CBCS 1st Semester History Honours CC:1 Syllabus//North Bengal University

 

CBCS 1st Semester History Honours CC:1 Syllabus//North Bengal University

 HISTORY HONOURS CC:1 SYLLABUS

 PAPER I: HISTORY OF INDIA- I

North Bengal University

CC:1  

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.    
III. The advent of food production:   

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

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)