B.A. History
4th Semester Syllabus
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MJC-5 : History of India: 550CE-1200 CE
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Unit 1: Emergence of New Powers and Age of Decentralization
◦Decline of Gupta Power
◦Huna Invasion and its impact
◦Dynasty of Pushyabhuti and Kanyakubja with reference to Harsha and contemporary State
◦Society and Culture
◦Origin of Rajput: Various theories
Unit 2: Decentralization and Emergence of Regional Power
◦Rajputs: Origin
◦Emergence and Decline
◦Tripartite Struggle
◦Establishment of Muslim Rule in North India
◦Muslim Rule in Delhi and the Impact of Muslim Rule on India
Unit 3: Regional Powers of South and Deccan
◦Chalukyas of Vatapi
◦Origin history
◦Art and Architecture
◦Rashtrakutas of Manyakhet: History
◦Expansionist Policy
◦Religion
◦Art and Architecture
◦Cholas of Kanchi: History
◦Administration
◦Art and Architecture
◦Other Regional Powers: Pallava
◦Pandya
◦Chera
◦Kakatiya
◦Ganga
◦Kadamba and Sinhala (Sri Lanka)
Unit 4: Decline of Rajputs
◦North Western India: Dynasties of Kashmir
◦Sindh
◦Arab Invasion
◦Hindu Shahi and Nepal and their political and cultural achievements
◦Central India: Maakhiries
◦Pratihars
◦Gahadwals
◦Chahman
◦Chandela
◦Kalachuri
◦Parmara and their Political and Cultural Achievements
◦South Western India: Chalukya and Solanki and their Political and Cultural Achievements
◦North Eastern India: Palas
◦Senas of Bengal
◦Dynasties of Kalinga and Other Region
◦Dynasty of Kalinga and their Political and Cultural Achievements
Unit 5: Culture of Early-Medieval India
◦Disintegration of Political Power
◦Society and Religion in Early-Medieval India
◦Fine Arts in Early-Medieval India: Architecture
◦Sculpture
◦Paintings
◦Emergence and Spread of the Bhakti movement in India
Reference Books:
- Majumdar R.C and Pusalkar A.D (edited): The History of Indian People, vol. V, The Struggle for Empire
- Majumdar R.C. and Pusalkar A.D (edited): The History of Indian People, Vol. IV, The Age Imperial Kanauj
- Majumdar, A.K.: Bhakti Renaissance, Bhartiya Vidyabhavan, Calcutta.
- Majumdar, R.C. and Altekar, A.S Vakataka: Gupta Age, Motilal Banarasi Das, 2007.
- Pande, Rekha: Religion movement in Medieval India, Gyanbook, New Delhi.
- Pathak Vishudhanand: Uttar Bharat ka Rajnaitik Ithas (600-1200 A.D.), Hindi Sansthan Uttar Pradesh, 1973
- Ray Chaudhary, H.C.: Political History of Ancient India.
- Sastri, K.A. Nilkanta: a History of South India, from Prehistoric times to the fall of Vijaynagar, Oxford University Press, 1955, also, in Hindi translation by Bihar Hindi Grant Academy.
- Sastri, K.A. Nilkanta: Studies in Chola History and Administration, University of Madras, 1932
- Shastri, K.A Nilkanta: History of South India: from Prehistoric times to the Fall of Vijaynagar, IV Edition, 1975
- Singh, Upinder: A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India, from Stone Age to Early Medieval India, a Pearson pub., New Delhi, 2008.
- Srivastva, B: Dakshin Bharat ka Ithas, Chaukhambha Prakashan, Varanasi, 2010.
- Tripathi, R.S: History of Kannauj to the Moslem conquest, 1986.
- Vaidya, C.V.: Early History of Rajputs (750 to 1000 A.D), Reprint, Gyanbooks, New Delhi, 2019.
- Vaidya, C.V: History of Medieval Hindu India, Reprint, Gyanbooks, New Delhi, 2018.