CBCS 1st Semester CC-1 History Syllabus উত্তরবঙ্গ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Honours Course HISTORY OF INDIA- I

 

CBCS 1st Semester CC-1 History Syllabus উত্তরবঙ্গ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Honours Course HISTORY OF INDIA- I

 

CBCS 1^st Semester CC-1

History Syllabus

উত্তরবঙ্গ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়

Honours Course

 HISTORY OF INDIA- I

I. Reconstructing Ancient Indian History.

[a] Early Indian notions of History.

[b] Sources and tools of historical reconstruction.

[c] Historical interpretations (with special reference to gender, environment, technology, and regions).

II. Pre-historic hunter-gatherers.

[a] Palaeolithic cultures- sequence and distribution; stone industries and other technological developments.

[b] Mesolithic cultures- regional and chronological distribution; new developments in technology and economy; rock art.

Understanding the regional and chronological distribution of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures: subsistence, and patterns of exchange.

Origins; settlement patterns and town planning; agrarian base; craft productions and trade; social and political organization; religious beliefs and practices; art; the problem of urban decline and the late/post-Harappan traditions. V. Cultures in transition

Settlement patterns, technological and economic developments; social stratification; political relations; religion and philosophy; the Aryan Problem.

[a] North India (circa 1500 BCE-300 BCE)

[b] Central India and the Deccan (circa 1000 BCE - circa 300 BCE)

[c] Tamilakam (circa 300 BCE to circa CE 300)