Verma; Mughal Painters and Their Works (A Bibliographical Survey and Comprehensive Catalogue), Aligarh/Delhi, Centre of Advanced Study in History, A.M.U./Oxford University Press, 1994. 15. Anita Verghese; Hampi, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2002. 16. P.N. Chopra; History of South India, Vol. II (For Vijaynagar Architecture), New Delhi, S. Chand and Company LTD, 1979. 17. Sherwani and Joshi; History of Deccan, Vol. II, Hydrabad Publications Bureau, Govt. of Maharashtra, 1973-74. 18. K.A. NilakantaShahtri; The Illustrated History of South India (Chapter on Art and Architecture), New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2009. 19. Shamim Khan; History of Islamic Architecture, Delhi Sultanate, Mughal and Provincial Period, 20. Khwaja, G.S.; Encyclopedia of Islamic Architecture, Sultanate Period, Delhi, BKP, 2014. 21. Amir Ansari; A Handbook of Islamic Architecture, New Delhi, Cyber Tech Publications, 2011.
CENTRE OF ADVANCED STUDY Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. (IV SEMESTER) HSB: 452 MEDIEVAL INDIA 1605-1707
Teachers: Dr Amir Ahmad Total No. of Lectures: 40 Dr Farah Saif Abidin (W.C) Dr Enayatullah Khan
UNIT-I Polity: Mughal Empire: Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb; North-West policy; Deccan policy; Administrative Changes: Mansab and Jagir Rise of Shivaji; Major Explanations, Administration.
UNIT-II Society and Culture: Social Structure: Village community; Zamindars, Peasants; Nobility; Religious Environment: Jahangir and Dara Shikoh. Development of Art and Architecture (a brief introduction)
UNIT-III Economy: Trade and Commerce: Inland and Overseas; Money and Credit. Agrarian Revolts.
DOCUMENTS: Question may be asked from the following documents (including quotation from them) 1. Bernier’s Travels , tr./ed. V.A. Smith, pp. 223-230. 2. Jahangir, Tuzuk-i Jahangiri , trans. Alexander Rogers, ed. Henry Beveridge, Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1909, pp. 7-10 (12 edicts) 3. Shireen Moosvi, Episode in the Life of Akbar , NBT Delhi, 1994, pp.109, 121-125.
Essential Reading:
R. P. Tripathi : Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire , Central Book Depot, Allahabad, 1956 Satish Chandra : Mughal Empire (1526-1748 ), Part II, Har-Anand, New Delhi, 1997 Beni Prasad : History of Jahangir , Bhartiya Kala Pralkashan, Delhi, Reprint, 2013 B.P. Saxena : History of Shahjahan of Delhi , Indian Press, Allahabad, 1932 Jadu Nath Sarkar : Short History of Aurangzeb (1618-1707) , Orient Blackswan, Hydrabad, 2009 Jadu Nath Sarkar : Shivaji and his Times , M. C. Sarkar, Calcutta, 1952 Aniruddha Ray : Some Aspects of Mughal Administration , Kalyans Publishers, New Delhi, 1984 C. B. Asher : Architecture of Mughal India , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992 Z. A. Desai : Indo-Islamic Architecture , Publication Division, MIB, Govt of India, 1970
Advanced Reading:
Jahangir : Tuzuk-i Jahangiri , trans. Alexander Rogers, ed. Henry Beveridge, Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1909 Riazul Islam : Indo-Persian Relations: A Study of Political and diplomatic relations between the Mughal Empire and Iran , Tehran, 1970 Irfan Habib : Agrarian System of Mughal India , Second revised edition, OUP, 2014. Ibn Hasan : The Central Structure of the Mughal Empire , Oxford University Press, London, 1936 S. M. Yusuf : Some Aspects of Islamic Culture , Institute of Islamic Culture, Lahore, 1961 M. Athar Ali : Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb , OUP, 1970.
Articles:
M. Athar Ali : ‘The Religious Issue in the war of succession (1658-59)’, Medieval India Quarterly, Vol. 5, 1963 Afzal Hussain : Elements of continuity and stability in the Mughal nobility under Akbar and Jahangir, Studies in History , Vol. II, Number 2, July-December, 1980.
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. IV SEMESTER HSB-454: ANCIENT INDIA (GUPTAS TO HARSHA) Objective: To acquaint the students with Socio-Political condition of India during the Gupta and Harsha Period.
Teachers: Prof. S. Jabir Raza (WC) No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Rashmi Upadhyaya Dr. Mohammad Nafeesh
UNIT-I
1. Political History: a) Consolidation of Gupta Empire: Early History, Samudragupta. b) Chandragupta II; Huna Intrusion. c) Vakatakas: Polity and Economy; Harshavardhana of Kanauj: Extent of his Kingdom
UNIT-II
2. Administration and Economy: a) Gupta administration; Administration of Harsha. b) Rise of Feudalism: Concepts and Criticisms. c) Issue of De-urbanization: theory and first phase.
UNIT-III 3. Society, Religion and Art: a) India as described by Fa-hien and Yuan Chwang. b) Development in literature and sciences. c) Religion: Major developments d) Gupta sculptures.
Documents:
Allahabad Pillar Inscription (Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol. III, J.F. Fleet, tr., pp.10-17). Fahien’s account of Madhyadesh (Beal, ed., Buddhist Records of the Western World, I, Intro, pp. XXXVII and XXXVIII). Extracts from Hiuen Tsang (Beal, ed., Buddhist Records of the Western World, Vol. I, Book II, Sections 5-18, pp.73.
Reading List:
Altekar, A.S. The Vakataka-Gupta Age , ed. R.C. Majumdar, Motilal Banarsidas Publisher, Banaras. Jha, D.N. Economy and Society in Early India , Issues and Paradigns, Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, 1993. Majumdar, R.C. Classical Accounts of India, Mukhopadhyay, Calcutta, 1960. Mookerji, R.K. The Gupta Empire , Hind Kitabs, Bombay, 1959. Upinder Singh History of Ancient and Early Medieval India Ranabir Chakrabarty Exploring Early India upto CAD 1300 , IInd ed. Mac Millan Pubs. Delhi, 2013. H.C. Ray Chaudhary Political History of Ancient India , OUP, Delhi, 1996.
Chattopadhyaya, B.D. : The Making of Early Medieval India , Delhi, 1987. Byres, H. ed., : Feudalism and Non-European Societies , London, 1985. Sharma, R.S. : Indian Feudalism , Calcutta, 1965. Thakur, V.K. : Historiography of Indian Feudalism: Towards a Model of Early Medieval Indian Economy, c.A.D. 600-1000 , Delhi, 1989. Upinder Singh : History of Ancient and Early Medieval India , Delhi. Ranabir Chakravarty : Exploring Early India , 2016.
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. IV SEMESTER HSB-455: MODERN INDIA (1914-1950)
Objective: The paper looks at the growth of Indian nationalism with the emergence of Gandhi, major movements and simultaneous developments in Indian politics till India wins freedom. The study of working class movements and the rise of the left was crucial, and so was the growth of communalism in these times. Constitutional negotiations towards freedom and partition form important part of the course.
Teachers: Dr. Hassan Imam Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. (Mrs.) Shadab Bano Dr. Yogesh Kumar Yadav
UNIT- I Emergence of Gandhi and Nationalism 1. Limited self government by Act of 1919. World War-I, Home Rule Movement. 2. M. Gandhi and his early struggles, movement against Rowlatt Act. 3. Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement.
UNIT-II
Expansion of Social Base of the Nationalist Movement 1. Indian Politics- 1922-29: Swarajists, Rise of Communalism. 2. Peasant and Working Class Movements, Rise of Left. 3. Simon Commission, Nehru Report, Civil Disobedience Movement 1930-34, Women in National Movement.
UNIT –III Freedom and Partition 1. Act of 1935 and Congress ministries, 2. Quit India movement, Revival of Muslim League, Post war upsurge 3. Constitutional negotiations towards freedom and partition, Gandhi’s Assassination
Books Recommended:
Ishita Banerjee-Dube : A. History of Modern India Bipan Chandra : India’s Struggle for Independence Sumit Sarkar : Modern India (1889-1947) R.P. Dutt : India Today R.N. Agrawal : National Movement and Constitutional Development of India Shekhar Bandhopadhyay : From Plassey to Partition A.C. Bajerjee : Indian Constitutional Documents , Vols. II & III. S.Gopal : British Policy in India, 1858-1947. Mushirul Hasan : Nationalism and Communal Politics in India, 1885-1930 . A.R. Desai : Social Background of Indian Nationalism . Geraldine Forbes : Women in Modern India
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. IV Semester HSB-461: HISTORY OF ENGLAND 1714-1914 A.D.
Teacher: Dr. Roohi Abida Ahmed Total No. of Lectures = 20 Dr. Nazer Aziz Anjum Dr. Lucky Khan
UNIT-I
1. The Reigns of George I and George II, Walpole and the Cabinet system, The Reign of George III, The Revolt of American Colonies.
2. The Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions Enclosures and the Mechanical Changes in the Textile Industry.
UNIT-II
3. Govt. of England under Pitt, the Younger and The Impact of French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars of England, Condition of Working Class and Social Unrest after 1815.
4. Utilitarianism and Reform Movements, Reform Act of 1832. Chartist Movement.
UNIT-III
5. Corn Law Repeal, Cobden and Bright, Peelite Toryism.
6. The Liberals and Conservatives, Gladstone and Liberalism, Disraeli and New Conservatism, Reform Act of 1867, New Imperialism and Causes of British Entry into the First World War.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Warner & Martin : Ground Work of British History , Part II, London, 1949. 2. AL Morton : A Peoples History of England , New York, 1979. 3. Carter Mayer : A History of Britain , third edition, Delhi, 1959. 4. D. Richards & A Quick : Britain 1714-1851, London, 1961-71 . 5. “ “ : Britain 1851-1945 , London, 1967. 6. SE Ayling : The Georgian century , London, 1966.
BOOKS SUGGESTED: 1.Dorothy Marshall : Eighteenth Century England (1485-1815) , London, 1962. 2.Dorothy Marshall : Industrial England, 1776-1857. 3. Lewis Namier : The Structure of Politics at the accession of George III , II edition, 1957. 4. Christopher Hill : Reformation to Industrial Revolution , London, 1969. 5. E. Hobsbom : Industry and Empire , New York, 1999. 6. Peter Mathias : First Industrial Nation , New York, 1970. 7. C&D Roberts : A History of England, (Chapters IX-XV). 8. David Thomson : England in the Nineteenth Century , Middlesex, 1950.
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. IV SEMESTER
HSB-462: HISTORY OF WEST AND CENTRAL ASIA: Ottoman, Uzbeks & Safavids
Teachers: Prof. S. Jabir Raza (WC) No. of Lectures = 20 Dr. Syed Ali Kazim
UNIT - I
Origin of the Ottomans: Muhammad II, the conqueror, Suleyman, the Magnificent; Ottoman Administrative Structure: Timar, Ziamat, Sanjak; Army Organization.
UNIT - II
Shaibani Khan and formation of Uzbek Khanate; State under Abdullah Khan; Achievements of Ubaidullah Khan. Uzbek Relation with Mughal India and Persia.
UNIT - III
Formation of Safavid empire under Shah Ismail; Achievements of Shah Abbas; Safavid State Structure; Causes of the downfall of the Safavids.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Creasy : The History of the Ottomans 2. Shaw, Stanford : History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey 3. P. Sykes : History of Persia 4. Ghulam Sarwar : Shah Ismail of Persia , Aligarh, 1939. 5. Cambridge History of Iran Vols. V and VI (relevant portion), Cambridge, 1968. 6. Riazul Islam : Indo-Persian Relation , Iran, 1970. 7. N.R. Farooqi : Mughal-Ottoman Relations , Delhi, 1989. 8. Mehmed Pasha : Ottoman Statecraft , London, 1935. 9. Murphy Rhoads : Ottoman Warfare , 1500-1700, Routledge, 1999. 10. Chahryar Adle & : History of Civilizations of Central Asia , Vol. V, UNESCO, 2003. Irfan Habib (ed.) 11. Mansura Haider : Central Asia in Sixteenth Century
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. IV SEMESTER TOURISM TRB-451: MEDIEVAL INDIAN ART AND MONUMENTS–II
Objective: To acquaint students with Mughal Architecture.
Teacher: Dr. Aneesa Iqbal Sabir No. of Lectures = 40
UNIT – I
1. Mughal Architecture: From Babur to Humayun: Gardens and Mosques. 2. Architectural development under Akbar and Jahangir: Palaces, Mosques, Tombs, Forts, public works and detail study of Fatehpur Sikri.
UNIT-II
1. Mughal Architecture under Shah Jahan: The Taj & other buildings at Agra (Shahjahani Buildings inside the Agra Fort) Shahjahanabad (Delhi): Red Fort and Jami Mosque of Delhi. 2. Fortress, Palaces and Public Buildings
UNIT-III
1. Mughal painting under Akbar, Jahangir and Shahjahan. Building Decoration: Pietra- dura: Lattice work (Jali) Ceramic Art, (Tile work). 2. Book Illustrations and Portraiture. 3. European Influence on Mughal Painting.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Percy Brown - Indian Architecture (Islamic Period). 2. Z.A. Desai - Indo-Islamic Architecture . 3.Syed A. Khan - Asar-us-Sanadid (Translation by R. Nath entitled as ‘Monuments of Delhi; Historical Study). 4. Percy Brown - Indian Painting under the Mughals . 5. I Carel - Art of Islam . 6. S.A.A. Rizvi - Fatehpur Sikri . 7. Y.D. Sharma - Delhi & Its Neighbourhood . 8. R. Nath - Coloured Decoration in Mughal Architecture . 9. George Mitchell - Islamic Heritage of the Deccan . 10. L. Ashton (ed.) - Art of India and Pakistan , vol.II. 11. David Talbot Rice - Islamic Art 12. Subhash Parihar - Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture. 13. Daljeet - Mughal and Deccani Paintings 14. S.P.Verma - Mughal Painters and their Works (A bibliographical survey and Comprehensive Catalogue) 15. Ebba Koch - Mughal Architecture : An outline of its History and Development (1526-1850). 16. R.Nath - History of Mughals Architecture (part 1 ) 17. Sharmin Khan - History of Islamic Architecture : Delhi Sultanate, Mughal and Provincial period. 18. Robert Bork, William W. Clark, Abby Mc Ghee (Editor) - New Approaches to Medieval Architecture 19. Elizabeth Merkinger - Sultanate Architecture of Pre-Mughal
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. – (V Semester)
HSB-554: ANCIENT INDIA: SURVEY-I (to 200 AD)
Objective: To acquaint the students with sources, political, social and cultural history of the period.
Teachers: Prof. S. Jabir Raza (W.C.) Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. O.P. Srivastav
UNIT-I 1. Indus (Harappan) Civilization: Antecedents, spread and date, town planning, arts and crafts, trade, religion, decline.
2. The Vedic Age: The Indo-European Languages and Aryan immigration; society, polity and economy under the Rigveda : its Vedic gods, sacrifices; Beginnings of Upnishad’s philosophy. Later Vedic Period: Evolution of society; beginnings of the caste system.
UNIT-II 3. Jainism and Buddhism: Mahavira and Philosophy of Jainism: Gautama Buddha, social and economic factors behind the rise of Buddhism; doctrines of Buddhism and teachings of Mahavira; development of schools within later Buddhism; Alexander’s invasion and its consequences.
4. Mauryan Empire: The rise of Mauryas and the conquests of Chandragupta Maurya. Asoka’s conquest. Asokan Dhamma. Asokan Inscriptions: their contents and significance. 5. Mauryan Rule in the South
UNIT-III
6. The emergence of writing: Brahmi and Kharoshti. Sources Indica, Arthasastra and its evidence, Sangam Literature. Mauryan society and administration.
7. Kushanas: Kushana Chronology. Early Kushanas; Kanishka: conquests, empire and date. Culture: Gandhara and Mathura art. Economy of the period, Indo-Mediterranean trade 8. The Satavahanas (230 BC-200 CE), Expansion of Satavahana Power, Gautamiputra Satkarni.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED: V.S. Agarwal - Indian Art. B & FR Allchin - Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan . P.L. Bhargava - India in the Vedic Age . Bose, Sen and Subbarayappa - A Concise History of Science in India. Haldhar Pathak - Cultural History of the Gupta Empire. Irfan Habib & V.K. Thakur - Vedic Age Irfan Habib - Indus Civilization. K.M. Shremali - Iron Age and the Religious Revolution Irfan Habib - Post-Mauryan India: A Political and Economic History Irfan Habib & V. Jha - Mauryan India B.P. Sahu - Society and Culture in Post Mauryan India D.N. Jha - Ancient India – An Outline . DD Kosambi - Introduction to the Study of Indian History . R.C.Majumdar (ed.) - The Vedic Age. RC Majumdar (ed.) - The Age of Imperial Unity . R.C. Majumdar (ed.) - The Classical Age . KAN Sastri (ed.) - The Age of Nandas and Mauryas. Rajesh Kochar - The Vedic People. HC Raychaudhury - Political History of Ancient India . Romila Thapar - Early India Romila Thapar - Asoka and the Decline of Mauryas .
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B. A. (V Semester) CBCS HSB- 555: Medieval India: Survey- I (to 1526)
Aim & Object: To acquaint with socio-political history of Delhi Sultanate Teachers: Dr. Reyaz Ahmad Khan No. of Lectures: 40 Dr. Arshia Shafqat
Unit- I 1. Historical Sources on Delhi Sultanate especially Minhaj Siraj’s Tabaqat-i Nasri, Ziauddin Barani’s Tarikh-i Firozshahi , Ibn-i Battuta’s Rehla and Farhung Literature. 2. Political condition of India on the eve of Turkish Invasion. 3. Causes of Ghorian success in Northern India, 4. Sultan Shamshuddin Iltutmish (1210-1236): early life, problems, relation with Qubacha, Yaldoz and Changez Khan, investiture from the Caliph, contribution to the evolution of administrative institutions (The Iqta, the Army, the currency), the family of Forty (Chihalgani) slave officers, Balban’s initial problems, Theory of Kingship and consolidation of State.
Unit- II 1. Alauddin Khalji (1296-1316): Land revenue reforms, Market control, and Deccan policy. 2. Muhammad Tughlaq (1325-1351) Major projects: Transfer of Capital, Token Currency, and Doab projects. 3. Firoz Shah Tughlaq (1351-1388): Administrative Measures, public works, water works and irrigation system.
Unit- III 1. The Vijaynagar Empire: Establishment and consolidation, Kirshna Deva Raya (1509- 29), Administration- nature of State (segmentry State ‘Burton Stein’ and Feudal Model), Kingship, Role of Brahmans, The Nayankara system and Ayagar system. 2. The Bahmanis: Establishment, Conquest and Consolidation and Administrative Structure 3. Socio-Religious Reform Movements--- (a) Bhakti Movement: Characteristic Features, Bhakti Movement in North India- Ramanand (1400-75), Kabir (1440-1518) and his Teachings, Chaitanya (1486- 1533), Maharashtra Dharma. (b) Sufi Movements: Characteristic Features, The Suhrawardi Silsilah and the Chishti Silsilah, causes of the popularity of Chishti Silsilah, and the teachings of Nizamuddin Auliya (1236-1325)
Suggested Readings:
1. Mohammad Habib and K.A. Nizami (ed.) (1970): A Compressive History of India, (The Delhi Sultanate, A.D. 1205-1526), Vol. 5, Delhi. 2. Mohammad Habib: ‘The Sultanate in History’ in Mohammad Habib, Studies in Medieval Indian Polity and Culture, The Delhi Sultanate and its Times , ed. With an Introduction by Irfan Habib, OUP, New Delhi, 2016 (This chapter was originally published in 1952). - ‘Life and Thought of Ziauddin Barani’ Medieval India Quarterly, Aligarh, Jan-April, 1958. 3. Irfan Habib: The Agrarian System of Mughal India1556-1707, Third Edition 2014 (1963, 1999, 2000) especially pp. 33-34. - Irfan habib: Economic History of India A.D. 1206-1526. - Medieval India: The Study of Civilization, NBT, New Delhi, 2008. - “Ziya Barani’s Theory on the History of the Delhi Sultanate” Indian Historical Review, Vol. 7, Nos. 1-2. 4. Tara Chand, Influence of Islam on Indian Culture , LG Education, Delhi, 2018 (1963). 5. T, R. Chaudhuri & Irfan Habib (ed.) (1982): Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. I.Delhi. 6. KA Nizami: Some Aspects of Religion and Politics in India during 13 th Cetury. 2nd Edition, Delhi, 1974. - Life and Times of Sheikh Nizamuddin Auliya. OUP, 2007. 7. Satish Chandra: Medieval India Part- I, From Delhi Sultanate to the Mughals. 8. Sunil Kumar: The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate: A. D. 1192 to 1286. Permanent Black, Delhi, 2010. 9. K. S. Lal: History of Khaljis A.D. 1290-1320, Munshiram Manoharlal, Pvt, Ltd., New Delhi, 1967. 10. Agha Mahdi Husain: Tughlaq Dynasty. Calcutta, 1963 - Rise and Fall Muhammad Bin Tughlaq, Idarah-i Adabiayt-i Delli, Delhi, 2009. 11. Muhibbul Husain (ed.) (1968): Historians of Medieval India. Meerut 12. Shahabuddin Iraqi : Bhakti movement in Medieval India. 13. A.B.M. Habibullah: The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India. Revised Edition, Allahabad, 1961. 14. W. H. Moreland: Agrarian System of Moslem India. (chapter II & III). 15. Peter Jackson: The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History, Cambridge, 1999. 16. T.V. Mahalingam: Administration and Society under Vijaynagar , Madras University, 1969. 17. Nilkantha Sastri: History of South India , Fourth edition, OUP, 2018 (1955, 1975, 1990). 18. I. H. Siddiqui: Perso-Arabic Sources of Information on the Life and Condition in The Delhi Sultanate, Mnushiram Manoharlal, Delhi, 1992. - Authority and Kingship under the Sultanate (Thirteenth to Fourteenth Centuries), Manohar, Delhi, 2006. - Composite Culture under Delhi Sultanate, Primus Books, Delhi, 2013. 19. S. A. A. Rizvi: History of Sufism in India, Vol. I, Delhi, 1978. 20. R. C. Jauhari: Firoz Tughlaq, Agra, 1968. 21. Peter Hardy: Historians of Medieval India, London, 1959. 22. K. M. Ashraf: Life and Conditions of People of Hindustan, New Delhi, 1969.
CENTRE OF ADVANCED STUDY Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. (V Semester) HSB-556: MODERN INDIA: SURVEY-I (TO 1858)
Teachers: Dr. Farah Saif Abidin (W.C.) No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Lucky Khan
UNIT-I 1. Road to Colonial Conquest: Anglo-French Rivalry: Carnatic Wars Conquest of Bengal: Battle of Plassey and Buxar, Assumption of ‘Diwani Rights’. 2. British Expansion: Mysore Under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan: Anglo-Mysore Wars, the Anglo-Maratha Wars. Indian states from Subsidiary Alliances to “Paramountcy” (1798-1857): Doctrine of Lapse Satara, Jhansi, Nagpur, Oudh.
UNIT-II 3. Colonial Economy: The Tribute, ‘Drain of Wealth’1757-1857: Its phases, mechanism and impact on Indian economy. Land revenue settlements - Permanent, Ryotwari and Mahalwari. De-industrialization and De-Urbanization. Railways, Commercialisation of Indian agriculture. Beginning of modern industry.
UNIT-III
4. Social and Cultural Awakening: Official social reform measures (1828-1857): Abolition of Sati and Cruel rites, Suppression of Infanticide, Widow Re-marriage Act. Education Policy (1834-57): Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy, Sir Charles Wood’s Dispatch on Education 1954. Brahmo Samaj and reform movement in Bengal. Satyashodhak Samaj, Arya Samaj, Aligarh movement.
5. Resistance to Colonial Rule: Early uprisings, Revolt of 1857: Its Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Religious Causes, Nature and Impact. British Raj after the Revolt: Re-organization of Army, Administrative Decentralization.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. A.C. Banerji & D.K. Ghosh : Comprehensive History of India , Vol.8., New Delhi, 1978. 2. H.H. Dodwell : Cambridge History of India , Vol.5., New Delhi, 1968. 3. Tara Chand : History of the Freedom Movement in India , Vols. I & II., New Delhi, 1990. 4. R.C. Dutt : Economic History of India , Vols. I., New Delhi, 1990. (1902-1904) 5. S.C. Sarkar & K.K. Dutta : Modern Indian History , Allahabad, 1967. 6. R.P. Dutt : India Today , Calcutta, 1970. 7. Judith M. Brown : Modern India , Oxford University Press, 1994. 8. Shekkar Bandhopadhyay : From Plassey to Partition , Hyderabad, 2004. 9. P.J. Marshall : The Eighteenth Century in Indian History , New Delhi, 2003. 10. Amar Farooqui : The Establishment of British Rule in India (1757-1813) , New Delhi, 2014. 11. Irfan Habib : Indian Economy under Early British Rule (1757-1857), New Delhi, 2013. 12. Irfan Habib : Indian Economy, 1858-1916 , New Delhi, 2013. 13. R.C. Majumdar :British Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance, Vol. IX, Bombay, 1963.
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. – (V Semester) HSB-565: Medieval Indian Civilization (to 1550)
Teachers: Prof. R.K. Hussain Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Shadab Bano (WC)
Society and Economy
(a) Polity: Concepts of Indian Feudalism, 800-1200. Central Despotism and Regional States. (b) Castes, Rise of the Rajput caste, Slavery before and under the Sultanate. (c) Agriculture, commerce and crafts. Changes in technology.
Religion
(a) Decline of Buddhism; Shankaracharya’s Vedantic doctrine (b) Arrival of Islam. Rise of Sufism: Major Sufic beliefs and practices. (c) Ramanuja. Bhakti, Lingayat movement in the South (d) Popular monotheistic movement in Maharashtra and North India: Namdev, Kabir, Nanak.
Science, Literature and Arts
(a) Science: Developments in Mathematics (including decimal notation), Astronomy and Medicine, Survey by Al- Beruni (b) Sanskrit literature: Rajatarangini, Persian. Amir Khusrau. Rise of regional literatures (c) Early medieval Indian architecture and sculpture. Sun Temple. (d) Architecture in the Sultanate and Vijayanagar Empire. (e) Main features of Sultanate and Vijayanagar Empire with special reference to Qutb Complex and Hampi.
Reading List:
Asher, C.B. and C. Talbot, eds. India before Europe . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Chattopadhyay Debiprasad, Studies in the History of Science in India, 2 Vols. New Delhi, 1982. Digby, Simon, The Sufi Shaikh and the Sultan: A conflict of claims to Authority in Medieval India , Iran, 28, 1990 Eaton, R.M.,ed. India’s Islamic Traditions, 711-1750 . New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2003. Eaton, R.M. Essays on Islam and Indian History . New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2000. Habib, I. and T. Raychaudhuri, eds. Cambridge Economic History of India , vol. 1. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1982.
______Technological changes and Society, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries , PIHC, 1969. Irfan Habib (ed) Religion in Indian History . Irfan Habib Technology in Medieval India Irfan Habib, Medieval India: The Study of a Civilization (first two parts) Mohammad Habib (ed) Studies in Medieval Indian Polity and Culture: The Delhi Sultanate and its Times by New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2016. Hardy, P. Historians of Medieval India: Studies in Indo-Muslim Historical Writing , London, Luzac and Company Ltd., 1966. Lorenzen, D.N. Religious Movements in South Asia 600-1800 . New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 2004. [Paperback edition, 2005] Schomer, K. and W.H. McLeod, eds. The Sants: Studies in a Devotional Tradition of India, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1987. Rizvi, S.A.A. A History of Sufism . vol. 1. Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 1978. Tarachand Influence of Islam on Indian Culture , Allahabad, 1963 R.S. Sharma Indian Feudalism , Calcutta, 1965 Percy Brown Indian Architecture (Buddhist & Hindu Period) . Indian Architecture (The Islamic Period) . D.D. Kosambi An Introduction to the Study of Indian History , Bombay, 1956. J.S. Grewal The State & Society in Medieval India , Vol.VII.
CENTRE OF ADVANCED STUDY Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. Hons. (V Semester) HSB-566: NATIONAL MOVEMENT, 1919–1930
Teachers: Dr. Farah Saif Abidin (W.C.) No. of Lecture = 40 Mr. Yogesh Kumar Yadav
UNIT – I
1. INDIA DURING AND AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR: (1.1) National Politics During the War: Ghadar Movement: Causes, Stratergies, Strengths and the weaknesses, Consequences and the assessment of the Movement. The Home Rule Movements: Causes and Objectives, Efforts of B.G. Tilak and Annie Besant and Their Associates, Congress-League Pact and Its Assessment, Declining of the Movement and Its Consequences. (1.2) Emergence of Mahatma Gandhi: His political Philosophy: The Concept of Non-vilance, Satyagraha and Swaraj; His early struggles: Champaran, Kheda and Ahmedabad. (1.3) Economic Impact of the War: Inflation in the Indian Economy, War-Loans and War Expenditure, Impoverished Masses, Temporary Boom in Indian War Industries, Formation of Labour Unions. (1.4) Constitutional Reforms: The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms: Declaration of Montagu, Montagu-Chelmsford Report and the Government of India Act, Introduction of Dyarchy at Provincial Level and Its other features, Nationalist Interpretation of the Act.
UNIT-II 2. KHILAFAT AND NON-COOPERATION MOVEMENT (1920-22). (2.1) Rowlatt Acts and the Indian response: Purpose of the Acts, Resistance of the Acts or April Satyagraha, and the Incident of Jalianwalla Bagh Massacur. (2.2) Impact of the issues of the Khilafat and Turkish Independence. Formation of Khilafat Committees. Congress and the Khilafat Question. (2.3) The Non-cooperation and Khilafat Movement, 1920-22, its objectives, organisation and extent of mobilisation. Factors behind its withdrawal. (2.4) Response of various social classes to the Movement And Its National Character and Regional Studies.
UNIT-III
3. POST-NON-COOPERATION (1922-30): (3.1) The ‘Pro-Changers’ and the ‘No-Changers’: ‘The Pro-changers’: The Swaraj Party, Its Methods of Resistance, The extent of Swarajist success and Limitations of Swarajist Politics. ‘No-Changers’: Gandhian “Constructive Programme”; Promotion of Khadi and Spinning, Removal of Untouchability, Communal Haarmoney, Boycott of Foreign Goods, Social Service Among Masses and Assessment of the Constructive Work. (3.2) EMERGENCE OF NEW FORCES IN THE TWENTIES: Growth of communalism in 1920s: Role of Hindu Mahasabha, RSS and Muslim League, Questions of Shuddhi, Tabligh, Cow-Protection, Music before Mosques and Other Communal Incidents and Violance. Peasants and the Working Class Movements: Avadh Kisan Sabha, Ika Movement, Mappila rebellion, Communist Ideology, Formation of Communist parties like Communis Party of India, Workers and Peasants Party and Kirti Kisan Sabha. (3.3). Revolutionary Violence: The Kakori Case; Bhagat Singh and others, Radical Trends in Congress: Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Bose.
(3.4) Progress of “Gandhian Programme”: Bardoli. Khudai Khidmatgars, The constitutional conflict : The Simon Commission, Nehru Report and the Response of the Muslim League and the First Round-Table Conference.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED: Tara Chand - History of the Freedom Movement in India , Vols. III and IV., Publication Division, New-Delhi, 1965. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay - From Plassey to Partition : History of Modern India, Orient Longman PVT LTD, New/Delhi, 2007. Ishita Banerjee-Dube - A History of Modern India, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2015. Sugata Bose & Ayesha Jalal - Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy, Oxford University Press, New-Delhi, 1998. Sumit Sarkar - Modern India, 1885-1947, Macmillan India LTD, New- Delhi, 1983, Reprinted 2002. Bipan Chandra, (ed.,) - India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857-1947, Penguin Books India PVT LTD, New-Delhi, 1989. Mushirul Hasan - Nationalism and Communal Politics in India, 1885-1930, Manohar Publication, New-Delhi, 1994. Judith Brown - Modern India: The Origins of an Asian Democracy , Second Edition, Oxford University Press, New-York, 1994. H.K. Puri, - Ghadar Movement: A Short History , National Book Trust, New-Delhi, 2015. M.K. Gandhi, Hind-Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, Navajivan Publishing House, Ahmedabad, Revised 1938. D.G. Tendulkar - Mahatma, Vols. I, II and III , Publication Division, New- Delhi, 1953. Judith M. Brown - Gandhi’s Rise to Power : Indian Politics 1915-1922 , Cambridge University Press, London, 1972. Gallagher, Johnson & Seal (ed,) - Locality Province and Nation: Essays on Indian Politics 1870-1940, Cambridge University Press, 1973 . M.H. Siddiqui - Agrarian Unrest in North India, Advent Books, 1978. R.J. Moore - Crisis of Indian Unity, 1917-1940, Oxford University Press, New-York, 1974. Bipan Chandra - Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India , Orient Blackswan PVT LTD, New-Delhi, 1981. S. Gopal - Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography 1889-1947, Vol. I., Oxford University Press, 1993. R.L. Handa - History of the Freedom Struggle in the Princely States, Central News Agency, New-Delhi, 1968. DA Low (ed.) - Congress and the Raj: Facets of the Indian Struggle 1917- 47, Heineman Educational Books, London , 1977. BR Tomlinson - Indian National Congress and the Raj., 1929-1942: The Penultimate Phase, Palgrave, Macmillan, London, 1976. Sukhbir Chaudhary - Peasant’s and Workers Movement in India (1905-1929), People’s Publishing House, New-Delhi, 1971 . Sukomal Sen - Working Class of India: History of Emergence and Movement 1830-1970 , K.P. Bagchi and Company, Calcutta, 1977. Moin Shakir - Khilafat to Partition: Survey of major Political Trends Among Indian Muslims 1940-47, Ajanta Publications, New- Delhi, 1983 . Ayesha Jalal - The Sole Spokesman: Jinna, The Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan , Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, New-York, 1994. Tufail Ahmad Manglori - Towards a Common Destiny: a Nationalist Manifesto, People’s Publishing House, New-Delhi, 1994. R.K. Trivedi - The Critical Triangle: India, Britain and Turkey 1908-1924 , Saujanya Books, 1994. Judith M. Brown - Gandhi and Civil Disobedience: The Mahatma in Indian Politics 1928-1934, Cambridge University Press, 2008. R.P. Dutt - India Today, People’s Publishing House, Bombay, 1947 . Irfan Habib - The National Movement: Studies in Ideology and History, Tulika Books, 2011 .
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. (V Semester) HSB-567: Ancient Indian Civilization (200 BC - 800 AD)
Objective: To acquaint the students with the developments in Ancient Indian Civilization
Teachers: Prof. S. Jabir Raza No. of Lectures = 60 Dr. Rashmi Upadhyaya
Unit I 1) Greek Influence on India: Economy, Science and Technology. 2) Art and Architecture under the Shungas. 3) Kushana Art: Gandhara and Mathura Schools. 4) Kushana Urbanisation; Sangam Age Society in South India.
Unit II 1) Evolution of Classical Sanskrit Literature. 2) Development in Science &Technology. 3) Brahmanic Revivalism, Land-grants 4) Social Structure: Castes and Classes.
Unit III 1) Origin and Development of Indian Feudalism. 2) Decline of Buddhism. 3) Hiun-Tsang’s Account of Indian Society. 4) Developments in Languages, Rise of Different Sects
Books Recommended
D.D. Kosambi : Culture and Civilization of Ancient India in Historical outline . R.C. Dutta : History of Civilization in Ancient India based on Sanskrit Sources , Vol.I. A.L. Basham : The Wonder that was India . J.N. Asopa : Origin of the Rajputs . R.S Tripathi : History of Ancient India . R.C. Majumdar : Classical Age . R.K. Mukherjee : Gupta Empire . R.S. Sharma : Indian Feudalism . N. Subramaniyam : Sangam Polity. V. A. Smith : A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon.
Edith Tomary : A History of Fine Art in India and the West
CENTRE OF ADVANCED STUDY Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. (Semester-V) HSB-571: HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 1760-1867
Teachers: Dr. (Mrs.) Roohi Abida Ahmad (WC) Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Nazer Aziz Anjum
UNIT-I
1. PARLIAMENTARY REGIME UNDER GEORGE III (a) Parliamentary Politics; 1760-70. (b) Personal Rule of George III, 1770-83. (c) England and the American War of Independence.
2. THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION: (a) The New agricultural `Science’ (b) Enclosures, and the rise of capitalist farming. (c) Effects of the Enclosures. The Speenhamland system.
UNIT-II
3. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TO 1815: (a) Primary (primitive) accumulation of capital: its sources and significance. (b) The early mechanical inventions: The textile industry. New sources of power: Water and coal; coal mining and iron industry.
4. THE REFORM ACT OF 1832: (a) Factors behind the demand for parliamentary reform. (b) The Reform Act of 1832. (c) Impact of the Reform Act on distribution of political power.
UNIT-III
5. SECOND PHASE OF THE INDUSTRIAL RVOLUTION: (a) The Railways, as the last stage in British Industrialisation. (b) The Chartist Movement: its principles, strength and decline.
6. GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND, 1837-67: (a) The anti-Corn Law League. Cobden and Bright. (b) Peelite Toryism (1841-46); Factory legislation, Corn Law Repeal and its significance. (c) The emergence of the Conservative and Liberal Parties. (d) The Second Reform Act, 1867 its political consequences
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
J.S. Watson : The Reign of George III, 1760-1815 . L. Namier. : The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III. R. Pares : George III and the Politicians Dorthy Marshall : England in the 18 th Century L. Namier : England in the Age of American Revolution. Asa Briggs : The Age of Improvement 1783-1862. E.L. Woodward : The Age of Reform 1815-1862. C.L. Clark : The Making of Victorian England. W.H. Mahel : The Reform bill of 1832 Asa Briggs : Chartist Studies . E.J. Hobsbawm : Industry and Empire. T.S. Ashton : Economic History of England. Paul Mantoux : Industrial Revolution in England. A.L. Morton : People’s History of England . Christopher Hill : Reformation to Industrial Revolution . E. Hobsbom : Industry and Empire . Peter Mathias : First Industrial Nation .
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. (V Semester)
HSB-574: ART & ARCHITECTURE OF INDIA (MAURYAS TO MUGHALS)
Objective: The paper aims of making students acquainted with the main features of sculptures and painting and with the development of architecture during ancient and medieval period.
Teachers: Dr. Arshia Shafqat (WC) No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Mohammad Zafar Minhaj
UNIT-I 10
1. Ancient Methods and Techniques: Trabeate and Corbelled. 2. Buddhist Architecture: Mauryan Cave Architecture and Pillars. Stupa (Sanchi); Rock-cut Architecture (Ajanta). Temple Architecture: Sanchi, Devgarh, Bhitargaon. The ‘Aryan’ and ‘Dravidian’ styles of temples: Bhubaneshwar (Lingaraja), and Chola temples (Brihadeshwara Temple). 3. Mauryan Sculptures: Ashokan Sculptures, Gandhara Sculptures (1 st to 3 rd C. A.D.) Mathura School. 4. Painting in Ancient India: Ajanta.
UNIT-II 10
1. Sultanate Architecture: Arcuate Technique (Arches and Domes) Qubbat-ul-Islam Mosque, Tomb of Iltutmish, Qutbminar, Alai Darwaza 2. Tughlaq Architecture: Main features, Tombs (Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq and Khan-i-Jahan Telangani) Mosques. Saiyyid and Lodi Tombs (Octagonal and Square Tomb). Sur Architecture: Qila-i Kuhna Mosque and Tombs (Hasan Sur and Sher Shah) 3. Deccan Architecture: Bahmani architecture and Vijaynagar (Hampi)
UNIT-III 10
1. Mughal Architecture: Main Features 2. Akbar: The Tomb of Humayun, Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri. 3. Shah Jahan: The Taj Mahal and Red Fort, Delhi. 4. Mughal Paintings.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED: 1. A. L. Basham : The Wonder that was India , London, 1954. 2. Percy Brown : Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Period) , Bombay, 1956 -do- : Indian Architecture (Islamic Period) , Mumbai, 1997 -do- : Indian Painting , New Delhi, 1965. 3. R. Nath : History of Sultanate Architecture , Delhi 1978 4. James Fergusson : History of Indian & Eastern Architecture , Vol. I & II, London, 1891. 5. Manorama Jauhari : South India and Its architecture . 6. Edith Tomory : A History of Fine Arts in India and the West , Bombay, 1982. 7. Charles Fabri : Discovering Indian Sculpture , New Delhi, 1970. 8. Charles Fabri : An Introduction to Indian Architecture, Bombay 1963 9. Chintamoni Kar : Classical Indian Sculpture , London 1950 10. K. Krishnamurthy : Early Indian Secular Architecture , Sandeep Prakashan, Delhi 1987 11. S.K. Bhattacharya : The story of Indian Art , Delhi 1966 12. A.K. Coomaraswamy : Introduction to Indian Art , Munshiram Delhi, 1969 13. E.B. Havell : Indian Architecture through the Ages (Chapter X). 14. Catherine B. Asher : The New Cambridge History of India , Mughal Architecture . 15. J.P. Guha : Introducing Indian Art 17. Satish Grover : The Architecture of India (Islamic Period). New Delhi, 1981 18. Ebba Koch : The Mughal Architecture: An Outline of its History and Development, Primus Books, Delhi 2014. 19. Iqtidar Alam Khan : The Karwan Sarais of Mughal India: A Study of Surviving Structures , IHR , Vol.XIV, No.1-2. 20. Margaret H.Case (ed.) : Govindadeva: A Dialogue in Stone . IGNCA, New Delhi, 1996 21. G.H.R. Tillotson (ed.) : Paradigms of Indian Architecture, Oxford University Press Delhi, 1998 22. S.P. Verma : Art and Material Culture in the Paintings of Akbar’s Court , New Delhi, 1978. 23. K. Khandalwala : Documents on Indian Painting , Bombay 1969 24. M.C. Beach : The Cambridge History of India: Mughal and Rajput Paintings, Cambridge University Press, 1992 25. Surendra Sahai : Indian Architecture, Islamic Period. 26. Bianca Maria Alfieri : Islamic Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent . 27. B.P. Sahu : Society and Culture in Post-Mauryan India . 28. Benjamin Rowland : The Art and Architecture of India ( Budhist, Hindu, Jains,) 29. Z A Desai : Indo-Islamic Architecture, Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India Delhi, 1970 30. George Mitchell : Islamic Heritage of the Daccan , Marg Publications, Bombay, 1986 31. Daljeet : Mughals and Daccan Paintings , From the Collection of National Museum, New Delhi, 1999
Article:
Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi, Classification and Terminology in the study of Indian Architecture.
--do-- Iranian Influence on Medieval Indian Architecture; Growth of civilizations in India and Iran Ed Irfan Habib, Tulika, New Delhi, 2002
--do-- Mughal Architecture: Organization, Inspiration and Design Presidential Address ,Section ii, Medieval, India Indian History Congress, 75 th Session, JNU, 2014
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. – (V Semester)
HSB-575: MODERN WORLD, 1500-1870 AD
Teachers: Dr. Aneesa Iqbal Sabir Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Sana Aziz
UNIT-I
1. European Renaissance: (a) Humanism in literature: Italian Literature, English Literature, French Literature, Spanish Literature. (b) Humanism in Art: Development in Architecture, Influence in Painting, Reflection in Sculpture (c) Renaissance: It’s Impact, Transition from medieval to modern age, Beginning of a new spirit of science and reason. 2. Reformation: (a) Causes of reformation: Religious, Cultural, Political and economic causes. (b) Role of Martin Luther: The Indulgence Scandal, The Ninety five thesis. (c) Spread of Protestantism: Germany, Scandinavia, Switzerland, France, England 3. Rise of Colonialism: (a) Discovery of New World: Causes, Process of colonization. (b) Slave trade: The Atlantic slave trade. (c) European Conquests in Asia: South-East Asia, Central Asia, India, French and English occupation in Africa
UNIT-II
1. Rise of Capitalism: (a) Scientific Revolution: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Medicine. (b) Industrial Revolution in England: Revolution in Agriculture , Impact: Social, Economic and Political. 2. French Revolution: (a) Causes, State of the Ancient Regime. The New Political and Social Ideas. Consequences: political, social and economic. (b) Napoleon Bonaparte: Rise to Power, Domestic Reforms, Continental System, Causes of his downfall.
UNIT-III
1. American Revolution: Causes: Political, Economic, immediate cause. The Continental Congress 1774, 1775, The Treaty of Paris(1783), The National Convention and the Constitution of 1787. 2. American Civil War with reference to Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of slavery. Simon Bolivar and resolutions in Latin America. 3. Rise of socialist theories. Karl Marx and his ideas; Communist Manifesto. The 1848 Resolutions: Seneca Falls Convention (Movement for women’s franchise). 4. Unification of Italy: Young Italy and Mazzini, Cavour, Victory over Austria, Garibaldi, The kingdom of Italy. Unification of Germany: From Zollverein to Unification, Bismarck and the wars of 1866-70-71, The Treaty of Fankfurt.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Green, V.H.H.; Renaissance and Reformation, London, Edward Arnold and Co., 1952. 2. Charles G. Nauert; Humanism and the Culture of Renaissance Europe, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995. 3. Frank E. Manuel; The Age of Reason, New York, Cornell, University Press, 1961. 4. Penington, D.H.; Seventeenth Century Europe, London, Longman, 1970. 5. Coleman D.C.; Revision in Mercantilism, The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, Vols. I, II, IV, London, Methuen, 1969. 6. Thompson David; Europe since Napolean, 2 nd ed., London, Longmans, 1957, reprinted, 1965. 7. Fieldhouse, D.K.; Colonial Empires: A Comparative Survey since the Eighteenth Century, London, Weidenfeld, 1966. 8. Palmer and Cotton; Modern World, 9. Edward H. Burns; World Civilization, Vol, B, Vol. C, Their History, 2 nd Their Culture by Edward Mcnall Burns, 7 th ed., New York/Delhi, Nortan/Goyal Saab, 1991. 10. S.P. Nanda; History of Modern World 1919-1980, New Delhi, Anmol Publications, 1998. 11. Reddy K.; Modern World, Delhi, Career Classics, 2008. 12. Christopher Hill; Reformation to Industrial Revolution, London, Weidenfeld, 1967. 13. G. Lefebvre; The Coming of the French Revolution, tr. by R.R. Palmer, (1798), Princeton, Princeton University, Press, 1949, reprinted, 1967. 14. Edward Mac Nau Burns; World Civilization, 15. P.L. Ralph, R.E; Civilization of the World, 16. R.L. Greaves, R. Kevin Reilly, Zaller et.al; Reading in World Civilization, 2 nd ed. New York, St. Martin’s Press, c.1992. 17. Immanuel Wallerstein; “Modern World System” Capitalist, Agriculture and the Origin of the European World Economy in the 16 th Century, New York, Academic Press, c.1974. 18. Lipson E.; Europe in the 19 th C. and 20 th C.(1815-1939), London, E.L.B. Society, 1963. 19. PflanZe Otto; Bismark and the Development of Germany, the Period of Unification (1815- 1871), Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1963. 20. Allen and Unwin (Ed.); U.N.E.S.C.O. History, History of Mankind, Culture and Scientific Development, Vols. V and VI. Pr. In Great Britain by Unwin Brothers Limited, London, 1966. 21. Arjun Dev; History of Civilization, New Delhi, N.C.E.R.T., 1984. 22. Robert B. Marks; The Origin of Modern World: A Global and Environmental Narrative from 15 th to 21 st Century World Social Change 23. C.A. Bayly; The Birth of Modern World (1780-1914), New Delhi, Atlantic/Black well, 2004. 24. Eric Hobswn; The Age of Revolution (1789-1848), London, Weidenfeld, 2 nd ed. Nicolson, c.1962. 25. Jain Mathur; History of the Modern World, 26. B.V. Rao; History of the Modern World 1500-2013, New Delhi, Sterling, 1985. 27. Blanning T.C.W.; The French Revolutionary Wars 1789-1802, London, Arnold, 1996. 28. Eley Geoff; From Unification to Nazism, U.S.A. Allen +Unwin, 1986.
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U. Aligarh BA (Hons) V Semester HSB-578: Architectural Heritage of India
Teachers: Dr. Nazer Aziz Anjum Total No. of Lectures = 40 Ms. Lubna Irfan (WC)
Objectives: The course is aimed towards skill development of the students. It will not only sensitise them towards our built heritage, and the monuments of the past ages, but also teach them the basics of how they are preserved and conserved.
UNIT I 1. What is a monument? How to define that it is a heritage structure 2. Classifications of the styles of Architecture: Cunningham and Fergusson to present day. Classification of monuments by Archaeological Survey of India 3. Styles and Techniques of Architecture: Trabeate, Corbelled and Arcuate
UNIT II 1. Indian Architecture and its place in the World Architecture 2. Our Architectural Heritage: the Sanchi Stupa; the Ajanta Caves, Temple at Ellora 3. The Temple traditions: the Nagara, Dravidian and Visara
UNIT III 1. The Saracenic styles: Delhi Sultanate, Mughals and the important Regional styles 2. The Colonial Heritage of India: Delhi, Kolkata and Lucknow 3. Conservation and Preservation of Monumental Remains: the Act of 1904 and 1958; Sir John Marshall's Manual of Conservation. The present problems and challenges
READING LIST: 1. Charles Fabri An Introduction to Indian Architecture, New York, 1963. 2. James Ferguson History of Indian and Eastern Architecture , revised edition, London, 1910. 3. E.B. Havell Indian Architecture, London, 1920. 4. Percy Brown Indian Architecture: Buddhist and Hindu Period , Bombay, 1942(1 st edition). 5. Percy Brown Indian Architecture Islamic Period , 1942 (1 st edition), 1981. 6. Ziauddin Desai Indo-Islamic Architecture , Delhi, 1970 (1 st edn.), 2012. 7. Subhash Parihar Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture , New Delhi, 1999. 8. S.A. Nadeem Rezavi Fathpur Sikri Revisited (Appendix I & II) OUP, New Delhi, 2013. ‘Medieval Indian Architecture: Its History and Evolution’, Symposia Paper 29, Indian History Congress, 73 rd session, Mumbai, 2012. Mughal Architecture: Organization, Inspiration and Design, Presidential Address, Medieval Indian Section, Indian History Congress, Platinum session, JNU, Delhi, 2014. 9. John Marshall Conservation Manual , 1923. 10.Indra Sengupta ‘A Conservation Code for the Colony’, in M. Falser & M. Juneja (eds.), ‘Archaeologizing’ Heritage Transcultural Research , Springer, 2013. 11. Edith Tomory A History of Fine Arts in India and the West , Bombay, 1982. 12. Thomas R. Metcalf An Imperial Vision: Indian Architecture and Britain’s Raj, OUP,1989 .
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. V Semester
HSB-579: UMMAYYIDS
Teachers: Dr. Aneesa Iqbal Sabir Total No. of Lectures = 40 Ms. Lubna Irfan (WC)
UNIT-I
Establishment of Ummayad Caliphate: (a) Background (644-661 A.D.) events in the second half of the Pious Caliphate, (Period of Uthman), Charges against Uthman, Assasination of Uthman, causes. (b) Civil War between Ali and Mu’awiyah, Causes of Ali’s failure, Fall of the Pious Caliphate. (c) Rise of the Umayyad power and its nature, Special features of Ummayad period.
UNIT-II
Expansion and Consolidation of Umayyad Caliphate (661-705 A.D.): (a) Mu’awiyah: Policies and conquests. (b) Yazid: Massacre of Karbala and Siege of Mecca. (c) Rise of the Marwanid family: Political conflicts in the ruling class, Revolt of Abdullah b. al Zubair, Assessment of Abd-al Malik’s reign, His Reforms.
UNIT-III
Ummayad Caliphate Zenith & Decline (705-750 A.D.): (a) Walid I and the expansion of the Caliphate, Sulayman’s short rule. (b) ‘Umar b. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, His policies and measures. Rule of Hisham b. ‘Abd al-Malik. (c) Fall of the Ummayad dynasty: Wellhausen’s interpretation and its critics.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED: 1. K Ali: A study of Islamic History, Delhi, Idarah-i-Adabiyat-i-Delli, 1950. 2. Willium Muir; Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline and Fall, rev. by T.H Weir, new and rev. ed. Edinburg, Grant, 1924. 3. P.K Hitti; History of the Arabs, London, Macmillan, 1961. 4. P.K.Hitti; Makers of Arab History, London, Macmillan, 1969. 5. P.K. Hitti; History of Syria, London, Macmillan, 1951. 6. B. Lewis; Arabs in History, London, Hutchinson University Library, 1954. 7. J. Wellhausen; The Arab Kingdom and its Fall, London, Curzon Press, 1927. 8. A.A. Dixon; The Umayyad Caliphate (65-86/684-705), London, Luzac Publishing LTD., 1971. 9. H.A.R Gibb; An Introduction of Arab Literature, H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1926. 10. S.D Goitein; Studies in Islamic History and Institutions, Leiden, Brill, 1966. 11. G.R. Hawting; The First Dynasty of Islam: The Umayyad Caliphate A.D. 661-750, London, Croom, 1986.
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. (V Semester) HSB/TRB-591: TOURISM IN INDIA (ELECTIVE)
Objective: To make students aware of the evolution of tourism/travel from the ancient period to the present times and the efforts of different organizations, national/international, to develop it as an important source of national income and to create social and cultural harmony.
Teacher: Dr. Amir Ahmad No. of Lectures = 22
UNIT-I
1. “Tourism”, meaning, cultural and economic significance. 2. Tourism in the past: Nature and main objectives 3. Modern concept of tourism: mass tourism. 4. Main forms of travel: Rail, Road, Sea and Air.
UNIT-II
1. Organisation and Promotion of Tourism in India: Surgeant Committee’s Recommendations and its results. 2. Travel Agencies and Tour Operators, Tourist guides and interpreters and their training. 3. Tourist accommodation and amenities: types of accommodation, hotel and its classification. 4. International Tourism Organization: World Tourism Organisation (WTO).
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. J. Christopher Holloway - The Business of Tourism , Pearson, London, 2006. 2. A.K. Bhatia - Tourism in India , Archaeology Survey of India, Library, New Delhi, 1998. 3. –do– - International Tourism: Fundamentals and Practices 4. Jagmohan Negi - International Tourism and Travel, Publisher S. Chand, Lucknow, 2003. 5. –do– - Tourism and Travel-concepts and Principles 6. Fodor - India, Nepal and Sri Lanka 7. N. Kaul - Tourist India 8. Seth P.N. - Successful Tourism Management in India 9. B. Madik - Tourism, Past, Present & Future 10. M.M. Anand - Tourism and Hotel Industry in India 11. Kanwar Lal - Holy Cities of India 12. Maneet Kumar - Tourism Today – An Indian Perspective 13. K.C. Sharma - Tourism: Policy Planning Strategy 14. Manish Ratti - History and Geography of Tourism , New Delhi, 2007, Chapters I & II 15. Md. Abu Barkat Ali - Travel and Tourism Management , 2015 16. Chitra Garg - Travel India: State Wise Road A Complete Guide to Tourists , 2007. 17. Shahi Prabha Sharma - Tourism and Environment Concept, Principles and Approaches, Kanishka Publisher, New Delhi, 2006.
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Session 2019-2020 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. (V Semester) HSB/TRB-592: MEDIEVAL INDIAN ART AND MONUMENTS (ELECTIVE)
Teachers: Dr. Arshia Shafqat (WC) No. of Lectures = 22 Dr. Mohammad Nafeesh
UNIT-I
(a) Methods and Techniques: Trabeate, Corbelled and Arcuate. Introduction of new material of construction: Effects
(b) Development of Indo-Saracenic Architecture: The Qutb Complex; Main features of Tughlaq Architecture: Tomb of Khan-i-Jahan Tilangani
UNIT-II
(a) Square and Octagonal Tombs under Saiyyids and Lodis. The period of Surs (b) Developments in Paintings: Book Illustrations.
(c) UNIT-III
(a) Regional Styles of Architecture: Gujarat, Bengal and Mandu. (b) Emergence of Mughal Architecture: Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar’s Tomb, Taj Mahal.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Percy Brown - Indian Architecture (Islamic Period)., D.P. Taraporevala, reprint, Bombay, 1997 2. Z.A. Desai - Indo-Islamic Architecture , Delhi Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1970. 3. Irfan Habib - Medieval India, The Study of a Civilization , NBT, India, 2009. 4. Edith Tomory - A History of Fine Arts in India and the West , Orient Longman, 2006. 3. Atsof, Nurhan - Art of Islam , UNESCO/Fiammarion, Paris, 1990. 4. S.A.A. Rizvi - Fatehpur Sikri , Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi, 1972. 5. Y.D. Sharma - Delhi & Its Neighbourhood , Archaeological Survey of India and Its Neighbourhood, New Delhi, 1982. 6. R. Nath - Coloured Decoration in Mughal Architecture , D.B. Taraporevals, Bombay, 1970. 7. George Mitchell - Islamic Heritage of the Deccan , Marg Publications, Deccan (Bombay, 1986.) 8. L. Ashton (ed.) - Art of India and Pakistan , Vol.II. 9. David Talbot Rice - Islamic Art , rev. ed. Themes and Hudson, London, 1975. 10. Subhash Parihar - Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture , Abhinav Publication, New Delhi, 1999. 11. Daljeet - Mughal and Deccani Paintings , From the Collection of the National Museum, New Delhi, 1999. 12. Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi - Fatehpur Sikri Revisited , Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2013.
ARTICLE:
Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi - Iranian Influence on Medieval Indian Architecture; Growth of Civlisations in India and Iran, ed. Irfan Habib, Tulika Publishers, New Delhi, 2002. --do-- - Classification and Terminology in the Study of Indian Architecture, CAS, Department of History, AMU, Aligarh, 922. --do-- - Mughal Architecture: Organisation, Inspirations and Design, Presidential Address: Section-II: Medieval India, Indian History Congress, 75 th Session, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 28-30 December, 2014. Abha Rani - Architecture of Delhi (1320-1388 AD) B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi, 2013. Abha Narain Lambah & Alka Patel- The Architecture of the Indian Sultanates Marg, Publications, 2006.
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. – VI SEMESTER HSB-654: ANCIENT INDIA: SURVEY-II (200-800 AD)
Objective: To acquaint the students with sources, political, social and cultural history of the period.
Teachers: Prof. S. Jabir Raza (WC) Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. O.P. Srivastav
UNIT-I The Guptas: History of the Gupta dynasty Administration and social life under the Guptas Art and architecture of Gupta period. Ajanta, Sarnath. Rise of classical Sanskrit literature.
UNIT-II
Harsha: Polity and Society Pallavas: Administration and Society Society and culture in Post Gupta Period: Emergence of Rajput as a caste; Shankaracharya: Philosophy; Status of women.
UNIT-III
Science and technology in ancient India. Origin and development of metal use : iron. Agricultural and craft technology. The Sciences: Astronomy, mathematics, medicine. Rise of Indian Feudalism, its meaning and significance.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED: V.S. Agarwal - Indian Art. Bose, Sen and Subbarayappa - A Concise History of Science in India , New Delhi, 1971. P.L. Gupta - Imperial Guptas, Varanasi, 1979. Haldhar Pathak - Cultural History of the Gupta Empire, Delhi, 1978. RC Majumdar - The Age of Imperial Unity , Bombay, 1968. R.C. Majumdar - The Classical Age , Bombay, 1954. HC Raychaudhury - Political History of Ancient India , Delhi, 1996. Romila Thapar - Early India , Delhi, 2002. V.K. Thakur - Historiography of Indian Feudalism towards a Model of Early Medieval Indian Economy CAD 600-1000 , New Delhi, 1989. KAN Sastri - The Illustrated History of South India , Delhi, 2009. Irfan Habib - Post Mauryan India . Baldev Kumar - The Early Kushanas Upender Singh - History of Ancient and Early Medieval India J.S. Negi - Groundwork of Ancient India History R.S. Sharma - Indian Feudalism Mukhia, H. (ed) - Feudalism and Non-European Societies
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. VI SEMESTER HSB-655: MEDIEVAL INDIA: SURVEY-II (1526-1707)
Objective: To acquaint the students about the major themes of Medieval India political and economic history.
Teachers: Dr. Reyaz Ahmad Khan Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Arshia Shafqat (W.C.)
UNIT-I
1. A Brief Survey of Sources: Abul Fazl and Abdul Qadir Badauni. Abdul Hamid Lahori, Monsurrate, Pelsaert, Bernier. 2. North India on the eve of Babur’s invasion; Foundation of Mughal Rule in India. 3. Sher Shah and his administration
UNIT-II
1. Mughal: Theory of Sovereignty; Central and Revenue Administration under the Mughal; Mansab and Jagir . 2. Religion under the Mughals 3. Culture & Literature, Foreign Relations.
UNIT-III 1. Aurangzeb’s reign: Major issues
2. Rise of Marathas: Shivaji and his Administration 3. Decline of the Mughal Empire: Jagirdari; Crisis, Agrarian Crisis
Suggested Readings:
1. Irfan Habib : Medieval India, The Study of Civilization , NBT, New Delhi, 2008. Agrarian System of Mughal India , 1556-1707 , Third Revised Edition, OUP, New Delhi, 2013 2. Ishwari Prasad : History of Medieval India , Reprint, Surjeet Publications, New Delhi, 2014. 3. RP Tripathi : Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire . Allahabad, 1956. 4. Tara Chand : Influence of Islam on Indian Culture , 2nd Edition, Allahabad, 1963. 5. Shireen Moosvi : Episodes in the Life of Akbar: Contemporary Reminiscences , New Delhi, 1994. 6. J.N. Sarkar : Short History of Aurangzeb , Reprint, New Delhi, 2012. 7. T.R. Chaudhuri : The Cambridge Economic History of India , Vol.I, c.1200-c.1750, & Irfan Habib Cambridge, 1982. 8. J. Sarkar : Shivaji and His Times , revised edn. 1952. 9. KA Nizami : Some Aspects of Religion and Politics in India during the 13th Century , 1974. 10. Satish Chandra : Medieval India Part-II, Mughal Empire 1526-1748 , Medieval India Society and Jagir Crisis and the Village , 1982. 11. M. Athar Ali : Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb, revised edition (chapter II), 1997. 12. –do-- : Mughal India: Studies, Polity, Ideas, Society and Culture , OUP, New Delhi, 2006. 13. Afzal Husain : Nobility under Akbar & Jahangir , New Delhi, 1999. 14. Ibn-Hasan : The Central Structure of the Mughal Empire and its Practical Working up to the Year 1657 , Reprint, Delhi, 1970. 15. Mohibbul Hasan : Babur, Founder of Mughal Empire in India, New Delhi, 1985. 16. --do—(ed.) : Historians of Medieval India , New Delhi, 1983. 17. V.A. Smith : Akbar The Great Mughal (1542-1605) , 2 nd ed., Oxford, 1919. 18. K.A. Qanungo : Sher Shah and His Times , Bombay, 1965. 19. John F. Richards : The Mughal Empire , Reprint, Cambridge, New Delhi, 2014. 20. Riazul Islam : Indo-Persian Relations: A Study of the Diplomatic Relations between the Mughals and Iran , Tehran, 1970. 21. Harbans Mukhia : Historians and Historiography During the Reign of Akbar , New Delhi, 1976.
ARTICLES:
1. Iqtidar Alam Khan : ‘Nobility under Akbar and the Development of his Religious Policy’ Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, London, 1968. 2. S. Nurul Hasan : “Zamindars under the Mughals”, in R.E. Frykenberg (ed.), Land Control and Social Structure in Indian History 3. Iqtidar A. Khan : “The Mughal Court Politics during Bairam Khan’s Regency”, Medieval India – A Miscellany, Vol. I 4. Iqtidar A. Khan : “The Nobility under Akbar and the Development of His Religious Policy 1560- 80”, Journal of Royal Asiatic Society, 1968, pp.29-36 5. Shireen Moosvi : “Evolution of Mansab System under Akbar until 1597”, JRAS , 1981, no. 2 6. A.J. Qaisar : “Note on the Date of Institution of Mansab under Akbar, PIHC, Aligarh, 1961 7. Irfan Habib : “A Political Theory for the Mughal Empire: A Study of the ideas of Abul Fazl”, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Patiala, 1998 8. Irfan Habib : “Mansab System (1595-1637), Proceedings of the Indian History Congress , 1967 9. Afzal Husain : “Akbar’s Religious Policy (1560-1579) – A Re-Examination”, Third Frame: Literature, Culture and Society, A Quarterly Journal of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia, Delhi, Vol.I, No.3, July-September 2008, pp.1-20.
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. VI Semester HSB-656: Modern India: Survey-II (1858-1950)
Objective: This paper will look into the nature of British Empire under direct rule, its impact, and Indian response in reforms and growth of nationalism. It discusses the development of nationalism in the first half of 20 th century essentially on Gandhian phase of national movement till India got independence.
Teachers: Dr. Farah Saif Abidin (WC) Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Lucky Khan
Unit-I
Growth and Development of Indian National Movement: 1. Factors responsible for the growth of Indian Nationalism, Formation of Political Associations. 2. Foundation of Indian National Congress, Moderates and Extremists. 3. Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi Movement (1905). 4. Muslim League (1906), Morley Minto Reforms, 1909.
Unit- II Gandhian Era: 1. Gandhiji’s career his Passive Resistance in South Africa and India; movement against Rowlatt Act. 2. Government of India Act 1919; ‘Dyarchy’ at Provincial level. 3. Khilafat and Non-cooperation Movement. 4. Indian Politics 1922-1929: Swarajists, No changers, Rise of ‘Left’
Unit –III Road to Freedom & Partition: 1. Simon Commission boycott, Nehru Report and its critics. 2. Civil Disobedience Movement 1930-34. 3. Act of 1935, Congress Ministries 1937-39. Rise of the Muslim League. 4. Quit India Movement, Cabinet Mission, Its failure and growth of communalism 5. Mountbatten Plan, Independence and Partition, Gandhiji’s Assassination.
[ Books Recommended
Ishita Banerjee-Dube : A History of Modern India , Cambridge University Press, 2015. Bipan Chandra : India’s Struggle for Independence , New Delhi, 1989. Sumit Sarkar : Modern India (1889-1947) R.P. Dutt : India Today, II edn., Calcutta, 1970. Shekhar Bandopadhyay : From Plassey to Partition and after, A History of Modern India , New Delhi, 2004. A.C. Banerjee : Indian Constitutional Documents , Vol. II & III.
Books Suggested:
Irfan Habib : Essays on Indian History-towards a Marxist Perception , New Delhi, 19995. Irfan Habib : National Movement, Delhi, 2017. Ayesha Jalal : The Sole Spokesman : Jinnah, the Muslim League and the demand for Pakistan , New York, 1994. Mushirul Hasan : Nationalism on Communal Politics in India, 1885 -1930 , New Delhi, 1991. Mridula Mukharji : Peasants in India’s Non-Violent Revolution , New Delhi , 2004. Tara Chand : History of Freedom Movement in India , 2 vols., 1965. Judith M. Brown : Gandhiji’s Rise to Power, Indian Politics 1915-1922, Cambridge University Press, 1972. Francis G. Hutchins : India’s Revolution; Gandhiji and the Quit India Movement , New Delhi, 1971.
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. VI Semester HSB-662: Age of Akbar (c. 1556 - 1605)
Objective: The course will throw light on the state’s mechanism for resource realization and distribution. It will have separate units on economy of the period, as well as socio-cultural milieu of 16 th century pertaining to the reign of Akbar.
Teachers: Prof. Ruquia Hussain Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Shadab Bano (WC)
Unit -I 1. Revenue administration : forms of revenue assessment and realisation; evolution of zabt
2. State mechanism of resource distribution: mansab and jagir
Unit -II 1. Rural society and economy: (a) Village community (b) Land rights and classes: revenue grantees and zamindars, peasants and labourers
2. Urban economy: (a) Nature of urbanisation, non-agricultural production, (b) Patterns of internal commerce; overseas trade (c) Merchants and middle classes
Unit -III 1. Religious Policy: (a) Evolution of Akbar’s ‘religious policy’: Mahzar of 1579, Evolution of theory of Sulh-i-Kul (b) Akbar’s measures regarding social equity.
2. Culture (a) Literary developments: Persian and vernacular, translation projects. (b) Fine arts: architecture, painting and music (c) Interest in rationalism, science and technology
Documents:
There will be a question on the following documents, which may include comments on quotations. Selected passages from Abul Fazl’s Akbarnama, Ain-i-Akbari,; Badauni’s Muntakhab-ut- Tawarikh, tr. Monserrate’s Commentary and Jesuit Letters from Mughal Court , edited and translated in Shireen Moosvi, Episodes in the Life of Akbar, New Delhi, 1994. Extract no. 21(pp.53-9), no.22, (pp.60-4), no. 29(pp.80-3), no.32(pp.87-9), no.35(pp.94- 6), no.46(pp.121-124), no.47(pp.126-29).
Books recommended:
Irfan Habib Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1526 – 1707. Akbar and His India Medieval India W.H. Moreland Agrarian System of Moslem India (Chapter IV) India at the Death of Akbar Satish Chandra Essays on Medieval Indian History Shireen Moosvi Economy of the Mughal Empire A.J. Qaiser The Indian Response to European Technology and Culture J.F. Richards The Mughal State K.N. Chaudhuri Trade and Civilization in the Indian Ocean
Tapan Raychaudhuri Cambridge Economic History of India , Vol. I and Irfan Habib, eds, (chapters VI, IX, XI) S.A.A. Rizvi Religious and Intellectual History of the Muslims in Akbar’s Reign Percy Brown Indian Architecture (Islamic period) S. P. Verma Art and Material Culture in the Paintings of Mughal Court S. Nurul Hasan Religion, State, and Society in Medieval India Ebba Koch Mughal Architecture Mughal art and imperial ideology Catherine Asher Mughal Architecture Catherine Asher India Before Europe . and Cynthia Talbot
S.A.N. Rezavi Fathpur Sikri Revisited
Francesca Orsini Before the Divide: Hindi and Urdu Literary Culture Iqtidar Alam Khan India’s Polity in the Age of Akbar Ahsan Raza Khan Chieftains in the Mughal Empire during the Reign of Akbar Vasudha Dalmia & Munis D. Faruqi Religious Interactions in Mughal India , Oxford, 2014.
Papers recommended:
M. Athar Ali “The Sulh-i- Kul and the Religious Ideas of Akbar, PIHC, 1981 Allison Busch “Braj Beyond braj: Classical Hindi in the Mughal World,” IIC Occasional Publications (12) Iqtidar Alam Khan “The Middle Classes in The Mughal Empire”, Social Scientist, Vol. 5, no. 49, August 1976 “A note on the conception of Akbar’s religious policy’ History and Society, ed. Nihar Ranjan Ray, Debi Prasad Irfan Habib “Akbar & Social Equity-A Study of the Evaluation of his Ideas” PIHC, Warangal session, 1993 “Changes in Technology in Medieval India”, Vol.2, No. 1, 1981. Muzaffar Alam “Language of Islam” Nurul Hasan “Zamindars under the Mughals”, in R.E. Frykenberg (ed.) Land Control and Social Structure in Indian History “The Mahzar of Akbar’s reign,” Journal of UP Historical Society Shireen Moosvi “Evolution of Mansab System under Akbar until 1597”, JRAS , 1981, no.2
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. Hons. (VI Semester) HSB-663: INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT 1930–1947 AD
Teachers: Dr. Farah Saif Abidin No. of Lecture = 40 Mr. Yogesh Kumar Yadav
UNIT – I
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1935:
(a) The Road to Civil Disobedience. The Madras and Lahore Resolutions of the Congress, Civil Disobedience (First Phase, 1930-31); Gandhi-Irwin Pact and Its Consequences. The Karachi Resolution. Second Round Table Conference: (b) Civil Disobedience, Second Phase 1932-34. Third Round Table Conference, the Communal Award and The Poona Pact. (c) The Government of India Act of 1935: Nature of `Provincial Autonomy’.
UNIT-II
AFTERMATH OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TO LAHORE RESOLUTION OF 1940:
(a) Revival of the left Ideology: Labour and Kisan Movements; Congress Sessions at Lucknow and Faizpur, Elections (1937), Manifesto, Reasons for Congress Successes; (b) Formation of the Congress Ministries; Its Policy towards Labour and Kisans, The outbreak of the War and resignation of the Congress Ministries. (c) The Communal Problem and the Muslim Mass Contact Programme, The revival of the Muslim League and the Lahore Resolution of 1940.
UNIT-III
THE FINAL STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE AND THE PARTITION
(a) Cripps Mission and the Reasons for its failure. (b) The Quit-India Resolution: Its Intentions and Impact. (c) Cabinet Mission, Its failure & growth of Communalism, Mountbatten Plan, Independence and Partition of the Indian Subcontinent.
DOCUMENTS:
1. Resolution of the Indian National Congress at Ramgarh, 20 March 1940, pp.283-39. Lahore Resolution of Muslim League, 24 March, 1940, pp.354-55. The Cripps Mission, 30 March, 1942, pp.371-73. Congress Demand for British Withdrawal, 1942, pp.340-42. Unit-III & IV 2. Jagdish Saran Sharma: India’s Struggle for Freedom (Selected Documents and Sources), Vol.I. Resolution of the Indian National Congress on Fundamental Rights as amended by the All-India Congress Committee, 6-8 August, 1931, pp.232-35. Resolution of the All-India Congress Committee, 18 March, 1937, pp.567-68.
3. Towards Freedom Relevant Volumes.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
Tara Chand - History of the Freedom Movement in India , Vols. III and IV. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay - From Plassey to Partition Ishita Banerjee-Dube - A History of Modern India (Cambridge University Press, 2015) Sumit Sarkar - Modern India, 1885-1947 Bipan Chandra et al - India’s Struggle for Independence
Suggested Readings-- Ayesha Jalal & Sugata Bose - Modern South Asia Judith Brown - Modern India Mushirul Hasan - Nationalism and Communal Politics in India, 1885-1930. D.G. Tendulkar - Mahatma, Vols. I, II and III. Judith Brown - Gandhi’s Rise to Power, 1915-1922 (1972) Gallagher, Johnson & Seal (ed.) - Locality Province and Nation. Kapil Kumar - Peasant in Revolt. R.J. Moore - Crisis of Indian Unity, 1917-1940. Bipan Chandra - Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India . S. Gopal - Jawaharlal Nehru, Vol. I. R.L. Handa - History of Freedom Movement in the Princely States. DA Low (ed.) - Congress and the Raj. Mushirul Hasan (ed) - Communal and Pan Islamic Trends in Colonial India . Mohammed Ali - Ideology and Politics. BR Tomlinson - Indian National Congress and the Raj., 1929-42. Shive Kumar - Peasantry and the Indian National Movement. Sukhbir Chaudhary - Peasant’s and Workers Movement in India (1905-1929). Sukomal Sen - Working Class of India . Parthasarthi Gupta - Imperialism and the British Labour Movement, 1914-1964. NJ Allen & others (ed.) - Papers of India (Oxford University) , vol. I, Part 2. Moin Shakir - Khilafat to Partition. Ayesha Jalal - The Sole Spokesman. W.C. Smith - Modern Islam in India: A Social Analysis. Tufail Ahmad Manglori - Towards a Common Destiny: a Nationalist Manifesto. (Eng Tr) R.K. Trivedi - The Critical Triangle: India, Britain and Turkey 1908-1924. Abul Kalam Azad - India wins Freedom: An Autobiographical Narrative (1988). Judith Brown - Gandhi and the Civil Disobedience Rajendra Prasad - India Divided
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. VI SEMESTER HSB-664: ANCIENT INDIAN CIVILIZATION (200-800 AD)
Teacher: Dr. Rashmi Upadhyaya No. of Lectures = 60
Unit I
1) Arab Invasion of Sind: Its Political and Cultural Impact. 2) Origin of the Rajputs, Rise of Rajput Clans. 3) The Cholas in South India: Socio-Cultural Developments.
Unit II
1) Nature and Development of Indian Feudalism. 2) De-Urbanization, The Concept of Third Urbanisation. 3) Position of Women, Sati System.
Unit III 1) Religion: Vaisnavism, Shaivism, Buddhism and Jainism. 2) Rise of Sufism and Bhaktism. 3) Language and Literature: Alberuni’s Account of Indian Philosophy and Science. 4) Temple Architecture and Sculptures: Konarka Temple.
Books Recommended
1) D.D. Kosambi: An Introduction to the Study of Indian History 2) R.S. Sharma: Early Medieval Indian Society-A Study in Feudalisation. 3) J.N. Asopa: Origin of the Rajputs. 4) B.D. Chattopadhyaya: The Making of Early Medieval India. 5) R.S. Sharma: Indian Feudalism. 6) K.A. Nilkant Shastri: The Cholas. 7) J.S. Grewal: Religious Movements and Institutions in Medieval India, Vol.VII, Pt.2 8) Upinder Singh: A History of Ancient and Early Medial India from Stone Age to the 12 th Century. 9) Percy Brown: Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu Period). 10) B.N.S. Yadav: Society and Culture in Northern India in the Twelfth Century.
CENTRE OF ADVANCED STUDY Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. –VI Semester HSB-665: Medieval Indian Civilization (1500 - 1757)
Teachers: Prof. Ruquia Husain Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Shadab Bano
Unit –I State and Society
1. Nature of state: major theories. Centralized bureaucracy: mansab and jagir, revenue administration. Composite nature of nobility 2. Social structure: caste system, condition of women, slaves. Akbar’s measures regarding social equity
Unit –II Religion and Courtly culture
1. Major schools in Hinduism, Bhakti, Islam in 16 th century, Sufism, 2. Religion and State: Inter-religious investigation, Sulh-i-Kul 3. Literary developments: Persian and vernacular, translation projects. Fine arts: architecture, painting and music, education and rationalism.
Unit –III Society and Economy
1. Rural society and economy: Village community, Land rights and classes: zamindars, peasants and labourers 2. Urban economy: Population, Nature of urbanisation, non-agricultural production, commerce 3. Science and technology
Books Recommended:
Irfan Habib Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1526 – 1707. Akbar and His India Medieval India W.H. Moreland Agrarian System of Moslem India (Chapter IV) India at the Death of Akbar Satish Chandra Essays on Medieval Indian History Shireen Moosvi Economy of the Mughal Empire A.J. Qaiser The Indian Response to European Technology and Culture J.F. Richards The Mughal State Tapan Raychaudhuri & Irfan Habib, eds., Cambridge Economic History of India , Vol. I (chapters VI, IX, XI) S.A.A. Rizvi Religious and Intellectual History of the Muslims in Akbar’s Reign Percy Brown Indian Architecture (Islamic period) S. P. Verma Art and Material Culture in the Paintings of Mughal Court S. Nurul Hasan Religion, State, and Society in Medieval India Ebba Koch Mughal Architecture Mughal art and imperial ideology Catherine Asher Mughal Architecture
Catherine Asher & Cynthia Talbot India Before Europe . S.A.N. Rezavi Fatehpur Sikri Revisited Francesca Orsini Before the Divide: Hindi and Urdu Literary Culture
Papers recommended:
Athar Ali “The Sulh-i- Kul and the Religious Ideas of Akbar, PIHC, 1981 Allison Busch “Braj Beyond braj: Classical Hindi in the Mughal World,” IIC Occasional Publications (12) Iqtidar Alam Khan “A note on the conception of Akbar’s religious policy’ History and Society, ed. Nihar Ranjan Ray, Debi Prasad Irfan Habib “Social Equity.... ”, PIHC, Warangal session, 1993 “Technology.... Muzaffar Alam “The Pursuit of Persian: Language in Mughal Politics”, MAS, Vol.32, no.2, 1998 Nurul Hasan “Zamindars under the Mughals”, in R.E. Frykenberg (ed.) Land Control and Social Structure in Indian History “The Mahzar of Akbar’s reign,” Journal of UP Historical Society Shireen Moosvi “Evolution of Mansab System under Akbar until 1597”, JRAS , 1981, no.2
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh
B.A. (VI Semester) HSB-671: FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789-99
Teachers: Dr Roohi Abida Ahmad (W.C.) Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Sana Aziz
UNIT-I
1. France on the Eve of Revolution: Nature of the Ancient Regime 2. The Age of Reason: Role of Philosophers-Hobbes Locke, Rousseau Montesquieu and Voltaire. 3. Early Phase of the Revolution: (a) Demand for the Estates General (b) Popular Reaction (c) Popular clubs and their role UNIT-II 1. Constitutional Experiments: (a) The Constitution of 1791 (b) Civil Constitution of the clergy.
2. The Period of the Legislative Assembly: (a) Political parties in the Assembly (b) Legislation Against the emigres and the priests. (c) The Insurrections and Fall of the Monarchy. (d) The September massacre
UNIT-III 1. The National Convention: (a) Struggle between the Jacobins and the Girondins (b) Trial and execution of the King (c) The decrees of November 19 and December 15. 2. The Reign of Terror: (a) Robespierre and Danton and Fall of Robespierre (b) The Thermidorean Reaction and The Directory Government (c) The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte and Interpretations of the French Revolution
BOOKS RECOMMENDED: 1. G. Lefebvre : French Revolution . 2. -Do- : The coming of the French Revolution . 3. AD Tocqueville : The Ancient Regime and the French Revolution . 4. JM Thompson : The French Revolution . 5. JM Sydenham : The French revolution . 6. A Goodwin : The French revolution . 7. Acton (ed. Ward ) : Cambridge Modern History of Europe Vol.VIII 8. Stanley Loomis : Paris in terror . 9. Albert Soboul : Parisian Sans Culottes . 10. G.Rude : Revolutionary Europe, 1789-1815 . 11. -DO- : Robespierre . 12. Leo Gershoy : French Revolution and Napoleon . 13. Madelin : The French Revolution . 14. A Cobban : Social Interpretation of the French revolution . 15. Eric Thompson : Popular Sovereignty and the French Constituent Assembly of 1789-91 . 16. Michel Vovelle : The fall of the French Monarchy 1787-92 . 17. Denis Woronoff : The Thermidorean Regime and the Directory 1794-99 . 18. Blanning : The Origins of the French Revolutionary Wars . 19. Soboul,Albert : Understanding the French Revolution . 20. William Doyle : The oxford History of the French Revolution . 21. Florin Aftalion : The French Revolution: An Economic Interpretation . 22. Baker, Kieth Michael : Inventing the French Revolution . 23. Francois Furet. : Interpreting the French Revolution . 24. Agatha Ramm (ed) : Europe in the Nineteenth Century 1789-1905. 24. C.D.M. Ketelbey : A History of Modern Times from 1789 . 25. J.C. Herold : The Age of Napoleon .
CENTRE OF ADVANCED STUDY Session 2018- 2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. VI SEMESTER HSB-672: SCIENCE IN PRE-MODERN CIVILIZATIONS
Teacher: Dr. Enayatullah Khan Total No. of Lectures: 40
UNIT-I 1. Evolution of Method in Science, the History of Science as Discipline. 2. Science in Ancient Greece to Aristotle. 3. Hellenistic sciences: Geometry, Astronomy, Geography, and Medicine
UNIT-II
1. Ancient and early Medieval Indian science: Mathematics, Decimal enumeration, and Astronomy 2. Medicine Pseudo-Sciences: Alchemy, Astrology 3. Alkhwarizm and Alberuni
UNIT-III
1. Science in China: The Philosophical basis (Taoists, etc) 2. Evolution of Chemistry, medicine, and cartography 3. Renaissance and science in Europe, Leonardo da Vince and Copernicus. Factor’s behind the Scientific Revolution.
Essential Reading:
J. D. Bernal: Science in History, Watts & Co, London, 1954. Ben Farrington: Greek Science, London, 1961. (Introduction and Chapter One Only) B. D. Chattopadhyaya, Science and Civilization in Ancient India, Al Biruni, Kitab-al Hind, transl., E. Sachau Joseph Needham, Science and Civilization in China, Vol. I (Introduction and Chapter I)
Suggested Reading:
B. V. Subbarayappa & S. N. Sen : A Concise History of Science in India, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, 1971. Nakayama & Sivin, eds., Chinese Science (Relevant Sections Only) Howard R. Turner, Science in Medieval Islam, New Delhi, 1999 Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Chicago, 1962 N. K. Jain, History of Science and Scientific Method, OUP, New Delhi, 1982 S. H. Nasar, Science and Civilization in Islam, New York, 1970 Zaheer Babar: The Science of Empire, O.U.P., 1995 (See only Medieval Background) D. L. O’Leary, How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs, London, 1951 A. Rahman: History of Indian Science & Technology (1000-1800), O.U.P., Delhi, 1999
Articles: Irfan Habib: “Reason and Religion in Medieval India”, published in Society and Idealogy in India, ed., D. N. Jha, 1966 I.G. Khan: “Physical Concept in the Ain-i Akbari ”, published in Akbar and His India, ed., Irfan Habib, O.U.P., 1997 S. Jabir Raza: “Al Biruni on Eclipses”, proceeding of the Indian History Congress, 1995
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. VI SEMESTER HS-673: POLITICAL THOUGHT
Teachers: Dr. Aneesa Iqbal Sabir Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Enayatullah Khan (WC)
Objective: To acquaint students with political thought in Modern World.
UNIT-I
POLITICAL THOUGHT 1. Niccolo Machiavelli: Theory of Political Power and Machiavelli; The central theme of ‘Prince’, Evaluation of Machiavelli’s political thought. 2. A comparative study study of Thomas Hobbes . John Locke and J.J. Rousseau on Origin of State, Sovereignty and Right, Social Contract Theories. 3. Montesquieu: History and View of Montesquieu, Practical effects of the theory, Criticism of the Theory of separation of power.
UNIT-II
MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT 1. Jeremy Bentham: Utilitarianism, Political and Legal Reforms. 2. J.S. Mill: Utilitarianism, Liberty, Representative Government, Political Reform. 3. Analysis of Utilitarianism.
UNIT-III
MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT 1. Fredrick Hegel: Dialectical Method, Theory of state. 2. Karl Marx: Dialectical Materialism, Class struggle, socialism and withering away of state. 3. Gandhism and Sarvodaya: Non-violence (Ahimsa) and Satyagraha, Gandhiji’s influence on Modern India, Comparison and Contrast between Gandhism and Marxism, Sarvodaya.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED:
1. Arnold Brecht : Political Theory 2. G. Sabine : History of Political Theory 3. Ebenstein : Great Political Thinkers 4. Ebenstein : Political Thought in Perspective 5. Ebenstein : Modern Political Thought 6. C.L. Wayper : Political Thought 7. Chester C. Maxey : Political Philosophies 8. Lare C. Lancaster : Masters of Political Thought (Vols. I, II, III) 9. Agarwal, R.C. : Political Theory 10.Laski Harold, J. : Grammar of Politics 11.Shlom, Aveneri : Refresher Course, Political Science Theory
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Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. VI SEMESTER HSB-674: HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Teachers: Dr. Mohammad Zafar Minhaj Total No. of Lectures = 40
UNIT - I
1. Defining Archaeology: Its scope, relations with other sciences. 2. Pre-history, Protohistory and history 3. History of Archaeology in India. Towards ‘Historical Archaeology’: Its sources, Epigraphy, Numismatics
UNIT - II
1. Archaeological Method. Survey and Explorations 2. Cunningham and his surveys 3. Asiatic Society and Archaeological Survey of India
UNIT - III
1. Rules Governing Archaeology, explorations and excavations in India 2. Field work and excavation: Methods of surveys and excavations. Sir Mertimer Wheeler. Principles of Stratification. Conservation. 3. Some important sites in India: Patliputra, Taxila, Hampi and Fatehpur Sikri
Books Recommended:
1. M.S. Mate Archaeology of Medieval India, B.R. Publishing, Delhi, 2005. 2. A. Cunningham Archaeological Survey of India Reports (Selected Section on Delhi, Sikandara waterworks, bridges etc.) 3. B.R. Mani Delhi: Threshold of the Orient (Studies in Archaeological Investigations), Aryan Book International, Delhi, 1997. 4. Peter L. Drewett Field Archaeology: An Introduction, UCL Press, London, 1999. 5. D.K. Chakraborti A History of Indian Archaeology, Munshiram Manohar Lal, New Delhi, 1988. 6. D.K. Chakraborti India: An Archaeological History – Paleolithic Beginnings to Historic Foundations, Oxford University Press, 1999. 7. M.K. Dhavalikar Historical Archaeology of India, Books & Books, New Delhi, 1999. 8. S.A.N. Rezavi Fatehpur Sikri Revisited, OUP, New Delhi, 2013.
Papers Recommended:
1. M.S. Mate “Medieval Archaeology – A Fresh Perspective”, Sectional Presidential Address, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, Part II, Patiala, 2011, pp.1141-61. 2. Iqtidar Alam Khan “Medieval Archaeology in South India”, in I. Alam & E. Husain (ed), The Varied facets of History Essays in Honour of Anirudha Ray, Delhi, 2011, pp.47-58. 3. Dilip K. Chakrabarti “The Development of Archaeology in the Indian Subcontinent’, World Archaeology, vol. 13, no.3, February 1983, pp.326-44
CENTRE OF ADVANCED STUDY Session 2018-2019 Department of History A.M.U., Aligarh B.A. VI Semester HS-675: MODERN WORLD, 1871-1992
Teachers: Dr. Jawaid Akhtar Total No. of Lectures = 40 Dr. Arshia Shafqat (W.C.) Dr. Sana Aziz
Objective: The purpose of the course is to familiarize the students with the broad modern trends of the period 1871-1992. UNIT-I 12
1. THE CAPITALISM, COLONIALISM AND SOCIALISM IN WESTERN EUROPE (1870-1914): The German Empire: Bismarck’s foreign policy. Growth of Monopoly Capitalism, Finance Capital. The challenge of Socialism. 2. IMPERIALISM AND WORLD WAR-I: New Imperialism: Inter-imperialist rivalries. World War-I: Causes, and Consequences. 3. THE PEACE SETTLEMENT: The Treaty of Versailles. UNIT-II 12 4. RUSSIAN REVOLUTION OF 1917: Causes. Construction of Socialist State under Lenin and Stalin. 5. POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN ASIA: The Kamalist Revolution in Turkey. Meiji Restoration and modernization of Japan. 6. WORLD WAR-II: Origin. Rise and Fall Fascist Powers. War aims of allies. The Cold War.
UNIT-III 12 7. THE CHINESE REVOLUTION: Chief Features of the revolution. China after Mao. 8. Factors for the collapse of the Soviet Union. Perestroika. Glasnost. Collapse of Socialism in Eastern Europe. 9. Emergence of a unipolar world. Globalisation and Third World. New Political & Economic order.
BOOKS RECOMMENDED: 1. Arjun Dev & Indira Arjun Dev: World History 2. Edward MacNall Burns : World Civilization , vol.c. 3. Norman Lowe : Mastering Modern World History , 1982. 4. CJH Hayes : Contemporary History Since 1870. 5. Alec Nova : An Economic History of the USSR. 6. SJ Woolf : European Fascism. 7. G. Barrachlough : An Introduction to Contemporary History. 8. F. Lee Benn : Europe Since 1914. 9. RW Harris : An Historical Introduction to the 20 th Century. 10. William Woodruff : A Concise History of Modern World. 11. Ray Spangenburg & : The History of Science from 1946-to the Diana K. Mosa 1990’s. 12. JM Roberts : Twentieth Century. 13. George Lichtheim : Europe in the 20 th Century. 14. Richard Allen : Imperialism and Nationalism in the Fertile Crecent. 15. W. Rustow : The World Economy: History and Prospect. 16. Walter Laqueur : Europe since Hitler
SUGGESTED READING
1. E.J. Hobsbawn : The Age of Empire, 1875-1914. 2. David Thompson : Europe Since Napolean.