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Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner

M.A. History (Semester Scheme) Syllabus

Choice Based Credit System (CBCS)

Semester I and II : 2019-20

&

Semester III and IV : 2020-21

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

MAHARAJA GANGA SINGH UNIVERSITY, BIKANER

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION M.A. HISTORY (MEDIEVAL) A Candidate for a pass at each of the Semester Examination shall be required to obtain at

least 36% marks in the aggregate of all the papers prescribed for the examination and at least

25% marks in each individual paper. Division shall be awarded at the end of the IV Semester

Examination based on the combined marks obtained in all Semester Examinations taken

together, as given below:

First Division 60%

of the aggregate marks taken together of all

the four semesters.

Second Division 48%

All those who score between 47% to 36% shall be declared to have passed the Examination.

Examination Paper Pattern at Postgraduate level (Semester System).

Section Word

Limit

Total

Questions

Allocation of

marks (question

wise)

Maximum

Marks ( 75 )

A 50 10 1.5 15

B 200 05 06 30

C 500 03 10 30

-- -- - 75

Academic Flexibility To enable the students to opt subjects/paper across the disciplines, the University has

incorporated Academic Flexibility along with credit System at the Postgraduate Level :

� Credit : A Unit by which the Course Work is measured. One credit is equivalent to

one hour of teaching (lecture or tutorial) or two hours of Practicals Field Work per week.

Credit and Teaching Hours 1 Credit = 1 hour teaching per day per per session

1 Credit = 2 hour of Practical / Field Work per day per session

� Different Categories of Courses

• Core Course – A course which should compulsorily be studied by a student as a core

requirement is termed as Core Course.

• Elective Course – It is a course which can be chosen from a pool of Papers/Courses.

(a) Core Elective Course adds generic proficiency to the students and they are for the

said discipline of study.

(b) Open Elective Courses are from the Pool of Courses that are

Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary and can be opted by students from across the

discipline.

� Unit means a part of the course having independent part in a course.

Unit and Course A course shall have 5 units

� Comprehensive continuous Evaluation

Component Unit Covered in a Course Weightage Period of CCA

Sessionals

upto unit 3-4

25% To be consolidated by

12th

week

Semester end

Examination

1-5

(complete course)

75% At the end of the

Semester

Sessionals shall include one Periodical Test of 10 marks, Three Assignments (of 2 marks each)

Three Classroom Presentation (of 2 marks each) and Class room Participation and Presence (03

marks). The details are as given below -

(a) One Periodical Test - 10 marks

(b) Three Assignments - 06 marks (02 marks each)

(i) Assignment related to Critical Review/Analytical Review/Case study, etc.

(ii) Surprise Assignment

(iii) Assignment related to lab/practical or experiment, write up or a Project Report/Field

Work.

(c) Three Classroom Seminars 06 marks (02 marks each). The topics for the Seminar shall be

decided in the Departmental Meetings. From among these topics, each student shall choose one

topic and prepare Seminar Presentation under the guidance of his/her mentor.

(d) Participation and Presence -03 marks (Those who have above 90% attendance may be

awarded full marks; those whose attendance falls between 75%-89% may be awarded 02 marks.

Below 75% attendance shall be awarded zero.)

Distribution of marks for the purpose of Evaluation (Examinations):-

Particulars of Examination Marks Allotted

Internal Evaluation (Sessionals) 25

End Semester Examination 75

Total Marks 100

Department of History

Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner (Raj.)

M.A. History (Medieval) CBCS Semester System (2019-20)

1. The duration of this study programme will be of four semesters (two years). There

will be total sixteen papers (Four each in all the semesters i.e. I, II, III and IV).

2. The students are required to take up all four papers (Courses) in Semester I and II.

3. In Semester III and IV, the students shall be required to take up 2 core compulsory

papers, 1 core elective and 1 elective open course.

4. If a student opts for taking up case study either in third or fourth semester, in such

case he/she will not be required to appear for internal examination in that paper.

M.A. History (Medieval) Semester-I

S.No. Paper Code

No.

Nomenclature of the paper Credits

L T P Total

01 MAHM001 History of Europe (1789-1870

A.D.)

04 01 - 05


A.D.)

04 01 - 05

03 MAHM003 International Relations (1919-

1945 A.D.)

04 01 - 05

04 MAHM004 Political History of Rajasthan

(1200-1761 A.D.)

04 01 - 05

Total Credits 16 04 - 20

M.A. History (Medieval) Semester-II

S.No. Paper Code

No.


L T P Total

05 MAHM005 Cultural Profile of India 04 01 - 05

06 MAHM006 Women in Indian History 04 01 - 05

07 MAHM007 Social, Cultural, Economic

History of Rajasthan

(1700 A.D. to 1950 A.D.)

04 01 - 05

08 MAHM008 Elements of Ancient

Civilizations and Institutions

04 01 - 05


M.A. History (Medieval) Semester-III

S.No. Paper Code

No.

Nomenclature of the paper Type/

Category

Credits

L T P Total

09 MAHM009 The Philosophy of History

and Research

Core

Compulsory

04 01 - 05

10 MAHM010 Medieval India and Its

Institutions (1200-1526 AD)

Core

Compulsory

04 01 - 05

11 MAHM011(a) Economic Life and

Institutions in Medieval India

OR

Core

Elective

04 01 - 05

MAHM011(b) Economic History of India

(1200-1550AD)

OR

Core

Elective

04 01 - 05

MAHM011(c) Society, Culture and

Economy of India in 18th

Century

Core

Elective

04 01 - 05

12 MAHM012(a) Primary Sources of Medieval

Indian History

OR

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05

MAHM012(b) Historical Application in

Tourism

OR

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05

MAHM012(c) Archaeological Method

OR

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05

MAHM012(d) Case study (Hand-written) on

theme related to socio-

cultural and religious folk

deities (Lok Devtas) of

Western Rajasthan

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05

Total

Credits

16 04 - 20

M.A. History (Medieval) Semester-IV

S.No. Paper Code

No.

Nomenclature of the paper Type/

Category

Credits

L T P Total



Core

Compulsory

04 01 - 05



Core

Compulsory

04 01 - 05

15 MAHM015(a) Medieval Society Religion Art

and Architecture

OR

Core

Elective

04 01 - 05


(1550-1750 AD)

OR

Core

Elective

04 01 - 05

MAHM015(c) Development of Medieval

Architecture in India (1300 to

1700 AD)

Core

Elective

04 01 - 05

16 MAHM016(a) History and Historiography of

Medieval India

OR

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05

MAHM016(b) Tribal, Peasant and

Prajamandal Movements in

Rajasthan During the Colonial

Period

OR

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05

MAHM016(c) History of Ideas (Religious,

Political and Social Ideas)

04 01 - 05

MAHM016(d) Case Study on any one of the

following (Handwritten)

(a) Genealogy of any

caste/community of

Bikaner division

(b) Socio-cultural history of

Bikaner division (Based

on survey and field study)

(c) Art/Architecture and

monuments of Rajasthan.

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05


Department of History

Maharaja Ganga Singh University, Bikaner (Raj.)

M.A. History (Medieval) CBCS Semester System (2019-20)

SEMESTER-I

1. The duration of this study programme will be of four semesters (two years). There

will be total sixteen papers (Four each in all the semesters i.e. I, II, III and IV).

2. The students are required to take up all four papers (Courses) in Semester I and II.

3. In Semester III and IV, the students shall be required to take up 2 core compulsory

papers, 1 core elective and 1 elective open course.

4. If a student opts for taking up case study either in third or fourth semester, in such

case he/she will not be required to appear for internal examination in that paper.

M.A. History (Medieval) Semester-I

S.No. Paper Code

No.


L T P Total


A.D.)

04 01 - 05


A.D.)

04 01 - 05

03 MAHM003 International Relations (1919-

1945 A.D.)

04 01 - 05

04 MAHM004 Political History of Rajasthan

(1200-1761 A.D.)

04 01 - 05


Paper Code MAHM001 : History of Europe (1789-1870 A.D.)

3 hours duration Max Marks : 100 Internal Evaluation : 25

Note : The question paper shall contain three sections. Section-A shall contain 10 questions two

from each unit of 1.5 marks each. The candidate is required to answer all the questions. The

answer should not exceed 50 words. Section-B shall contain 5 questions one from each unit with

internal choice. Each question shall be of 6 marks. The answers should not exceed 200 words.

The candidate is required to answer all the questions. Section-C shall contain 5 questions of 10

marks each, one from each unit. The candidate is required to answer any three questions. The

answer shall not exceed 500 words.

Unit – I Europe on the eve of French Revolution: The French Revolution of 1789 –

Causes, Results and Impact.

Unit – II Napoleon Bonaparte – Works and Achievements; Napoleon’s Downfall.

Unit – III Settlement of 1814-15; Concert of Europe; The Age of Metternich (1815-48).

Unit – IV Progress of Nationalism; Unification of Italy; Unification of Germany.

Unit – V The Eastern Question – Extent of the Ottoman Empire; Main causes of the

growing weakness and decline of the Ottoman Empire; Serbia’s Revolt; Greek

War of Independence; The Crimean War.

Suggested Readings:

1. Gershoy, Leo : The French Revolution and Napoleon

2. Grant & Temperley : Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

3. Hayes, J.H. : A Political & Cultural History of Modern

Europe (Vol. I)

4. Hazen, C.D. : Modern European History

5. Lipson : Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

6. Marriot : The Evolution of Modern Europe

7. Rose, Holland : Life of Napoleon

8. Thomson, David : Europe since Napoleon

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Paper Code MAHM002 : History of Europe ( 1870 – 1919 A.D.)









Unit- I

1. Europe in 1870

2. Bismarck-His Domestic and Foreign Policy. Alliance System.

3. Bismarck and Colonies.

Unit – II

1. Kaiser Willam II and his Foreign Policy. Anglo-German Relations and Russo-German

Relations.

2. Diplomatic History (1890-1914) with special reference to various alliances and the

Morocco Crisis.

Unit – III

1. Congress of Berlin and Balkan Crisis.

2. European Imperialism in the North Africa and the Far East.

Unit – IV

1. Third French Republic with special reference to Church and State.

2. Foreign Policy of the Third French Republic.

Unit – V

1. Circumstances leading to the First World War, the question of War Guilt.

2. Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 and their Results.

Suggested Readings:

1. F. Lee Benns: Europe since 1870

2. Fay: Origin of the World War

3. G.P. Gooch : History of Modern Europe (also in Hindi)

4. J.H. Hayes: Contemporary Europe since 1890

5. Schapiro, J.A. : Modern and Contemporary European History (1815-1852)

6. Taylor : Bismark : The Man and the Statesmen

7. AJP Taylor : Struggle for the Mastery of Europe

8. Brandenburg : From Bismarck to the World War I

9. Robertson : Bismarck

10. Grant & Temperly : Europe in the 19th

and 20th

Century ( also in Hindi)

11. Mowat : A History of European Diplomacy (1815-1914)

12. Derry & Jarman : The European World ( 1870-1945)

13. David Thomson : Europe Since Napoleon

14. J.A.R. Marriet : The Eastern Question

15. Hazen : History of Europe

16. M.L. Sharma : European History (1870-1919)(Hindi)

Paper Code MAHM003 : International Relations (1919-1945 A.D.)









Unit- I Efforts for Peace. War Debts and Economic Depression. Collective Security and

Disarmament.

Unit- II Rise of Fascism, Foreign Policy of Italy and the Spanish Civil War. Rise of

Nazism and Foreign Policy of Germany. British Policy of Appeasement. Munich

Pact.

Unit- III Lenin and his New Economic Policy. The Middle East 1914-45 with special

reference to Kamal Ataturk and Regeneration of Turkey.

Unit- IV Far East; Growth of Chinese Nationalism and Communism, Rise of Japan and

relations with China.

Unit- V Roosevelt and the New Deal. Events leading to World War-II and War time

International Conferences. Birth of the U.N.O.

Suggested Readings:

55. Langsam : The World since 1914

56. Gathorne Hardy, : A History of International Affairs (1920-1931) (Also in Hindi)

57. Carr, E.H. : International Relations between two World Wars (Also in Hindi)

58. F.Lee Benns: Europe since 1870

59. David Thomson : World History (1914-1950)

60. S.N. Dhar: International Relations & World Politics since 1919

61. Dr. G.N. Sharma : International Relations.

62. Dr. D.N. Verma : International Relations.

63. Dr. M.L. Sharma : International Relations. (1919-1945) (Hindi)

64. D.C. Gupta : International Relations.

65. M.C. Gupta : International Relations.

Paper Code MAHM004 : Political History of Rajasthan (1200 - 1761

A.D.)









Unit I Sources of Political History of Rajasthan; Maharana Kumbha, settlement of

Rathors in Marwar: Kanhad Dev

Unit II Mewar : Consolidation under Maharana Sanga; his estimate; Udai Singh and his

neighbours; conflicts with the Mughals and the Afghans; Pratap: Battle of

Haldighati; his estimate; Mewar after Pratap Maharana Raj Singh (1652-1680)

Unit III Marwar: Maldeo; his estimate; Resistance of Chandra Sen to Mughal Power,

achievements of Maharaja Jaswant Singh, Marwar-Mughal Struggle.

Unit IV Amber : Early history of Kachhavahas of Amber; Mughal Amber alliance; Mirza

Raja Jai Singh’s contributions Bikaner : Formation of Bikaner State-Maharaja Rai

Singh; Hadoti: Relations of the States of Bundi and Kota with the Mughals.

Unit V Later Mughal and Rajputs; War of Succession; Feudalism and Administrative

System; Revenue Policies.

Suggested Readings:

1. Ojha, G.H. : Rajasthan Ka Itihas, Vols. I and II; Udaipur Vol II, Part I; Dungarpur, Part

II; Banswara, Part III; Partapgarh, Vol. IV, Part I and II; Jodhpur, Vol. V, Part I and II;

Bikaner, Part - I

2. Sharma, M.L. : Kota Rajya Ka Itihas, Vols. I and II

3. Tod, J. : Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, Vols. I and II, Edited by Crooke.

4. Reu, B.N. : History of Marwar, Vols, I and II

5. Banerjee, A.C. Rajput Studies

6. Raghubir Singh : Purva Adhunik Rajasthan

7. Sharma, G.N. : Mewar and and Mughal Emperors.

8. Shyamal Dass : Vir Vinod, Vols. I to IV

9. Asopa, R.K. : Marwar ka Mool Itihas

10. Bhargava, V.S. : Marwar and Mughals (Hindi ed. Also)

11. Vyas, R.P. : Maharana Raj Singh

12. Sharma, G.N.: Rajasthan ke Itihas ke Srota

M.A. History (Medieval) Semester-II

S.No. Paper Code

No.


L T P Total

05 MAHM005 Cultural Profile of India 04 01 - 05

06 MAHM006 Women in Indian History 04 01 - 05

07 MAHM007 Social, Cultural, Economic

History of Rajasthan

(700 A.D. to 1950 A.D.)

04 01 - 05

08 MAHM008 Elements of Ancient

Civilizations and Institutions

04 01 - 05


Paper Code MAHM005 : Cultural Profile of India









Unit – I Meaning and Scope of Culture; Indus Civilisation –Religion; Vedic Age –

Religion and Society; Evolution of Vaishnavism, Saivism and Shaktism.

Unit –II Budhism: Life and Teachings of Lord Buddha. Contribution of Budhism to Indian

Culture; Jainism: Life and Teachings of Lord Mahavira,Contribution of Jainism to

Indian Culture. Main Currents of Medieval Bhakti Movements, Contribution of

Islam to Indian Culture; growth of Sufism.

Unit –III Vedic Literature, Ramayan, Mahabharta, and Puranas; Legendary figures-Kalidas,

Banabhatta, Tulsi and Tagore.

Unit – IV Evolution of Cave Architecture, Stupas, Main features of Gandhara and Mathura

Art, Temple Art and Architecture of Gupta Age, Evolution of Nagara and Dravid

Temple Styles, Ajanta Paintings, Salient features of Medieval and Modern

Architecture.

Unit –V Main Centres of Learning in India – Taxila, Nalanda, Ujjain, Kanchi; Sangam

Age; Contribution of Arya Bhatt and Varaha Mihir. Contribution of Raja Ram

Mohan Roy, Dayanand and Vivekanand to the Indian Society.

Suggested Readings:

1. R.C. Majumdar and Pusalker : The History and Culture of the Indian

People, Vol. I, II, III, IV, IX, pt. I & II

(Chapter on Art, Religion and

Literature only)

2. B.N. Luniya : Evolution of Indian Culture

3. A.K. Coomaraswami : Indian Architecture, Vol. I & II

4. Percy Brown : Indian Paintings

5. S. Kramrisch : Hindu Temples 2 Vols.

6. S. Kramrisch : Indian Sculpture

7. A.K. Saraswati : Survey of Indian Sculpture

8. A.S. Altekar : Education in Ancient India

9. R.K. Mookerjee : Cultural Heritage of India, Vol. IV

10. A.B. Keith : History of Sanskrit Literature(Also in

Hindi)

11. S.N. Das Gupta (ed.) : A History of Sanskrit Literature

12. A.L. Basham : The Wonder That was India

13. S. Jaiswal : History of Vaishnavism

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Paper Code MAHM006 : Women In Indian History









Unit – I Sources of Study- Literary and Archaeological Sources, Archival, and Non-

Archival Sources, Govt. Files, Census Reports, Private Papers, Autobiographies.

Unit – II Religion and Women-Brahmanical, Jainsm, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and

Sikhism; Reform Movement and Women-Bhakti Movement, Brahma Samaj,

Arya Samaj.

Unit – III Customary and Legal Status of Women-Ancient India, Medieval India, Colonial

India, Post Independent India and Tribal Societies; Role of Women in Household,

Agriculture Industry and their Right of Property.

Unit – IV Education and Women-Ancient India, Medieval India, Colonial India, Post

Independent India. Rise and growth of Women’s organizations in colonial and,

Post Independent India; Political Participation of Women, Various Movements of

Women in colonial and post independent India.

Unit – V Women and Culture-Women representation and participation in Literature, Art.

Sculpture, Music, Dance, Cinema, Historical Writings and Media.

Suggested Readings:

1. A.S. Altekar : The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization, Delhi,1978.

2. A.Basu & B.Ray: Women’s Struggle: A History of the All India Women Conference,

1927, 1990, Delhi.

3. B.S. Upadhaya : Women in Rigveda

4. Neera Desai : Women in Modern India, Mumbai,1957

5. J.Krishnamurty(ed.): Women in Colonial India, Essays on Survival Work and State,

OUP, Delhi,1989.

6. M.C. Parekh : The Brahma Samaj

7. Vina Majumdar : Symbols of Power: Studies on the Political Status of Women in India,

Allied, Delhi, 1979

8. Rekha Mishra: Women in Mughal India, 1526-1748,M.M.Pub.,Delhi,1967

9. B.R. Nanda: Indian Women from Purdah to Modernity, Vikas, Delhi,1976

10. Gail Minault : The Extended Family Women and Political Participation in India and

Pakistan, South Asia Books, Columbia,1981

11. Towards Equality : Report of Committee on the Status of Women in India, Govt. of

India, Delhi, 1975

12. Ashraf : Social and Economic Life in Medieval India.

13. Sashi Arora : Rajasthan Main Nari Ki Sthiti

Paper Code MAHM007 : Social, Cultural and Economic History of Rajasthan (7th

Century A.D. To 1950 A.D.)









Unit – I Main sources of Social and Economic History of Rajasthan. Main social

Institutions: Tribes, Clan and Caste, family Organization, Main Samskharas,

Marriage, Slavery and Education, Social customs and Rituals their ramification:

Purdah, Sati - Johar.

Unit – II Village society-structure and Stratification; Impact of Feudalism on Society,

Nature of Land Grants, Forced Labour, Social Discrimination and untouchability;

Panchayats; Fairs and Festivals and their contribution to society.

Unit – III Temple grants. socio-Religious Movements with reference to Sufism, Bishnois

(Jambhoji), Dadupanth, Ramsnehis, Jasnathi, Nath Cult, Western Cultural and

Educational Impact; Social Work of Christian Missionaries

Unit – IV Arya Samaj, Bhil Reform movement. Caste Reform Sabhas with special reference

to Walterkrit Rajputana Hitkanini Sabha. Proclamations and Legislations for

reforms: Modernization.

Unit – V Nature and Structure of economy during the period of Study-Structure and

Stratification of Rural and Urban Society. Agricultural and Non Agricultural

production. Artisan classes, Trade and Trade routes; Markets and Indigenous

Banking; Famines, Taxation System. Urbanization and Main urban centers.

Growth of Railways and its Impact

Suggested Readings:

1. G.N. Sharma : Social Life in Medieval Rajashtan (1500-1800 A.D.) Agra.

2. G.N. Sharma : Rajasthan ka Sanskritik Itihas, Raj. Hindi Granth Academy , Jaipur

(Relevant Portion), 1965.

3. G.N. Sharma : A Bibliography of Medieval Rajasthan (Social and Cultural) Agra, 1965.

4. Dasrath Sharma : Rajasthan Through the Ages, Vols I, Rajasthan State Archives,

Bikaner, 2014

5. G.N.Sharma : Rajasthan Through the Ages, Vols II, Rajasthan State Archives, Bikaner,

2014

6. M.S.Jain : Rajasthan Through the Ages, Vols III, Rajasthan State Archives, Bikaner,

1997

7. Series of Rajasthan Discrict Gazetteers, Published by Directorate District Gazetteers,

Govt. of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

8. Census Report of Rajputana State and Ajmer-Merwara (1818-1951).

9. B.L. Bhadani : Peasants, Artisans and Entrepreneurs-Economy of Marwari in the

Senventeenth Centuary, Jaipur.

10. G.D. Sharma : Madhyakalin Bhartiya Samajik Arthik Avam Rajnitik Sansthaiyen, Raj.

Hindi Granth Academy, Jaipur,1992.

11. Kalu Ram Sharma : Unnisvi Sadi Main Rajashthan Ka Samajik tatha Arthik Jeevan

(Hindi).

12. Dilbagh Singh : The State, Landlords and the Peasants, Rajasthan in the 18th

Century, Manohar, Delhi, 1990.

13. Dr. Kamla Malu : Famines in Rajashthan.

14. Dr. Pema Ram : Madhyakalin Rajasthan Main Dharmik Andolan.

15. K.S. Saxena : Political Movement and Awakening in Rajasthan.

16. Jaishankar Mishra : Pracheen Bharat Ka Samajik Itihas.

17. Om Prakash : Pracheen Bharat Ka Samajik aur Arthik Vikas.

18. G.S.L. Devra : Rajasthan Ki Prashasnik Vyavastha (Bikaner Ke Sandarbh Main)

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20. S.K. Bhanot : Rajasthan Main Panchayat Vyavastha

Paper Code MAHM008 : Elements of Ancient Civilizations and Institutions









Unit I Egypt: Polity, Society, Religion and Culture, Art and Architecture.

Unit II China: Polity, Society, religion and Culture, Art and Architecture.

Unit III Greece: Political ideas, Institutions, Law and Legal Institutions, Literature, Art

and Science.

Unit IV Rome: Political ideas, Institutions, Law and Legal Institutions, Literature, Art and

Science.

Unit V India: Indus Civilization, Vedic Culture and Epic Culture.

Suggested Readings:

1. P.D. Pearce : An Outline History of Civilization, Oxford University Press, Ely House,

London.

2. H.A. Davis : Outline History of World

3. W.N. Weech : World History

4. H.G. Wells : World History

5. Nemisharan Mittal : Ancient Civilizations.

6. Jawahar Lal Nehru : Glimpses of World History

7. Mohammed Muzeed : Outlines of History

8. R.C. Majumdar, ed. : History & Culture of Indian People, Vol. I.

M.A. History (Medieval) Semester-III

S.No. Paper Code

No.

Nomenclature of the

paper

Type/

Category

Credits

L T P Total

09 MAHM009 The Philosophy of

History and Research

Core

Compulsory

04 01 - 05


Institutions (1200-

1526 AD)

Core

Compulsory

04 01 - 05

11 MAHM011(a) Economic Life and

Institutions in

Medieval India

OR

Core

Elective

04 01 - 05

MAHM011(b) Economic History of

India (1200-1550AD)

OR

Core

Elective

04 01 - 05

MAHM011(c) Society, Culture and

Economy of India in

18th Century

Core

Elective

04 01 - 05

12 MAHM012(a) Primary Sources of

Medieval Indian

History

OR

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05

MAHM012(b) Historical Application

in Tourism

OR

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05

MAHM012(c) Archaeological

Method

OR

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05

MAHM012(d) Case study (Hand-

written) on theme

related to socio-

cultural and religious

folk deities (Lok

Devtas) of Western

Rajasthan

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05

Total

Credits

16 04 - 20

Paper Code MAHM009 : The Philosophy of History and Research









Unit I Nature, Purpose and Scope of History, Philosophy and Theories of History,

structure and form of History

Unit II Relation between Facts and Interpretation, Problem of Objectivity and bias.

History is a Science or Art ?

Unit-III Value and Subject matter of History, Role and Place of Individual in History,

Prediction and Possibilities of Laws.

Unit-IV History and other Ancillary Sciences, Historical Examination-Idealistic and

Positivistic approach. Dialectical History.

Unit-V Research in History: Subject of proposed Research, Main Sources-Primary and

Secondary, Modern History Writing. Indian approach to History.

Suggested Readings::

1. E.H. Carr : What is History?

2. R.G. Collingwood : Idea of History.

3. Hegal- Lectures on the Philosophy of History.

4. W.H. Walsh: An Introduction to the Philosophy of History.

5. Sheikh Ali : Hostory : Its Theory and Method, Macmillan India Ltd. Madras. Reprinted 1988.

6. G.C. Pande (Ed.) bfrgkl Lo:i ,oa fl)kar] jktLFkku fgUnh xzaFk vdkneh] t;iqj

7. G.L. Renier: History, its Purpose and Methods, Boston, 1950.

8. Thompson : History of Historical Thinking New York, 1942

9. L.B. Namier, Avenues of History, London, 1952.

10. Garliner : Theories of History, New York, 1959.

11. Social Science Research Council Monograph : The Social Sciences in Historical Study, New

York, 1954.

12. Budh Prakash : Itihas Darshan, 1968 (Hindi).

Paper Code MAHM010 : Medieval India and Its Institutions (1200-1526 AD)









Unit –I India on the eve of the Ghorian invasion. The Ghorian-Turkish conquest of

Northern India. (Muizuddin and Aibek.) Nature and Consequences of the

conquest with special reference to political, economic and cultural aspects.

Unit –II Iltutmish-Expansion and Administrative Measures, the lqta System. The Slave

Nobility. Kingship and composition of nobility; Government under Razia and

Balban.

Unit –III The Khiljis and Early Tughlaq. The “Khilji Revolution”, Expansion and

Centralization; Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq’s Reform; Mohammad Tughlaq’s character

and his Projects. Khilji’s and Tughlaq rulers policies towards Native Indian

powers and South India. Mongol Problem under the Khilji, and the Tughlaq’s.

Rebellions under Mohammed Tughlaq.

Unit –IV Administration under the Khilji and Tughlaq, Central Structure, Army

Organization; Alauddin’s Agrarian and price control measures; Nobility; taxation.

Firoz Tughlaq-His Administration and Public Works. Religious policy of Firuz

Tughlaq.

Unit –V Disintegration of the Sultanate; Growth of Afghan Power-Afghan Theory of

Sovereignity, Struggle between Nobility and the Crown; North-West Frontier

Problem during the Sultanate Period; Survey of Main Sources of information.

Suggested Readings:

1. Habib & Nizami : Comprehensive History of India. Vol. V

2. Yusuf Husain : Glimpses of Medieval Indian Culture.

3. A.M. Habibullah: Some aspects of Muslim Rule in India.

4. Mahdi Hussain : The Tughlaq Dynasty.

5. Istiaq Qureshi : The Administration of Delhi Sultanate.

6. K.M. Ashraf : Life and Condition of the people of Hindustan.(also in hindi)

7. A.B. Pandey: The First Afghan Empire in India.

8. vk'khokZnh yky JhokLro % fnYyh lYrur

Paper Code MAHM011(a) : Economic Life and Institutions in Medieval India









Unit-I Land revenue system. Mode of agricultural production and crop pattern. Irrigation

system. Land rights and problem of ownership of land.

Unit-II Jagirdari and Zamindari system in Medieval India

Unit-III Urbanisation and the rise of Towns and Kasbas . Growth of urban industries.

Growth of technology in Medieval India.

Unit-IV Development of Internal and External Trade, rise of Urban trade centres and

important trade routes in Medieval India.

Unit-V Organization of markets. Currency and banking. Standard of living of the

different soical classes – aristocracy, peasantry, and artisans. The village

community.


1. Abul Fazal : Ain-i-Akbari, Vol. 1, tr. Blochmann; Vol. II, tr. Jarrett

2. K.M. Ashraft : Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (Also in Hindi)

3. Frascisco Pelsaert : Jahangir’s India, tr. Moreland and Geyl

4. Irfan Habib : The Agrarian System of Mughal India

5. Irfan Habib and T. Raychaudhary (ed.) : Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. 1

6. S. Moosvi : Economy of the Mughal Empire – A Statistical Study

7. W.H. Moreland : The Agrarian System of Muslim India

8. N.A. Siddiqi : Land Revenue Administration under the Mughals (1700 – 1750 A.D.)

9. J.B. Tavernier : Travels in India, Vols. I and II, ed. W Crooke and tr. V. Ball

Paper Code MAHM011(b) : Economic History of India (1200-1550 AD)









UNIT – I

1. Indian Economy and Society on the Eve of the Ghorian Conquest:

Nature of Indian Feudalism; Superior rural classes; Thakkuras, Samants etc.;

Subinfeudation; Serfdom, extraction of surplus in kind, forced labour. Decline of trade,

paucity of coins, urban decay.

2. Nature and Outlook of the Ghoria-Turkish Ruling Class:

The Sultan and the Turkish-slave officers. Immigration of artisans, merchants and

scholars. The conquerors patronage of local artisans and Multani merchants.

UNIT – II

1. Agrarian Structure, C. 1300:

Rural stratification; Balahars, peasants and Khuts. Role of intermediaries; Muqaddam and

Chaudhari. Position of local chiefs; rail, rangy and rawats. Agrarian relations.

2. Economy under the Sultanate:

Land revenue system under the Sultans. Means and methods of cultivation and irrigation;

Agricultural production. Alauddin Khalji's economic measures; Merchants, Sahs,

Multanis.

UNIT – III

1. Revenue Assignments during the Sultanate period:

Evolution of lqta system under the Sultans. Wajah assignments, Khalisa land. Iqta

holders and revenue grants. Local chiefs.

2. Distribution of Resources among the Sultanate Ruling Class:

Changing composition of the nobility under the Khaljis, Tughlaqs and Lodis. Concession

and special privilege to the nobility under Firoz Tughlaq; hereditary claims, non-transfer

of iqtas etc. Its results.

UNIT – IV

1. Growth of Commerce and Crafts:

Growth of Long distance trade and trade between town and country. Numismatic

evidence for expansion of commerce. Currency system. Growth of towns. Merchants and

manufacturing classes. Role of brokers. Karkhanas. Technological changes; textile,

crafts, sericulture, geared water-lift.

UNIT – V

1. Slave and Peasants:

Slavery; Condition of the peasants. Society and economic changes during 1200-1500.

2. Economy in the Vijaynagara Kingdom:

Survey of Agrarian and social structure. Commerce and urban life.

Documents :

1. Barani : Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi:

(a) Rise of slave nobility and Balban's Attitude towards the 'Low-born'. (Elliot 8

Dowson, vol. i11, pp. 198-101). Unit-I

(b) Alauddin Khalji's Measures, Reforms, Price and Market Control Regulations.

(Elliot & Dowson, vol. III, pp. 179-183, 191-197). Unit-II

(c) Muhammad Tughlaq's Currency Reforms. (Elliot & Dowson, vol. III, pp. 239-

41). Unit-111

2. Afif : Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi (bib. Indica):

(a) Slaves (Elliot & Dowson, vol. III, pp. 340-42). Unit-III

(b) Karkhanas (Elliot & Dowson, vol. III, pp. 356-57). Unit-111

(c) Firoz Shah's new rules for revenue grants (Elliot & Dowson, vol. III,

pp. 288-89). Unit-11

3. Shihabuddin Al-Umari :Masalik-ul Absar, tr., available in Perso-Arabic sources on the

life and conditions in the Sultanate of Delhi, H. Siddiqui, New Delhi.

4. Ibn Batuta : Rehla, (tr. Mehdi Hussain), pp. 5, 12, 13, 123, 146. Unit-III

5. Babur : Baburnama, Vol. 2, tr. Beveridge, pp. 486-7 (g); 487-88 (n); 518-19 (t); 519-20

(u); 531-32 (i); Unit-II 536-X7 (b). Unit-III

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

D.D. Kosambi : Introduction to the Study of lndian History, (Chapters IX & X).

R.S. Sharma : Indian Feudalism (Chapters I, V & VI).

R.S. Sharma : Urban Decay in India, New Delhi, 1987.

B.N.S. Yadav : Society and Culture in North India in the Twelfth Century.

Andre Wink : Al Hind; The Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Vol. II.

D.N. Jha (ed.) : Feudal Social Formation in Early India, Delhi 1987.

M. Habib : Introduction to Elliot and Dowson, II (Aligarh reprint).

K.M. Ashraf : Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan.

W.H. Moreland : Agrarian System of Moslem India (Chapters I, II & 11; also Appendix-B).

Yusuf Husain Khan : Glimpses of Medieval Indian Culture.

Mahalingam : Social and Economic Life of the Vijaynagar Empire.

Tapan Ray Chaudhuri & Irfan Habib : Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. I, (relevant

chapters).

T.J. Byres & H. Mukhia (ed.) : Feudalism and Non-European Societies (relevant contributions).

Peter Jackson : The Delhi Sultanate - A Political and .Military History, chap. 12.

P.M. Major (ed.) :India in the Fifteenth Century.

H.N. Wright : Coinage and Metrology of the Sultans of Delhi.

J.S. Deyall :Living without Silver: The Monetary History of early Medieval North India, Delhi,

1990.

B.D. Chattopadhyaya :Making of Early Medieval India (Chapter I & 8).

ARTICLES:

Irfan Habib : 'Technological Changes and Society (13th & 14th Centuries)', (Presidential

Address, Medieval India Section, Proceeding of Indian History Congress,

December, 1969).

Irfan Habib : 'Economic History of the Delhi Sultanate - An Essay in Interpretation', (The Indian

Historical Review, Jan. 1978, vol. IV, No.2, pp. 287-303).

Irfan Habib : 'Price Regulations of Alauddin KhaIji', I.E.S.H.R., vol. 24 (4), 1984. Irfan Habib :

'Social Distribution of Landed Property in Pre-British India', Enquiry, New Series,

Vol. 11, No.3, 1965.

Irfan Habib : 'Society and Economical Changes, 1200-1500', Seminar, Social and Economic

Changes in Northern India, University of Kurukshetra, 1981.

R. Coulborn : 'Feudalism, Brahmanism and the Intrusion of Islam upon Indian History',

Comparative Studies in Society and History, vol.X, April, 1968.

B.N.S. Yadav : 'Immobility and Subjection of Indian Peasantry in Early Medieval Complex',

The Indian Historical Review, Vol. I, No.I, pp.16-22, March, 1974.

A.J. Qaiser :'The Role of Brokers in Medieval India', Indian History Congress, Chandigarh,

1973.

I.H. Siddiqui : 'Money and Social Change', Indian History Congress, Symposium paper, Delhi,

1995.

I.H. Siddiqui : 'Social Mobility in the Delhi Sultanate', Medieval India, 1.

Shireen Moosvi : 'Numismatic Evidence and the Economic History of the Delhi Sultanate',

Proceedings IHC, Golden Jubilee Session, Gorakhpur, 1989.

Shaikh A. Latif :'The Iqta System under the Early Sultans of Delhi', (cyclostyled), Indian History

Congress, 1975.

S. Jabir Raza : 'Iqta system in the pre-Ghorid Period and its Antecedents', Proceedings IHC,

1993.

S.M.R.Naqvi : "Sidelight on Alauddin Khaljis Price Control Measure" Paper included in the

Department Volume of Indian History Congress, 61st Session, Calcutta

University Calcutta, 2000.

Paper Code MAHM011(c) : Society, Culture and Economy of India in 18th

Century









UNIT-I

1. THE IMPACT OF MUGHAL DECLINE:

Shifts, in agrarian relations;- Impact on cultivation and agricultural productivity; Trade

and commerce; Rise of regional centres of cultural patronage; The emergence of

ashobname as a literary genre; Re-structuring of social hierarchies.

UNIT–II

1. INDIAN ECONOMY BEFORE BRITISH COLONIALISM:

Agrarian relations; Conditions of the peasantry; Overseas trade and commerce; Merchant

communities; Internal trade; The thesis of 'the rise of corporate groups' and growth

('Revisionist School' and its critics)

UNIT-III

1. RELIGIOUS REVIVALIST AND REFORMIST MOVEMENTS:

Shall Waliullah's religious and political thought; The Chishtiya Silsilah; The Naqshbandi

Silsilah: Mirza Mazhar Jan-i Janan; Popular millinerian and protest movements; The Sikh

movement; Religious syncretism; Sectarian conflicts.

UNIT–IV

1. SOCIETY AND CULTURE IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY:

Gender relations; Forms of popular resistance; Criminality and deviance; Social conflicts;

The emergence of the 'public sphere'.

UNIT–V

1. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF BRITISH COLONIALISM:

Revenue policies before Permanent Settlement; The Permanent Settlement; The Ryotwari

Settlement; Drain of Wealth; 'The continuity thesis' and its criticism; The Orientalists and

their perception of India; The 'Orientalism' debate.

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

1. C.A.Bayly : Bitters, Townsmen and Bazaar.

2. C.A. Bayly : The New Cambridge History of India, II.I.

Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire.

3. Muzaffar Alam : Mughal Imperial Decline in North India.

4. Z.U. Malik : The Reign of Muhammad Shah, 1719-48. (Chap.7).

5. R.C.Dutt : Economic History of India, 2 Vol.

6. N.K. Sinha : Economic History of Bengal from Plassey to the Permanent Settlement.

7. M. Umar : Islam in Northern India during the Eighteenth Century.

8. Irfan Habib and Tapan Rajchaudhury (eds.) : The Cambridge Economic History of India-

I

9. Richard B. Barnett : North India Between Empires : Awadh, the Mughals and the British,

1720-1801.

10. S.A.A.Rezavi : Shah Waliullah and His Times

11. P.J. Marshall : East India Fortunes : The British in Bengal in the Eighteenth Century.

12. P.J. Marshall : Bengal : The British Bridgehead- Eastern India, 1790-1828.

13. Seema Alavi (ed.) : The Eighteenth Century in India.

14. K.N. Chaudhuri : The Trading World of Asia and The English East India Company,

1660-1760.

15. Sushil Chaudhuri : From Prosperity to Decline: Eighteenth Century Bengal.

16. Sushil Chaudhari : The Prelude to Empire: Plassey Revolution of 1757.

17. Satish Chandra : Eighteenth Century in India.

18. Ratnalekha Ray : Changes in Bengal Agrarian Society C. 1760-1850.

19. Mohammad Umar : Urban Culture in Northern India during the Eighteenth Century 2001

20. K. Dutta : Survey of India's Social Life & Economic condition, Calcutta 1961

21. Brijen K. Gupta : Sirajnddank and the East India Company Background to the British

Power in Ralph Russell India, 1962.

22. Khursheed-ul-Islam : Three Mughal Poets

23. Karen Leonard : The Great Firm Theory of the decline of the Mughal Empire CSSH

1979.

24. M.Athar Ali : The passing of the Empire the Mughal Case (1975)

25. A. Muztar : Shah Waliullah

26. S. Chaudhary Siraj: English Company and Plassey Conspiracy IHR 1986

27. Irfan Habib : Agrarian System of Mughal India

28. Farhat Hasan : State and Locally

ARTICLES :

1. Irfan Habib : 'Processes of Accumulation in Pre-colonial and Colonial India, I.H.R., II

(1985).

2. lrfan Habib : 'Colonialization of the Indian Economy, 1757-1900' Social Scientist, No.32.

3. Irfan Habib : 'The Eighteenth Century in Indian Economic History', in Leonard Blusse'

and Femme Gaastra (eds.) On. the Eighteenth Century as a Category of Asian History.

4. M. Athar Ali : 'Recent Theories of Eighteenth Century India' I.H.R., 13/1-2 (1986).

5. M. Athar Ali : 'The Eighteenth Century An Interpretation', P.I.H.C., (Amritsar Session),

1985.,

Paper Code MAHM012(a) : Primary Sources of Medieval Indian History









Unit-I Persian Sources: (i) Official and (ii) Non Officials

Unit-II Non Persian Sources, Historical Kavyas, Religious Literature, Jain Literature

Unit-III Archival Sources (Rajasthan State Archives Bikaner, Natnagar Shodha Sansthan.

Sitamau) and Private Collections only information about important categories of

documents expected.

Unit-IV Travel accounts of Thomas roe, William Foster, Manucci, William Hawkins,

Peter Mundy, Al Beruni, Ibn Batuta

Unit-V Rajashtani Khyat Writers : Nainsi, Dayal Dass, Banki Dass, Vat Literature of

Rajasthan.


1. Elliot and Dawson: History of India as told by its own Historians. Vol I-VIII.

2. Mohibbul Hasan: Historians of Medieval India.

3. R.A.A. Rizvi. Adi Turk Kalin Bharat and other volumes containing Hindi translations of

Persian works.

4. P.Saran : Descriptive Catalogue of Non Persian Sources of Medieval Indian History. Asia

Publishing House, Mumbai 1965.

5. th-,l-,y- nsoM+k % ijEijk ¼n;kynkl vad½] pkSikluh 'kks/k laLFkku] tks/kiqj

6. gqdqe flag HkkVh% jktLFkku ds bfrgkldkj] Hkkx&1

Paper Code MAHM012(b) : Historical Application in Tourism



from each unit of 2 marks each. The candidate is required to answer all the questions. The






Unit-I : Characteristics of tourism. Characteristics and designing of tourism products.

Unit-II : History as a tourism product. Monuments, Major and Minor.

Unit-III : Historical Sites, Historical Events.

Unit-IV : Folk Cultures and Arts, Festivals and Religions.

Unit-V : Handicrafts, Textiles etc. Guiding Skills.

Suggested Readings :

John Bakewal : The Complete Traveler

Chris Cooper & Fletcher : Tourism : Principles and Practices

S. Wahals : Tourism Marketing

Douglas Pieree : Tourism Today : A Geographical Analysis

Paper Code MAHM012(c) : Archaeological Method









UNIT-I

Field Techniques

Exploration

(a) Aerial Photography

(b) Geophysical surveys

(c) Ground Survey: quadrates or transects

(d) Sampling strategic

(e) Tools for surveying and recording

UNIT–II

Excavation

(a) Vertical, horizontal, area-, and quadrant excavation

(b) Principles of Stratigraphy and the Harris Matrix

(c) Recovery of materials: sieving, flotation

(d) Recording of data: the written record, the drawn record, photography

UNIT-III

The Artefactual Record: Preservation and conservation

Techniques of dating

(a) Relative: Seriation/typology, Stratigraphy, Cross-dating, F-U-N.

(b) Chronometric/absolute: Radiocarbon, dendrochronology, Potassium-Argon,

Fission-Track, Uranium-Thorium, thermoluminiscence

Preservation and conservation of sites and antiquities.

Laboratory analyses

UNIT-IV

The Artefactual Record: Collation and Interpretation

1. Classification: Type in archaeology, etic/emic concerns

2. Interpretation:

(a) Ancient ecology

(b) Subsistence strategies

(c) Exchange networks

(d) Society

(e) Ideology and belief systems

UNIT–V

1. Report writing

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

Agrawal, D.P. : Dating the Human Past, Pune, 1995.

Balme, J. & A. Paterson (ed.). : Archaeology in Practice, Oxford, 2006.

Clarke, D.L. : Analytical Archaeology, New York, 1978.

Deetz, J. : Invitation to Archaeology, New York, 1967.

Drewett, P.L. : Field Archaeology, London & New York, 1999.

Ellis, L. ed. : Encyclopaedia of Archaeological Method and Theory.

Gamble, C. : Archaeology. The Basics, London 2001.

Greene, K. : Archaeology, An Introduction. New Jersey. 1983.

Kipfer, B.A. : The Archaeologist's Fieldwork Companion, Oxford, 2009.

Renfrew, C. and P. Bahn : Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice, London, 2004.

Wheeler, R.E.M. Archaeology from the Earth. Middlesex, 1954.

Paper Code MAHM012(d) : Case Study

Case study (Hand-written) on theme related to socio-cultural and religious folk deities

(Lok Devtas) of Western Rajasthan

M.A. History (Medieval) Semester-IV

S.No. Paper Code

No.

Nomenclature of the

paper

Type/

Category

Credits

L T P Total


Institutions (1526-1656

AD)

Core

Compulsory

04 01 - 05


Institutions (1656-1761

AD)

Core

Compulsory

04 01 - 05

15 MAHM015(a) Medieval Society Religion

Art and Architecture

OR

Core

Elective

04 01 - 05


(1550-1750 AD)

OR

Core

Elective

04 01 - 05

MAHM015(c) Development of Medieval

Architecture in India

(1300 to 1700 AD)

Core

Elective

04 01 - 05

16 MAHM016(a) History and

Historiography of

Medieval India

OR

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05

MAHM016(b) Tribal, Peasant and

Prajamandal Movements

in Rajasthan During the

Colonial Period

OR

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05

MAHM016(c) History of Ideas

(Religious, Political and

Social Ideas)

04 01 - 05

MAHM016(d) Case Study on any one of

the following

(Handwritten)

(a) Genealogy of any

caste/community of

Bikaner division

(b) Socio-cultural history

of Bikaner division

(Based on survey and

field study)

(c) Art/Architecture and

monuments of Rajasthan.

Elective

Open

04 01 - 05


Paper Code MAHM013 : Medieval India and Its Institutions (1526-1656 AD)









Unit - I

India’s Political System on the eve of Babar’s Invasion. Babur’s achievements in India;

Humayun’s Relations with his brothers and the role of Nobility. Problem of Malwa and Gujarat.

Unit -II

Mughal Relations with Afghans (Shershah) and Rajputs under Babur and Humayun; Sher Shah-

Sources of Study. Administrative Reforms and Achievements.

Unit -III

Sources with special reference to the works of Nizamuddin, Abul Fazal and Badauni; Relations

with Nobility and Rajputs; Relations with Central Asian Power; Deccan Policy.

Unit -IV

Growth of Administrative Machinery Central, Provincial, Revenue and Army Administration

(Mandsabdari System) Theory of Soverignity and Growth of Religious Ideas & Suleh-Kul.

Unit -V

Parties and Politics at Jahangir’s Court and the Nurjahan Junta. Growth of Administration;

Shahjahan - North-West Frontier and Central Asian Policy; Relations with Rajputs and Deccan

Problem; Source - “Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri” lqbalnama-i-Jahangiri and Badshahnama of Quzwini and

Lahori.

Suggested Readings: :

1. R.P. Tripathi : (i) Rise and Fall of Mughal Empire. (ii) Some Aspects of Muslim

Administration in India.

2. Rushbrook Williams : An Empire Builder of the Sixteenth Century.

3. S.K. Benerji : Humayun Badshah vol. I

4. William Erskine : History of India Vol. I

5. Ishwari Prasad : Life and Time of Humayun.

6. K.R. Qanungo : Sher Shah and his Times.

7. Harbans Mukhiya : Historians and Historiography during the reign of Akbar.

8. Moreland : India at the Death of Akbar.

9. Irfan Habib : The Agrarian System of the Mughal India.

10. Beni Prasad : History of Jahangir

11. B.P. Saxena : Shahjahan of Delhi

Paper Code MAHM014 : Medieval India and its Institutions (1656-1761 A.D.)









Unit -I

1. Source-Khafikhan,Bernier, Manucci, Bhimsen, Sujan Rai.

2. War of Succession, Nature of Conflict, causes of Aurangzeb’s success.

3. The Problem of North-East and North-West frontiers, Relations with Persia.

Unit -II

1. The Deccan Problem (i) Rise of the Marathas, Mughal Relations with Shivaji, Role of

Mirza Raja Jai Singh, Estimate of Shivaji.

2. The Deccan Problems (ii) Conquest of Bijapur and Golkunda-conflict with Marathas-

Impact on Mughal Empire.

Unit -III

1. Evolution of Aurangzeb’s Religious Policy, Re-imposition of Jaziya Its, Implications.

2. Relation with Rajputs. Causes and effects of the wars with Rathore and Mewar, Relations

with Ajit Singh.

3. Conflict with Jats, Sikhs etc. and Relation with Europeans.

4. Relation with Nobility.

Unit –IV

1. Bahadur Shah-Clash of Policies-conflict with the Sikhs.

2. Parties & Politics at the Mughal Court-the Problem of Wizarat, Sayyid Brother and

Nizamul-Mulk.

3. Mughal-Rajputs Relations, Role of Sawai Jai Singh, Muhammad Shah.

Unit -V

1. Rise of the Marathas- Baji Rao and the Peshwaship: Marathas conquest of Malwa and

Gujarat, Struggle for Domination of Northern India.

2. Rise of New Principalities-Awadh, Hyderabad and Bengal.

3. North-West Problem and Nadir Shah’s Invasion.

4. The Third Battle of Panipat, 1761.

Suggested Readings:

1. J.N. Sarkar : (i) History of Aurangzeb (also in HIndi),(ii)Fall of the Mughal Empire (4

Volumes), (iii) Shivaji and his Times.

2. Satish Chandra : Parites and Politics at the Mughal Court (1707-1740)

3. W.lrvine : Later Mughals, in 2 Vols.

4. Athar Ali : Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb.

5. U.N.Dey : Mughal Administration.

6. Qanungo : Dara Shikhoh.

7. S.R. Sharma : Religious Policy of the Mughal Emperors.

Paper Code MAHM015(a) : Medieval Society, Religion, Art and

Architecture.









Unit –I Formation and stratification of Society, Changes in Society and Caste System.

Slavery, Position of Women.,

Unit –II Education, Literature, influence of Religious Movement on Social Conditions.

Social Position of the Hindus.

Unit –III Economic Condition of Ruling Classes, Middle Class and Masses. Agriculture

and Industry. Trade Centres and External Trade.

Currency and Banking, Rural and Urban Life. Taxation.

Unit –IV Sufism; Bhakti Movement. Role of Ulemas. Religious Position of the Hindus.

Unit –V Influence of Islam on Hinduism and Vice-versa. Art and Architecture during the

Sultanate and Mughal Period. Indigenous painting, Mughal Painting.

Suggested Readings :

1. K.M. Ashraf : Life and Condition of the People of Hindustan (also in Hindi)

2. P.N. Chopra : Society and Culture in Mughal Age.

3. S.S. Kulshreshtha : Development of Trade and Commerce in Mughal Age.

4. Irfan Habib : Agrarian System of the Mughal India.

5. Noman Siddiqi : Land Revenue Administration under the Mughals.

6. A.B. Pandey: Society and Government of Medieval India (In Hindi also)

7. Yusuf Husain : Glimpses of Medieval Indian culture.

8. Percy Brown : (i) Indian Architecture (Islamic period), (ii)Mughal painting.

9. M.S. Randhawa and J.K. Gallbrith :: Indian painting.

10. H.P.Diwedi : Madhayakal Mein Bhakti Andolan.

11. Raj Bali Pandey : Sufism (HIndi)

12. Dr. Harphool Singh Arya : Madhya Kaleen Samaj Dharma, Kala Aur Vastu Kala.

Paper Code MAHM015(b) : Economic History of India (1550-1750 AD)









UNIT-I

1. The Land and People: Forests and extent of cultivation. Population estimates: Landman

ratio.

2. Peasant farming. Farming methods; crops. Agricultural production and the market.

3. Peasant differentiation and village community. Landless labour.

UNIT-II

1. The Zamindars: Rights to land, and relations with peasants and, state. Role of revenue-

grantees.

2. Land Revenue: size; methods of assessment and collection; cash nexus. General

implications for structure of economy.

3. The Ruling Class: Nobles as, holders of mansabs and jagirs. Concentration of wealth.

Jagir transfers and their consequences.

UNIT-III

1. Subordinate Classes: The army, professional classes, service sector. Nature of Mughal

'middle class'.

2. Non-agricultural production. Technology. Forms of organization of production. Mines

and major industries. Gender division of labour.

3. Inland commerce and merchant communities. Banjaras, pedlars, and big merchants.

UNIT-IV

1. Urban Sector: Size and growth of urban population. Urban wages.

2. Money and Credit: Coinage. The sarrafs. Bills of exchange, insurance, banking. Interest

rates.

3. Trade with Europe. Companies vs. indigenous merchants and shipping.

UNIT-V

1. Movement of prices in 16th and 17th centuries.

2. Economic and social change in Mughal India: Growth or stagnation? Population and

GNP changes as indicators.

3. Economic consequences of the decline of the Mughal empire: a study of current theories

of the 18th century.

DOCUMENTS

1. Akbarnama, Vol.III, Beveridge, pp.413-41, (Fixation of Jama-i-dahsala): pp.560-66

(Todar Mal's recommendations). Unit- I & II

2. Ain-i-Akbari, Vol.I, tr. Blochmann, ed. Phillot, Book II, A in. 19, on Suyurghal (pp.278-

80). Unit- I & II

3. Ain-i-Akbari, Vol.II, tr. Jarret, Ain-i Amalguzar (pp.46-50); Ain-i Bitikchi (pp.50-52);

Ain-i Khazanadar (pp.52-53); Ain-i Rawai Rozi (pp.53-59). Unit- I & II

4. Francisco Pelsaert, tr. Moreland & Geyl, Jahangir's India, pp. 1-69. Unit- I & III

5. Francois Bernier, Travels in the Mughal Empire, 1656-68, transl. A. Constable, Letters to

M. Colbert and M. de. La Mothe le Vayr. Unit- I & III.

BOOKS RCOMMENDED:

1. W.H. Moreland : The Agrarian System of Moslem India.

2. W.H. Moreland : India at the Death of Akbar.

3. W.H. Moreland : From Akbar to Aurangzeb

4. Irfan Habib : The Agrarian system of Mughal India1556-1717, Second edition.

5. Irfan Habib : Essays in Indian History: Towards a Marxist Perception (esp. 'Potentialities

of Capitalism in Mughal India').

6. Irfan Habib : Technology in, Medieval India, People's History of India, No. 20

T Irfan Habib : Man and Environment: The Ecological History of India.

8. T. Raychaudhuri & Irfan Habib : Cambridge Economic History of India Vol. I

9. J.S. Grewal (ed). : Social History of Medieval India (relevant chapters).

10. S. Moosvi : Economy of the Mughal Empire - A Statistical Study.

11. S. Moosvi : People, Taxation and Trade in Mughal India.

12. M. Athar Ali : Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb.

13. K.N. Chaudhuri : The Trading World of Asia.

14. Niels Steensgaard : The Asian Trade Revolution of the Seventeenth Century, Chapters I-

IV

15. Om Prakash : European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-Colonial India, New Cambridge

History Series.

16. S. Subrahmanian (ed.) : Merchants, Markets and the State in Early Modern India, 1994

17. Shireen Moosvi : Man and Environment in Mughal Era

PAPERS AND ARTICLES:

W.C. Smith : 'The Mughal Empire and the Middle Classes', Islamic Culture, 1944

S. Nurul Hasan : 'Zamindars in the Mughal Empire', IESHR, IV(3).

Satish Chandra : 'Some Aspects of the Growth of Money Economy during the 17th Century',

IESHR, III (4) (1966).

Satish Chandra : 'Some Aspects of Indian Village Society in Northern India during the 18th

century', Indian Historical Review, I, (1974), pp.51-64.

Irfan Habib : 'Trimetallism in the Mughal Monetary system and the impact of the silver influx'

Imperial Monetary System of Mughal India, ed. J.F. Richards.

Irfan Habib : 'The Eighteenth Century in Indian Economic History', The Eighteenth Century ed.

Marshall

Irfan Habib : 'Bills of Exchange in Mughal India', Proc. of IHC, Muzaffarpur Session, 1972.

Irfan Habib : 'Merchant Communities in precolonial India', The rise of Merchant Empires, ed. J.

Tracey.

A.J. Qaisar : 'Distribution of Revenue Resources of the Mughal Empire among the Nobility',

Proc. of IHC, Allahabad Session, 1965.

Iqtidar Alam Khan : 'The Middle Classes in the Mughal Empire', Proc. of the IBC,

Aligarh Session, 1975. (Presidential Address, Medieval Indian Section).

Aziza Hasan : 'Silver Currency output in the Mughal Empire during the 16tthand 17th centuries',

IESHR, VI, I (March 1969).

Najaf Haider : 'Precious Metal Flows and Currency circulation in the Mughal Empire' JESHO,

39, 3,1996, pp.298-367.

Paper Code MAHM015(c) : Development of Medieval Architecture in

India (1300-1700 AD)









UNIT-I

1(a) Methods and Techniques : Trabeate, Corbelled & Arcuate. Building and Binding

material.

1(b) The Qutb Complex : (i) Emergence of true arch, dome and minaret. (ii) Detailed Study of

Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Qutb Minar, Tomb of Iltutmish, Alai Darwaza.

UNIT-II

2. The Tughlaq, Sayyid And Lodi Architecture:

(a) Mosque and tomb architecture of Tughlaqs. Detailed study of tombs of Ghiyasuddin

Tughlaq, Khan-i-Jahan Telangani.

(b) Tomb architecture of Sayyids and Lodis. Square and Octagonal Tombs. Detailed Study of

Sikandar Lodi's Tomb.

UNIT-III

3.I. The Sur Architecture:

(a) The tomb and mosque architecture. Study of Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque and Sher Shah's

Tomb.

II. Emergence Of Mughal Architecture : Babur To Humayun

(a) Origins under Babur : Mosques & Gardens.

(b) Salient architectural features of Humayun's tomb.

UNIT-IV

4. Development of Mughal Architecture : The Age of Akbar

(a) Basic features of Akbari architecture: Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri

(b) The influence of Central Asian & Persian architecture on Mughal architectural features.

(c) Impact of Provincial architecture : Gujarat, Bengal and Rajasthan.

(d) Tombs of Akbar and Itimad-ud-Daula.

UNIT-V

5. Zenith Of Mughal Architecture: Shahjahan To Aurangzeb

(a) Characteristic features of architecture under Shahjahan: Agra and Delhi Forts.

(b) Taj Mahal and Jama Masjid, Delhi.

(c) Development of decorative techniques under the Mughals.

(d) Brief survey of architecture under Aurangzeb.

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

Percy Brown : Indian Architecture (Islamic Period), Bombay 1981.

James Ferguson : History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, vol. 11; Book VII, Delhi, 1972.

E.B. Havell : Indian Architecture Through the Ages, chap. X. Delhi 1978.

Martin Hurlimann : Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, London, 1975.

R. Nath : Some Aspects of Mughal, Architecture, Delhi, 1976.

R. Nath : History of Mughal Architecture, Vol. I, II, Delhi 1985.

R. Nath : Colour Decoration in Mughal Architecture, Bombay, 1970.

R. Nath : The Immortal Taj, Bombay 1972.

Abha Rani : Tughlaq Architecture of Delhi, Varanasi, 1991.

Pratapaditya Pal : Romance of the Taj Mahal, New Delhi, 1983 (Chapter 2).

S.A.A.Rizvi & Vincent John Adams Flynn : Fatehpur Sikri, Delhi, 1972.

E.W. Smith : The Mughal Architecture of Fatehpur Sikri, vol. I-IV (A.S.I.) Delhi.

George Michell & Snehal Shah (ed.) : Ahmedabad, Bombay, 1988.

Derck Hill & Olig Graber : Islamic Architecture and its Decoration. London, 1964.

W. Begley & Z.A. Desai : Taj Mahal, The Illuminated Tomb, Washington, 1989.

Satish Grover : The Architecture of India (Islamic), N. Delhi, 1981.

Amrit Verma : Forts of India, New Delhi, 1985.

K.V. Soundara Rajan : Islam builds in India, Delhi 1983.

Catherine B. Asher : Architecture of Mughal India, Cambridge, 1992 (The New Cambridge

History of India).

Ebba Koch : Mughal Architecture an outline of its history and development, 1526-1858, Munich,

1991.

Ebba Koch : 'Pietre duce and other Artistic contacts between the court of the Mughals and that of

the Medici' in A Mirror of Princes, the Mughals and the Medici, ed. Dalu Jones,

Bombay, 1987.

Michael Brand & Glenn D. Lowry (ed.) : Fatehpur Sikri: (International) Symposium Fatehpur

Sikri), Hardvard University, 1985.

Juneja, M. (ed.) : Architecture in Medieval India, Delhi, 2001.

S.A.N.Rezavi : "Iranian Influence on Medieval Indian Architecture," in The Growth of

Civilization in India & Iran, ed., Irfan Habib, Delhi. 2002.

Surendra Sahai : Indian Architecture, Islamic Period.

Paper Code MAHM016(a) : History and Historiography of Medieval

India









Unit-I Contemporary Persian sources for the Sultanate period with special reference to

Taj-ul-Massir, Tabqat-i-Nasiri, Tarikh-i-Firoz-Shahi (Barani), Tarikh-i-Firoz

Shahi (Afif), Historical works of Amir Khusrau, Fatuhat-i-Firoz Shahi; Fatwa-i-

Jahandari; Tarikh-i-Mubarak-Shahi

Unit-II Contemporary Persian sources for the Mughal Period with special reference to

Babarnama, Humayunama of Gulbadan Begum, Akbarnama, Ain-i-Akbari,

Muntakhabut Tawarikh, Tabqat-i-Akbari

Unit-III Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri; Padshahnamah of Abdul Hamid Lahori; Mutakhabu-ul-Lubab

of Khafi Khan, Maasir-i-Alamgiri, Fatawa-i-Alamgiri

Unit-IV Accounts of foreign travellers with special reference to Alberuni: Masalik–ul-

Absar; 15th

Century Travellers-Monserrate, Bernier, Travernier

Unit-V Regional and modern sources with special rererence to Kanhad Deo Prabandh;

Prithvi Raj Raso; Nainsi’s Vigat; Vir Vinod


1. Peter Hardy: History and Historian of Medieval India

2. Philips, C.H. : Historians of India, Pakistan and Ceylon

3. Elliot and dwoson: History of India as told by its own Historian

4. Rizvi, S.A.A. : Hindi Translation of Original Persian Sources

5. Ansari & Azhar: European Travellers under the Mughals

6. Lal, K.S.: Studies in Medieval Indian History

7. Major R.H. : Indian in the Fifteenth Centuary

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Paper Code MAHM016(b) : Tribal, Peasant and Prajamandal

Movements in Rajasthan During the Colonial Period









Unit-1

Perspective on Tribal History, Historical Background : Tribal Demography and economy

with special reference to Rajasthan.

Unit-2

Important Tribal Chieftainship in Rajasthan, Tribal Rajput Relations, British Attitude

towards Tribes of Rajasthan.

Unit-3

Tribal Movements with Special reference to (a) Bhil Revolts in Mewar Hill Tracts (1821-

1881) (b) Mer Revolt in Merwara (1821), (c) Bhagat Movements under Guru Govind Giri

and its impact, (d) Motilal Tejawat and the Ekki Movement in Southern Rajasthan

(Mewar Hill Tract and Sirohi)

Unit-4

Peasant Movements with special reference to (b) Bijolia (b) Shekthawati (c) Neemuchana

(1924-25) (d) Grain Riots in Ajmer-Marwar) (1918) (e) Meo Peasant Movement in Alwar

and Bharatpur (f) Duddhwa Khara (Bikaner) and (g) Dabra

Unit-5

(a) Nature of the Revolt of 1857 in Rajputana States and Ajmer Merwara (b) Political

Awakening and Praja Mandal Movement with special reference to Marwar and Mewar

(c) 1942, Movement in Rajputana States and Ajmer-Merwara (d) Formation of Rajasthan

(1948-1956)

Books Recommended:

K.S. Singh ed. : Tribal Movements in India, Manohar Publication, New Delhi 1983. Vols. 2

(Relevant Portions).

G.N.Sharma (ed.) : Social and Political Awakening Among the Tribals of Rajasthan, Centre for

Rajasthan Studies, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 1986 (Relevant Portions).

S.S.Saxena and Padmaja Sharma : Bijolia Kisan Andolan Ka Itihas, Rajasthan State Archives,

Bikaner 1972.

Pema Ram : Agrarian Movement in Rajasthan 1913-1947 A.D. Panchsheel Prakashan, 1986.

Brij Kishore Sharma : Peasant Movements in Rajasthan (1920-1949) Pointed Publishers, Jaipur

1990.

Harbilas Sarda : Ajmer - Historical and Descriptive (relevant Portions).

V.K.Vashishtha : Rajputana Agency 1832-1858, Aalkeha Publishers, Jaipur, 1978 (Chapter

1857 uprising in Rajasthan)

K.S. Saxena : Political Awakening and freedom Movement in Rajasthan (1857-1947)

Laxman Singh : Political and Constitutional Development in the Princely State of Rajasthan

(1920-1949)

P.Menon : Story of the Integration of Indian States.

Dr.Sobhagya Goyal : "Ajmer Mein Jan Aandolan" Unneesvi Beesvi Shatabadi, Agrasain

Prakashan, Ajmer, 1999.

Census Records for the relevant years, Govt. of India.

Paper Code MAHM016(c) : History of Ideas (Religious, Political and

Social Ideas)









Unit 1

Formation of religious ideas in early India. Indus Religion, Vedic Religion, Upnishads.

Ideas of dissent and protest – heterodox sects.

Unit 2

Forms of religious thoughts and cultural synthesis – Sufism and Sikhism. Reforms and

Revivalism : Brahmo Samaj, and Arya Samaj, Aligarh Movement.

Unit 3

Ideas of polity – Monarchy and Oligarchy in ancient and medieval India –Republicanism.

Rights and duties of subjects. Legitimacy of Political power – Theory & Practice in Ancient

India.

Unit 4

Colonialism and Emergence of new political ideas : democracy. Nationalism and

socialism. Communalism and secularism.

Unit 5

Formation and justification of early ideas of hierarchy : Varna, Jati and Family.Anti

Caste Movements during colonial period : Satya Shodhak Samaj, Sree

Narayan Movement. Social basis of Nationalism.

Suggested Readings:

A.B. Keith : Religion and Philosophy of Veda and Upnishadas.

Beni Prasad : Theory of Government in Ancient India.

U.N. Ghoshal : History of Hindu Political Theories.

H.N. Sinha : Sovereignty in Ancient Indian Polity.

S.C. Sarkar : Some Aspects of the Earliest Social History of India.

A.S. Altekar : Position of Woman in Hindu Civilization.

J.N. Farquhar : Modern Religious Movements in India.

Shivnath Shastri : History of Brahmo Samaj.

H.H. Wilson : An Account of Religious Sects of Hindus.

A.R. Desai : Social Background of Indian Nationalism.

K.K. Dutta : Renaissance, Nationalism and Social Changes in

Modern India.

M.S. Jain : The Aligarh Movement: Its Origin and Development.

Khazan Singh : History and Philosophy of Sikh Religion.

R.P. Tripathi : Some Aspects of Muslim Administration in India.

R.C. Majumdar (ed.) : The History and Culture of Indian People. Vols. 1-11.

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Paper Code MAHM016(d) : Case Study on any one of the following

(Handwriting)

(a) Genealogy of any caste/community of Bikaner division

(b) Socio-cultural history of Bikaner division (Based on survey and field study)

(c) Art/Architecture and monuments of Rajasthan.

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