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BHAGWANT UNIVERSITY
Sikar Road, Ajmer Rajasthan
Syllabus
Institute of Humanities & social Sciences
M.A. History
MA (History)
Year I
Subject
Code
Subject Name Teaching
hours
Distribution of marks
Theory Papers Practical
L T P Internal External Total internal External total
01MAH101 Medieval Societies – I 3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
01MAH102 Twentieth Century
World – I
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
01MAH103 Medieval Indian Polity, A.D. 1200 to 1750
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
01MAH104 History of India (1757-
1857) – I
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
01MAH105 History of East Asia in Modern Times : China
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
01MAH106 Medieval Societies – II 3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
01MAH107 Twentieth Century
World – II
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
01MAH108 Medieval Indian
Economy, A.D. 1200 to
1750
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
01MAH109 History of India (1757-1857) – II
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
01MAH110 History of East Asia in
Modern Times : Japan
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
Subject
Code
Subject Name Teaching
hours
Distribution of marks
Theory Papers Practical
L T P Internal External Total internal External total
02MAH101 Historiography
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
02MAH102 Society in Medieval India, AD 1200-1750
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
02MAH103 Modern India (1858-1947)
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
02MAH104 Social History of India
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
02MAH105 Approaches of History
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
02MAH106 Art, Architecture and Culture in Medieval India, AD1200-1750
- - 2 - - - 50 50 100
02MAH107 Indian National Movement (1885-1947)
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
02MAH108 Socio-Religious Movements in India
3 1 - 30 70 100 - - -
Year 1
Medieval Societies – I
01MAH101
1) Transition from Ancient Society to Medieval Society; Feudal Institutions;
Medieval State and Church; Clergy and its socio-economic role.
2) Feudalism : Agrarian Structure and relations, The Manorial System, Changing position of the
Peasantry, the decline of feudalism
3) Organization of non-agricultural production, Major non-agricultural productions, Artisans and
Merchants
4) Local Trade under feudalism, Growth of foreign Trade and Commerce, Urbanization and urban
centres, urban society
5) Feudal Japan; Rise of Provincial Warrior class; High feudal society; Zen culture.
Books Recommended :
1 Anderson, Perry Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism
2 Bloch, March Feudal Society, 2 Vols.
3 Cipolla, Carlo (ed.) The Contana Econoic History of Europe : The
Middle Ages
4 Colemn, D.C. Revisions in Mercantilism
5 Dening, Ealer Japan
6 Dobb, Maurice & Sweezy
Dobb
Studies in the Development of Capitalism
7 Faruqqi, Amar Prachin Aur Madhyakalin Samajik
Saranchanaya aur Sanskritiya (Hindi tr.)
8 Ganshof, F.L. Feudalism
9 Hall, A.R. The Scientific Revolution 1500-1800
10 Heaton, Herbert Economic History of Europe
11 Hilton, Rodni (ed.) The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism
12 Hodgett, A.J. Gerald A Social and Economic History of Medieval
Europe
13 Jayapalan, M. History of Japan
14 Latourette, Kennetu Scott The Chinese their History and Culture
15 Pirenne, Henri Economic and Social History of Medieval
Europe
16 Rolls, Eric History of Economic Thought
17 Takashesh et. The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism
18 White, Lynn Medieval Technology and Social Change
Twentieth Century World – I
01MAH102
1) Legacy of the 19th Century: Liberalism; Nationalism; Imperialism and
Socialism
2) World Order upto 1919 : Origins and Nature of the World War I; Peace
Settlement and its Long Term Consequences; Making of the Russian
Revolution and Establishment of the First Socialist State
3) World between the Two Wars : Working of the League of Nations –
Disarmament and Collective Security; Economic Depression; Liberal Ideas and
Social Movements
4) Towards Second World War : Rise of Nazism and Fascism – Germany, Italy and
Japan; World War II : Origins, Nature and Results
5) The New Political Order : Nationalist Movements and Decolonization in Asia
and Africa; Communist Revolution in China and its Impact on World Politics
Suggested Readings :
1 Bury, J.P.T. France 1814-1940
2 Carr, E.H. 1917 : Before and After
3 Dorpalen, Andreas Europe in the 20th Century
4 Evans, J. The Foundations of a Modern State in 19th Century Europe.
5 Hobsbawn, E.J. Nation and Nationalism
6 Hobsbawm, E.J. The Age of Revolution
7 Hobsbawm, E.J. Age of Extremes : The Short Twentieth Century (1914-1991)
8 Joll, James Europe Since 1870
9 Joll, James Origins of the First World War
10 Kochan, L.E. The Struggle for Germany 1914-1945
11 Lee, F. B. Europe Since 1914
12 Lucass, Colin The French Revolution and the Making of
Modern Political Culture, 2 Volumes
13 Morgan, K.O. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, (1789-
1983), 2 Volumes
14 Mergan, R.P. German Social Democracy and The First
International
15 Porter, Andrew European Imperialism, 1860-1914
16 Riasanovsky, N.V. A History of Russia
17 Roberts, J.M. Europe 1880-1945
18 Robertson, E.(ed.) The Origins of the Second World War
19 Roth, J.J. (ed.) World War II : A Turning Point in Modern
History
20 Soboul, Albert History of the French Revolution, 2
Volumes
21 Watson, Seton The Russian Empire
22 Wiskemann, E. Europe of the Dictators
23 Wood, Anthony History of Euorpe 1915-1960
Medieval Indian Polity, A.D. 1200 to 1750
01MAH103
1) Sources : Archival, Archaeological, Contemporary writings : Tarikh-i-Firozshahi,
Fatwa-i-Jahandari, Babarnama, Akbarnama, Ain-i-Akbari, Muntakhab-ut-
Tawarikh, Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri, Mutakhab-ul-Lubab, Bernier’s Account, European
Factory Records, Rajasthani Khayats, Arsattas, Malfuzat and Bhakti literature
2) State : Nature (the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal State), Theory of kingship :
Balban, Alauddin Khalji, Afghan theory of kingship, Mughal theory of kingship
3) State : Problem of Legitimacy; Pressure Groups; State and Regional Identities
with special reference to Vijaynagar and Bahmani Kingdom.
4) Evolution of the Insitutional Structure and system of Government : Iqta; Amaram; Mansab and
Jagir; Centre and Provinces
5) State and Rural Society and Village administration; Ruling classes; Evolving compositions;
Immigration; Local alliances and conflicts.
Suggested Readings :
1 Alam, Muzaffar and
Subramanyam, Sanjay (ed)
The Mughal State
2 Ali, M. Athar, The Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb
3 Chandra, Satish Medieval India : Society The Jagirdari Crisis and the
Village
4 Chandra, Satish Medieval India : From Sultanate to Mughals, Vol. I – II
5 Digby, Simon War Horse and Elephant in the Delhi Sultanate : A Study
in Military Supplies
6 Habib, Mohammad Politics and Society in Early Medieval Period, Vols. I & II
7 Habib, Mohammad and
K.A.Nizami (ed)
Comprehensive History of India, Vol. V AD 1206-1526
8 Jackson, P The Delhi Sultanate
9 Khan, A.R. Chieftains in the Mughal Empire During the Reign of
Akbar
10 Kulke, Hermann The State in India (AD 1000-1700)
11 Nizami, Khaliq A. Religion and Politics in the Thirteenth Century
12 Richards, J.F.(ed.) The Mughal Empire
13 Sharma, G.D. Madhyakalin Bharat Ki Rajnetik Aur Aarthik Sansthayen
(Hindi)
14 Stein, Burton New Cambridge History of India Vijaynagar
15 Streusand, Douglas E. The Formation of the Mughal Empire
History of India (1757-1857) – I
01MAH104
1) Understanding Modern Indian History : Sources – Archival Records, Private
Papers, Governments Reports, Newspapers and Periodicals and Oral Traditions
2) India in the Mid 18th Century : Pre-Colonial Order – Polity, Economy, Society and
Culture
3) Expansion of British Power : Ideology of Expansion and Mercantilism; Tools and
Policies of Expansion – Bengal, Mysore and Marathas
4) Consolidation of British Power : Annexation of Awadh, Sindh and Punjab;
Subsidiary Alliance System and Doctrine of Lapse
5) Evaluation of British Paramountcy : Motives, Phases and Nature of the Policy;
Impact on Princely States as well as British Empire
Suggested Readings :
1 Amold, David and
Ramachandra Guha (eds.)
Nature, Culture and Imperialism : Essays on the
Environmental History of South Asia
2 Bayly, C.A. Indian Society and the Making of the British
Empire (New Cambridge History of India)
3 Brown, Judith Modern India: The Origin of an Asian
Democracy
4 Chicherov, A.L. Indian Economic Development in the
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century
5 Desai, A.R. Social Background of Indian Nationalism
6 Fisher, M.H. (ed.) Policies of British Annexation of India, 1757-
1857
7 Gopal, S. British Policy in India
8 Guha, Ranjit (ed.) Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian
History and Society, Vols. I - XI
9 Habib, Irfan Essays in Indian History: Towards a Marxist
Perception
10 Kumar, Dharma (ed.) Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. – II
11 Mishra, Girish Economic History of Modern India
12 Mishra, Girish Adhunik Bharat Ka Arthik Itihas(Hindi tr.)
13 Panigrahi, D.N. (ed.) Economy, Society and Politics in Modern India
14 Ravindra Kumar Social History of Modern India
15 Rai, Satya Murti (ed.) Bharat Mein Upniveshwad Aur Rashtrawad (Hindi)
16 Raychaudhury, Tapan Indian Economy in the 19th Century : A
Symposium 17 Sarkar, Sumit Modern India, 1885-1947
18 Shukla, Ram Lakhan (ed.) Adhunik Bharat Ka Itihas (Hindi)
19 Siddiqui, Aisya (ed.) Trade and Finance in Colonial India
History of East Asia in Modern Times : China
01MAH105
1) Shaping Forces of Modern China : The Canton System of Trade and the Opium
Wars; The Taiping Revolt
2) Ideological Awakening :The Boxer Uprising; Revolution and the Repulic of 1911,
Dr. Sun Yat Sen
3) Resistance and Struggle :The May 4th Movement; Rise of the Communist Party:
Early Agendas and Initiatives, Relations with the Kuamingtang
4) Founding of the Peoples’ Republic :Civil War 1945-1949; Mao Tse-Tung and the
‘Liberation’; Causes of the Communists’ Success; Political Structure of the New
State
5) Restructuring of Economy and Society :Agricultural Collectivisation and Economic
Reforms; Social Policy and ‘Cultural Revolution’
Suggested Readings :
1 Origins of the Chinese Revolution, 1915-
1949
2 Mao Tse-Tung and the Chinese Revolution
3 China from Opium War to 1911 Revolution
4 China from the 1911 Revolution to
Liberation
5 Far East
6 Sudoor Purva (Hindi tr.)
7 East Asia : Modern Transformation
8 The United States of China
9 The Great Chinese Revolution
10 Economic Planning in Communist China
11 The Rise of Modrn China
12 Japan and China : From War to Peace, 1894-1972
13 Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power : The Emergence of Red China, 1937-1945
14 Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung
15 The Political Philosophy of MaoTse-Tung
16 Cheenee Kranti (Hindi)
17 The Boxer Uprising : A Background Study
18 Chinese Communism and the Rise of Mao
19 Government and Administration in
Communist China
20 Recent Political and Economic
Developments in China
21 The May Fourth Movement : Intellectual
Revolution in Modern China
22 China in Revolution : The First Phase, 1900-1913
Medieval Societies – II
01MAH106
Unit – I
Arabia before Islam: Political, Socio-religious, and economic conditions, Rise of
Islam ; Islam as a socio religious system; relations with Arab tribes, Jews and Christians
Unit – II
Evolution of Islamic state upto the pious caliphs, State under Ummayids, State under Abbasids
Unit – III
Society under the Prophet and the Caliphs; Economy; Administration with special reference to
taxation system.
Unit – IV
The Arab Empire : Growth of Art, Music, Painting and Calligraphy; Growth of Architecture;
Education, Intellectual Contribution : Language, Literature and Sciences
Unit – V
China : Transition from classical to early Modern China, Commercial revolution, Society and
Culture, Neo-Confucianism; State and Society under the Ming dynasty
Suggested Readings :
1 Aghnides, N. Muhammadan Theories of Finance
2 Dening, Ealer Japan
3 Faruqui, Amar Prachin Aur Madhyakalin Samajik
Saranchanaya aur Sanskritiya (Hindi tr.)
4 Fitzerald, C.P. China
5 Granebaum Medieval Islam
6 Hitti, P.K. History of Arabs
7 Lamblon Landlords and Peasants in Persia
8 Latourette, Kennetu Scott The Chinese their History and Culture
9 Levy, P The Social Structure of Islam
10 Needham, Joseph History and Civilization of China
11 Sahu, K.P. Islam : Udbhav Aur Vikas (Hindi)
Twentieth Century World – II
01MAH107
Unit – I
The Cold War Era: Ideological and Political Basis of the Cold War, Different
Phases–Pacts and Treaties, Tensions and Rivalries; From Bipolar to Unipolar World
System
Unit – II
Non-Aligned Movement and the Third World ;U.N.O : Concepts of World Peace,
Role in Sorting out of International Conflicts
Unit – III
Age of Progress : Cultural Revolution in China; Civil Rights Movement in U.S.A.;
Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa; Feminism
Unit – IV
Economic and Technological Developments : Industry and Agriculture; Science
and Technology; Transport, Communication and Information
Unit – V
Disintegration of the Socialist Blocks : Origins, Process and Impact on Society and
Policies; The Globalization and its Effects
Suggested Readings :
1 Brar, Bhupinder Explaining Communist Crisis
2 Clyde, P.H. Far East
3 Davis, A.G. ‘I Have A Dream’ : The Life and Time of Martin
Luther King
4 Dorpalen, Andreas Europe in the 20th Century
5 Evans, J. The Foundations of a Modern State in 19th
Century Europe.
6 Fairback, John K. The Great Chinese Revolution.
7 Gilbert, Felix The End of European Era : 1890 to Present
8 Grant & Temperly Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
9 Hobsbawm, E.J. The Age of Revolution
10 Hobsbawm, E.J. Age of Extremes : The Short Twentieth Century
(1914-1991)
11 Joll, James Europe Since 1870
12 King, Martin Luther Stride Towards Freedom
13 Lee, F. B. Europe Since 1914
14 Lengson, W.C. World Since 1914
15 Lichhyme, George Europe in the Twentieth Century
16 Linda, Karber Women’s America : Refusing the Past
17 Luthli, Chief Albert Let My People Go !
18 Marriot, J.R.R. The Remaking of Modern Europe
19 Morgan, K.O. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, (1789-1983),
2 Volumes
20 Nager, Joseph L. & Robert H.
Donaldson
Soviet Foreign Policy Since World War II
21 Riasanovsky, N.V. A History of Russia
22 Roberts, J.M. Europe 1880-1945
23 Robinson, Nail Ideology and the Collapse of Soviet System : A
Critical History of Soviet Ideological Discourse
24 Roth, J.J. (ed.) World War II : A Turning Point in Modern History
25 Schwartz, Benjamin I. Chinese Revolution and the Rise of Mao
26 Sontegi, Raymond Revolt Against Old Order
27 Wiskemann, E. Europe of the Dictators
28 Wood, Anthony History of Europe 1915-1960
Medieval Indian Economy A.D. 1200 to 1750
01MAH108
Unit – I
Agrarian Economy, Industries and Production Technology and the State : Control over Land;
Resource base and the pattern of resource used in agrarian production; Nature and magnitude of
taxation; Agrarian relations
Unit – II
Handicraft Production : Textiles, Agro-Industries, Metal technology, Artisans, Mercantile groups
and their role in production.
Unit – III
Trade, Commerce and Monetary system, Growth of cities and towns : Inland and maritime
Trade; Structure and volume of Trade; Role of Arab and European Traders; Indian Merchants and their
commercial practices
Unit – IV
Medium of exchange, Currency and Banking : indigenous methods; Growth of cities and towns :
Nature and classification; demographic changes; administration.
Unit – V
Systemic Crisis and Collapse of the Mughal Empire : Tensions and conflicts inherent in the
imperial system; Patterns of Resistance; Collapse of Empire; Interpreting the 18th Century
Suggested Readings :
1 Alam, Muzaffar and
Subramanyam, Sanjay
(ed)
The Mughal State
2 Alavi, Seema (ed.) Eighteen Century in India
3 Chandra, Satish Medieval India : Society The Jagirdari Crisis and the Village
4 Chandra, Satish Parties and Politics in the Mughal Court, 1707-1740
5 Chandra, Satish The Eighteenth Century in India : Its Economy and the Role
of the Marathas, the Jats, the Sikhs and the Afghans
6 Chandra, Satish Medieval India : From Sultanate to Mughals, Vol. I – II
7 Chaudhuri, K.N. Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean
8 Digby, Simon War Horse and Elephant in the Delhi Sultanate : A Study in
Military Supplies
9 Eaton, Richard M. The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier (1204-1760)
10 Fukazawa Hiroshi The Medieval Decan : Peasants, Social System and States-
Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries
11 Gordon, Stewart The Marathas, 1600-1818
12 Grewal, J.S. (ed) State and Society in Medieval India
13 Habib, Irfan Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1526-1707
14 Habib, Irfan Essays in Indian History : Towards a Marxist Perception
15 Hasan, S. Nurul Thoughts on Agrarian Relations in Mughal India
16 Khan, A.R. Chieftains in the Mughal Empire During the Reign of Akbar
17 Kulke, Hermann The State in India (AD 1000-1700)
18 Marshall, P.J. (ed.) Eighteen Century India : Evolution or Revolution
19 Moosvi, Shireen Economy of the Mughals Empire : A Statistical Study
20 Naqvi, H.K. Urbanisation and urban Centres under the great Mughals
1556-1707
21 Raychaudhri, Tapan
and Irfan Habib (eds.)
Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol I 1200 to 1750
22 Richards, J.F.(ed.) The Imperial Monetary System of Mughal India
23 Richards, J.F.(ed.) The Mughal Empire
24 Sangwan, R.S. Jodhpur and the later Mughals, A.D. 1707-1752
25 Sharma, G.D. Madhyakalin Bharat Ki Rajnetik Aur Aarthik Sansthayen
(Hindi)
26 Singh, Chetan Region and Empire : Punjab in the 17th Century
27 Singh, Chetan Madhya Kalin Bharat : Sultanate Se Mughal Kal Tak Bhag I-
II (Hindi)
28 Wink, Andre Land and Sovereignth in India : Agrarian society and
Politics under the Eighteenth Century Maratha Swarajya
History of India (1757-1857) – II
01MAH109
Unit – I
Construction of the Colonial State : The ‘Iron’ Framework–Police, Army and Law;
The ‘Steel’ Framework– Civil Administration and Bureaucracy
Unit – II
Social Policies and Social Change : British Policy Towards Indian Society – Role of
Orientalists, Evangelicals and Utilitarians; Introduction of Modern Education; Social
Reforms
Unit – III
Economic Organization of the Colonial State : Rise of Capitalism in Colonial India;
Rural Economy; Urban Economy; Communication and Railways
Unit – IV
Ideology and Attitude of the Colonial State : The British Imperialist Ideology –
Political, Economic and Cultural Theories; Racial Bias in Policies and Governance
Unit – V
Resistance to the Colonial State : Pre-1857 Risings – Nature and Impact; The
Uprising of 1857 – Nature, Growth and Repression
Suggested Readings :
1 Amold, David and Ramachandra Guha (eds.)
Nature, Culture and Imperialism : Essays on the Environmental History of South Asia
2 Bayly, C.A. Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire (New Cambridge History of India)
3 Bipan Chandra India’s Struggle for Independence
4 Brown, Judith Modern India : The Origin of an Asian Democracy
5 Chicherov, A.L. Indian Economic Development in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century
6 Desai, A.R. Social Background of Indian Nationalism
7 Fisher, M.H. (ed.) Policies of the British Annexation of India 1757-1857
8 Gopal S. British Policy in India
9 Guha, Ranjit Rule of Property for Bengal : An Essay on the Idea of
Permanent Settlement
10 Guha, Ranjit (ed.) Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian History
and Society, Vols. I - XI
11 Joshi, P.C. Rebellion – 1857
12 Kumar, Dharma (ed,) Cambridge Economic History of India Vol.-II
13 Mishra, Girish Economic History of Modern India
14 Mishra, Girish Adhunik Bharat Ka Arthik Itihas(Hindi tr.)
15 Rai, Satya Murti (ed.) Bharat Mein Upniveshwad Aur Rashtrawad (Hindi)
16 Ravindra Kumar Social History of Modern India
17 Raychandhary, Tapan Indian Economy in the 19th Century : A Symposium
18 Sarkar, Sumit Modern India, 1885-1947
19 Shukla, Ram Lakhan (ed.) Adhunik Bharat Ka Itihas (Hindi)
20 Siddiqui, Aisya (ed.) Trade and Finance in Colonial India
History of East Asia in Modern Times : Japan
01MAH110
Unit – I
The Period of Transition:
Japan in the 19th Century; Western Contact and its Implications; Events leading
to the Meiji Restoration
Unit – II
Meiji Period :
Meiji Restoration – Aims, Nature and Significance; Economic and Political
Reforms; Educational and Social Restructuring
Unit – III
The Period of Consolidation:
Industrial Transformation; Foreign Policy 1895-1919; Policy of Expansion and
Aggression
Unit – IV
Failure of Democracy:
Growth of the Military; The Political Party System and its Drawbacks; Japan and
the World War II
Unit – V
Post-World War II Japan :
Democratization and the New Political System; Economic and Industrial
Remodeling; Social and Educational Remodeling
Suggested Readings :
1 Akita, George Foundation of the Constitutional Government in
Modern Japan
2 Allen, George C. Modern Japan and its Problem
3 Allen, George C. A Short Economic History of Modern Japan 1867-1937
4 Beasley, W.G. The Modern History of Japan
5 Bakmann, George M. The Making of the Meiji Constitution
6 Clyde, P.H. Far East
7 Clyde, P.H. Sudoor Purva (Hindi tr.)
8 Dengarfield, R.J. The New Japan
9 Fairback, John K. East Asia : Modern Transformation
10 Fine, S.M. Japan’s Post-War Industrial Recovery
11 Hall, John W. Japan From Prehistory to Modern Times
12 Holtam, D.C. Modern Japan and Shinto Nationalism
13 James, David H. The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire
14 Jansen, M.B. Japan and China : From War to Peace, 1894-1972
15 Kostan, E.E.N Militarism and Foreign Policy in Japan
16 Lockwood, William The Economic Development of Japan : Growth and
Structural Change
17 Jansen M.B. (ed) The Cambridge History of Japan Vols V to VI
18 Myers, Ramon H. and
Mark R. Patric (eds.)
The Japanese Colonial Empire, 1895-1945
19 Norman, E.H. Japan’s Emergence as a Modern State
20 Pyle, Kenneth B. The Making of Modern Japan
21 Scalapino, Robrt A. Democracy and the Party Movement in Pre-War
Japan
Year2
Historiography
02MAH101
Unit – I
History : Meaning; Nature and Scope
Unit – II
History and Allied Disciplines; Historical Evidence : Its Nature and Transmission
Unit – III
Objectivity in History; Causation in History; Collection and Selection of Historical
Data
Unit – IV
Early Trends of Historiography: Greeco-Roman; Chinese and Ancient Indian
Unit – V
Medieval Historiography : Western; Arabic and Persian
Suggested Readings :
1 Ali, B. Sheikh History : Its Theory and Method
2 Bajaj, Satish, K. Recent Trends in Historiography
3 Bentley, Michael (ed.) Companion to Historiography
4 Bloch, Marc The Historian’s Craft
5 Buddha Prakah Itihas Darshan (Hindi)
6 Carr, E.H. What is History ?
7 Collingwood, R.G. The Idea of History
8 Elton, G.R. Practice of History
9 Gardener, Patrick Theories of History
10 Habib, Irfan Interpreting Indian History
11 Hale, J.R. Evolution of British Historiography
12 Hardy, Peter Historians of Medieval India
13 Johnson, Allen Historian and Historical Evidence
14 Ladurie, L. R. Territory of the Historian
15 Leonard, M.M. The Nature of Historical Inquiry
16 Majumdar, R.K. & Srivastava,
A.N.
Historiography
17 Marwick, Aurther The Nature of History
18 Marwick, Aurther What History Is and Why It is Important ?
19 Renier, G.T. History : Its Purpose and Method
20 Sridharan, E. A Textbook of Historiography
21 Thompson, J.W. A History of Historical Writing 500 B.C. to
A.D. 2000
22 Topolski, Jarzy Methodology of History
23 Walsh, W.H. Philosophy of History
24 Widgery, G.A. The Meaning of History
25 William, S.H. The Modern Historian
Society in Medieval India, AD 1200-1750
02MAH102
Unit – I
Continuity and Change in Medieval Indian Society : Composition and
Stratification; Urban and Rural Society
Unit – II
Caste and Social Mobility, Slavery; Women in Medieval Indian Society
Unit – III
Origin and Concepts of Sufism; Chisti, Qadiri, Suhrawardi and Naqashbandi
Silsilas
Unit – IV
Origin and Concepts of Bhakti Movement : Nath Panthis, Kabir, Nanak, Dadu,
Chaitanya, Tulsidas, Raidas and Maharashtra Dharma
Unit – V
Elements of Conflicts and Synthesis in Medieval Indian Society : Ruling Groups,
State and Orthodoxy; Muslim Revivalist Movement under Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi;
Sectarian Communities
Suggested Readings :
1 Ashraf, K.M. Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan
2 Banga Indu (ed.) The City in Indian History : Urban Demography,
Society and Politics
3 Chopra, P.N. Life and Letters under the Mughals.
4 Eaton, Richards M. (ed.) India’s Islamic Tradition
5 Grewal, J.S. (ed.) The State and Society in Medieval India
6 Habib, Irfan (ed.) Medieval India-Research in the History of India
1200-1750
7 Habib, Muhammad Politics and Society in Early Medieval Period, Vol I &
II
8 Hasan, S. Nural Religion, State and Society in Medieval India (ed.
Satish Chandra)
9 Jackson, Peter The Delhi Sultanate
10 Karashima, N. Towards a New Formation : South Indian Society
under Vijayanagar
11 Nigam, S.B.P. Nobility under the Sultans of Delhi
12 Nizami, K.A. Religion and Politics in the 13th Century
13 Richards, J.F. The Mughal Empire
14 Rizvi, S.A.A. History of Sufism, Vol. I-II
15 Rizvi, S.A.A. Muslim Revivalist Movement in Northern India in
the 16th – 17th Centuries
16 Rizvi, S.A.A. Religious and Intellectual History of the Muslims in
Akbar’s Reign
17 Satish, Chandra Medieval India : Society, Jagirdari Crisis and the
State
18 Stein, Burton New Cambridge History of India : Vijaynagar
19 Stein, Burton Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India
20 Umar, Muhammad Muslim Society in Northern India During the 18th
Century
21 Umar, Muhammad Urban Culture in North India During the 18th
Century.
Modern India (1858-1947)
02MAH103
Unit – I
Colonial State : Authorities at London; British Indian Government; Provincial
Structure; Local Self Government and Administration
Unit – II
Colonial Control : Police, Law and Justice; Land Revenue Administration;
Relations with Princely States; Foreign Relations : Afghanistan, Burma and Tibbat
Unit – III
Decline of the Handicrafts and its Effects; Flow of Foreign Capital and its Effects;
Agrarian Relations, Commercialization of Agriculture; Economic Drain
Unit – IV
Rise of the Modern Industries: Jute Textile, Cotton Textile, Iron and Steel; Rise of
Capitalist Class and Industrial Labour
Unit – V
The Utilitarians and Social Change; Nature and Ideas of the Brahmo Samaj, the
Arya Samaj, the Ram Krishan Mission and the Aligarh Movement; Growth of the
Modern Education; Rise of the Middle Classes
Suggested Readings :
1 Bilgrani, Ashgar H. Afghanistan and British India : A Study in Foreign
Relations
2 Bipan, Chandra Essays on Colonialism
3 Bipan, Chandra Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India
4 Brown, Judith Modern India : The Origin of the Asian Democracy
5 Datta, K.K. Social History of Modern India
6 Desai, A.R. Social Background of Indian Nationalism
7 Dodwell, H. (ed) The Cambridge History of India, Vol. - II
8 Dutt, R.C. Economic History of India, Vol. I & II
9 Fraser, Lovet India under Curzon and After
10 Gopal, S. British Policy in India
11 Hasan, Zoya Politics and State in India
12 Jones, K.W. Socio-Religious Reform Movement in British India
13 Kennedy, G.S. Providence and the Raj
14 Kulkarani, V.B. British Dominion in India and After
15 Kumar, Dharma (ed.) Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol.-II
16 Kumar, Ravinder Social History of Modern India
17 Majumdar, R.C. (ed) British Paramountey and Indian Renaissance, Vol. IX
& X
18 Metcalf, T.R. Land, Landlords and the British Raj : North India in
the 19th Century
19 Mishra, B.B. The Indian Middle Classes : Their Growth in Modern
Times
20 Mishra, B.B. The Administrative History of India 1834-1947
21 Nanda, B.R. Essays in Modern India History
22 Nauroji, Dada Bhai Poverty and the Un-British Rule in India
23 Pavlov, V.I. The Indian Capitalist Class : A Historical Study
24 Roy, Tirthankar The Economic History of Modern India
25 Sharma, M.P. Local Self - Government in India
26 Smith, W.C. Modern Islam in India
27 Stein, Burton The Making of the Agrarian Policy in British India
1770-1900
28 Stein, Burton Thomas Munro : The Origins of the Colonial State
and his Vision of the Empire
29 Stokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India
30 Tomlinson, B.R. Economy of Modern India 1860-1970
Social History of India
02MAH104
Unit – I
Social History of India : Sources and Approaches ; Indian Social Institutions :
Tribe, Caste (as well as Untouchability), Class and Community
Unit – II
Medieval Indian Society : Urban and Rural; Social Stratification and Social
Mobility; Position of Women
Unit – III
Education and Culture in Medieval India : Educational Systems and Institutions;
Syncretic Tradition and Cultural Synthesis
Unit – IV
Colonial Intervention and Social Change : British Social Policy and Western Ideas
- Evangelicals and Utilitarians ; Growth of Modern Education; Rise of New Social
Classes
Unit – V
Social Change in Colonial India : Transitions in Caste-ridden Society; Conflict
between Tradition and Modernity; Changing Position of Women ; Patterns of
Urbanization
Suggested Readings :
1 Ahmad, Aziz Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian Environemnt
2 Altekar, A.S. Position of Women in Hindu Civilization
3 Ambedkar, B.R. The Untouchables
4 Ashraf, K.M. Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan
5 Ballahatchet, K.S. Social Policy and Social Change in Western India
6 Basu, Aparna The Growth of Education and Political Development
1898-1920
7 Bayly, Susan Caste, Society and Politics in India from the
Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age
8 Datta, K.K. Social History of Modern India
9 Desai, A.R. Social Background of Indian Nationalism
10 Dube, S.C. Indian Society
11 Dube, S.C. Contemporary India and its Modernization
12 Habib, Irfan Interpreting Indian History
13 Habib, Mohammad Politics and Society during the Early Medieval Period
14 Hardey, Peter The Muslims of British India
15 Jha, D.N. Economy and Society in Early India : Issues and
Paradigms
16 Kothari, Rajni (ed.) Caste in Indian Politics
17 Krishnamurthi, J. Women in Colonial India
18 Kumar, Ravindra Social History of Modern India
19 Majumdar, R.C. British Paramount and Indian Renaissance, Vol. X
20 Majumdar, R.C. The History and Culture of Indian People, Vol. V &
VII
21 Mishra, B.B. The Indian Middle Classes : Their Growth in Modern
Times
22 Mishra, Girish Economic History of Modern India
23 Mujeeb, M. The Indian Muslims
24 Nurullah, S. & J.P. Naik History of Education in India
25 O’ Malley, L.S.S. Modern India and the West
26 Potts, E. Daniel British Baptist Missionaries in India 1793-1837
27 Rashid, Abdul Society and Culture in Medieval India
28 Rizvi, S.A.A. Religious and Intellectual History of the Muslims in
Akbar Reign
29 Sarkar, Sumit Writing Social History
30 Shah, A.B. & C.R.M.,Rao Tradition and Modernity in India
31 Sharma, R.S. Social Changes in Early Medieval India
32 Smith, W.C. Modern Islam in India
33 Sridharan, E. A Textbook of Historiography
34 Srinivas, M.N. Social Change in Modern India
35 Srinivas, M.N. Caste in India and Other Essays
36 Stokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India
37 Tara Chand Society and State in the Mughal Period
38 Tara Chand Influence of Islam on Indian Culture
39 Thapar, Romila Ancient Indian Social History
40 Vidyarathi, L.P. Tribal Culture of India
Approaches of History
02MAH105
Unit – I
The Idealistic Approach : W.G.F Hegel; Benedito Croce and R.G. Collingwood
Unit – II
The Positivist Approach : Auguste Comte and Leopold von Ranke; The
Materialistic Approach : Karl Marx
Unit – III
The Annals Tradition and the Idea of Total History; The Post-Modernist Approach
Unit – IV
Approaches of Indian History : Early Imperialist Historiography; Cambridge
School; Nationalist Historiography
Unit – V
Approaches of Indian History : Marxist Historiography; Subaltern School;
Historiography on Lower Castes’ Movements
Suggested Readings :
1 Ali, B. Sheikh History : Its Theory and Method
2 Bajaj, Satish K. Recent Trends in Historiography
3 Barns, H.D. A History of Historical Writing
4 Buddha Prakah Itihas Darshan (Hindi)
5 Burtens, Hans The Idea of Post Modern : A History
6 Carr, E.H. What is History ?
7 Clark, Stuart The Annals Historians
8 Collingwood, R.G. The Idea of History
9 Comte, Auguste Course of Positivist Philosophy
10 Croce, Benedito Philosophy of Spirit
11 Dray, Arthur On History and Philosophers of History
12 Evans, J. Richard In Defence of History
13 Foucault, Michael Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in
the Age of Reason
14 Gooch, G.P. History and Historians in the Nineteenth Century
15 Habib, Irfan Interpreting Indian History
16 Hughes, Warrington Fifty Key Thinkers on History
17 Jenkins, Keith (ed) Post Modern History Reader
18 Johnson, Allen Historian and Historical Evidence
19 Majumdar, R.K. &
Srivastava, A.N.
Historiography
20 Marx, Karl Das Capital
21 Marx, Karl The Communist Manifesto
22 Philips, C.H. Historians of India, Pakistan and Ceylon
23 Russel, Bertrand History of Western Philosophy
24 Sen, S.P. Historians of Modern India
25 Sridharan, E. A Textbook of Historiography
26 Thompson, J.W.& Holm
Bernord
A History of Historical Writing, Vols. I & II
27 William S.H. Some Twentieth Century Historians
28 Zenkins, Keeth Why History : Reflections on the Possible End of
History and Ethics under the Impact of Post-
Modernism
Art, Architecture and Culture in Medieval India, AD1200-1750
02MAH106
Unit – I
System of Education; Growth of Literature: Persian, Sanskrit and Hindi; Patronage
of Learning
Unit – II
Food, Dresses and Ornaments; Means of Recreation; Festivals and Fairs
Unit – III
Development of Architecture under the Sultans of Delhi : Mamluqs, Khaljis,
Tughlaqs and Lodis; Regional Architecture – Vijayanagar and Sharqi
Unit – IV
Mughal Architecture : The Early Phase; Development from Akbar to Shahjahan;
The Later Stage
Unit – V
Visual and Performing Arts : Mughal, Rajput and Kangra Schools of Painting;
Dance and Music; Evolution of Composite Culture
Suggested Readings :
1 Ali, M. Athar Mughal India : Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society and Culture
2 Asher, Catherine
B.
Architecture of Mughal India
3 Ashraf, K.M. Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan
4 Aziz, Ahmad Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian Environment
5 Beach, Miloc Mughal and Rajput Paintings
6 Chopra, P.N. Life and Letters under the Mughals.
7 Habib, Irfan Medieval India : The Study of A Civilization
8 Habib, Irfan Medieval Technology : Exchanges between Indian and
Islamic World
9 Havell, E.B Indian Architecture
10 Koch, Ebba Mughal Architecture : An Outline of its History and
Development (1528-1858)
11 Koch, Ebba Mughal Art and Imperial Ideology
12 Malik, Z.U. Reign of Muhammad Shah
13 Percy, Brown The Indian Architecture and Painting under the Mughals
14 Qaisar, A.J. Indian Response to European Culture and Technology
15 Rashid, A. Society and Culture in Medieval India
16 Siddiqui, I.H. Essays On Intellectual Thought and Culture, Vol. I
17 Srivastava, A.L. Medieval Indian Culture
18 Stein, Burton New Cambridge History of India : Vijayanagar
19 Stein, Burton Peasan,t State and Society in Medieval South India
20 Tara, Chand Influence of Islam on Indian Culture
21 Umar,
Muhammad
Muslim Society in Northern India During the 18th Century
22 Umar,
Muhammad
Urban Culture in North India During the 18th Century.
23 Verma, S.P. Mughal Painters and Their Works
02MAH107
Indian National Movement (1885-1947)
Unit – I
Emergence of the Organized Nationalism; The Moderates : Their Ideology and
Politics; Rise of the Extreme Nationalism and its Politics; Partition of Bengal and the
Swadeshi Movement
Unit – II
Revolutionary Movements; Rise of Communal Politics; First World War and the
Home Rule Movement; Emergence of Gandhi and his Ideology
Unit – III
Rowlatt Satyagraha, Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement; Swaraj Party;
Civil-Disobedience Movement; Quit India Movement
Unit – IV
Rise of the Left Ideology and Indian Politics; Trade Union Movements; Peasant
Movements; Revolutionary Movement; Congress Socialist Party; Subhas Bose and INA
Unit – V
Muslim Communal Politics during the 1930s; Cripps Mission and Indian Politics;
Gandhi-Jinnah Negotiations and Wavell Plan; Cabinet Mission and Mountbatten Plan :
Partition and Independence.
Suggested Readings :
1 Agrow, D. Moderates and Extremist in the Indian National
Movement
2 Bahadur, Lal Muslim League
3 Bhuyan, Arun The Quit India Movement
4 Brown, Judith Gandhi’s Rise to Power: Indian Politics 1915-22
5 Brown, Judith Gandhi : The Prisoner of Hope
6 Bipan Chandra Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India
7 Bipan Chandra Essays on Colonialism
8 Bipan Chandra et al India’s Struggle For Independence
9 Desai, A.R. Social Background of Indian Nationalism
10 Desai, A.R. Peasant Struggle in India
11 Ghosh, P.C. The Indian National Congress
12 Guha, Ranjit Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in
Colonial India
13 Guha, Ranjit (ed) Subaltern Studies, Vol. I – VI
14 Gupta, M.N. History of the Revolutionary Movement in India
15 Hardy, Peter The Muslims of British India
16 Hasan, Mushirul India’s Partition : Process, Strategy and
Mobilization
17 Hasan, Mushirul Nationalism and Communal Politics in India 1916-
1928
18 Joshi, Shashi and
Bhagwan Josh
Struggle for Hegemony in India, 3 Vols.
19 Kumar, Kapil Peasants in Revolt
20 Low , D.A. (ed) Indian National Congress : A Centenary Hindsight
21 Low, D.A. (ed) Congress and the Raj : Facets of the Indian
Struggle 1917-1947
22 Majumdar, R.C. History of the Freedom Movement in India, 3 Vols.
23 Mehrotra, S.R. The Emergence of the Indian National Congress
24 Mohan, Kamlesh Militant Nationalism in the Punjab
25 Moon, Penderal Divide and Quit
26 Moore, R.J. Crisis of Indian Unity
27 Nanda, B.R. Gandhi : A Biography
28 Nanda, B.R. Gandhi and His Critics
29 Page, David Prelude to Partition
30 Pannikar, K.N. National and Left Movements in India
31 Sarkar, Sumit Modern India
32 Shankar, Girija The Socialist Trend in the Indian National
Congress.
33 Singh, Amarjit Punjab Divided : Politics of the Muslim League and
Partition 1935-1947
34 Singh, Anita Inder The Origins of the Partition of India 1936-1947
35 Singh, L.P. The Left Wing in India
36 Sitaramaya, P. History of the Indian National Congress, 3 Vols.
37 Stokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India
38 Tara Chand History of the Freedom Movement in India, 4 Vols,
39 Tomlinson, B.R. The Indian National Congress and the Raj : 1929-
1942
40 Vajpeyi, J.N. The Extremist Movement in India.
Socio-Religious Movements in India
02MAH108
Unit – I
Advent of Islam in India: Its Impact on Indian Society; Religious Cults in Early
Medieval India
Unit – II
Socio-Religious Movements in Medieval India : Bhakti and Sufi – Their Ideology,
Nature and Impact
Unit – III
Socio-Religious Movements in Modern India : Brahmo Samaj; Arya Samaj,
Ramkrishan Mission and Theosophical Society
Unit – IV
Socio-Religious Movements in Modern India : Wababi Movement; Aligarh
Movement; Singh Sabha and Sanatan Dharam Sabha
Unit – V
Caste, Anti-Caste and Tribal Movements : Sri Narayan Dharam Movement;
Satyashodhak Samaj; Depressed Class Movements with special reference to the
Movement of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar; Tribal Movements
Suggested Readings :
1 Ahmad, Qeyamuddin The Wahabi Movement in India
2 Ambedkar, B.R. What Congress and Gandhi have done to the
Untouchables
3 Beteitte, Andre Caste, Class and Power
4 Bhatnagar, S. (ed.) Indian Studies in Social History
5 Chahal, S.K Dalits Patronised : Indian National Congress
and the Untouchables of India 1921-1947
6 Chopra, P.N. Some Aspects of Social Life during the
Mughal Age(1526-1707)
7 Datta, K.K. Social History of Modern India
8 Deliegue, Robert The Untouchables of India
9 Dodwell, H.H. Cambridge History of India, Vol. V
10 Gore, M.S. Social Context of An Ideology : Ambedkar’s
Political and Social Thought
11 Guha, Ranjit (ed.) Subaltern Studies, Vol. I-VI
12 Heimsath, Charles Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social Reform
13 Jain, M.S. The Aligarh Movement
14 Jone, K.W. Arya Dharma : Hindu Consciousness in the
19th Century Punjab
15 Jone, K.W. Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British
India
17 Joshi, Barbara Untouchable! Voices of the Dalit Liberation
Movement
18 Joshi, V.C. (ed.) Rammohan Roy and Process of
Modernisation in India
19 Majumdar, B.B History of Indian Social and Political Ideas :
From Rammohan to Dayananda
20 Majumdar, R.C. British Paramountcy and Indian
Renaissance, Vol. X
21 Majumdar, R.C. The History and Culture of Indian People,
Vol. V & VII
22 Moon, Vasant (ed.) Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar : Writings and
Speeches, Vols. I,II, V & IX
23 Nizami, K.N. Some Aspects of Religion and Politics in the
Thirteenth Century
24 Nurullah, S. & J.P. Naik History of Education in India
25 Ojha, P.N. Some Aspects of North Indian Social Life
26 Omvedt, Gail Cultural Revolt in a Colonial Society : The
Non-Brahman Movement in Western India
27 Omvedt, Gail Dalits and the Democratic Revolution : Dr.
Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in
Colonial India
28 Patil, P.G. (tr.) Collected Works of Mahatma Jyotirao
Phooley, Vol. I & II
29 Rashid, Abdul Society and Culture in Medieval India
30 Rizvi, S.A.A. History of Sufism in India, Vol. I & II
31 Rizvi, S.A.A. Religious and Intellectual History of the
Muslims in Akbar’s Reigon
32 Sarkar, Sumit Modern India 1885-1947
33 Singh, Suresh The Dust Storm and the Hanging Mist
34 Smith, W.C. Modern Islam in India
35 Strokes, Eric The English Utilitarians and India
38 Tara Chand Society and State in the Mughal Period
39 Thruston, Edge Tribes and Castes of Southern India
40 Wilson, C.H. The Sects of the Hindus
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