History New Syllabus for PG course of NBU

 

Department of History 

North Bengal University 

New Syllabus 2022

Semester	Course code	Course title	Course Type	Course credit	Total
1st Semester	HIS-CT-101 A	Ancient Indian History: Pre-and Protohistory and Early Historic Period	Core Paper-1	2	4
HIS-CT-101 B	2
HIS-CT-102 A	TheRiseofIslamin India: Contestations and Negotiations	Core Paper-2	2	4
HIS-CT-102 B	2
HIS-CT-103 A	History of Modern India (1757A.D. 1858A.D.	Core Paper-3	2	4
HIS-CT-103 B	2
HIS-ET-104	Gender andWomen in Early India	DSE-1	2	2
HIS-ET-105	Environmental and Ecological Consciousness in Ancient India	DSE-2	2	2
HIS-ET-106	Gender andWomen in Medieval India	DSE-3	2	2
HIS-ET-107	Man, Environment and Ecology in Medieval India	DSE-4	2	2
HIS-ET-108	Women in Colonial India	DSE-5	2	2
HIS-ET-109	History of Ecology and Environment in Modern India	DSE-6	2	2
2nd Semester	HIS-CT-201 A	Ancient Indian History: Historical Period, 300-1200 CE	Core-1	2	4
HIS-CT-201 B	2
HIS-CT-202 A	Medieval India: 1200-1800CE:State, Economy, and Society o fMedieval India	Core-2	2	4
HIS-CT-202 B	2
HIS-CT-203 A	History of Modern and Contemporay India (1858-1971)	Core-3	2	4
HIS-CT-2 03B	2
HIS-ET-204	History of Science and Technology in Ancient India	DSE-7	2
HIS-ET-205	Maritime History of Ancient India	DSE-8	2
HIS-ET-206	History of Science and Technology in Medieval India	DSE-9	2
HIS-ET-207	Maritime History of Medieval India	DSE-10	2
HIS-ET-208	History of Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India	DSE-11	2
HIS-ET-209	History of Indian Diaspora	DSE-12	2
	Study of Cultural Heritage and Archives (Activity Based Papers)		2
	Study Tour and Project (Activity Based Papers)		2
3rd semester	HIS-CT-301 A	State in India	Core-1	2	4
HIS-CT-301 B	2
HIS-ET-302	Ancient Societies: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece,Rome,and China	DSE-13	2	2
HIS-ET-303	Sculptural Art of Ancient andEarly Medieval India	DSE-14	2	2
HIS-ET-304	Ancient andEarly Medieval Architecture of India	DSE-15	2	2
HIS-ET-305	Methods, Thoughts, and Practice of Archaeology	DSE-16	2	2
HIS-ET-306	Medieval Art and Architecture of India	DSE-17	2	2
HIS-ET-307	Socio Religious Movements in Medieval India	DSE-18	2	2
HIS-ET-308	History of Medieval Bengal	DSE-19	2	2
HIS-ET-309	Growth of Urban Spaces and Urbanism in Medieval India	DSE-20	2	2
HIS-ET-310	Economic History of Colonial India, 1757-1857	DSE-21	2	2
HIS-ET-311	Economic History ofColonial India1857-1947	DSE-22	2	2
HIS-ET-312	Tribal History of India	DSE-23	2	2
HIS-ET-313	HistoryofModern Bengal (1757A.D.– 1947 A.D.)	DSE-24	2	2
HIS-GE-31 4A	History of North Bengal	GE	2	4
HIS-GE-31 4B:	2
4th semester	HIS-CT-401 A	Historiograpy: Concepts, Methods, and Tools Colonialism And The Emergence Of New Political Ideas	Core-1	2	4
HIS-CT-401 B	2
HIS-CT-402 A	Colonialism And The Emergence Of New Political Ideas	Core-2	2	4
HIS-CT-402 B	2
HIS-ET-403	History of Epidemics, Illness, Health, and Medicine in Ancient India	DSE-25	2	4
HIS-ET-404	History ofAncient Bengal	DSE-25	2	2
HIS-ET-405	History of Health and Medicine in Medieval India	DSE-25	2	2
HIS-ET-406	Literary Traditions and Architecture of Medieval Bengal	DSE-25	2	2
HIS-ET-407	Colonial Power and Culture	DSE-25	2	2
HIS-ET-408	Violence and Repression	DSE-25	2	2
HIS-GE-40 9A	Sources and Themes in Indian History	GE	2	4
HIS-GE-4 09B	2

1st Semester

Core: CT-101 (75+25=100), CT-102 (75+25=100) & CT-103 (75+25=100), Each paper is divided into two halves  DSE: Ancient: ET-104, ET-105, Medieval: ET-106, ET-107, Modern: ET-108, ET-109 (40+10= 50) Students, according to their specialization, have to choose one paper from the basket of DSE Papers AEC= 50 marks  Internal Assessment: Total: 400, Total Credit- 16, Total lecturers in week

Core Papers

1. Course: HIS-CT-101A & HIS-CT-101B- Ancient Indian History: Pre-and Protohistory and Early Historic Period

2. Course: HIS-CT-102A & HIS-CT-102B: The Rise of Islam in India: Contestations and Negotiations

3. Course: HIS-CT-103A & HIS-CT-103B: History of Modern India (1757A.D.1858A.D.

DSE Papers

Ancient:

1. Course: HIS-ET-104: Gender and Women in Early India

2. Course: HIS-ET-105: Environmental and Ecological Consciousness in Ancient India

Medieval :

1. Course: HIS-ET-106: Gender and Women in Medieval India

2. Course: HIS-ET-107: Man, Environment and Ecology in Medieval India

Modern:

1. Course: HIS-ET-108: Women in Colonial India

2. Course: HIS-ET-109: History of Ecology and Environment in Modern India

2nd Semester

Core: CT-201 (75+25=100), CT-202 (75+25=100) & CT-203 (75+25=100), Each paper is divided into two halves  DSE: Ancient: ET-204, ET-205, Medieval: ET-206, ET-207, Modern: ET-208, ET-209 (40+10= 50), ACTIVITY BASED PAPERS FOR SECOND SEMESTER: 50  Students, according to their specialization, have to choose one paper from the basket of DSE Papers  SEC: 50 marks  Internal Assessment:  Total: 400, Total Credit- 16, Total lecturers in week

Core Papers

1. Course: HIS-CT-201A & HIS-CT-201B: Ancient Indian History: Historical Period, 300-1200 CE

2. Course: HIS-CT-202A & HIS-CT-202B: Medieval India: 1200-1800 CE: State, Economy, and Society of Medieval India

3. Course: HIS-CT-203A & HIS-CT-203B: History of Modern and Contemporary India (1858-1971)

DSE Papers

Ancient:

1. Course: HIS-ET-204: History of Science and Technology in Ancient India

2. Course: HIS-ET-205: Maritime History of Ancient India

Medieval :

1. Course: HIS-ET-206: History of Science and Technology in Medieval India

2. Course: HIS-ET-207: Maritime History of Medieval India

Modern:

1. Course: HIS-ET-208: History of Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India

2. Course: HIS-ET-209: History of Indian Diaspora

Activity Based Papers For Second Semester

Option 1: 

Course: ………………….: Study of Cultural Heritage and Archives 

Option 2: 

Course : ……………………. : Study Tour and Project

3rd semester 

Core: CT-301 (75+25=100), The paper is divided into two halves  DSE: Ancient: ET-302 (40+10= 50), ET-303(40+10=50), ET-304 (40+10= 50), ET-305(40+10= 50) Medieval: ET-306(40+10= 50), ET-307(40+10= 50), ET-308 (40+10= 50), ET-309(40+10= 50) Modern: ET-310(40+10= 50), ET-311(40+10= 50), ET-312(40+10= 50), ET-313(40+10= 50), Students, according to their specialization, have to choose three papers from the basket of DSE Papers  GE: GE-314: (75+25=100) The paper is divided into two halves  AEC: 50  Internal Assessment:  Total: 400, Total Credit- 16, Total lecturers in week

Core papers

Course: HIS-CT-301A & HIS-CT-301B: STATE IN INDIA

DSE PAPERS 

Ancient: 

1. Course: HIS-ET-302: Ancient Societies: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and China

2. Course: HIS-ET-303: Sculptural Art of Ancient and Early Medieval India

3. Course: HIS-ET-304: Ancient and Early Medieval Architecture of India

4. Course: HIS-ET-305: Methods, Thoughts, and Practice of Archaeology

Medieval : 

1. Course: HIS-ET-306: Medieval Art and Architecture of India

2. Course: HIS-ET-307: Socio Religious Movements in Medieval India

3. Course: HIS-ET-308: History of Medieval Bengal

4. Course: HIS-ET-309: Growth of Urban Spaces and Urbanism in Medieval India

Modern : 

1. Course: HIS-ET-310: Economic History of Colonial India, 1757-1857

2. Course: HIS-ET-311: Economic History of Colonial India , 1857-1947

3. Course: HIS-ET-312: Tribal History of India

4. Course: HIS-ET-313: History of Modern Bengal (1757 A.D. – 1947 A.D.)

GE Course

Course: HIS-GE-314A & HIS-GE-314B:  History of North Bengal

1st Semester 

Core Papers 

Ancient 

Paper Name: Ancient Indian History: Pre-And Proto-History And Early Historic Period Credit - 4 

Paper Code: HIS-CT-101A & HIS-CT-101B 

HIS-CT-101A:

Unit 1	Palaeolithic Evidence: Definition, Scope, Terminology and Periodization; Hominid Fossils, Earliest Stone Tools, India in the Current Scheme of Human Evolution; Palaeolithic Sites, Sequences and Materials; Epi-Palaeolithic-Mesolithic Transition.
Unit 2	The Mesolithic Evidence: Microliths in the Pleistocene Bracket,Early Holocene Adaptations: Microliths Associated with the Evidence of Animal Domestication, Excavated Early Mesolithic Sites with Habitational Evidence; the Mesolithic Survivors (Continuity of Microliths Using Traditions),Rock Art of the Mesolithic Period.
Unit 3	Problem of the Beginning of Food Production in India and the Evidence from Mehrgarh, the Growth of Villages from Baluchistan to Western Uttar Pradesh
Unit 4	Origin, Terminology and Chronology of the Harappan Civilization,Distribution and Morphological Features of Mature Harappan Settlements, Aspects of the Harappan Civilization: Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Internal and External Trades,etc. Harappan Art; Decline of the Harappan Urban Centres; Late Harappan Phase and Legacy of the Harappan Civilization.
Unit 5	Neolithic-Chalcolithic Cultures Outside the Harappan Orbit: Terminology, Distribution and Features; Early Use of Iron; Mature Phase of the Use of Iron and Associated Debates.

HIS-CT-101B: Early Historical Period

Core 6	Vedic Text sand Their Chronology; Early and Later Vedic Economy and Society; the Aryan Problem: Archaeological, Philological and Anthropological evidence
Core 7	The foundations of Early Historic India:Debates Associated with Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW); Date of Buddha, Emergence of the Sixteen Mahajanapadas (Based on the Evidence of Buddhist, Jaina and Later Vedic Literatures), Identifications of These Geo-Political Orbits, Debates Pertaining to the ‘Second Urbanization’; the Rise of Magadha.
Core 8	Region-Wise Survey of Early Historical Sites-Urban Centres/Cities; Cultural and Trading Units, etc.
Core 9	Major Sources for the Historical Reconstruction of the Mauryan Period: Kautilya’s Arthasastra, Megasthenes’ Account (Indica), Inscriptions of Asoka (Major and Minor Rock Edicts and Pillar Edicts), Archaeological and Numismatic Evidence; Nature and Structure of the Mauryan Empire; Asoka and Buddhism, Asoka’s Dhamma, Mauryan Art and Architecture; Decline of the Mauryan Empire.
Core 10	The dynastic history of the subcontinent during c. 200BCE–300CE: the Sungas, the Indo-Greeks, the Saka-Pahlavas or Scytho-Parthians, the Satavahanas, the Saka-Ksatrapas, the Kusanas, the Cheras, the Cholas, the Pandyas; Archaeological Evidence:Settlements/Villages and Cities of the North-West, the Indo-Gangetic Divide and the Upper Ganga Valley, the Middle and the Lower Ganga Valley and Eastern India,Central and Western India, the Deccan and the Southern India;Nature of Polity,Crafts and Guilds,Traders and Trading Networks (Internal and External);Philosophical and Religious Developments (the worship of Yaksas, Yaksis, Nagas, Nagis; Vedic Rituals, Saivism, Emergence ofVaisnava Doctrine; the Emergence of Mahayana Buddhism, the Digambara-Svetambara Concept in Jainism).

Medieval 

Paper Name: The Rise of Islam in India: Contestations and Negotiations Credit - 4 

Paper Code: HIS-CT-102A & HIS-CT-102B 

HIS-CT-102 A: Sources and the Sultanate Period

Unit 1	Survey of Sources in Medieval Indian History: Historical Writings, Contemporary Texts, Travelogues, Indigenous Literatures, Archaeological Sources.
Unit 2	Historiographical Debates Regarding ‘Transitions’ to the Sultanate Period.
Unit 3	Foundation and Consolidation of the Delhi Sultanate: Early Muslim Invasions,Coming of the Turks,Mahmud of Ghazni,Muhammad of Ghur, Qutbuddin Aibak, Iltutmish, Raziyya Sultan, Balban, the Khiljis, the Tughlaqs,Timur’s Invasion, the Sayyids and Lodis,Rise of Regional States with Special Reference to the Bengal Sultanate; Decline of the Delhi Sultanate; State and Society under the Delhi Sultanate
Unit 4	The Kingdom of Vijayanagar: Central and Provincial Administrations, Land Revenue, Army, Society.
Unit 5	The Bahmani Kingdom and the Deccani Sultanates: Administrative Parametersof the Bahmani State; the Bahmani Successors: the Nizam Shahis of Ahmednagar, the Imad Shahis of Berar, the Adil Shahis of Bijapur, the Qutb Shahis of Golconda, the Barid Shahis of Bidar

HIS-CT-102 B: The Mughal Period and the Eighteenth Century

Core 6	The Mughal Empire: Establishment of Mughal Rule: Babur’s Accession to the Throne, His Central Asian Connection, Humayun and Sher Shah Sur Interlude
Core 7	Political Achievement, Administrative and Religious Policies of Akbar; His Successors: Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb.
Core 8	Mughal Administration, Central and Provincial; Land Revenue, the Army, the Judiciary; Decline of the Mughal Empire.
Core 9	18th Century Debate.
Core 10	Ascent of the Marathas under Shivaji; Rise of the Peshwas, Emergence of the Regional States: Punjab, the Jats, the Rajputs, Awadh, Bengal, Bihar and Odisha, Rohilkhand, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Mysore, etc

Modern Paper 

Name: Modern India: (History of Modern India (1757A.D. – 1858A.D.) Credit - 4 

Paper Code: HIS-CT-103A & HIS-CT-103B 

HIS-CT-103 A

Unit 1	Understanding Modern India:Sources: Archival Records,Private Papers, Newspapers and Memoirs, Periodicals and Oral Tradition, Approaches and Interpretation – Different Schools of Thought
Unit 2	Historiography of 18th Century
Unit 3	British Expansion :  1. The British conquest of India: the Imperial World; Policy of Britain, War and Conquest, Native and Princely States from Hastings to Dalhousie, The Major Relations with Indian Native States – Sikhs, Mysore, Maratha and Other 2. India under the Governor-General Canning to Governor-General Lord Minto II  3. Principles and Policies Governing Foreign Relations  4. India and its Neighbours: Afghanistan, (ii) Tibet, (iii) Nepal, (iv) Burma and (v) Bhutan
Unit 4	Economy  1. New Types of Changes in Village Economy: Pre-ColonialLand Revenue Administrative: Eastern India, South India, Western India, Central And Northern India, Princely States; Land Market And Agricultural Prices; Peasants, Landlords, Agricultural Labour and Institutions of Finance, Rural Indebtedness  2. Types of Land Revenue Settlements , Agricultural Output, Levels and Brands and Natural and Regional Explanations  3. Commercialization of Agriculture: Indigo, Opium and Cotton: Eastern, Western, Central, Northern South India  4. Urban Economy: Decline of Town Handicrafts, HistoricalSignificance of the Decline, Rise and Development of Modern Industries, Emergence of Trusts and Monopolies, Finance Capital, Market, and  Labour in Large Scale Industry  5.Artisans and Industrial Production; Debate Over De-Industrialization Regional Variations; Rise of Internal Markets and Urban Centres and Communications: Post, Telegraphs, Railways, Roads and Water Transport  6. Trade and Commerce: Changing External Trade, Indigenous Banking

HIS-CT-103B

Unit 1	Colonial Construction of India:  a. Changing Framework of Colonial Governance & Administrative Structure, Regulating Act to Queen’s Proclamation 1858  b. The Arms of the State Police, Army, Law  c. Ideologies of the Raj and Racial Attitude
Unit 2	Collaboration and Resistance:  a. Muslims in the Armies,  b. Peasant and Popular Resistance  c. The Great Revolt of 1857
Unit 3	Social and religious Reforms  a. Missionaries  b. Social reformers -Young Bengal Movement, Brahmo Samaj, Prarthana Samaj, Arya Samaj, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Veeresalingam Pantulu.

DSE Courses  

Ancient: 

DSE-1 

Paper Name: Gender and Women in Early India Credit - 2 

Paper Code: HIS-ET-104

Unit 1	Historical Analysis and the Indian Contexts: Contribution of Women in Social Organizations and Religious Traditions of Ancient Societies.
Unit 2	Female Voices in Literary Texts, Epigraphic, and Archaeological Sources: Depiction of Women in Harappan Civilization, Status of Women in Vedic and Post Vedic Periods.
Unit 3	Voices from Heterodox Traditions: Buddhist and Jaina Canonical Precepts and Practices.
Unit 4	Gender in Orthodox Traditions: Dharmasastras, etc.
Unit 5	Social Conditions of Women: Mauryan, Post-Mauryan, and Gupta Periods.
Unit 6	Gender Issues in Early Medieval Period: Proprietary Rights and the Concept of Stridhana.
Unit 7	Devadasi/ Devaradiyar System: Social Status of Temple Girls, Status of Women in Peninsular India.

DSE-2 

Paper Name: Environmental and Ecological Consciousness in Ancient India Credit - 2 

Paper Code: HIS-ET-105

Unit 1	Introduction to Environmental History as a Discipline: Environmental History (French Annales School) - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Environment History.
Unit 2	Perspectives on Nature in Ancient India: Ancient Indian Landscape Based on Archaeological Sources; Human-Nature Interface in Brahmanical, Buddhist, and Jaina Traditions, Philosophy of Relation Between Nature and Matter.
Unit 3	Nature in Epics, Kavyas, Royal Biographies.
Unit 4	Relation between Vastus and Aranyakas in Texts and Epigraphs.
Unit 5	Context and Concept of Nature in Early Tamil Literature.
Unit 6	Nature, Religion and Femininity.
Unit 7	Representation of Nature in Art.

Medieval Section 

DSE-3 

Paper Name: Gender and Women in Medieval India Credit - 2 Paper Code: HIS-ET-106

Unit 1	Women and Bhakti Movement: Status of Women Bhaktas, Devotional Songs and Sayings of Women Saints (Andal/Lal Ded/Meera/Akka Mahadevi/ and Other Bhakti Saints), Male Attitudes and Women, Women in Bhakti- North and Western India, Women in Bhakti- South India, Sufi Movement and Women.
Unit 2	Condition of Women in Sultanate period, Women in Mughal Domestic and Public Sphere: Women in the Public Sphere— Rulers, Patrons and Livelihood Earners, Imperial Women: Mughal Marriages with Rajput Women; Nur Jahan’s Involvement in Court Politics; Jahanara’s Participation in Trade and Politics, Manliness in Mughal Court Culture: Body and Emotions; Norms of Masculinity; Love, Eros and Devotion in Mystical Thought.
Unit 3	Gender Relations in Daily life: Laws, Economic Activities; Crime Against Women, Marginalized Women, Prostitutes and Entertainers.
Unit 4	Gender Relations in the 18th Century: Family and Gender in Biographical Writings; Sexuality in Medical Treatises; Women’s Desires in Rekhti and Riiti Texts; Gender Relations in Quli Khan’s Work.
Unit 5	Representation of Women in Art: Women in Miniature Paintings in Deccan, Women in Paintings of the Vijayanagara Period.

DSE-4 

Paper Name: Man, Environment and Ecology in Medieval India Credit - 2 

Paper Code: HIS-ET-107

Unit 1	Approaches to Environment and Ecology in Medieval India.
Unit 2	Nature-Man-Body: Exploring the Relation in Medieval Chronicles-Body as an Artifact- Control-Authority.
Unit 3	Mughal Emperors of India as Naturalists.
Unit 4	Mughal Imperial Expansion: Ecology and Inner Frontiers.
Unit 5	The Mughal Emperors of India as Sportsmen, Forests, Pastoralists and Agrarian Society in Mughal India, Situating the Environment: Settlement, Irrigation and Agriculture in Pre-colonial Rajasthan, Changing River Courses in North India: Calamities, Bounties, Strategies.
Unit 6	The Politics of Animals under the Mughals: The Hunt and the Wilderness, Animals in Warfare, etc.

Modern Section 

DSE-5 

Paper Name: Women in Colonial India Credit - 2 

Paper Code: HIS-ET-108

Unit 1	Writing Women’s History in India
Unit 2	Impact of Colonial Rule on Indian Women: Occupational Structure, Education and Social Status
Unit 3	Social Reform Movement and The Women’s Question in the 19th & 20th Century
Unit 4	Gender and Law in Colonial India
Unit 5	Freedom Struggle and Women’s Response, Revolt of 1857, Indian National Congress and its Activities, Rise of Women’s Organizations (Regional Emphasis) Gandhi and Thoughts on Women by Other Makers of Modern India
Unit 6	Gender and Sexuality in the Popular Culture in Colonial India
Unit 7	Partition of India  and its Impact on Women

DSE-6 

Paper Name: History of Ecology and Environment in Modern India Credit - 2 

Paper Code: HIS-ET-109 

Course outline

Unit 1	Situating South Asian Environmental History in Colonial Perspective- Colonial Understanding of Environment
Unit 2	Colonial Environmental Agenda, Establishment of Industries Based on Indian Natural Resources Forest and Wildlife Management in British India.
Unit 3	Ecology, Land Use, and Colonization- Mode of Resource Use: Forests- Resource Management: Water- Contested Landscapes of Development
Unit 4	Environmental Issues in Independent India: Development and Environmental Concerns,Biodiversity, Alternative Environmental Movements.

2nd Semester 

Core Papers Ancient Paper Name: Ancient Indian History: Historical Period, 300-1200 CE Credit - 4 

Paper Code:  HIS-CT-201A& HIS-CT-201B 

HIS-CT-201A:The Guptas and Vakatakas

Unit 1	The Dynastic History of the Subcontinent During 300-600 CE: the Guptas, the Vakatakas of the Deccan, Other Dynasties of Peninsular India; a Brief Overview of the Administrative Structure of the Gupta and Vakatakas Kingdom.
Unit 2	Economy: Revenue Resources of States, Land Ownership; the Debates Associated with the So-Called Urban Decay; Craft Production,Guilds,Traders and Trading Networks.
Unit 3	Society: Aspects of Social Structure: Gender, Forms of Labour, Slavery.
Unit 4	Religion: Religious Developments: the Emergence of Tantra, the Evolution of the Vaisnava Doctrine, Saivism, the Cult of the Great Goddesses, Buddhism, Jainism; Religious Architectures, Sculptures and Paintings.

HIS-CT-201B: Early Medieval Period

Unit 5	The Dynastic History of the Period c. 600-1200 CE and Its Regional Configurations.
Unit 6	Polity: Emergence of Regional Powers and Evolution of the Structure of Polities, Sanskritization Process.
Unit 7	Economy: The Nature of the Royal Land Grants; Brahmana Beneficiaries; Regional Specificities; the Historical Processes in Early Medieval India Rural Society, Agriculture and Irrigation, Urban Processes, Trade and Traders.
Unit 8	The Religious Developments: Buddhism, Jainism, Vaisnavism, Saivism, the Sakti Cult; a Brief Overview of the Architecture and Sculpture of Early Medieval India.
Unit 9	Historiography and Recent Debates: Feudal, Segmentary and Integrative Approaches.
Unit 10	Social Formations: A Brief Overview of the Concept of Varna and Proliferation of Jati (Based on Literary and Epigraphic Sources).