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Course Structure and Syllabus for 4-year Honours/ Honours with research in HISTORY

Honours syllabus: Page: 1

Minor syllabus: Page 39

MDC & SEC: Page 51

Evaluation advisory: Page 58

Under Curriculum and Credit Framework for Undergraduate Programmes (CCFUP)

Based on National Education Policy, 2020 (NEP 2020)

The four-year B.A. in History will comprise 8 Semesters. The curriculum will consist of 21 Discipline Specific Courses (DS) each carrying 5 credits.

Semester

Major paper

Title

Remark

DS 1

History of India – I (From Earliest Times toc.300 BCE))

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 2

Aspects of the History of the Ancient World

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 3

History of India – II ( c.300 BCE to 750 CE)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 4

Aspects of the History of the Medieval World

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 5

History of India - III (750 CE-1206 CE)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 6

Rise of Modern West - I (15th – 16th Centuries)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 7

History of India - IV (1206 CE–1526 CE)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 8

Rise of Modern West - II (17th – 18th Centuries)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 9

History of India - V (1526CE-1757 CE)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 10

History of India - VI (1757CE-1857CE)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 11

History of Modern Europe (1789 CE– 1919 CE)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 12

History of India - VII (1858 CE-1947 CE)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 13

History of India - VIII (India 1947-1977 CE)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 14

Trends in World Politics (1919 CE-2001 CE)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 15

West Bengal in Transition (1947 CE -1977 CE)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 16

History of Modern East Asia - I: China (1839 CE-1949 CE)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 17

History of Modern East Asia - II: Japan (1854-1945)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 18

Historiography: Meaning & Scope of History, Approaches to History

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 19

Historical Methodology: Historical Evidence & Interpretation

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 20

Modern Bengal (1757-1905)

Draft Syllabus attached

DS 21

Modern Bengal (1905-1947)

Draft Syllabus attached

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Students of Honours with Research will have to take courses DS-18 and DS-19 only.

4 Year Undergraduate Programme for students of History Honours /Honours with Research

Semester I

DS 1: History of India - I (From Earliest Times to c.300 BCE)

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks 100 (50+50)

I. Reconstructing Ancient Indian History:

(a)Early Indian Notions of History

(b)Sources and approaches to ancient Indian history

II. Pre-historic hunter-gatherers (a) Paleolithic 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. Food production: Understanding the regional and chronological distribution of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures: subsistence and patterns of exchange

IV. The Harappan civilization

Origin & antiquity; settlement patterns, agrarian base; craft productions and trade; religious beliefs and practices; art and architecture; the first urbanization, the problem of urban decline and the late/post-Harappa Cultures.

V. Cultures in transition (since circa 1500 BCE):

a) Iron Age cultures with special reference to Painted Grey Ware and Northern Black Polished Ware Cultures

b) The Aryan Problem – Society, economy, polity and religion in the Vedic Age

c) Expansion of settlements and the second urbanization – craft production, trade, social structure

VI. Polity & Religion (since circa 600 BCE):

a) Janapadas and Mahajanapadas – early monarchical states and gana-sanghas – rise of Magadhan Empire

b) Protestant religious movements – Jainism, Buddhism, Ajivikas and other systems

References

R.S. Sharma, Material Culture and Social Formations in Ancient India

R.S. Sharma, Looking for the Aryas

D. P. Agrawal, The Archaeology of India

Bridget & F. Raymond Allchin, The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan

A. L. Basham, The Wonder that Was India

D. K. Chakrabarti, The Archaeology of Ancient Indian Cities

D. K. Chakrabarti, The Oxford Companion to Indian Archaeology

H. C. Raychaudhuri, Political History of Ancient India, Rev. ed. with Commentary by B. N.

Mukherjee

K. A. N. Sastri (ed.), History of South India

Upinder Singh, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India

Romila Thapar, Early India from the Beginnings to 1300

Irfan Habib, A People’s History- Vol. -1. Pre-History&Vol.-2,Indus Civilization: Including Other Copper Age Cultures and the History of Language Change till 155 B.C.

Uma Chakravarti, The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism.

RajanGurukkal, Social Formations of Early South India

R. Champakalakshmi, Trade. Ideology and urbanization: South India 300 BC- AD 1300

D. N. Jha, Ancient India in Historical Outline

R. M. Wheeler, The Indus Civilization

D.K. Chakrabarti, India, an Archaeological History, Paleolithic Beginnings to Early Historic Foundations

B.D. Chattopadhyay, A Survey of Historical Geography of Ancient India

Kumkum Roy, Of Tribes, Hunters and Barbarians: Forest Dwellers in the Mauryan Period‘, Studies in History, Vol.X1V, No.1

Irfan Habib, Pre-History

Irfan Habib, The Indus Civilization

D.D. Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History

Shereen Ratnagar, The Harappan Civilization

H. C. Raychaudhuri, Political History of Ancient India (PrachinbharaterRajnaitikItihasin Bengali).

R. S. Sharma, Perspectives in Economic and Social History of Early India).

রামশরণ শমমা , ভারতের প্রাচীন অেীে

রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের সামাজিক ও অর্মননজেক ইজেহাস

রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের বস্তুগে সংস্কৃজে

ররাজমলা র্াপার, ভারেবতষমর ইজেহাস

এ এল বযাশাম, অেীতের উজ্জ্বল ভারে

সুকুমারী ভট্টাচার্ম, ইজেহাতসর আতলাতক ববজিক সভযো

জিলীপ কুমার চক্রবেমী, ভারেবতষমর প্রাজগজেহাস

জিলীপ কুমার গতগাপাধ্যায়, ভারে ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতন

রণবীর চক্রবেমী, ভারে ইজেহাতসর আজিপবম

___________, প্রাচীন ভারতের অর্মননজেক ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতনt

িাতমাির ধ্মমানন্দ রকাশাজি, ভারে ইজেহাস চচমার ভূজমকা

ব্রেীন্দ্রনার্ মুত াপাধ্যায়, ইজেহাতসর আতলাতক আর্ম সমস্যা

ইরফান হাজবব, প্রাক-ইজেহাস

_________, জসন্ধু সভযো

__________, ববজিক সভযো

জি এন ঝা, আজি ভারে-একজি সংজিপ্ত ইজেহাস

জশজরন রত্নাগর, হরপ্পা সভযোর সন্ধাতন

সুনীল চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, প্রাচীন ভারতের ইজেহাস ২ ণ্ড

রিবরাি চানানা, প্রাচীন ভারতে িাস প্রর্া

নতরন্দ্রনার্ ভট্টাচার্ম, প্রাচীন ভারতে ধ্মম

_____________, প্রাচীন ভারেীয় সমাি

Semester II

DS 2: Aspects of Ancient World History

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks– 100 (50+50)

I. Human Evolution; Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic cultures.

II. Bronze Age Civilization in Mesopotamia (up to the Akkadian Empire); state structure, economy, social stratification, religion.

III. Nomadic groups in Central and West Asia; Debate on the advent of iron and its implications

IV. Polis in ancient Greece: Athens and Sparta; political developments, the Peloponnesian War

V. Economy, society, and Culture in Ancient Greece

VI. The Roman Republic, the Principate, and Empire – political institutions and administration.

VII. Economy, society, and Culture in Ancient Rome

(STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO CHOOSE EITHER GREECE OR ROME)

References

Burns and Ralph. World Civilizations

Cambridge History of Africa,

Gordon Childe, What Happened in History

G. Clark, World Prehistory: A New Perspective

B. Fagan, People of the Earth

Amar Farooqui, Early Social Formations

M.I. Finley, The Ancient Economy

Jacquetta Hawkes, First Civilizations

G. Roux, Ancient Iraq

UNESCO Series: History of Mankind, Vols. I-III. /renewed. History of Humanity

R. J. Wenke, Patterns in Prehistory

G.E.M.SteCroix, Class Struggles in the Ancient Greek World

J.D. Bernal, Science in History, Vol. I, V.

Gordon Childe, Social Evolution

Glyn Daniel, First Civilizations

Hauser, A Social History of Art, Vol. I.

Will Durant, The Story of Civilization: The Life of Greece Volume II

J.B.Bury, A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great

Robin Osborne, Classical Greece, 500-323 B.C. (Short Oxford History of Europe) H. D. F. Kitto, The Greeks

Victor Ehrenberg, From Solon to Socrates

T.J Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome

Nathan Rosenstein and Robert Morstein-Marx, ed, A Companion to the Roman Republic

Harriet. I Flower, The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic

P.Garnseyand Saller, The Roman Empire

David S. Potter, ed. A Companion to The Roman Empire

Walter Scheidel, ed, The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Economy:.

গীেশ্রী বন্দনা রসনগুপ্ত, রপতলাপতনসীয় র্ুদ্ধ

সুিাে ভদ্র এবং কুনাল চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, প্রাচীন গ্রীতসর সমাি ও সংস্কৃজে

সুপ্রজেম িাস, গ্রীতসর ইজেহাস

জচরন্তন িাসগুপ্ত , ইন্দ্রনীল চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, সুকনযা সরকার ও রিবর্ানী জবশ্বাস, প্রাচীন জবতশ্বর সমাি ও সংস্কৃজে

জসদ্ধার্ম গুহরায় ও অপরাজিো ভট্টাচার্ম, বিশ্ব সভ্যতা বিশ্ব সভ্যতা বিশ্ব সভ্যতা বিশ্ব সভ্যতা : প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগপ্রাচীন যুগ

সুমন মু ািমী, প্রাচীন জবশ্ব: সামাজিক গঠন ও সাংস্কৃজেক জবনযাস

রিবশ্রী রি, প্রাচীন ররাতমর ইজেহাস

গিমন চাইল্ড, রসাশযাল ইতভাজলউশন

___________, মযান রমকস জহমতসলফ

____________, রহায়াি হযাতপনি ইন জহজি

Semester III

DS 3: History of India - II (c.300 BCE to 750CE)

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks– 100 (50+50)

I. Economy and Society (circa 300 BCE to circa CE 300): (a) Expansion of agrarian economy: production relations.(b)Urban growth: north India, central India, and the Deccan; Craft Production: trade and trade routes; coinage.(c) Social stratification: class, varna, jati, gender; marriage and property relations

II. Changing political formations (circa 300 BCE to circa CE 300: (a) The Mauryan Empire, administration, Ashoka’s dhamma. (b) Post-Mauryan Polities with special reference to the Kushanas and the Satavahanas.

III. Towards early medieval India (circa CE fourth century to CE 750): (a) Agrarian expansion:land grants, changing production relations; graded Land rights and peasantry.

(b) The problem of urban decline: patterns of trade, currency, and urban Settlements. (c) Proliferation of jatis: changing norms of marriage and property.(d) The nature of polities: the Gupta empire and its contemporaries, administration:post-Gupta polities-Pallavas, Chalukyas,and Vardhanas

IV. Religion, philosophy, and society (circa 300 BCE- CE 750): (a) Consolidation of the Brahmanical tradition: dharma, (b) Theistic cults(from circa second century BC): Mahayana; the Puranic tradition.(c) The beginnings of Tantricism

V. Cultural developments (circa 300 BCE - CE 750) - Achievements during the Mauryan, post-Mauryan, Gupta, and post-Gupta periods: (a) A brief survey of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit and Tamil literature; Scientific and technical treatises. (b) Art and architecture; sculpture.

References

B. D. Chattopadhyaya, The Making of Early Medieval India

D. P. Chattopadhyaya, History of Science and Technology in Ancient India

D. D. Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History

S.K. Maity, Economic Life in Northern India in the Gupta Period

B.P. Sahu, ed. Land System and Rural Society in Early India

K.A.N. Sastri, A History of South India

R. S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism

R. S. Sharma, Urban Decay in India,c.300-c.1000

Romila Thapar, Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas

Susan Huntington, The Art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu ,and Jain

N. N. Bhattacharya, Ancient Indian Rituals and their Social Contents

J. C. Harle, The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent

P. L. Gupta, Coins

Kesavan Veluthat, The Early Medieval in South India

H.P. Ray, Winds of Change

Romila Thapar, Early India: From the Origins to 1300A.D.

D. N. Jha, Ancient India in Historical Outline.

রামশরণ শমমা , ভারতের প্রাচীন অেীে

রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের সামাজিক ও অর্মননজেক ইজেহাস

রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের বস্তুগে সংস্কৃজে

ররাজমলা র্াপার, ভারেবতষমর ইজেহাস

এ এল বযাশাম, অেীতের উজ্জ্বল ভারে

সুকুমারী ভট্টাচার্ম, ইজেহাতসর আতলাতক ববজিক সভযো

রণবীর চক্রবেমী, ভারে ইজেহাতসর আজিপবম

___________, প্রাচীন ভারতের অর্মননজেক ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতন

__________, সম্পা, সমাি সংস্কৃজের ইজেহাস

িাতমাির ধ্মমানন্দ রকাশাজি, ভারে ইজেহাস চচমার ভূজমকা

সুনীল চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, প্রাচীন ভারতের ইজেহাস ২ ণ্ড

হীতরন্দ্রনার্ মুত াপাধ্যায়, ভারেবতষমর ইজেহাস: প্রাচীন ও মধ্যর্ুগ

ররাজমলা র্াপার, অতশাক ও রমৌর্মতির পেন

Semester IV

DS 4: Aspects of Medieval World History

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

Decline and fall of the Roman Empire; Different perspectives

II.

Political developments since 800 CE: a) Charlemagne – the Significance of the Coronation of Charlemagne b) German Empire and Otto I c) Empire and Papacy -the Investiture Contest e) the Crusades

III.

Economic developments in Europe from the 5th to the 14th centuries: a) Emergence of Feudalism, different theories – the Pirenne Thesis b) Organization of the feudal system of production, c) growth of medieval towns and trade, technological developments. d) Crisis of feudalism - debate

IV.

Religion in medieval Europe: a) Growth of Papacy in Western Christendom – Pope Gregory VIII and Innocent III, b) Monasticism – different Monastic Orders, Benedictines, Cluny, Cistercians.

Patterns of culture; a) medieval thought – Scholastic philosophy b) the medieval universities, c) Literature, and art, d) the Twelfth Century Renaissance

VI.

Developments in Central Islamic Lands:(a) The tribal background, ummah, Caliphal state; rise of Sultanates (b) Religious developments: the origins of shariah, Mihna, Sufism (c)Urbanization and trade (d) Scientific and Technological Development in the Medieval Islamic World.

References

Perry Anderson, Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism

Marc Bloch, FeudalSociety,2Vols.

Cambridge History of Islam, 2 Vols.

Georges Duby, The Early Growth of the European Economy Fontana Economic History of Europe, Vol. I

P. K. Hitti, History of the Arabs

P. Garnsey and Saller, The Roman Empire

S. Ameer Ali, The Spirit of Islam

J. Barrowclough, The Medieval Papacy

Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1st ed., 4 vols.

M. G. S. Hodgson, The Venture of Islam

Masood Ehsan, Science and Islam: A History

নির্মল চন্দ্র দত্ত, র্ধ্যযুগের ইউগরোপ ২ খণ্ড

পুলগেশ রোয়, র্ধ্যযুগের ইউগরোপ: রোষ্ট্র, সর্োজ ও সংস্কৃনি

গেৌরীশঙ্কর বগদোপোধ্যোয় ও সোন্ত্বিো বগদোপোধ্যোয় , গরোগর্র ইনিহোস ও সভ্যিো: প্রোচীি যুে

গদবশ্রী গদ, প্রোচীি গরোগর্র ইনিহোস

ড: আবদুল েনরর্, ইসলোগর্র ইনিহোস

আনসফ জোর্োল লস্কর, নবশ্ব সভ্যিোর র্ধ্যযুে:সোর্োনজে সংেঠি ও নবিযোস

Semester IV

DS 5: History of India - III (c.750 CE-1206 CE)

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

I. Studying Early Medieval India: Historical geography Sources: texts, epigraphic and numismatic data Debates on Indian feudalism, the rise of the Rajputs, and the nature of the state.

II. Political Structures: (a) Evolution of political structures: Rashtrakutas, Palas, Pratiharas, Rajputs and Cholas (b) Legitimization of kingship; Brahmanas and temples; royal genealogies and rituals (c) Arab conquest of Sindh: nature and impact of the new set-up; Ismaili dawah (d) Causes and consequences of early Turkish invasions: Mahmud of Ghazni; Shahab-ud-Din of Ghur

III. Agrarian Structure and Social Change: (a) Agricultural expansion; crops (b) Landlords and peasants (c) Proliferation of castes; status of untouchables (d) Tribes as peasants and their place in the Varna order.

IV. Trade and Commerce: (a) Inter-regional trade (b) Maritime trade (c) Forms of exchange (d) Process of urbanization (e) Merchant guilds of South India.

V. Religious and Cultural Developments: (a) Bhakti, Tantrism, Puranic traditions; Buddhism and Jainism; Popular religious cults (b) Islamic intellectual traditions: Al-Biruni; Al-Hujwiri (c) Regional languages and literature (d) Art and architecture: Evolution of regional style.

References

R.S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism (circa 300 - 1200)

Harbans Mukhia, The Feudalism Debate

B.D. Chattopadhyaya, The Making of Early Medieval India

R.S. Sharma and K.M. Shrimali, eds, Comprehensive History of India, Vol. IV (A & B)

Mohammad Habib and K.A. Nizami, eds, Comprehensive History of India, Vol. V, The Delhi Sultanate

Hermann Kulke, ed., The State in India (AD 1000 - AD 1700)

N. Karashima, South Indian History and Society (Studies from Inscriptions, AD 850 -1800) Derryl N. Maclean, Religion and Society in Arab Sindh

Irfan Habib, Medieval India: The Study of a Civilization

Richard Davis, Lives of Indian Images

Romila Thapar, Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History

John S. Deyell, Living Without Silver: The Monetary History of Early Medieval North India

Vijaya Ramaswamy, Walking Naked: Women, Society, and Spirituality in South India

Burton Stein, Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India

R. Champakalakshmi, Trade, Ideology and Urbanization: South India, 300 BC to 1300 AD

Al. Beruni’s India, NBT edition.

Ali Hujwiri, KashfulMahjoob, Trnsl. R.Nicholson.

S. C. Mishra, Rise of Muslim Communities in Gujarat

J. Schwartzberg, Historical Atlas of South Asia

সুকুর্োরী ভ্ট্টোচোযম, প্রোচীি ভ্োরি: সর্োজ ও সোনহিয

ব্রিীন্দ্রিোথ র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়, বঙ্গ, বোংলো ও ভ্োরি

িীহোররঞ্জি রোয়, বোঙোনলর ইনিহোস: আনদপবম

রোর্শরণ শর্মো, আনদ র্ধ্যযুগের ভ্োরিীয় সর্োজ:সোর্􀈴 প্রনিয়ো নবষগয় এে সর্ীক্ষো

_________, ভ্োরগির সোর্􀈴িন্ত্র

Semester IV

DS 6: Rise of the Modern West - I

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

I. Transition from feudalism to capitalism: problems and theories.

II. Early colonial expansion: motives, voyages and explorations; the conquests of the Americas: beginning of the era of colonization; mining and plantation; the African slaves.

III. Renaissance: its social roots, city-states of Italy; spread of humanism in Europe; Art.

IV. Origins, course, and results of the European Reformation in the 16th century.

V. Economic developments of the sixteenth century: Shift of economic balance from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic; Commercial Revolution; Influx of American silver and the Price Revolution.

VI. Emergence of European state system: Spain; France; England; Russia.

References

T.S. Aston and C. H. E. Philpin (eds.), The Brenner Debate

H. Butterfield, The Origins of Modern Science

Carlo M. Cipolla, Fontana Economic History of Europe, Vols. II and III.

Carlo M. Cipolla, Before the Industrial Revolution, European Society and Economy. 1000 -

1700. 3rd ed. (1993)

D. C. Coleman (ed.), Revisions in Mercantilism

Ralph Davis, The Rise of the Atlantic Economics

Maurice Dobb, Studies in the Development of Capitalism

J. R. Hale, Renaissance Europe

R. Hall, From Galileo to Newton

Christopher Hill, A Century of Revolutions

Rodney Hilton, Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism

H. G. Koenigsberger and G. L. Mosse, Europe in the Sixteenth Century

Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History, 1494 - 1789

G. Parker, Europe in Crisis, 1598- 1648

G. Parker and L. M. Smith, General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century

J. H. Parry, The Age of Reconnaissance

MeenaxiPhukan, Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic History of Early Modern Europe

V. Poliensiky, War and Society in Europe, 1618 - 48

Theodore K. Rabb, The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe

V. Scammell, The First Imperial Age: European Overseas Expansion, 1400 - 1715

Jan de Vries, Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis, 1600- 1750

M. S. Anderson, Europe in the Eighteenth Century

Perry Anderson, The Lineages of the Absolutist State

Stuart Andrews, Eighteenth Century Europe

B. H. Slicher von Bath, The Agrarian History of Western Europe. AD. 500 - 1850.

The Cambridge Economic History of Europe. Vol. I - VI.

James B. Collins, The State in Early Modern France: New Approaches to European History

G. R. Elton, Reformation Europe, 1517 to 1559

M. P. Gilmore, The World of Humanism. 1453 -1517

Peter Kriedte, Peasants, Landlords and Merchant Capitalists J. Lynch, Spain under the Hapsburgs

Peter Mathias, First Industrial Revolution

Harry Miskimin, The Economy of Later Renaissance Europe: 1460 û 1600

Charles A. Nauert, Humanism and the Culture of the Renaissance

The New Cambridge Modern History of Europe, Vols. I -VII. L. W. Owie, Seventeenth Century Europe

D. H. Pennington, Seventeenth Century Europe

F. Rice, The Foundations of Early Modern Europe

অমতলশ জিপাঠী, ইিাজলর ররতনসাাঁস বাঙাজলর সংস্কৃজে

জরলা মু াজিম, রূপান্তজরে ইউতরাপ (৯০০-১৮০০)

ভাস্কর চক্রবেমী, সুভাষরঞ্জন চক্রবেমী, জকংশুক চতট্টাপাধ্যায়: ইউতরাতপর র্ুগান্তর

রি জি বানমাল, ইজেহাতস জবজ্ঞান

সমতরন্দ্র রসন, জবজ্ঞাতনর ইজেহাস

রেহাজদ্র ভট্টাচার্ম, ইংলযাতের ইজেহাস: জিউির র্ুগ

পুলতকশ রায় ও সায়ন্তন িাস, উত্তরতণর পতর্ ইউতরাপ: সামন্তেতের অবসান রর্তক ধ্নেতের পতর্

Semester IV

DS 7: History of India - IV (1206 CE– 1526 CE)

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

I. Sources for studying/Interpreting the Delhi Sultanate Survey of sources: Persian tarikh tradition; vernacular histories; epigraphy.

II. Sultanate Political Structures

Foundation, expansion and consolidation of the Sultanate of Delhi; The Khaljis and the

Tughluqs; Mongol threat and Timur‘s invasion; The Lodis: Conquest of Bahlul and Sikandar; Ibrahim Lodi and the battle of Panipat Theories of kingship;

Ruling elites; Sufis, ulama and the political authority; imperial monuments and coinage

III. Regional Political structures

The emergence of provincial dynasties: Bahamanis, Vijayanagar and Bengal Consolidation of regional identities; regional art, architecture, and literature

IV. Sultanate Society and Economy - 1

Iqta and the revenue-free grants Agricultural production

V. Sultanate Society and Economy - 2

Changes in rural society; revenue systems

Monetization; market regulations; growth of urban centers; trade and commerce; Indian Ocean trade

VI. Religion and Culture

Sufi silsilas: Chishtis and Suhrawardis; doctrines and practices; social roles; Bhakti movements and monotheistic traditions in South and North India; Women Bhaktas; Nathpanthis; Kabir, Nanak and the Sant tradition.

References

Mohammad Habib and K.A. Nizami, eds, Comprehensive History of India, Vol. V, The Delhi Sultanate

Satish Chandra, Medieval India I

Peter Jackson, The Delhi Sultanate

Catherine Asher and Cynthia Talbot, India Before Europe

Tapan Raychaudhuri and Irfan Habib, eds, Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. I. K.A. Nizami, Religion and Politics in the Thirteenth Century

W.H. McLeod, KarineSchomer, et al, eds, The Sants

S.A.A. Rizvi, A History of Sufism in India

Mohibul Hasan, Historians of Medieval India Cynthia Talbot, Pre-colonial India in Practice

Simon Digby, War Horses and Elephants in the Delhi Sultanate

I.H. Siddiqui, Afghan Despotism

Burton Stein, New Cambridge History of India: Vijayanagara

Richard M. Eaton, ed. India’s Islamic Traditions

Vijaya Ramaswamy, Walking Naked: Women, Society, and Spirituality in South India

Sheldon Pollock, Languages of the Gods in the World of Men

Pushpa Prasad, Sanskrit Inscriptions of the Delhi Sultanate

Andre Wink, Al-Hind, Vols. I-III

অনিরুদ্ধ রোয়, র্ধ্যযুগে ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস: সুলিোনি আর্ল

নর্নহর কুর্োর রোয়, ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস (িুরে আফেোি যুে)

ইরফোি হোনবব, র্ধ্যযুগের ভ্োরগির অথমনিনিে ইনিহোস

ইরফোি হোনবব, র্ধ্যেোলীি ভ্োরি ( ১গথগে ৪ খণ্ড)

এ নব এর্ হোনববুল্লোহ, ভ্োরগি র্ুসনলর্ শোসগির প্রনিষ্ঠো

অনিরুদ্ধ রোয় ও রত্নোবলী চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, র্ধ্যযুগে বোংলোর সর্োজ ও সংস্কৃনি

আবদুল েনরর্ বোংলোর ইনিহোস: সুলিোনি আর্ল

Semester V

DS 8: Rise of the Modern West - II

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

I. 17th century European crisis: economic, social and political dimensions.

II. The English Revolution: major issues; political and intellectual currents.

III. Rise of modern science in relation to European society from the Renaissance to the 17th century.

IV. Mercantilism and European economics; 17th and 18th centuries.

V. European politics in the 18th century: parliamentary monarchy; patterns of Absolutism in Europe.

VI. Political and economic issues in the American Revolution.

VII. Prelude to the Industrial Revolution.

References

T.S. Aston and C.H.E. Philpin (eds.) The Brenner Debate

H. Butterfield, The Origins of Modern Science

Carlo M. Cipolla, Fontana Economic History of Europe, Vols. II and III

Carlo M. Cipolla, Before the Industrial Revolution, European Society and Economy, 1000 -1700

D.C. Coleman (ed.) Revisions in Mercantilism

Ralph Davis, The Rise of the Atlantic Economics

Maurice Dobb, Studies in the Development of Capitalism

J.R. Hale, Renaissance Europe

R. Hall, From Galileo to Newton

Christopher Hill, A Century of Revolutions

Rodney Hilton, Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism

H.G. Koenigsberger and G.L. Mosse, Europe in the Sixteenth Century.

Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History, 1494 - 1789

G. Parker, Europe in Crisis, 1598 - 1648

G. Parker and L.M. Smith, General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century J.H. Parry, The Age of Reconnaissance

MeenaxiPhukan, Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic History of Early Modern Europe

V. Poliensiky, War and Society in Europe. 1618-48

Theodore K. Rabb, The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe

V. Scammell, The First Imperial Age: European Overseas Expansion, 1400-1715

Jan de Vries, Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis 1600-1750

M. S. Anderson, Europe in the Eighteenth Century

Perry Anderson, The Lineages of the Absolutist State

Stuart Andrews, Eighteenth Century Europe

B. H. Slicher von Bath, The Agrarian History of Western Europe. AD. 500 - 1850

The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, Vol. I-VI

James B. Collins, The State in Early Modern France, New Approaches to European History

G. R. Elton, Reformation Europe, 1517-1559

M. P. Gilmore, The World of Humanism. 1453-1517

Peter Kriedte, Peasants, Landlords and Merchant Capitalists J. Lynch, Spain under the Hapsburgs

Peter Mathias, First Industrial Revolution

Harry Miskimin, The Economy of Later Renaissance Europe: 1460 -1600

Charles A. Nauert, Humanism and the Culture of the Renaissance

The New Cambridge Modern History of Europe, Vols. I - VII

L. W. Owie, Seventeenth Century Europe

D. H. Pennington, Seventeenth Century Europe

F. Rice, The Foundations of Early Modern Europe

Vandana Joshi, Social Movements and Cultural Currents 1789–1945 : Themes in Modern European History

জরলা মু াজিম: রূপান্তজরে ইউতরাপ

রি জি বানমাল, ইজেহাতস জবজ্ঞান

সমতরন্দ্র রসন, জবজ্ঞাতনর ইজেহাস

রেহাজদ্র ভট্টাচার্ম, ইংলযাতের ইজেহাস: জিউির র্ুগ

Semester V

DS 9: History of India - V (1526 CE– 1757 CE)

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

I. Sources and Historiography Persian literary culture; translations. Literature in regional languages.

II. Establishment of Mughal rule

Babur‘s invasion of India - Struggle for Empire in North India –significance of Babar and Humayun‘s reign - Significance of Afghan despotism and rise of Sher Shah to power. His administrative and revenue reforms.

III. Akbar and Consolidation of Mughal Empire

Akbar‘s Conquests - his Rajput Policy & administrative and religious reforms, Reign of Jahangir, Nurjahan- her role in imperial politics; The Mughals and the North Western frontier and central Asia.Making of a new imperial system and administration, the Mughal nobility, Mansab and Jagir.

IV. Mughal Empire Under Aurangazeb

State and religion under Aurangzeb; issues in the war of success ion; policies regarding Religious groups and Institutions - Conquests and limits of expansion - Beginning of the crisis: contemporary perceptions; agrarian and Jagirdari crises; revolts. Inland and ocean trade network.

V. Mughal Art, Architecture & Painting

VI. Patterns of Regional Politics

Rajput political culture and state formation -Rise of Maratha power under Shivaji, and expansion under the Peshwas - emergence of regional powers – case studies of Maharashtra, Awadh and Bengal; Bengal Nawabs and the rise of the English East India Company in Bengal.Debate of the 18th Century on the decline of the Mughal Empire.

References

A.C. Banerjee, New History of Medieval India

Irfan Habib, Medieval India: The Study of a Civilization

Irfan Habib, Akbar and His India

Faruqui, Aurangzeb and His Times

Irfan Habib and Tapan Roy Choudhury (ed.), Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. I

Irfan Habib, Agrarian System of the Mughals

A. Nurul Hasan, Thoughts on Agrarian Relations in Mughal India

W. H. Moreland, Agrarian System in Moslem India

Aniruddha Roy, Some Aspects of Mughal Administration

Athar Ali, The Apparatus of Empire: Awards of Ranks and Titles to the Mughal Nobility

Satish Chandra, Parties and Politics at the Mughal Court

M. Athar Ali, Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb

D.E. Streusand, Formation of the Mughal Empire

Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subramaniyam (ed.), The Mughal State

Seema Alavi (ed.), The Eighteen Century in India

P. Marshall (ed.), The Eighteen Century in India

Muzaffar Alam, The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India: Awadh and Punjab

M. Athar Ali, Mughal India: Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society and Culture

S. R. Sharma, Religious Policy of the Mughal Emperors

R.M. Eaton, Essays on Islam and Indian history

R. M. Eaton (ed.), India’s Islamic Tradition

Ashin Dasgupta and M.N. Pearson (eds.), India and the Indian Ocean (1500-1800)

K. N. Choudhuri, Trading World of Asia and the English East India Company (1660-1760)

J. F. Richards (ed.), The Imperial Monetary System and Mughal India

J. N. Sarkar, Shivaji and his Times

Stuart Gordon, The Marathas

Sumit Sarkar, A Critique of Colonial India

P.J. Marshall, East India Fortunes

N. K. Sinha, Economic History of Bengal, 3 Vols.

Amiya Bagchi, Private Investment in India

Sugata Bose, Agrarian Bengal

Ranajit Guha, Rule of Property in Bengal

Laxmi Subramanian, History of India 1707 - 1857

গেৌির্ ভ্দ্র: র্ুঘলযুগে েৃনষ অথমিীনি ও েৃষে নবগদ্রোহ

নবিয় ভ্ূষণ গচৌধ্ুনর: বোংলোর েৃনষ সর্োগজর েঠি

হীগরন্দ্রিোথ র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়: ভ্োরিবগষমর ইনিহোস

জেদীশ িোরোয়ণ সরেোর:র্ুঘল অথমিীনি: সংেঠি ও েোযমির্

অনিরুদ্ধ রোয়: র্ুঘলযুগের অথমনিনিে ইনিহোস

সুগবোধ্ কুর্োর র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়: র্ধ্যযুগের ভ্োরগির অথমনিনিে জীবি

এর্ আিহোর আনল, আওরঙ্গগজগবর সর্য় র্ুঘল অনভ্জোি গেণী

গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়, অষ্টোদশ শিগের র্ুঘল সংেট ও আধ্ুনিে ইনিহোস নচ􀈴ো

সিীশ চন্দ্র, র্ুঘল দরবোগর দল ও রোজিীনি

Semester V

DS 10 - History of India - VI (1757 CE -1857 CE)

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

I. Foundations of Company‘s Rule

Early contestations between the Dutch, French and the British East India

The emergence of the English East India Company as a political power; Bengal as the ‘British bridgehead’

Company, Bengal Nawabs and the battle of Plassey, Buxar and the grant of Dewani

Anglo-Mysore; Anglo-Maratha and Anglo-Sikh relations. The Subsidiary alliance and the Doctrine of Lapse.

II. Legitimization of Company‘s rule in India

Regulating Act; Pitt‘s India Act; Charter Acts of 1813, 1833 and 1853

Administrative, Military, Police and Educational Reforms.

III. Rural Economy and Society

Land revenue systems. Permanent settlement, Rayatwari and Mahalwari Commercialization of agriculture and indebtedness.

Rural society: change and continuity, Famines.

IV. Trade and Industry De industrialization

Trade and fiscal policy

Drain of Wealth

Growth of modern industry

V. Renaissance and Reforms

Bengal Renaissance and Socio-religious Reforms:Rammohan Roy (Brahma Samaj), Young

Bengal, Vidyasagar and others

Educational Reforms initiated by the Company

VI. Popular Resistance Santhal uprising (1855-57); Sanyasi Uprising, KolBhumijuprisisng, Wahabi Faraizi and Santhal Uprising, Revolt of 1857: causes and nature.

References

Laxmi Subramaniyam, History of India, 1707 – 1857

Bipan Chandra, History of Modern India

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay (ed.), Nationalist Movement in India

C. A. Bayly, Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire

Bipan Chandra, Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India

Suhash Chakravarty, The Raj Syndrome: A Study in Imperial Perceptions

J.S. Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab

Ranajit Guha (ed.), Subaltern Studies: A Reader

Dharma Kumar and Tapan Raychaudhuri (eds.), The Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. II

P.J. Marshall, Bengal: The British Bridgehead

R.C. Majumdar (ed.), History and Culture of Indian People, Vols. IX and X. British Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance

Rajat K. Ray (ed.), Entrepreneurship and Industry in India, 1800-1947

Eric Stokes, English Utilitarians and India.

Sushil Chaudhury, From Prosperity to Decline: Eighteenth Century Bengal

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition A History of Modern India

Ratnalekha Roy, Change in Bengal Agrarian Society C 1769-1850

David Arnold and Ramchandra Guha (eds.), Nature, Culture and Imperialism

Amiya Bagchi, Private Investment in India

Bipan Chandra et al., India’s Struggles for Independence

A.R. Desai, Peasant Struggles in India

R.P. Dutt, India Today

M.J. Fisher (ed.), Politics of Annexation

Ranajit Guha, Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India

P.C. Joshi, Rebellion 1857: A Symposium

DadabhaiNaroji, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India

Sumit Sarkar, A Critique of Colonial India

P.J. Marshall, East India Fortunes

N. K. Sinha, Economic History of Bengal, 3 Vols

Sugata Bose, Agrarian Bengal

Ranajit Guha, Rule of Property in Bengal

David Kopf, British Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance

Pradip Sinha, 19th Century Bengal: Calcutta in Urban History

1857: Essays from Economic and Political Weekly

Sabyasachi Bhattacharya (eds.), Rethinking 1857

S. N. Sen, 1857

রজি েো􀈴 রোয়: পলোনশর ষড়যন্ত্র

সুশীল গচৌধ্ুরী: পলোনশর অজোিো েোনহিী

গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়, অষ্টোদশ শিগের র্ুঘল সংেট ও আধ্ুনিে ইনিহোস নচ􀈴ো

গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়: পলোনশ গথগে পোর্টমশি: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস

সবযসোচী ভ্ট্টোচোযম:ঔপনিগবনশে ভ্োরগির অথমিীনি

নবিয় ভ্ূষণ গচৌধ্ুরী, ঔপনিগবনশে আর্গল বোংলোর েৃনষ ইনিহোস

Semester V

DS 11 - History of Modern Europe - I (1789 CE-1919 CE)

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks– 100 (50+50)

I. The French Revolution and its European repercussions: Crisis of Ancien regime - Political, social, economic and intellectual background (role of Philosophers) of the French Revolution The revolution in the making – the Aristocratic Revolt and the consolidation of the Third Estate. The Constituent Assembly; Radicalization of the Revolution; the reign of Terror and the Thermedorian reaction; social base of the Revolution- Sans culottes, peasants and women; the directory and its achievements and failures.

II. Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution: Rise of Napoleon; Napoleonic reforms, Napoleonic Empire and Europe Fall of Napoleon: The Continental System; The Spanish Ulcer; The Moscow campaign. Assessment of Napoleon: Character of the French Revolution; Impact of French Revolution on Europe and abroad.

III. Restoration and Revolution (1815-1848) Vienna Congress; Concert of Europe; Metternich system Greek War of Independence, Revolution of 1830 &1848, & their Impact

IV. Industrialization and socio economic transformation Industrial Revolution; Definition and characteristics ; Pre Industrial society; Industrial Revolution in Britain; Impact on society, economy and polities . Industrialization in the continents, case study of France, Germany and Russia. Emergence of working class and its movements; early Utopian socialist thoughts.

V. Age of Nationalism Unification of Italy and Germany Specificities of economic development, political and administrative re organization – Italy and Germany The second Empire in France and Louis Napoleon

VI. The Eastern Question : The Crimean War; Treaty of Paris, Balkan Nationalism

VII. Imperial Expansion: Bismarck‘s diplomacy and the new balance of power; Kaiser William II and Welt Politik; new course in German foreign policy; the eastern question of the late 19th century, Balkan wars

VIII. First World War and its aftermath: Outbreak of the first world war, emergence of the two armed camps; impact of the first world; the Russian revolution, the peace settlements of 1919, the League of Nations.

References

Vandana Joshi, Social Movements and Cultural Currents 1789-1945: Themes in Modern

European History

Mason, Concise History of Modern Europe

Gerald Brennan, The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Civil War

C.M. Cipolla, Fontana Economic History of Europe, Volume III: The Industrial Revolution

Norman Davies, Europe

J. Evans, The Foundations of a Modern State in 19th Century Europe

T.S. Hamerow, Restoration, Revolution and Reaction: Economics and Politics in Germany [1815 - 1871]

E.J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution

Lynn Hunt, Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution

James Joll, Europe Since 1870

David Landes: Prometheus Unbound

Georges Lefebvre, Coming of the French Revolution

George Lichtheim, A Short History of Socialism

Peter Mathias, First Industrial Revolution

Phyllis Deane, The First Industrial Revolution

Alec Nove, An Economic History of the USSR

Andrew Porter, European Imperialism, 18760-1914

Anthony Wood, History of Europe, 1815-1960

Stuart Woolf, History of Italy, 1700-1860

Fernand Braudel, ―History and the Social Science‖, in M. Aymard and G. Mukhia, (ed.), French Studies in History, Vol. I

Maurice Dobb, Soviet Economic Development Since 1917

M. Perrot and G. Duby (eds.), A History of Women in the West, Vols 4 and 5

H. J. Hanham, Nineteenth Century Constitution, 1815 - 1914

E. J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism

Charles and Barbara Jelavich, Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1840-1920

James Joll, Origins of the First World War

Jaon B. Landes, Women and the Public Sphere in the Age of the French Revolution

David Lowenthal, The Past is a Foreign Country

Colin Licas, The French Revolution and the Making of Modern Political Culture

Nicholas Mansergh, The Irish Question, 1840 -1921

K.O. Morgan, Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Vol. 3 [1789 - 1983]

R. P. Morgan, German Social Democracy and the First International

N.V. Riasanovsky, A History of Russia

J. M. Robert, Europe 1880-1985

J. J. Roth (ed.), World War I: A Turning Point in Modern History

Albert Soboul, History of the French Revolution (in two volumes).

Lawrence Stone, History and the Social Sciences in the Twentieth Century: The Past and the Present

Dorothy Thompson, Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution

E.P. Thompson, Making of the English Working Class

Michel Vovelle, Fall of the French Monarchy

Raymond Williams, Culture and Society

David Thomson, Europe Since Napoleon

George Rude, Revolutionary Europe

Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History

L.C.B. Seaman, From Vienna to Versailles

Gordon Craig, Germany 1871-1945

Geoffery Barraclough, The Origins of Modern Germany

Alfred Cobban, A History of France, Vols. I-III

E. H. Carr, The History of Soviet Russia, Vols. I-III

Hugh Seton Watson, The Decline of Imperial Russia, 1815-1914

W.L. Langer, Diplomacy of Imperialism

L. Kochan, The Making of Imperial Russia

Ralph Finley, Modern German History

A. J. P. Taylor, The Course of German History

A. J. P. Taylor, The Struggle for Mastery over Europe

নচত্রো অনধ্েোরী, আধ্ুনিে ইউগরোপ নবিযোস ও নববিমি

সুভ্োষরঞ্জি চিবিী, ইউগরোগপর ইনিহোস

সুভ্োষ রঞ্জি চিবিী, ফরোনস নবপ্লব

গেৌির্ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, ফরোনস নবপ্লব-দুগশো বছগরর আগলোগি

র্ট এ জযোেসি, ফরোনস নবপ্লব

নসদ্ধোথম গুহরোয়, আধ্ুনিে ইউগরোপ: ফরোনস নবপ্লব গথগে নিিীয় নবশ্বযুদ্ধ

গডনভ্ড টর্সি, নবশ্ব ইনিহোগসর গপ্রক্ষোপগট ইউগরোপ ২ খণ্ড

Semester VI

DS 12 - History of India - VII (1858 CE-1947CE)

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

I. The aftermath of 1857

Queen‘s Proclamation; The Indigo rebellion, The Deccan Riots, The growth of the new middle class; the age of associations, The Aligarh movement, The Arya and the PrarthanaSamaj

II. The early phase of Indian Freedom Movement

Historiography of Indian Nationalism; Birth of Indian National Congress, The Moderates and the Extremists, Partition of Bengal, the Swadeshi movement, Muslim League, Morle Minto Reforns; Revolutionaries in India and abroad, the Lucknow pact

III. The Gandhian era

Gandhi‘s rise to power, Rowlatt Satyagraha, Montagu Chelmsford reforms; Khilafat and

Non-co-operation movement, The Swarajya party, Poona Pact, Civil Disobedience

Movement, Quit India Movement

IV. Towards freedom

Government of India Act 1935, The rise of the leftist movements, The Peasant and Working class movements, Cripps Mission, Subhas Bose and INA, RIN mutiny; Wavell Plan, Cabinet Mission; Tebhaga and Telengana movements

V. Communal Politics and Partition of India

Demand for Pakistan; Lahore session of the Muslim League, rise of Hindu Mahasabha and the RSS; Akali Dal, Partition and its consequences.

References

Bipan Chandra, History of Modern India

Sumit Sarkar, Writing Social History

Bipan Chandra, Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India

Bipan Chandra, Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India

D.A.Low (ed.), Congress and the Raj

Eleanor Zelliot, From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement

Gyanendra Pandey, The Construction of Communalism in colonial North India

Jawaharlal Nehru, An Autobiography

John R. McLane, Indian Nationalism and the EarlyCongress

Judith Brown, Gandhi’s Rise to Power, 1915-22

M. K. Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of My Experimentswith Truth

Mushirul Hasan (ed.), India’s Partition

Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence

Peter Hardy, Muslims of British India

Ranajit Guha (ed.), A Subaltern Studies Reader

Sumit Sarkar, Modern India, 1885-1947

A. Jalal, The Sole Spokesman. Jinnah, the Muslim League, and the Demand for Pakistan

Anil Seal, Emergence of Indian Nationalism

A.R. Desai, Peasant Struggles in India

R. Desai, Social Background of Indian Nationalism

Chandra et. al., India after Independence

B.D. & T.R. Metcalf, A Concise History of India

B. Stein (ed.), The Making of Agrarian Policy in British India

B.R. Nanda (ed.), Indian foreign Policy: The Nehru Years

B. Shiva Rao, The Arming of India’s Constitution - A Study

Bipan Chandra, Communalism in Modern India

D. Chakrabarty, Rethinking Working Class History

D. Hardiman, Peasant Resistance in India

D. Kopf, Brahmo Samaj and the Shaping of the Modern Indian Mind

F. Hutchins, Spontaneous Revolution

Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy, 1947-77 G. Forbes, Women in Modern India

G. Prakash (ed.), The World of the Rural Labourer in Colonial India

G. Karlekar, India. The First Fifty Years

J. Brown, Gandhi’s Rise to Power

J. R. McLane, Indian Nationalism and the Early Congress

J. Krishnamurti, Women in Colonial India

J.M. Kaul, Problems of National Integration

Judith Brown et al., Gandhi, A Prisoner of Hope K. Roy (ed.), Partition of India

J.W. Jones, Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India

M. Fisher (ed.), India’s Partition

N. K. Sinha (ed.), History of Bengal

R. K. Ray, Social Conflict and social Unrest in Bengal

R. Kshirasagara, Dalit Movements in India and its Leaders

Ramchandra Guha, India after Gandhi

S. & T. Sarkar (eds.), Women and Social Reform in Modern India

S. Bandopadhyay (ed.), Bengal: Rethinking Historiography

S. Bhattacharya (ed.), Approaches to History

S. Bose & A. Jalal, Modern South Asia

Sumit Sarkar, The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal

S. Sen, The Working Class in India

Srikumar Deb, Problems and Policies of Bengal Government: 1874-1882

V.C. Joshi (ed.), Rammohan Roy and the process of Modernization in India

V.P. Menon, Integration of the Indian States

গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়: পলোনশ গথগে পোর্টমশি

শুনচব্রি গসি ও অনর্য় গঘোষ: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি (১৮৮৫-১৯৬৪)

সুনর্ি সরেোর:আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি

সুগশোভ্ি সরেোর: বোংলোর গরগিসোাঁস

সবযসোচী ভ্ট্টোচোযম:ঔপনিগবনশে ভ্োরগির অথমিীনি

প্রণব কুর্োর চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি ২ খণ্ড

নবপি চন্দ্র ও অিযোিয: ভ্োরগির স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোর্

অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী: স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোগর্ ভ্োরগির জোিীয় েংগগ্রস

অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী:ভ্োরগির র্ুনিসংগ্রোগর্ চরর্পন্তী পবম

জয়ো চযোটোজী, বোংলো ভ্োে হল: নহদু সোম্প্রদোনয়েিো ও গদশ নবভ্োে ১৯৩২-১৯৪৭

Semester VI

DS 13 - History of India - VIII (1947 CE-1977 CE)

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

I. The Nehru era: Internal policy between 1947 to 1964- movements for social justice, the new constitution, integration of the princely states, growth of parliamentary democracy, Five years‘ plan.

II. Partition: Riots and Rehabilitation

III. Making of the Republic The Constituent Assembly; Drafting of the Constitution Integration of Princely States

IV. Indian Democracy at Work c1950- 1970s Language, Region, Caste and Religion. Electoral Politics and the Changing Party System; Regional Experiences India and the World; Non Aligned Movement

V. Economy, Society and Culture c 1950-1970s The Land Question, Planned Economy, Industry and Labour Science and Education. The Women‘s Question: Movements and Legislation. Cultural Trends: Institutions and Ideas, Literature, Media, Arts.

References

Granville Austin, Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation

Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy, 1947-2004

Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence

Ram Chandra Guha, India after Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy

Bipan Chandra, et al.India after Independence

Appadurai, Domestic Roots of India's Foreign Policy 1947-1972

Rajni Kothari, Politics in India

Joya Chatterji, The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947-67

Sunil Khilnani, The Idea of India

শুনচব্রি গসি ও অনর্য় গঘোষ: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি (১৮৮৫-১৯৬৪

রোর্চন্দ্র গুহ: েোন্ধী উত্তর ভ্োরিবষম

নবপি চন্দ্র: ভ্োরিবষম স্বোধ্ীিিোর পগর

Semester VI

DS 14 - Trends in World Politics (1919 CE -2001 CE)

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

I. Challenges to the new European order: Consolidation and Development of power of the Soviet State, French search for security, Rise of Fascism in Italy and Nazism in Germany, World Economic depression of 1929, the Crisis of the Inter War European Order

II. The Road to 2nd World War; Germany‘s aggressive foreign policy; the role of the war economy, Spanish civil war, Mussolini‘s foreign policy and Abyssinian crisis, formation of the Rome Berlin Tokyo Axis – Grand Alliance and the Second World War - Impact of the War

III. United Nations Organization: its origin and functions

IV. Cold War and the emergence of bipolar politics – Rise of Communist China – Cold War in Asia: Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Middle East – Third World and Non Aligned Movement

V. Détente and disintegration of the Soviet Bloc– Iranian Revolution – Afghanistan in turmoil

VI. Globalization and its impact – Rise of Terrorism – 9/11 and Its impact.

References

Gerald Brennan, The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Civil War

C.M. Cipolla, Fontana Economic History of Europe, Volume III: The Industrial Revolution

Norman Davies, Europe

J. Evans, The Foundations of a Modern State in 19th Century Europe

T.S.Hamerow, Restoration, Revolution and Reaction: Economics and Politics in Germany,1815 - 1871

E.J.Hobsbawn, The Age of Revolution

James Joll, Europe Since 1870

David Landes, Prometheus Unbound

George Lichtheim, A Short History of Socialism

Alec Nove, An Economic History of the USSR

Andrew Porter, European Imperialism, 18760-1914

Anthony Wood, History of Europe, 1815 -1960

Stuart Woolf, History of Italy, 1700-1860

G. Barrowclough, An Introduction to Contemporary History

Fernand Braudel, ―History and the Social Science‖ in M. Aymar and Maurice Dobb (eds.), Soviet Economic Development Since 1917

M. Perrot and G. Duby (eds.), A History of Women in the West, Volumes 4 and 5

H.J. Hanham, Nineteenth Century Constitution, 1815 - 1914

E.J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism

Charles and Barbara Jelavich, Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1840-1920

James Joll, Origins of the First World war (1989)

Jaon B. Landes, Women and the Public Sphere in the Age of the French Revolution

David lowenthal, The Past is a Foreign Country

Nicholas Mansergh, The Irish Question, 1840-1921

K.O. Morga, Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Volume 3 1789 - 1983

R.P. Morga, German Social Democracy and the First International

N.V. Riasanovsky, A History of Russia

J.M. Robert, Europe 1880- 1985

J.J. Roth (ed.), World War I : A Turning Point in Modern History

Lawrence Stone, History and the Social Sciences in the Twentieth Century The Past and the Present

Dorothy Thompson, Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution

E.P. Thompson, Making of the English WorkingClass

Michel Vovelle, Fall of the French Monarchy

H. Seton Watson, The Russian Empire

Raymond Williams, Culture and Society

P. Calvocoressi, World Politics since 1945

C.J. Bartlett, International Politics: States, power and conflict since 1945

Joan Spero, The Politics of International Economic Relations

Hans J. Morgenthou, Politics among Nations

J.L. Gaddis, The United States and the origins of the Cold War

D.F. Fleming, The Cold War and Its Origins

Walter La Febar, America, Russia and the Cold War

Garo Alprovitz, Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam

Joyce and Gabriel Kolko, The Politics of War

----------------, The Limits of Power: The World and US Foreign Policy

Thomas J. Patterson, Soviet-American Confrontation: Post-War Reconstruction and the Origins of the Cold War

L.J. Halle, The Cold War as History

Peter Lowe, The Origins of the Korean War

Gung-Wu Wang, China and the World since 1949

Herbert Ellison, ed. The Sino-Soviet Conflict: A Global Perspective

J. Gittings, Survey of the Sino-Soviet Dispute

C.F. Fitzerland, The Chinese View of their place in the world

D. Rees, A Short History of Modern Korea

R.E.M. Irving, The First Indo-China War: French and American Policy, 1945-54

L.J. Mathews and D.E. Brown, (eds)Assessing the Vietnam War

Nikki R. Keddiie, Roots of Revolution: An interpretative history of modern Iran

Fiona Venn, Oil Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century

Carl L. Brown, International Politics in the Middle East

R. Ovendale, The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Wars

E. Said, The Question of Palestine

B.D. Nossiter, The Global Struggle for more: Third World Conflicts with rich nations

Susan George, How the other Half Dies

-----------------, A Fate Worse than Debt: Third World Conflicts with rich nations

Z. Brzezinski, The Soviet Block: Unity and Conflict

William A. Williams, Empire as Way of Life

G. Ionesku, The Breakup of the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe

Adam Ullam, Stalin

Roy Medvedev, On Stalin and Stalinism

Raymond Garthoff, The Great Transition, American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War

M.S. Rajan, Studies on Non-alignment and the Non-aligned Movement

Malabika Banerjee, The Non-aligned Movement

Uma Vasudev, ed. Issues before Non-alignment: Past and Future

Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power

-------------, Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics

Shashi Tharoor, Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century

প্রণব কুর্োর চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, আ􀈴জমোনিে সম্পগেমর ইনিহোস (১৯১৯ – বিমর্োি েোল পযম􀈴)

জয়􀈴 কুর্োর রোয় ও প্রফুল্ল চিবিী, আ􀈴জমোনিে সম্পগেমর ইনিহোস

প্রফুল্ল চিবিী ও নসদ্ধোথম গুহরোয়, আ􀈴জমোনিে সম্পগেমর ইনিহোস

রোধ্োরর্ণ চিবিী ও সুেল্পো চিবিী, সর্সোর্নয়ে আ􀈴জমোনিে সম্পেম

Semester VI

DS 15 - West Bengal in Transition (1947 CE -1977 CE)

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

Partition of India and the Birth of West Bengal – refugee influx, rehabilitation and assimilation

Bidhan Chandra Roy and the reconstruction of West Bengal

Popular movements in Calcutta – Teachers’ Movement, Tram Workers’ Movement, Student Movement

Rise and growth of leftist politics in West Bengal

Food Crisis and Food Movements in West Bengal

Naxalite Movement – origins, growth, limitations and legacies

Transition in West Bengal politics – The Rise of Left Front to Power – Land Reforms and Panchayati Raj System

References

Ramachandra Guha, India after Gandhi

Bipan Chandra and others, India since Independence

Partha Chatterjee, The Present History of West Bengal

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Meanings of Freedom

Sumanta Banerjee, In the Wake of Naxalbari: A History of the Naxalite Movement in India

Pradip Basu, ed. Discourses on the Naxalite Movement, 1967-2009

Amiya K. Samanta, Left Extremist Movement in Armed Agrarian Struggle

Sibaji Pratim Basu and Geetisha Dasgupta, eds. Politics in Hunger-regime: Essays on the Right to Food in West Bengal

Suranjan Das and Premanshu Kumar Bandyopadhyay, eds. Food Movement of 1959: Documenting a Turning Point in the History of West Bengal

Chandan Basu, The Making of the Left ideology in West Bengal: Culture, Political Economy, Revolution, 1947-70

Bharati Mukherjee, Political Culture and Leadership in India: A Study of West Bengal

Prafulla K. Chakrabarti, The Marginal Men: The Refugees and the Left Political Syndrome in West Bengal

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury, Caste and Partition in Bengal: The Story of Dalit Refugees, 1946–1961

Ranabir Samaddar, From Popular Movements To Rebellion The Naxalite Decade

Rakhahari Chatterji and Partha Pratim Basu, eds. West Bengal under the Left 1977-2011

অনিল আচোযম, সম্পো: সত্তর দশে, ৩ খণ্ড

------------, নিি দশগের েণ আগদোলি

শুনচব্রি গসি ও অনর্য় গঘোষ: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি (১৮৮৫-১৯৬৪

রোর্চন্দ্র গুহ: েোন্ধী উত্তর ভ্োরিবষম

নবপি চন্দ্র: ভ্োরিবষম স্বোধ্ীিিোর পগর

Semester VII

DS 15 - History of Modern East Asia I: China (1839 CE-1949 CE)

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

I. Pre-colonial China: (a) Nature and structure of the traditional Chinese society. (b)The peasantry and gentry; Government bureaucracy and central control. (C) The Confucian value system. (d) China‘s pre-modern economy.

II. Anglo Chinese relations till the Opium War: (a) The Tribute system; the Canton trade and its collapse. (b) First & Second Opium Wars—the unequal treaties. (c)Financial Imperialism: Open Door policy.

III. Rebellion, Restoration and Nationalism: (a)The Taiping Rebellion: causes, nature and failure. (b) Tung- Chih Restoration; the Hundred Days‘ Reform and the Self –Strengthening Movement. (c) Boxer Uprising: causes, nature and failure. (d) The 37

Revolution of 1911: background and causes, nature and significance; role of Dr Sun Yat- Sen; principles and polities, formation of the Republic; Yuan Shih-kai and warlordism; the rise of the Kuomintang.

IV. Nationalism in China: (a) Emergence of the Republic and Yuan Shih Kai: Warlordism. (b) May 4th Movement: origin, nature and significance.

V. The Kuomintang and the Nationalist government: (a) The rise of the Kuomintang Party: Political crisis in the 1920s; The First United Front. (b) Chiang Kai-shek: the KMT-CCP conflict. (c) Ten Years of Nanking Government.

VI. The Communist Victory in China: (a) Background of the foundation of the Communist Party. (b) CCP under Mao Tse-tung: the making of the Red Army; the Second United Front; Long March. (c) The Yenan experiment. (d) The Chinese Revolution (1949): Ideology, causes and significance; the establishment of the Peoples’ Republic of China.

References

J.K.Fairbank, (ed),The Cambridge History of China vol-X

J. Gray, Rebellions and Revolutions

C.Y.I. Hsu, The rise of Modern China

N. Peffer, The Far East: A Modern History

S. L. Roy, A short History of the Far East

E.Snow, Red Star over China

H. Vinacke, A History of the Far East in Modern Times

L. Bianco, Origins of the Chinese Revolutions 1915-1949

Victor Pucell, The Boxer Uprising: A Background study

J.Chesneaux, China from Opium War to 1911 Revolution

C.P. Fitzjerald, Birth of Communist China

C.T. Tung, The May Fourth Movement: intellectual Revolution in Modern China

M.C. Wright, China in Revolution: The first Phase 1900-1913

I. Epstein, From Opium War to Liberation

Amit Bhattacharya, Transformation of China 1840-1969

E.J.Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes: The short Twentieth Century 1941-1991

গদবপ্রসোদ গচৌধ্ুরী: আধ্ুনিে যুগে পূবম এনশয়োর সংনক্ষপ্ত ইনিহোস

র্ৃিোল েোন􀈴 চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়: চীি ও জোপোগির ইনিহোস

হরপ্রসোদ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়: চীগির ইনিহোস

Semester VII

DS 17 - History of Modern East Asia II: Japan (1854-1945)

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

I. Pre-Meji Japan (a) Tokugawa Shogunate: the feudal society and the government; Shintoism. (b) Economic condition. (c) Encounter with the West: the Perry Mission; the opening of the Japan to the west. (d) The crisis and fall of the Shogunate.

II. Meiji Restoration (a) Causes and nature of Restoration. (b)Transformation of Japan: process of modernization. (c) Meiji Constitution

III. Expansion of Japan up to the First World War (a) Sino–Japanese war (1894-95). (b) The Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902). (c) Contest for Korea and the Russo-Japanese war (1904-05). (d) Japan and the First World War.

IV. Rise of modern Japan: (a) Process of modernization: social, military, political and educational; popular and democratic movement. (b) Rise of Political Parties, abolition of feudalism and economic growth. (c) Industrialization and the role of the state; the Zaibatsu.

V. Imperial Japan: (a) Japan and World war I: Twenty-one Demands. (b) Washington Conference. (c) Manchurian crisis: role of the League of Nations. (d) Failure of the Democratic system and the rise of militarism in the 1930s and the 1940s.

VI. Japan and World War II: (a) Japan‘s bid for supremacy and defeat. (b) Post war Japan under General Douglas MacArthur.

References

G.Allen, A short Economic History of Japan

W.G. Beasley, The Modern History of Japan

BeckmannM.George,The Making of the Meiji Constitution

H. Borton ,Japan since 1931

J.B. Jansen (ed), The Cambridge History of Japan vols V-VI

N. Peffer, The Far East: A Modern History

S. L. Roy, A short History of the Far East

S.Richard, A History of Modern Japan

H. Vinacke, A History of the Far East in Modern Times

A. Gordon, A Modern History of Japan From Tokugawa Timesto Present

J. Holliday, A Political History of Japanise Capitalism

E. H. Norman, Japan’s Emergence as Modern State

G. Sansom, The Western world and Japan

E.J.Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes: The short Twentieth Century 1941-1991

I.H. Nish, Japan’s Foreign policy: 1869-1942

গদবপ্রসোদ গচৌধ্ুরী: আধ্ুনিে যুগে পূবম এনশয়োর সংনক্ষপ্ত ইনিহোস

র্ৃিোল েোন􀈴 চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়: চীি ও জোপোগির ইনিহোস

হরপ্রসোদ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়: জোপোগির ইনিহোস

Semester VIII

DS 18 - Historiography: Meaning & Scope of History, Approaches to History

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

(Mandatory for the students of Honours with Research)

1. Meaning & Scope of History: (a) Nature of History. (b) Philosophy and Theories of History. (c) Objectivity and Bias in History

2. Approaches to History - Ancient and Medieval Historiography: (a) Greco- Roman Historiography- Herodotus, Thucydides, Polybius, Livy and Tacitus, the character of Greco- Roman Historiography. (b) Medieval Historiography: European- St. Augustine: West Asian-- Ibn Khaldun.

3. Modern Western Historiography: (a) The Berlin Revolution in Historiography: Niebuhr and Ranke. (b) Positivism in History: Main Characteristics, An Assessment. (c) Historical Materialism and Karl Marx, Impact of Historical Materialism on Historiography, Christopher Hill, E.H. Hobsbawm, E.P. Thompson. (d) The Annales School: Lucien Febvre, Marc Bloch, Fernand Braudel

4. Recent Developments in Historiography: (a) Gender History. (b) Historiography of Caste. (c) History of Environment. (d) History of Science, Technology and Medicine

5. Indian Historiography: (a) Ancient and Medieval Indian Historiography: An Assessment. (b) Modern Indian Historiography: Imperialist (Colonial) Historiography, Nationalist Historiography, Marxist Historiography, Subaltern Studies.

References

Breisach, Ernst, Historiography: Ancient Medieval, and Modern

E.H. Carr, What Is History?

Stuart. Clark, The Annales Historians

R. G. Collingwood, The Idea of History

Richard. J. Evans, In Defence of History

Ranajit. Guha, ed. Subaltern Studies, Vol. 1.

B.A. Haddock, An Introduction to Historical Thought

Mohibbul. Hasan, Ed. Historians of Medieval India

D.D. Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History

R.C. Majumdar, Historiography in Modern India

Arthur Marwick, What History Is and Why It Is Important

__________, The Nature of History

__________, The New Nature of History

S.P. Sen, ed. Historians and Historiography in Modern India

Ramesh Chandra Sharma, et. al. Historiography and Historians since Independence

R. S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism

B. Sheik Ali, History: Its Theory and Method

E.Sreedharan, A Textbook of Historiography

A. Sinha, Europe in transition

D. Thomson, Europe Since Napoleon

গেৌির্ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, ইনিহোস চচমো: জোিীয়িো ও সোম্প্রদোনয়েিো

ই এইচ েোর, েোগে বগল ইনিহোস

রোজকুর্োর চিবিী, ইনিহোসচচমো: নির্মোণ অনবনির্মোণ নবেৃনি

সুগবোধ্ র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়, ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস ও ঐনিহোনসে

_________, ইউগরোগপর ইনিহোস ও ঐনিহোনসে

অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী, ইনিহোস ও ঐনিহোনসে

Semester VIII

DS 19 - Historical Methodology: Historical Evidence & Interpretation

Credits - 5 (4+1)

Marks – 100 (50+50)

(Mandatory for the students of Honours with Research)

Structure and Form of History: (a) History and other Social Sciences. (b) History and its auxiliary disciplines. (c) Research and Methodology in History

Historical Source Materials: (a) Primary and Secondary Sources. (b) Examination of Sources: Collection and Selection of Facts. (c) Oral History as a source. (d) Interpretation of Historical Evidence

Historical Methodology: Different Operations: (a) Preliminary Operations: Area of Proposed Research; Choice of a subject, Preparation of an Outline, Synopsis, and Bibliography. (b) Analytical operations: Heuristics (External Criticism) and Hermeneutics (Internal Criticism). (c) Synthetic Operations: Determining and Grouping of Facts, Constructive Reasoning. (d) Concluding Operations

Academic Integrity and Research Ethics: (a) Citations and Style Sheet. (b) Plagiarism and Similarity Index. (c) Prevention of Plagiarism and UGC Regulations

References

E.H. Carr, What Is History?

Arthur Marwick,, The Nature of History

Arthur Marwick,, The New Nature of History

K.N Chitnis, Research Methodology in History

R.G Collingwood, The Idea of History

C.R. Kothari, Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques

B. Sheik Ali, History: Its Theory and Method

Raymond Martin, The Past Within Us: An Empirical Approach to Philosophy of History

Arthur Marwick, What History Is and Why It Is Important

E. Sreedharan, A Textbook of Historiography

E. Sreedharan, A Manual of Historical Research Methodology,

Donald. A. Ritchie, Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide

Toni Weller, ed. History in the Digital Age

সুরনভ্ বগদোপোধ্যোয়, েগবষণো: প্রেরণ ও পদ্ধনি

গেৌির্ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, ইনিহোস চচমো: জোিীয়িো ও সোম্প্রদোনয়েিো

ই এইচ েোর, েোগে বগল ইনিহোস

রোজকুর্োর চিবিী, ইনিহোসচচমো: নির্মোণ অনবনির্মোণ নবেৃনি

সুগবোধ্ র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়, ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস ও ঐনিহোনসে

_________, ইউগরোগপর ইনিহোস ও ঐনিহোনসে

অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী, ইনিহোস ও ঐনিহোনসে

UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (PROMOTION OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PREVENTION OF PLAGIARISM IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS) REGULATIONS, 2018

Semester VIII

DS 20 - Modern Bengal (1757-1905)

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks– 100 (50+50)

Bengal under the Nawabs – Rise of British power in Bengal – Nature of the ‘Plassey Revolution’ - From Plassey to Buxar

Grant of Diwani and Dual Administration – Administrative evolution (1772-1833)

Internal trade and European commercial activities – Agency Houses – Drain of Wealth

Famine of 1770: Background and impact on rural society and economy

Revenue systems – Origins and impact of the Permanent settlement – Zamindars, jotedars and peasants

Impact of western ideas and education – Christian missionaries and utilitarians – Social and religious reform – Rammohun Roy, Derozio and Vidyasagar - Women’s question

Revivalist and protest movements – Farazi and Wahabi movements, Fakir & Sannyasi revolts, Rangpur uprising, Indigo revolt and Pabna uprisings – Bengal during the Revolt of 1857

Growth of political consciousness and associations in Bengal – Bengal and the Indian National Congress (1885-1905) – Background to the Partition of Bengal (1905)

References

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition and After: A History of Modern India

N.K. Sinha, Economic History of Bengal, 3 Vols

B.B. Chaudhuri, Growth of Commercial Agriculture in Bengal: 1757-1900

Amales Tripathi, Trade and Finance in the Bengal Presidency

John R. McLane, Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth Century Bengal

R. Guha, A Rule of Property for Bengal

W.W. Hunter, Annals of Rural Bengal

Ratnalekha Ray, Change in Bengal Agrarian Society, 1760-1850

P.J. Marshall, East Indian Fortunes: The British in Bengal in the Eighteenth Century

________, Bengal: the British Bridgehead

C.A. Bayly, Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire

Dharma Kumar, ed. The Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. II: 1757-2003.

Sirajul Islam, Land Tenure in Bengal

N.K Sinha, ed. History of Bengal

Sushil Chaudhuri, From Prosperity to Decline

__________, Palashir Ajana Kahini

Hameeda Hussain, The Company Weavers of Bengal

David Kopf, British Orientalism and Bengal Renaissance

_________, The Brahmo Samaj and the Making of the Modern Indian Mind

Salahuddin Ahmed, Social Ideas and Social Change in Bengal, 1818-35

Susobhan Sarkar, Bengal Renaissance and Other Essays

S.N. Mukherjee, Calcutta: Myth and History

___________, Calcutta: Essays in Urban History

___________, Sir William Jones

Pradip Sinha, Calcutta in Urban History

___________, Nineteenth Century Bengal

Rachel van Baumer, ed. Aspects of Bengali History and Society

Sumanta Bannerjee, The Parlour and the Streets: Elite and the Popular Culture in the Nineteenth Century Calcutta

O.P. Kejariwal, Asiatic Society of Bengal and the Discovery of India’s Past

Garland Cannon, The Life and Mind of Sir William Jones

V.C. Joshi, ed. Rammohun Roy and the Process of Modernisation in India

Amales Tripathi, Vidyasagar: The Traditional Moderniser

Brian Hatcher, Idioms of Improvement: Vidyasagar and Colonial Encounter in Bengal

John Rosselli, Lord William Bentinck: The Making of a Liberal Imperialist

Rosinka Choudhury, ed. Derozio, Poet of India: The Definite Edition

G. Murshid, Reluctant Debutant.

G. Forbes, Women in Colonial India.

Jasodhara Bagchi, ed. From the Seams of History.

Radha Kumar, The History of Doing.

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal

Partha Chatterjee, Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse?

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, ed. Nationalist Movement in India: A Reader

Ranajit Guha, ed. Subaltern Studies, Vols I-IX

Leonard Gordon, Bengal: The Nationalist Movement, 1876-1940

John McGuire, The Making of a Colonial Mind

Anil Seal, The Emergence of Indian Nationalism

B.B. Mishra, Indian Middle Classes

A.R. Desai, Social Background of Indian Nationalism

A.C. Banerjee, Constitutional History of India

J.H. Broomfield, Elite Conflict in a Plural Society

Charles Heimsath, Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social Reform

Bipan Chandra, Nationalism and Colonialism in India

__________, The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India

Sumit Sarkar, Modern India

__________, The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, 1903-08

__________, Popular Movements and Middle Class Leadership in Late Colonial India

__________, Critique of Colonial India

John R. McLane, Indian Nationalism and the Early Congress

Rajat K. Ray, Social Conflict and Political Unrest in Bengal, 1875-1927

Amales Tripathi, The Extremist Challenge

অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী, ভ্োরগির স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোগর্ জোিীয় েংগগ্রস

রজি েো􀈴 রোয়, পলোনশর ষড়যন্ত্র ও গসেোগলর সর্োজ

নদলীপ নবশ্বোস, রোর্গর্োহি সর্ীক্ষো

Semester VIII

DS 21 - Modern Bengal (1905-1947)

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks– 100 (50+50)

Rise and growth of Extremist politics in Bengal – Partition of Bengal and the Swadeshi movement – National education and industrial enterprise – Revolutionary movement till 1915

Birth of Muslim League (1906) and the growth of Muslim politics

Gandhian movements in Bengal from Noncooperation to Quit India

Leftist politics and M.N. Roy - Swarajya Party – Reform of 1935 - Krishak Praja Party, Muslim League and Hindu Mahasabha in Bengal - Subhas Chandra Bose, Forward Bloc and the INA

Peasant and working class movements in Bengal – Women’s movements - Caste movements

Post War Bengal – Famine of 1943 – Communal politics and communal riots - the Great Calcutta Killings and Noakhali riots – Freedom and Partition of Bengal

References

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition and After: A History of Modern India

Tanika Sarkar, Bengal: 1928-34

Ranajit Guha, ed. Subaltern Studies, Vols I-IX

Sumit Sarkar, Modern India

__________, The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, 1903-08

__________, Popular Movements and Middle Class Leadership in Late Colonial India

__________, Critique of Colonial India

Bipan Chandra et. al, India’s Struggle for Independence

A.C. Banerjee, Constitutional History of India

Peter Heehs, The Bomb in Bengal: The Rise of Revolutionary Terrorism in India, 1900-1910

Hiren Chakraborty, Terrorism in Bengal

Peter Hardy, The Muslims of British India

David Lelyveld, Aligarh’s First Generation

Francis Robinson, Separatism among the Indian Muslims

Amales Tripathi, The Extremist Challenge

___________, BharaterSwadhinataSangrame Jatiya Congress

Rajat Ray, Social Conflict and Political Unrest in Bengal

Partha Chatterjee, Bengal: 1920-1947

Judith M. Brown, Gandhi’s Rise to Power: Indian Politics, 1915-22

___________, Gandhi and Civil Disobedience: The Mahatma in Indian Politics, 1928-34

___________, Gandhi: Prisoner of Hope

Sanyasachi Bhattacharya, The Defining Moments in Bengal, 1920-47

Ayesha Jalal, Jinnah: The Sole Spokesman of the Muslims

Mushirul Hasan, Nationalism and Communal Politics in India

__________, ed. Partition of India

Suranjan Das, Communal Riots in Bengal

Anita Inder Singh, Origins of the Partition of India

David Page, Prelude to Partition

Gyanendra Pandey, The Construction of Communalism

Gail Minault, The Khilafat Movement

Gitasree Bandyopadhyay, Constraints in Bengal Politics: 1921-41. Gandhian Leadership

Gyan Pandey, ed. Indian Nation in 1942

Joya Chatterji, Bengal Divided

Ranajit Guha, Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India

David Hardiman, ed. Peasant Resistance in India

__________, ed. Peasant Nationalism in India

A.R. Desai, ed. Peasant Movement in India

Nicholas Mansergh et al., The Transfer of Power, 1942-47

Janam Mukherjee, Hungry Bengal

গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়, পলোনশ গথগে পোর্টমশি ও িোরপর: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস

Minor Papers for the Four-year Honours/ Honours with Research Programme

Students of 4-year honours (other than History) Programme with History as a Minor discipline will have to take three minor courses in History in the 1st 2nd and 3rd semester and two special minor courses in History in the 7th Semester.

Students of a three-year multidisciplinary Programme with History as one of the Minor discipline will have to take 6 History Minor courses.

Minor Papers for Three-year Multidisciplinary Programme

Sl No

Semester

Minor paper

TITLE

Remark

M (A/B/C)-1

Paper I: History of India from the Earliest Times up to 300 CE

Draft Syllabus attached

M (A/B/C)-2

Paper II: History of India from.c.300 to1206 CE

Draft Syllabus attached

III

M (A/B/C)-3

Paper III: History of India from c.1206to1707CE

Draft Syllabus attached

M (A/B/C)-4

Paper IV: History of India c.1707-1950CE

Draft Syllabus attached

M (A/B/C)-5

Aspects of European History-I (15th to 18th Century)

Draft Syllabus attached

M (A/B/C)-6

Aspects of European History-II (c.1780-1939 CE)

Draft Syllabus attached

Semester

Minor paper

Title

Remark

M (A/B)-1

Paper I: History of India from the Earliest Times up to 300 CE

Draft Syllabus attached

M (A/B)-2

Paper II: History of India from.c.300 to1206 CE

Draft Syllabus attached

M (A/B)-3

Paper III: History of India from c.1206to1707 CE

Draft Syllabus attached

SM 1

History of Indian Journalism: Colonial and Post-Colonial Period

Draft Syllabus attached

SM 2

Some Perspectives on Women’s Rights in India

Draft Syllabus attached

Draft Syllabus: for Semester 1, Paper-MA/MB/MC-I (History Minor)

(For students of both four-year and three-year UG Programmes )

MA-1: History of India-I (From Earliest Times to c.300 CE)

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks distribution (50+50)=100

Sources & Interpretation of ancient Indian history

II.

A broad survey of Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Chalcolithic Cultures.

III.

Harappan Civilization; Origin, Extent, dominant features & Decline,

IV.

The Vedic Period: Polity, Society, Economy, and Religion

Territorial States and the Rise of Magadha- Conditions for the Rise of Mahajanapadas and the Causes of Magadha’s Success

VI.

Iranian and Macedonian Invasions, Alexander’s Invasion and Impact

VII.

Jainism and Buddhism: Causes, Doctrines, Spread,, and Contributions

VIII.

Emergence and Growth of Mauryan Empire; State, Administration, Economy, Ashoka’s dhamma, Art & Architecture

IX.

The Satvahana Phase; Aspects of Political History, Administration, Religion; The Age of Shakas: Parthians and Kushans – Aspects of Polity, Society, Religion, Arts& Crafts, Commerce.

The Sangam Age: Sangam Literature, The Three Early Kingdoms

REFERENCES

D.P.Agrawal, The Archaeology of India

A.L.Basham, TheWonder That Was India

D.K., Chakrabarti, Archaeology of Ancient Indian Cities

Suvira Jaiswal, Caste: Origin, Function and Dimensions

N. Subramanian, Sangam Polity

Romila Thapar, History of Early India

F.R. Allchin and Bridget Allchin, Origins of a Civilization: The Prehistory and Early Archaeology of South Asia

A. L. Basham, The Wonder That was India

D. N. Jha, Ancient India in Historical Outline

D. D. Kosambi, Culture and Civilization of Ancient India

H. P. Ray, Monastery and Guild India in Historical Outline

K. A. N. Sastri, A History of South India

R. S. Sharma, India’s Ancient Past

Niharanjan Ray, Maurya and Post Maurya Art

R. S. Sharma, Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India

G. Yazdani, Early History of Deccan Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India

Romila Thapar, Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas

G. Yazdani, Early History of Deccan

রামশরণ শমমা , ভারতের প্রাচীন অেীে

রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের সামাজিক ও অর্মননজেক ইজেহাস

রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের বস্তুগে সংস্কৃজে

ররাজমলা র্াপার, ভারেবতষমর ইজেহাস

এ এল বযাশাম, অেীতের উজ্জ্বল ভারে

সুকুমারী ভট্টাচার্ম, ইজেহাতসর আতলাতক ববজিক সভযো

জিলীপ কুমার চক্রবেমী, ভারেবতষমর প্রাজগজেহাস

জিলীপ কুমার গতগাপাধ্যায়, ভারে ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতন

রণবীর চক্রবেমী, ভারে ইজেহাতসর আজিপবম

___________, প্রাচীন ভারতের অর্মননজেক ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতনt

িাতমাির ধ্মমানন্দ রকাশাজি, ভারে ইজেহাস চচমার ভূজমকা

ব্রেীন্দ্রনার্ মুত াপাধ্যায়, ইজেহাতসর আতলাতক আর্ম সমস্যা

ইরফান হাজবব, প্রাক-ইজেহাস

_________, জসন্ধু সভযো

__________, ববজিক সভযো

জি এন ঝা, আজি ভারে-একজি সংজিপ্ত ইজেহাস

জশজরন রত্নাগর, হরপ্পা সভযোর সন্ধাতন

সুনীল চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, প্রাচীন ভারতের ইজেহাস ২ ণ্ড

রিবরাি চানানা, প্রাচীন ভারতে িাস প্রর্া

নতরন্দ্রনার্ ভট্টাচার্ম, প্রাচীন ভারতে ধ্মম

_____________, প্রাচীন ভারেীয় সমাি

Draft Syllabus: for Semester 2, Minor-MA/MB/MC-II (History Minor)

(For students of both four-year and three-year UG Programmes)

MA-2: Paper II: History of India from c. 300 CE to1206 CE

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks distribution (50+50)=100

The Rise & Growth of the Guptas: Administration, Society, Economy, Religion, Art, Literature, and Science &Technology.

II.

Harsha & His Times: Harsha’s Kingdom, Administration, Buddhism &Nalanda

III.

South India: Polity, Society, and Economy and Culture- with reference to the Pallavas & Chalukayas

IV.

Evolution of Political structures of Rashtakutas, Pala & Pratiharas.

Emergence of Rajput States in Northern India

VI.

Arabs in Sindh: Polity, Religion &Society.

Struggle for power in Northern India and establishment of Sultanate References: -

R. S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism-India’s Ancient Past

B. D. Chattopadhaya, Making of Early Medieval India

Derry lN.Maclean, Religion and Society in Arab Sindh

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

M. Habib and K. A. Nizami, A Comprehensive History of India. Vol. V

Tapan Ray Chaudhary and Irfan Habib (ed.), The Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. I

PeterJackson, Delhi Sultanate:A Political and Military History

Tara Chand, Influence of Islam on Indian Culture Satish Chandra, A History of Medieval India, 2 Volumes Percy Brown, Islamic Architecture

রামশরণ শমমা , ভারতের প্রাচীন অেীে

রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের সামাজিক ও অর্মননজেক ইজেহাস

রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের বস্তুগে সংস্কৃজে

ররাজমলা র্াপার, ভারেবতষমর ইজেহাস

এ এল বযাশাম, অেীতের উজ্জ্বল ভারে

সুকুমারী ভট্টাচার্ম, ইজেহাতসর আতলাতক ববজিক সভযো

জিলীপ কুমার চক্রবেমী, ভারেবতষমর প্রাজগজেহাস

জিলীপ কুমার গতগাপাধ্যায়, ভারে ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতন

রণবীর চক্রবেমী, ভারে ইজেহাতসর আজিপবম

___________, প্রাচীন ভারতের অর্মননজেক ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতনt

িাতমাির ধ্মমানন্দ রকাশাজি, ভারে ইজেহাস চচমার ভূজমকা

জি এন ঝা, আজি ভারে-একজি সংজিপ্ত ইজেহাস

সুনীল চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, প্রাচীন ভারতের ইজেহাস ২ ণ্ড

রিবরাি চানানা, প্রাচীন ভারতে িাস প্রর্া

নতরন্দ্রনার্ ভট্টাচার্ম, প্রাচীন ভারতে ধ্মম

_____________, প্রাচীন ভারেীয় সমাি

Draft Syllabus: for Semester 3, Paper-MA/MB/MC-III (History Minor)

History of India from 1206 CE to 1707 CE

(For students of both four-year and three-year UG Programmes)

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks distribution (50+50)=100

Paper III: History of India from 1206 CE to1707 CE

I. Foundation, Expansion & consolidation of the Delhi Sultanate; Nobility & Iqta system.

II. Military, administrative & economic reforms under the Khiljis and Tughlaqs.

III. Bhakti & Sufi Movements.

IV. Provincial kingdoms: Mewar, Bengal, Vijaynagar and Bahamani.

V. Second Afghan State.

VI. Emergence and consolidation of Mughal State, C.16th century to mid-17th century.

VII. Akbar to Aurangzeb: administrative structure. Mansab and Jagirs, State & Religion, Socio-Religious Movements.

VIII. Economy, Society, and Culture under the Mughals.

IX. Emergence of Maratha Power.

REFERENCES

Irfan Habib, The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707

Irfan Habib (ed.), Madhya Kaleen Bharat, (in Hindi), 8 Volumes

M. Athar Ali, Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb

Shireen Moosvi, The Economy of the Mughal Empire

S.A.A. Rizvi, Muslim Revivalist Movements in Northern India during 16th and 17th Centuries

R.P. Tripathi, The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire, 2 vol.

I. H. Siddiqui, Some Aspects of Afghan Despotism

Kesvan Veluthat, Political Structure of Early Medieval South India

P.J. Marshall, The Eighteenth Century in Indian History

Stewart Gordon, The Marathas 1600-1818

Percy Brown, Islamic Architecture

অনিরুদ্ধ রোয়, র্ধ্যযুগে ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস: সুলিোনি আর্ল

নর্নহর কুর্োর রোয়, ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস (িুরে আফেোি যুে)

ইরফোি হোনবব, র্ধ্যযুগের ভ্োরগির অথমনিনিে ইনিহোস

ইরফোি হোনবব, র্ধ্যেোলীি ভ্োরি ( ১গথগে ৪ খণ্ড)

এ নব এর্ হোনববুল্লোহ, ভ্োরগি র্ুসনলর্ শোসগির প্রনিষ্ঠো

অনিরুদ্ধ রোয় ও রত্নোবলী চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, র্ধ্যযুগে বোংলোর সর্োজ ও সংস্কৃনি

আবদুল েনরর্ বোংলোর ইনিহোস: সুলিোনি আর্ল

গেৌির্ ভ্দ্র: র্ুঘলযুগে েৃনষ অথমিীনি ও েৃষে নবগদ্রোহ

নবিয় ভ্ূষণ গচৌধ্ুনর: বোংলোর েৃনষ সর্োগজর েঠি

হীগরন্দ্রিোথ র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়: ভ্োরিবগষমর ইনিহোস

জেদীশ িোরোয়ণ সরেোর:র্ুঘল অথমিীনি: সংেঠি ও েোযমির্

অনিরুদ্ধ রোয়: র্ুঘলযুগের অথমনিনিে ইনিহোস

সুগবোধ্ কুর্োর র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়: র্ধ্যযুগের ভ্োরগির অথমনিনিে জীবি

এর্ আিহোর আনল, আওরঙ্গগজগবর সর্য় র্ুঘল অনভ্জোি গেণী

গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়, অষ্টোদশ শিগের র্ুঘল সংেট ও আধ্ুনিে ইনিহোস নচ􀈴ো

সিীশ চন্দ্র, র্ুঘল দরবোগর দল ও রোজিীনি

Draft Syllabus: for Semester 4, Paper-MA/MB/MC-IV (History Minor)

(For students of both four-year and three-year UG Programmes)

MA- 4: Paper IV: History of India from 1707 CE to 1950 CE

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks distribution (50+50) =100

Paper-IV: History of India (1707-1950 CE.)

I. Interpreting the 18th Century.

II. Emergence of Independent States & establishment of Colonial power.

III. Expansion & consolidation of Colonial Power up to 1857.

IV. Uprising of 1857: Causes, Nature & Aftermath.

V. Colonial economy: Agriculture, Trade & Industry.

VI. Socio-Religious Movements in the 19th century.

VII. Emergence and growth of Nationalism with a focus on Gandhian nationalism.

VIII. Communalism: Genesis, Growth, and Partition of India.

IX. Advent of Freedom: Constituent Assembly, establishment of Republic.

REFERENCES

Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal, Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition

Barbara D. Metcalf and T.R. Metcalf, A Concise History of India

C.A. Bayly, An Illustrated History of Modern India 1600 - 1947

Sumit Sarkar, Modern India 1885 - 1947

Mushirul Hasan, John Company to the Republic: A story of Modern India

R.P. Dutt, India Today

Thomas Metcalf, Ideologies of the Raj

R. Jeffery and J. Masselos, From Rebellion to the Republic

Bipan Chandra, Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India

Urvashi Butalia, The Other Side of Silence

Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy 1947- 1977

Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence

Lloyd and Susan Rudolph, In Pursuit of Laxmi: the Political Economy of the Indian State

Bipan Chandra et al. India After Independence

Gail Omvedt, Dalits and Democratic Revolution

Ramachandra Guha, The Fissured Land

K.G. Subramanian, The Living Tradition: Perspectives on Modern Indian Art

Radha Kumar, A History of Doing

Stanly Wolpert, A New History of India

রজি েো􀈴 রোয়: পলোনশর ষড়যন্ত্র

সুশীল গচৌধ্ুরী: পলোনশর অজোিো েোনহিী

গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়, অষ্টোদশ শিগের র্ুঘল সংেট ও আধ্ুনিে ইনিহোস নচ􀈴ো

গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়: পলোনশ গথগে পোর্টমশি: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস

সবযসোচী ভ্ট্টোচোযম, ঔপনিগবনশে ভ্োরগির অথমিীনি

নবিয় ভ্ূষণ গচৌধ্ুরী, ঔপনিগবনশে আর্গল বোংলোর েৃনষ ইনিহোস

শুনচব্রি গসি ও অনর্য় গঘোষ, আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি (১৮৮৫-১৯৬৪)

সুনর্ি সরেোর,আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি

সুগশোভ্ি সরেোর, বোংলোর গরগিসোাঁস

সবযসোচী ভ্ট্টোচোযম,ঔপনিগবনশে ভ্োরগির অথমিীনি

প্রণব কুর্োর চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি ২ খণ্ড

নবপি চন্দ্র ও অিযোিয, ভ্োরগির স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোর্

অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী, স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোগর্ ভ্োরগির জোিীয় েংগগ্রস

অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী, ভ্োরগির র্ুনিসংগ্রোগর্ চরর্পন্তী পবম

Draft Syllabus: for Semester 5, Paper-MA/MB/MC-V (History Minor)

(For students of three-year Multidisciplinary Programmes only)

MA- 5: Paper V: Aspects of European History-I (15th to 18th Century)

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks distribution (50+50) =100

I: Historiographical Trends

II. Feudal Crisis: Main strands

III. Renaissance: Origin, Spread &Dominant Features

IV. European Reformation: Genesis, nature and Impact

V. Beginning of the era of colonization: motives; mining and plantation; the African slaves

VI. Economic developments of the sixteenth century; Shift of economic balance from the

Mediterranean to the Atlantic

VII. Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism: Industrial Revolution in England

REFERENCES

J.H. Plumb, The Pelican Book of the Renaissance

G. R. Elton, Reformation Europe

Ralph Davis, The Rise of the Atlantic Economies

Arvind Sinha, Europe in Transition (also in Hindi)

Rodney Hilton, The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism

Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism, Vols. I, II, III

Herbert Butterfield, The Origins of Modern Science

জরলা মু াজিম: রূপান্তজরে ইউতরাপ

রি জি বানমাল, ইজেহাতস জবজ্ঞান

সমতরন্দ্র রসন, জবজ্ঞাতনর ইজেহাস

রেহাজদ্র ভট্টাচার্ম, ইংলযাতের ইজেহাস: জিউির র্ুগ

Draft Syllabus: for Semester 6, Paper-MA/MB/MC-VI (History Minor)

(For students of three-year Multidisciplinary Programmes only)

MA- 6: Paper VI: Aspects of European History-II (c.1780-1939 CE)

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks distribution (50+50) =100

I. The French Revolution: Genesis Nature & Consequences

II. Napoleonic Era and aftermath.

III. Revolutions of 1830 & 1848.

IV. Unification of Italy &Germany.

V. Social and Economic Changes.

VI. Imperialist Conflicts: W.W I

VII. Rise of Fascism and Nazism.

VIII. Origin of W.W.II

References:

David. S. Mason: A Concise History of Modern Europe

E.J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution

Georges Lefebvre, Coming of the French Revolution

E. J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism

David Thomson, Europe Since Napoleon

George Rude, Revolutionary Europe

Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History

L.C.B. Seaman, From Vienna to Versailles

A. J. P. Taylor, The Struggle for Mastery over Europe

E.J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes 1914 - 1991

Carter V. Findley and John Rothey, Twentieth-Century World

নচত্রো অনধ্েোরী, আধ্ুনিে ইউগরোপ নবিযোস ও নববিমি

সুভ্োষরঞ্জি চিবিী, ইউগরোগপর ইনিহোস

সুভ্োষ রঞ্জি চিবিী, ফরোনস নবপ্লব

গেৌির্ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, ফরোনস নবপ্লব-দুগশো বছগরর আগলোগি

র্ট এ জযোেসি, ফরোনস নবপ্লব

নসদ্ধোথম গুহরোয়, আধ্ুনিে ইউগরোপ: ফরোনস নবপ্লব গথগে নিিীয় নবশ্বযুদ্ধ

গডনভ্ড টর্সি, নবশ্ব ইনিহোগসর গপ্রক্ষোপগট ইউগরোপ ২ খণ্ড

Draft Syllabus: for Semester-7, Paper--I (History Special Minor)

(For students of four-year UG Programmes only)

Paper SM- 1: History of Indian Journalism: Colonial and Post-Colonial Period

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks distribution (50+50) =100

Paper I: History of Indian Journalism: Colonial and Post-Colonial Period

I. Pre-colonial History of written records & modalities of dissemination

II. Advent of Print media : Imperialist Ideologies

III. Nationalism and Print Culture in Bengal: Selective study of prominent newspapers: Amrita Bazar Patrika, Ananda Bazar Patrika.

IV. Writing and Reporting

REFERENCES

J. Natrajan, History of Indian Journalism, Vol. II of Press Commission Report

J. Natrajan, A History of the Press in India

Parthasarathy Rangaswami, Journalism in India

Hamendra Prasad Ghosh, Newspapers in India

The History and Culture of the Indian People, General Editor R.C. Majumdar, Vols. IX, X, X

B.N. Ahuja and S.S. Chhabra, Reporting

জবনয় র াষ, সামজয়কপতি বাংলার সমািজচি (১৮৪০-১৯০৫)

_______, সংবািপতি বাংলার সমাি

পার্ম চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, ভারেীয় সংবাি পতির রূপতর া

__________, সংবাি জবিযা

____________, জিলান্স সাংবাজিকো ও রল াতলজ

নন্দলাল ভট্টাচার্ম, সংবািপতির ইজেবৃত্ত

Draft Syllabus: for Semester 7, Paper--II (History Special Minor)

(For students of four-year UG Programmes only)

Paper SM-2: Some Perspectives on Women’s Rights in India

Credits- 5 (4+1)

Marks distribution (50+50) =100

I. Definition of Human Rights: UN Conventions Indian Context

II. Indian Constitution and Women’s Rights

III. Preventive Acts: Minimum Wage Act,1948, Family Courts Act,1986, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Immoral Traffic Prevention Act,1986, Domestic Violence Act, PNDT Act,1994, latest measures

IV. Issues of violence against women and remedial measures

V. Role of Non-Government Institutions

VI. Present Status: Issues of enabling &empowering modalities.

REFERENCES

Bina Agarwal, Field of Her Own

Urvashi Butalia and T. Sarkar, (ed.), Women & Hindu Rights

Zoya Hasan (ed.), Forging Identities: Gender, Communities &Patriarchies, EPW,

Christine Forster, Jaya Sagade, Women’s Human Rights in India Flavia Agnes, Law and Gender Inequality : The Politics of Women's Rights in India

বোসবী চিবিী, প্রসঙ্গ র্োিবীনবদযো

_________, সম্পো, িোরী পৃনথবী: বহুস্বর

History MDC in the structure of the 4year Undergraduate Programme

SEM

MDC (Credit)

Paper Title

MD-1 (3)

India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)

MD-1 (3)

India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)*

III

MD-1 (3)

India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)*

HISTORY MDC in the Structure of the 3-Year Multidisciplinary UG Programme

SEM

MDC(Credit)

Paper Title

III

MD-1 (3)

India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)*

MD-1 (3)

India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)*

MD-1 (3)

India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)*

*Students may take only one MDC from History. Honours students taking History MDC in the 1st/2nd/3rd Semester will study India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947). Similarly, students of 3-year multidisciplinary programme will study also study the same course in 4th/5th/ or 6th Semester.

** Please check with the evaluation advisory.

History SEC in the structure of the 4-year UG Degree (Honours)/(Honours with Research)

HISTORY SEC in the Structure of the 3-Year Multidisciplinary UG Programme

Semester

SEC

Paper Title

SEM I

SEM II

SEM III

SE-1 (3)

Archives and Museums in India/ *

SEM IV

SE-2 (3)

An Introduction to Archaeology *

SEM V

SE-3 (3)

Understanding Indian Art*

SEM VI

SE-4 (3)

Understanding Popular Culture*

Students of three-year Multidisciplinary Programmes may take any two courses from among the four courses given above.

Semester

SEC

Paper Title

SEM-I

SE-1 (3)

Archives and Museums in India

SEM-II

SE-2 (3)

An Introduction to Archaeology

SEM-III

SE-3 (3)

Understanding Indian Art

Draft Syllabus of History MDC for 4-year undergraduate and 3 year Multidisciplinary Programme

Paper-MD-1 (History MDC)

India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)

Credits-3 Marks-50

I. Revolt of 1857:

Causes and Nature, Queen‘s Proclamation, The Indigo Rebellion, The Aligarh movement

II. The early phase of the Indian Freedom Movement

Historiography of Indian Nationalism; Birth of Indian National Congress, The Moderates and the Extremists, Partition of Bengal, the Swadeshi movement, Muslim League,

III. The Gandhian era

Gandhi‘s rise to power, Rowlatt Satyagraha, Khilafat and

Non-co-operation movement, , Civil Disobedience

Movement, Quit India Movement

IV. Towards freedom

The rise of the leftist movements, The Peasant and Working-class movements, Cripps Mission, Subhas Bose and INA, RIN mutiny; Cabinet Mission;

V. Communal Politics and Partition of India: 1885-1947

Demand for Pakistan; Lahore session of the Muslim League, the rise of Hindu Mahasabha and the RSS; Akali Dal, Partition and its consequences.

Bandyopadhyay Sekhar, From Plassey to Partition

Sarkar Sumit, Modern India

Chandra Bipan, et Al., India’s Struggle for Independence

S. Bose & A. Jalal, Modern South Asia

Sarkar Sumit, The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal

গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়: পলোনশ গথগে পোর্টমশি : আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস

শুনচব্রি গসি ও অনর্য় গঘোষ: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি (১৮৮৫-১৯৬৪)

সুনর্ি সরেোর:আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি

প্রণব কুর্োর চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি ২ খণ্ড

নবপি চন্দ্র ও অিযোিয: ভ্োরগির স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোর্

অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী: স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোগর্ ভ্োরগির জোিীয় েংগগ্রস

অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী:ভ্োরগির র্ুনিসংগ্রোগর্ চরর্পন্তী পবম

SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SE-1):

Semester – 1 (For 4-year Undergraduate Programme )

Semester-III (For 3-year Multidisciplinary Programme)

Credits – 3

Marks – 50

SE-1 I:Archives and Museums in India

This course introduces students to the institutions that house and maintain documentary, visual and material remains of the past. Museums and archives are among the most important such repositories and this course explains their significance and how they work. Students will be encouraged to undertake the collection, documentation, and exhibition of such materials in their localities and colleges. Visit to Archives and/or Museum is an integral part of the course.

I. Definition and history of development (with special reference to India)

II. Types of archives and museums: Understanding the traditions of preservation in India Collection policies, ethics and procedures Collection: field exploration, excavation, purchase, gift and bequests, loans and deposits, exchanges, treasure trove confiscation and others. Documentation: accessioning, indexing, cataloguing, digital documentation and de-accessioning Preservation: curatorial care, preventive conservation, chemical preservation and restoration

III. Museum Presentation and Exhibition

IV. Museums, Archives and Society: (Education and communication Outreach activities

REFERENCES

Saloni Mathur, India By Design: Colonial History and Cultural Display

S. Sengupta, Experiencing History Through Archives

Tapati Guha Thakurta, Monuments, Objects, Histories: Institution of Art in Colonial India

Y. P. Kathpalia, Conservation and Restoration of Archive Materials,

R.D. Choudhary, Museums of India and their maladies

S.M. Nair, Bio-Deterioration of Museum Materials

O.P. Agrawal, Essentials of Conservation and Museology

Paper II: Understanding Indian Art

Skill Enhancement Course-2(SE-2)

Semester – II (For 4-year Undergraduate Programme )

Semester-IV (For 3-year Multidisciplinary Programme

Credits – 3

Marks – 50

SE- II: Understanding Indian Art

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to Indian art, from ancient to contemporary times, in order to understand and appreciate its diversity and its aesthetic richness. The course will equip students with the ability to understand art as a medium of cultural expression. It will give students direct exposure to Indian art through visuals, and visits to sites and museums.

I. Prehistoric and protohistoric art: Rock art; Harappan arts and crafts.

II. Indian art (c. 600 BCE – 600 CE): World Heritage Site Managers, UNESCO World Heritage Manuals [can be downloaded/ accessed at www.unesco.org] Notions of art and craft Canons of Indian paintings. Major developments in stupa, cave, and temple art and architecture Early Indian sculpture: style and iconography. Numismatic art

III. Indian Art (c. 600 CE – 1200 CE): Temple forms and their architectural features Early illustrated manuscripts and mural painting traditions Early medieval sculpture: style and iconography Indian bronzes or metal icons

IV. Indian art and architecture (c. 1200 CE – 1800 CE): Sultanate and Mughal architecture Miniature painting traditions: Mughal, Rajasthani, Pahari Introduction to fort, palace and haveli Architecture

V. Modern and Contemporary Indian art and Architecture: The Colonial Period_Art movements: Bengal School of Art, Progressive Artists Group, etc. Major artists and their artworks. Popular art forms (folk art traditions).

REFERENCES

Erwin Neumayer, Lines of Stone: The pre-historic rock-art of India

B.N.Goswamy, Essence of Indian Art

Susan Huntington, The Art of Ancient India: Hindu, Buddhist, Jain

TapatiGuha Thakurta, The making of a new modern Indian art: Aesthetics and nationalism in Bengal, 1850-1920

ParthaMitter, Indian Art, Oxford History of Art series

Parul Pandya Dhar(ed.), 2011, Indian Art History Changing Perspectives

M.C. Beach, The New Cambridge History of India Mughal and Rajput Painting

Niharranjan Ray, An Approach to Indian Art

SEC 3

Paper-III: An Introduction to Archaeology

Credits: 3

Marks: 50

Paper II: An Introduction to Archaeology

I. Definition and Components

II. Historiographical Trends

III. Research Methodologies

IV. Definition of Historical Sites &Explorations

V. Field Work and Tools of Research

VI. Documentation, Codification, Classification, Analysis of findings and publications

REFERENCES

John. A. Bintliff, A Companion to Archaeology

D.R. Chakrabarti, A History of Indian Archaeology: From the Beginning to 1947

M. Hall &W. Silliman, Historical Archaeology

Mathew Johnson, Archaeological Theory: An Introduction

SEC 4

Paper IV- Understanding Popular Culture

Course Code:

Credits: 3

Marks: 50

Paper IV: Understanding Popular Culture

I. Introduction a. Defining elite and popular culture b. Differences in their forms, contents and patterns of presentations c. Changing traditions of Folk songs, music, literature and dances

II. a. Visual Expressions a. Folk Art, Calendar Art, Photography. b. Audio-visual mode of presentation cinema & television. c. Expressions of popular culture in dance , drama, films and painting

III. Performance and Participations: a. Theatre, music, folk songs and jatra: b. Identifying themes, functionality, anxieties. c. Fairs, Festivals and Rituals, Disentangling mythological stories, patronage, regional variations.

IV. Popular Culture in a globalized world. The impact of the internet and audio-visual media on popular culture

REFERENCES

W. Dissanayake and K. M. Gokul Singh, Indian Popular Cinema

John Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture

Patricia Oberoi, Freedom and Destiny: Gender, Family and Popular Culture in India

Camera Indica, The Social Life of Indian Photographs

Pankaj Rag, DhunokeYatri, Rajkamal,

A.K. Ramanujan, Folktales from India: A Selection of Oral Tales from Twenty-two Languages (Only Introduction).

V. Ramaswamy, ‘Women and the ‘Domestic’ in Tamil Folk Songs’ in Kumkum Sangari and Uma Chakravarti, (eds.), From Myths to Markets: Essays on Gender

Lata Singh (ed.), Theatre in Colonial India: Playhouse of Power

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HISTORY ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT COURSE OFFERED SYLLABUS FACULTIES ACADEMIC CALENDER PO AND CO ROUTINE FACILITIES ACTIVITIES SEMINAR OR WORKSHOP LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SYLLABUS STUDY MATERIAL QUESTION BANK LESSON PLANNING PROGRAMME E RESOURCES CLASS TIME TABLE DEPARTMENTAL NEWS DEPARTMENTAL CALENDAR DEPARTMENTAL PHOTO GALLERY	SYLLABUS 1 Course Structure and Syllabus for 4-year Honours/ Honours with research in HISTORY Honours syllabus: Page: 1 Minor syllabus: Page 39 MDC & SEC: Page 51 Evaluation advisory: Page 58 Under Curriculum and Credit Framework for Undergraduate Programmes (CCFUP) Based on National Education Policy, 2020 (NEP 2020) The four-year B.A. in History will comprise 8 Semesters. The curriculum will consist of 21 Discipline Specific Courses (DS) each carrying 5 credits. Semester Major paper Title Remark 1 DS 1 History of India – I (From Earliest Times toc.300 BCE)) Draft Syllabus attached 2 DS 2 Aspects of the History of the Ancient World Draft Syllabus attached 3 DS 3 History of India – II ( c.300 BCE to 750 CE) Draft Syllabus attached 4 DS 4 Aspects of the History of the Medieval World Draft Syllabus attached DS 5 History of India - III (750 CE-1206 CE) Draft Syllabus attached DS 6 Rise of Modern West - I (15th – 16th Centuries) Draft Syllabus attached DS 7 History of India - IV (1206 CE–1526 CE) Draft Syllabus attached 5 DS 8 Rise of Modern West - II (17th – 18th Centuries) Draft Syllabus attached DS 9 History of India - V (1526CE-1757 CE) Draft Syllabus attached DS 10 History of India - VI (1757CE-1857CE) Draft Syllabus attached DS 11 History of Modern Europe (1789 CE– 1919 CE) Draft Syllabus attached 6 DS 12 History of India - VII (1858 CE-1947 CE) Draft Syllabus attached DS 13 History of India - VIII (India 1947-1977 CE) Draft Syllabus attached DS 14 Trends in World Politics (1919 CE-2001 CE) Draft Syllabus attached DS 15 West Bengal in Transition (1947 CE -1977 CE) Draft Syllabus attached 7 DS 16 History of Modern East Asia - I: China (1839 CE-1949 CE) Draft Syllabus attached DS 17 History of Modern East Asia - II: Japan (1854-1945) Draft Syllabus attached 8 DS 18 Historiography: Meaning & Scope of History, Approaches to History Draft Syllabus attached DS 19 Historical Methodology: Historical Evidence & Interpretation Draft Syllabus attached DS 20 Modern Bengal (1757-1905) Draft Syllabus attached DS 21 Modern Bengal (1905-1947) Draft Syllabus attached • Students of Honours with Research will have to take courses DS-18 and DS-19 only. 4 Year Undergraduate Programme for students of History Honours /Honours with Research 2 Semester I DS 1: History of India - I (From Earliest Times to c.300 BCE) Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks 100 (50+50) I. Reconstructing Ancient Indian History: (a)Early Indian Notions of History (b)Sources and approaches to ancient Indian history II. Pre-historic hunter-gatherers (a) Paleolithic 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. Food production: Understanding the regional and chronological distribution of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures: subsistence and patterns of exchange IV. The Harappan civilization Origin & antiquity; settlement patterns, agrarian base; craft productions and trade; religious beliefs and practices; art and architecture; the first urbanization, the problem of urban decline and the late/post-Harappa Cultures. V. Cultures in transition (since circa 1500 BCE): a) Iron Age cultures with special reference to Painted Grey Ware and Northern Black Polished Ware Cultures b) The Aryan Problem – Society, economy, polity and religion in the Vedic Age c) Expansion of settlements and the second urbanization – craft production, trade, social structure VI. Polity & Religion (since circa 600 BCE): a) Janapadas and Mahajanapadas – early monarchical states and gana-sanghas – rise of Magadhan Empire b) Protestant religious movements – Jainism, Buddhism, Ajivikas and other systems References R.S. Sharma, Material Culture and Social Formations in Ancient India R.S. Sharma, Looking for the Aryas D. P. Agrawal, The Archaeology of India Bridget & F. Raymond Allchin, The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan A. L. Basham, The Wonder that Was India D. K. Chakrabarti, The Archaeology of Ancient Indian Cities D. K. Chakrabarti, The Oxford Companion to Indian Archaeology H. C. Raychaudhuri, Political History of Ancient India, Rev. ed. with Commentary by B. N. Mukherjee K. A. N. Sastri (ed.), History of South India 3 Upinder Singh, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India Romila Thapar, Early India from the Beginnings to 1300 Irfan Habib, A People’s History- Vol. -1. Pre-History&Vol.-2,Indus Civilization: Including Other Copper Age Cultures and the History of Language Change till 155 B.C. Uma Chakravarti, The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism. RajanGurukkal, Social Formations of Early South India R. Champakalakshmi, Trade. Ideology and urbanization: South India 300 BC- AD 1300 D. N. Jha, Ancient India in Historical Outline R. M. Wheeler, The Indus Civilization D.K. Chakrabarti, India, an Archaeological History, Paleolithic Beginnings to Early Historic Foundations B.D. Chattopadhyay, A Survey of Historical Geography of Ancient India Kumkum Roy, Of Tribes, Hunters and Barbarians: Forest Dwellers in the Mauryan Period‘, Studies in History, Vol.X1V, No.1 Irfan Habib, Pre-History Irfan Habib, The Indus Civilization D.D. Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History Shereen Ratnagar, The Harappan Civilization H. C. Raychaudhuri, Political History of Ancient India (PrachinbharaterRajnaitikItihasin Bengali). R. S. Sharma, Perspectives in Economic and Social History of Early India). রামশরণ শমমা , ভারতের প্রাচীন অেীে রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের সামাজিক ও অর্মননজেক ইজেহাস রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের বস্তুগে সংস্কৃজে ররাজমলা র্াপার, ভারেবতষমর ইজেহাস এ এল বযাশাম, অেীতের উজ্জ্বল ভারে সুকুমারী ভট্টাচার্ম, ইজেহাতসর আতলাতক ববজিক সভযো জিলীপ কুমার চক্রবেমী, ভারেবতষমর প্রাজগজেহাস জিলীপ কুমার গতগাপাধ্যায়, ভারে ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতন রণবীর চক্রবেমী, ভারে ইজেহাতসর আজিপবম ___________, প্রাচীন ভারতের অর্মননজেক ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতনt িাতমাির ধ্মমানন্দ রকাশাজি, ভারে ইজেহাস চচমার ভূজমকা ব্রেীন্দ্রনার্ মুত াপাধ্যায়, ইজেহাতসর আতলাতক আর্ম সমস্যা ইরফান হাজবব, প্রাক-ইজেহাস _________, জসন্ধু সভযো __________, ববজিক সভযো জি এন ঝা, আজি ভারে-একজি সংজিপ্ত ইজেহাস জশজরন রত্নাগর, হরপ্পা সভযোর সন্ধাতন সুনীল চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, প্রাচীন ভারতের ইজেহাস ২ ণ্ড রিবরাি চানানা, প্রাচীন ভারতে িাস প্রর্া নতরন্দ্রনার্ ভট্টাচার্ম, প্রাচীন ভারতে ধ্মম _____________, প্রাচীন ভারেীয় সমাি 4 5 Semester II DS 2: Aspects of Ancient World History Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks– 100 (50+50) I. Human Evolution; Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic cultures. II. Bronze Age Civilization in Mesopotamia (up to the Akkadian Empire); state structure, economy, social stratification, religion. III. Nomadic groups in Central and West Asia; Debate on the advent of iron and its implications IV. Polis in ancient Greece: Athens and Sparta; political developments, the Peloponnesian War V. Economy, society, and Culture in Ancient Greece VI. The Roman Republic, the Principate, and Empire – political institutions and administration. VII. Economy, society, and Culture in Ancient Rome (STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO CHOOSE EITHER GREECE OR ROME) References Burns and Ralph. World Civilizations Cambridge History of Africa, Gordon Childe, What Happened in History G. Clark, World Prehistory: A New Perspective B. Fagan, People of the Earth Amar Farooqui, Early Social Formations M.I. Finley, The Ancient Economy Jacquetta Hawkes, First Civilizations G. Roux, Ancient Iraq UNESCO Series: History of Mankind, Vols. I-III. /renewed. History of Humanity R. J. Wenke, Patterns in Prehistory G.E.M.SteCroix, Class Struggles in the Ancient Greek World J.D. Bernal, Science in History, Vol. I, V. Gordon Childe, Social Evolution Glyn Daniel, First Civilizations Hauser, A Social History of Art, Vol. I. Will Durant, The Story of Civilization: The Life of Greece Volume II J.B.Bury, A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great Robin Osborne, Classical Greece, 500-323 B.C. (Short Oxford History of Europe) H. D. F. Kitto, The Greeks Victor Ehrenberg, From Solon to Socrates 6 T.J Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome Nathan Rosenstein and Robert Morstein-Marx, ed, A Companion to the Roman Republic Harriet. I Flower, The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic P.Garnseyand Saller, The Roman Empire David S. Potter, ed. A Companion to The Roman Empire Walter Scheidel, ed, The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Economy:. গীেশ্রী বন্দনা রসনগুপ্ত, রপতলাপতনসীয় র্ুদ্ধ সুিাে ভদ্র এবং কুনাল চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, প্রাচীন গ্রীতসর সমাি ও সংস্কৃজে সুপ্রজেম িাস, গ্রীতসর ইজেহাস জচরন্তন িাসগুপ্ত , ইন্দ্রনীল চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, সুকনযা সরকার ও রিবর্ানী জবশ্বাস, প্রাচীন জবতশ্বর সমাি ও সংস্কৃজে জসদ্ধার্ম গুহরায় ও অপরাজিো ভট্টাচার্ম, বিশ্ব সভ্যতা বিশ্ব সভ্যতা বিশ্ব সভ্যতা বিশ্ব সভ্যতা : প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগ প্রাচীন যুগপ্রাচীন যুগ সুমন মু ািমী, প্রাচীন জবশ্ব: সামাজিক গঠন ও সাংস্কৃজেক জবনযাস রিবশ্রী রি, প্রাচীন ররাতমর ইজেহাস গিমন চাইল্ড, রসাশযাল ইতভাজলউশন ___________, মযান রমকস জহমতসলফ ____________, রহায়াি হযাতপনি ইন জহজি 7 Semester III DS 3: History of India - II (c.300 BCE to 750CE) Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks– 100 (50+50) I. Economy and Society (circa 300 BCE to circa CE 300): (a) Expansion of agrarian economy: production relations.(b)Urban growth: north India, central India, and the Deccan; Craft Production: trade and trade routes; coinage.(c) Social stratification: class, varna, jati, gender; marriage and property relations II. Changing political formations (circa 300 BCE to circa CE 300: (a) The Mauryan Empire, administration, Ashoka’s dhamma. (b) Post-Mauryan Polities with special reference to the Kushanas and the Satavahanas. III. Towards early medieval India (circa CE fourth century to CE 750): (a) Agrarian expansion:land grants, changing production relations; graded Land rights and peasantry. (b) The problem of urban decline: patterns of trade, currency, and urban Settlements. (c) Proliferation of jatis: changing norms of marriage and property.(d) The nature of polities: the Gupta empire and its contemporaries, administration:post-Gupta polities-Pallavas, Chalukyas,and Vardhanas IV. Religion, philosophy, and society (circa 300 BCE- CE 750): (a) Consolidation of the Brahmanical tradition: dharma, (b) Theistic cults(from circa second century BC): Mahayana; the Puranic tradition.(c) The beginnings of Tantricism V. Cultural developments (circa 300 BCE - CE 750) - Achievements during the Mauryan, post-Mauryan, Gupta, and post-Gupta periods: (a) A brief survey of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit and Tamil literature; Scientific and technical treatises. (b) Art and architecture; sculpture. References B. D. Chattopadhyaya, The Making of Early Medieval India D. P. Chattopadhyaya, History of Science and Technology in Ancient India D. D. Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History S.K. Maity, Economic Life in Northern India in the Gupta Period B.P. Sahu, ed. Land System and Rural Society in Early India K.A.N. Sastri, A History of South India R. S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism R. S. Sharma, Urban Decay in India,c.300-c.1000 Romila Thapar, Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas Susan Huntington, The Art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu ,and Jain N. N. Bhattacharya, Ancient Indian Rituals and their Social Contents J. C. Harle, The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent P. L. Gupta, Coins Kesavan Veluthat, The Early Medieval in South India H.P. Ray, Winds of Change Romila Thapar, Early India: From the Origins to 1300A.D. D. N. Jha, Ancient India in Historical Outline. 8 রামশরণ শমমা , ভারতের প্রাচীন অেীে রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের সামাজিক ও অর্মননজেক ইজেহাস রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের বস্তুগে সংস্কৃজে ররাজমলা র্াপার, ভারেবতষমর ইজেহাস এ এল বযাশাম, অেীতের উজ্জ্বল ভারে সুকুমারী ভট্টাচার্ম, ইজেহাতসর আতলাতক ববজিক সভযো রণবীর চক্রবেমী, ভারে ইজেহাতসর আজিপবম ___________, প্রাচীন ভারতের অর্মননজেক ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতন __________, সম্পা, সমাি সংস্কৃজের ইজেহাস িাতমাির ধ্মমানন্দ রকাশাজি, ভারে ইজেহাস চচমার ভূজমকা সুনীল চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, প্রাচীন ভারতের ইজেহাস ২ ণ্ড হীতরন্দ্রনার্ মুত াপাধ্যায়, ভারেবতষমর ইজেহাস: প্রাচীন ও মধ্যর্ুগ ররাজমলা র্াপার, অতশাক ও রমৌর্মতির পেন 9 Semester IV DS 4: Aspects of Medieval World History Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) I. Decline and fall of the Roman Empire; Different perspectives II. Political developments since 800 CE: a) Charlemagne – the Significance of the Coronation of Charlemagne b) German Empire and Otto I c) Empire and Papacy -the Investiture Contest e) the Crusades III. Economic developments in Europe from the 5th to the 14th centuries: a) Emergence of Feudalism, different theories – the Pirenne Thesis b) Organization of the feudal system of production, c) growth of medieval towns and trade, technological developments. d) Crisis of feudalism - debate IV. Religion in medieval Europe: a) Growth of Papacy in Western Christendom – Pope Gregory VIII and Innocent III, b) Monasticism – different Monastic Orders, Benedictines, Cluny, Cistercians. V. Patterns of culture; a) medieval thought – Scholastic philosophy b) the medieval universities, c) Literature, and art, d) the Twelfth Century Renaissance VI. Developments in Central Islamic Lands:(a) The tribal background, ummah, Caliphal state; rise of Sultanates (b) Religious developments: the origins of shariah, Mihna, Sufism (c)Urbanization and trade (d) Scientific and Technological Development in the Medieval Islamic World. References Perry Anderson, Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism Marc Bloch, FeudalSociety,2Vols. Cambridge History of Islam, 2 Vols. Georges Duby, The Early Growth of the European Economy Fontana Economic History of Europe, Vol. I P. K. Hitti, History of the Arabs P. K. Hitti, History of the Arabs P. Garnsey and Saller, The Roman Empire S. Ameer Ali, The Spirit of Islam J. Barrowclough, The Medieval Papacy Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1st ed., 4 vols. M. G. S. Hodgson, The Venture of Islam Masood Ehsan, Science and Islam: A History নির্মল চন্দ্র দত্ত, র্ধ্যযুগের ইউগরোপ ২ খণ্ড পুলগেশ রোয়, র্ধ্যযুগের ইউগরোপ: রোষ্ট্র, সর্োজ ও সংস্কৃনি গেৌরীশঙ্কর বগদোপোধ্যোয় ও সোন্ত্বিো বগদোপোধ্যোয় , গরোগর্র ইনিহোস ও সভ্যিো: প্রোচীি যুে গদবশ্রী গদ, প্রোচীি গরোগর্র ইনিহোস ড: আবদুল েনরর্, ইসলোগর্র ইনিহোস আনসফ জোর্োল লস্কর, নবশ্ব সভ্যিোর র্ধ্যযুে:সোর্োনজে সংেঠি ও নবিযোস 10 Semester IV DS 5: History of India - III (c.750 CE-1206 CE) Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) I. Studying Early Medieval India: Historical geography Sources: texts, epigraphic and numismatic data Debates on Indian feudalism, the rise of the Rajputs, and the nature of the state. II. Political Structures: (a) Evolution of political structures: Rashtrakutas, Palas, Pratiharas, Rajputs and Cholas (b) Legitimization of kingship; Brahmanas and temples; royal genealogies and rituals (c) Arab conquest of Sindh: nature and impact of the new set-up; Ismaili dawah (d) Causes and consequences of early Turkish invasions: Mahmud of Ghazni; Shahab-ud-Din of Ghur III. Agrarian Structure and Social Change: (a) Agricultural expansion; crops (b) Landlords and peasants (c) Proliferation of castes; status of untouchables (d) Tribes as peasants and their place in the Varna order. IV. Trade and Commerce: (a) Inter-regional trade (b) Maritime trade (c) Forms of exchange (d) Process of urbanization (e) Merchant guilds of South India. V. Religious and Cultural Developments: (a) Bhakti, Tantrism, Puranic traditions; Buddhism and Jainism; Popular religious cults (b) Islamic intellectual traditions: Al-Biruni; Al-Hujwiri (c) Regional languages and literature (d) Art and architecture: Evolution of regional style. References R.S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism (circa 300 - 1200) Harbans Mukhia, The Feudalism Debate B.D. Chattopadhyaya, The Making of Early Medieval India R.S. Sharma and K.M. Shrimali, eds, Comprehensive History of India, Vol. IV (A & B) Mohammad Habib and K.A. Nizami, eds, Comprehensive History of India, Vol. V, The Delhi Sultanate Hermann Kulke, ed., The State in India (AD 1000 - AD 1700) N. Karashima, South Indian History and Society (Studies from Inscriptions, AD 850 -1800) Derryl N. Maclean, Religion and Society in Arab Sindh Irfan Habib, Medieval India: The Study of a Civilization Richard Davis, Lives of Indian Images Romila Thapar, Somanatha: The Many Voices of a History John S. Deyell, Living Without Silver: The Monetary History of Early Medieval North India Vijaya Ramaswamy, Walking Naked: Women, Society, and Spirituality in South India Burton Stein, Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India R. Champakalakshmi, Trade, Ideology and Urbanization: South India, 300 BC to 1300 AD Al. Beruni’s India, NBT edition. Ali Hujwiri, KashfulMahjoob, Trnsl. R.Nicholson. S. C. Mishra, Rise of Muslim Communities in Gujarat J. Schwartzberg, Historical Atlas of South Asia সুকুর্োরী ভ্ট্টোচোযম, প্রোচীি ভ্োরি: সর্োজ ও সোনহিয ব্রিীন্দ্রিোথ র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়, বঙ্গ, বোংলো ও ভ্োরি িীহোররঞ্জি রোয়, বোঙোনলর ইনিহোস: আনদপবম রোর্শরণ শর্মো, আনদ র্ধ্যযুগের ভ্োরিীয় সর্োজ:সোর্􀈴 প্রনিয়ো নবষগয় এে সর্ীক্ষো _________, ভ্োরগির সোর্􀈴িন্ত্র 11 Semester IV DS 6: Rise of the Modern West - I Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) I. Transition from feudalism to capitalism: problems and theories. II. Early colonial expansion: motives, voyages and explorations; the conquests of the Americas: beginning of the era of colonization; mining and plantation; the African slaves. III. Renaissance: its social roots, city-states of Italy; spread of humanism in Europe; Art. IV. Origins, course, and results of the European Reformation in the 16th century. V. Economic developments of the sixteenth century: Shift of economic balance from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic; Commercial Revolution; Influx of American silver and the Price Revolution. VI. Emergence of European state system: Spain; France; England; Russia. References T.S. Aston and C. H. E. Philpin (eds.), The Brenner Debate H. Butterfield, The Origins of Modern Science Carlo M. Cipolla, Fontana Economic History of Europe, Vols. II and III. Carlo M. Cipolla, Before the Industrial Revolution, European Society and Economy. 1000 - 1700. 3rd ed. (1993) D. C. Coleman (ed.), Revisions in Mercantilism Ralph Davis, The Rise of the Atlantic Economics Maurice Dobb, Studies in the Development of Capitalism J. R. Hale, Renaissance Europe R. Hall, From Galileo to Newton Christopher Hill, A Century of Revolutions Rodney Hilton, Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism H. G. Koenigsberger and G. L. Mosse, Europe in the Sixteenth Century Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History, 1494 - 1789 G. Parker, Europe in Crisis, 1598- 1648 G. Parker and L. M. Smith, General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century J. H. Parry, The Age of Reconnaissance MeenaxiPhukan, Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic History of Early Modern Europe V. Poliensiky, War and Society in Europe, 1618 - 48 Theodore K. Rabb, The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe V. Scammell, The First Imperial Age: European Overseas Expansion, 1400 - 1715 Jan de Vries, Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis, 1600- 1750 M. S. Anderson, Europe in the Eighteenth Century Perry Anderson, The Lineages of the Absolutist State Stuart Andrews, Eighteenth Century Europe B. H. Slicher von Bath, The Agrarian History of Western Europe. AD. 500 - 1850. The Cambridge Economic History of Europe. Vol. I - VI. 12 James B. Collins, The State in Early Modern France: New Approaches to European History G. R. Elton, Reformation Europe, 1517 to 1559 M. P. Gilmore, The World of Humanism. 1453 -1517 Peter Kriedte, Peasants, Landlords and Merchant Capitalists J. Lynch, Spain under the Hapsburgs Peter Mathias, First Industrial Revolution Harry Miskimin, The Economy of Later Renaissance Europe: 1460 û 1600 Charles A. Nauert, Humanism and the Culture of the Renaissance The New Cambridge Modern History of Europe, Vols. I -VII. L. W. Owie, Seventeenth Century Europe D. H. Pennington, Seventeenth Century Europe F. Rice, The Foundations of Early Modern Europe অমতলশ জিপাঠী, ইিাজলর ররতনসাাঁস বাঙাজলর সংস্কৃজে জরলা মু াজিম, রূপান্তজরে ইউতরাপ (৯০০-১৮০০) ভাস্কর চক্রবেমী, সুভাষরঞ্জন চক্রবেমী, জকংশুক চতট্টাপাধ্যায়: ইউতরাতপর র্ুগান্তর রি জি বানমাল, ইজেহাতস জবজ্ঞান সমতরন্দ্র রসন, জবজ্ঞাতনর ইজেহাস রেহাজদ্র ভট্টাচার্ম, ইংলযাতের ইজেহাস: জিউির র্ুগ পুলতকশ রায় ও সায়ন্তন িাস, উত্তরতণর পতর্ ইউতরাপ: সামন্তেতের অবসান রর্তক ধ্নেতের পতর্ 13 Semester IV DS 7: History of India - IV (1206 CE– 1526 CE) Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) I. Sources for studying/Interpreting the Delhi Sultanate Survey of sources: Persian tarikh tradition; vernacular histories; epigraphy. II. Sultanate Political Structures Foundation, expansion and consolidation of the Sultanate of Delhi; The Khaljis and the Tughluqs; Mongol threat and Timur‘s invasion; The Lodis: Conquest of Bahlul and Sikandar; Ibrahim Lodi and the battle of Panipat Theories of kingship; Ruling elites; Sufis, ulama and the political authority; imperial monuments and coinage III. Regional Political structures The emergence of provincial dynasties: Bahamanis, Vijayanagar and Bengal Consolidation of regional identities; regional art, architecture, and literature IV. Sultanate Society and Economy - 1 Iqta and the revenue-free grants Agricultural production V. Sultanate Society and Economy - 2 Changes in rural society; revenue systems Monetization; market regulations; growth of urban centers; trade and commerce; Indian Ocean trade VI. Religion and Culture Sufi silsilas: Chishtis and Suhrawardis; doctrines and practices; social roles; Bhakti movements and monotheistic traditions in South and North India; Women Bhaktas; Nathpanthis; Kabir, Nanak and the Sant tradition. References Mohammad Habib and K.A. Nizami, eds, Comprehensive History of India, Vol. V, The Delhi Sultanate Satish Chandra, Medieval India I Peter Jackson, The Delhi Sultanate Catherine Asher and Cynthia Talbot, India Before Europe Tapan Raychaudhuri and Irfan Habib, eds, Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. I. K.A. Nizami, Religion and Politics in the Thirteenth Century W.H. McLeod, KarineSchomer, et al, eds, The Sants S.A.A. Rizvi, A History of Sufism in India Mohibul Hasan, Historians of Medieval India Cynthia Talbot, Pre-colonial India in Practice Simon Digby, War Horses and Elephants in the Delhi Sultanate I.H. Siddiqui, Afghan Despotism Burton Stein, New Cambridge History of India: Vijayanagara Richard M. Eaton, ed. India’s Islamic Traditions Vijaya Ramaswamy, Walking Naked: Women, Society, and Spirituality in South India Sheldon Pollock, Languages of the Gods in the World of Men Pushpa Prasad, Sanskrit Inscriptions of the Delhi Sultanate Andre Wink, Al-Hind, Vols. I-III অনিরুদ্ধ রোয়, র্ধ্যযুগে ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস: সুলিোনি আর্ল নর্নহর কুর্োর রোয়, ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস (িুরে আফেোি যুে) ইরফোি হোনবব, র্ধ্যযুগের ভ্োরগির অথমনিনিে ইনিহোস ইরফোি হোনবব, র্ধ্যেোলীি ভ্োরি ( ১গথগে ৪ খণ্ড) এ নব এর্ হোনববুল্লোহ, ভ্োরগি র্ুসনলর্ শোসগির প্রনিষ্ঠো অনিরুদ্ধ রোয় ও রত্নোবলী চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, র্ধ্যযুগে বোংলোর সর্োজ ও সংস্কৃনি আবদুল েনরর্ বোংলোর ইনিহোস: সুলিোনি আর্ল 14 Semester V DS 8: Rise of the Modern West - II Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) I. 17th century European crisis: economic, social and political dimensions. II. The English Revolution: major issues; political and intellectual currents. III. Rise of modern science in relation to European society from the Renaissance to the 17th century. IV. Mercantilism and European economics; 17th and 18th centuries. V. European politics in the 18th century: parliamentary monarchy; patterns of Absolutism in Europe. VI. Political and economic issues in the American Revolution. VII. Prelude to the Industrial Revolution. References T.S. Aston and C.H.E. Philpin (eds.) The Brenner Debate H. Butterfield, The Origins of Modern Science Carlo M. Cipolla, Fontana Economic History of Europe, Vols. II and III Carlo M. Cipolla, Before the Industrial Revolution, European Society and Economy, 1000 -1700 D.C. Coleman (ed.) Revisions in Mercantilism Ralph Davis, The Rise of the Atlantic Economics Maurice Dobb, Studies in the Development of Capitalism J.R. Hale, Renaissance Europe R. Hall, From Galileo to Newton Christopher Hill, A Century of Revolutions Rodney Hilton, Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism H.G. Koenigsberger and G.L. Mosse, Europe in the Sixteenth Century. Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History, 1494 - 1789 G. Parker, Europe in Crisis, 1598 - 1648 G. Parker and L.M. Smith, General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century J.H. Parry, The Age of Reconnaissance MeenaxiPhukan, Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic History of Early Modern Europe V. Poliensiky, War and Society in Europe. 1618-48 Theodore K. Rabb, The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe V. Scammell, The First Imperial Age: European Overseas Expansion, 1400-1715 Jan de Vries, Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis 1600-1750 M. S. Anderson, Europe in the Eighteenth Century Perry Anderson, The Lineages of the Absolutist State Stuart Andrews, Eighteenth Century Europe B. H. Slicher von Bath, The Agrarian History of Western Europe. AD. 500 - 1850 The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, Vol. I-VI 15 James B. Collins, The State in Early Modern France, New Approaches to European History G. R. Elton, Reformation Europe, 1517-1559 M. P. Gilmore, The World of Humanism. 1453-1517 Peter Kriedte, Peasants, Landlords and Merchant Capitalists J. Lynch, Spain under the Hapsburgs Peter Mathias, First Industrial Revolution Harry Miskimin, The Economy of Later Renaissance Europe: 1460 -1600 Charles A. Nauert, Humanism and the Culture of the Renaissance The New Cambridge Modern History of Europe, Vols. I - VII L. W. Owie, Seventeenth Century Europe D. H. Pennington, Seventeenth Century Europe F. Rice, The Foundations of Early Modern Europe Vandana Joshi, Social Movements and Cultural Currents 1789–1945 : Themes in Modern European History জরলা মু াজিম: রূপান্তজরে ইউতরাপ ভাস্কর চক্রবেমী, সুভাষরঞ্জন চক্রবেমী, জকংশুক চতট্টাপাধ্যায়: ইউতরাতপর র্ুগান্তর রি জি বানমাল, ইজেহাতস জবজ্ঞান সমতরন্দ্র রসন, জবজ্ঞাতনর ইজেহাস রেহাজদ্র ভট্টাচার্ম, ইংলযাতের ইজেহাস: জিউির র্ুগ পুলতকশ রায় ও সায়ন্তন িাস, উত্তরতণর পতর্ ইউতরাপ: সামন্তেতের অবসান রর্তক ধ্নেতের পতর্ 16 Semester V DS 9: History of India - V (1526 CE– 1757 CE) Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) I. Sources and Historiography Persian literary culture; translations. Literature in regional languages. II. Establishment of Mughal rule Babur‘s invasion of India - Struggle for Empire in North India –significance of Babar and Humayun‘s reign - Significance of Afghan despotism and rise of Sher Shah to power. His administrative and revenue reforms. III. Akbar and Consolidation of Mughal Empire Akbar‘s Conquests - his Rajput Policy & administrative and religious reforms, Reign of Jahangir, Nurjahan- her role in imperial politics; The Mughals and the North Western frontier and central Asia.Making of a new imperial system and administration, the Mughal nobility, Mansab and Jagir. IV. Mughal Empire Under Aurangazeb State and religion under Aurangzeb; issues in the war of success ion; policies regarding Religious groups and Institutions - Conquests and limits of expansion - Beginning of the crisis: contemporary perceptions; agrarian and Jagirdari crises; revolts. Inland and ocean trade network. V. Mughal Art, Architecture & Painting VI. Patterns of Regional Politics Rajput political culture and state formation -Rise of Maratha power under Shivaji, and expansion under the Peshwas - emergence of regional powers – case studies of Maharashtra, Awadh and Bengal; Bengal Nawabs and the rise of the English East India Company in Bengal.Debate of the 18th Century on the decline of the Mughal Empire. References A.C. Banerjee, New History of Medieval India Irfan Habib, Medieval India: The Study of a Civilization Irfan Habib, Akbar and His India Faruqui, Aurangzeb and His Times Irfan Habib and Tapan Roy Choudhury (ed.), Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. I Irfan Habib, Agrarian System of the Mughals A. Nurul Hasan, Thoughts on Agrarian Relations in Mughal India W. H. Moreland, Agrarian System in Moslem India Aniruddha Roy, Some Aspects of Mughal Administration Athar Ali, The Apparatus of Empire: Awards of Ranks and Titles to the Mughal Nobility Satish Chandra, Parties and Politics at the Mughal Court M. Athar Ali, Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb D.E. Streusand, Formation of the Mughal Empire Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subramaniyam (ed.), The Mughal State Seema Alavi (ed.), The Eighteen Century in India 17 P. Marshall (ed.), The Eighteen Century in India Muzaffar Alam, The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India: Awadh and Punjab M. Athar Ali, Mughal India: Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society and Culture S. R. Sharma, Religious Policy of the Mughal Emperors R.M. Eaton, Essays on Islam and Indian history R. M. Eaton (ed.), India’s Islamic Tradition Ashin Dasgupta and M.N. Pearson (eds.), India and the Indian Ocean (1500-1800) K. N. Choudhuri, Trading World of Asia and the English East India Company (1660-1760) J. F. Richards (ed.), The Imperial Monetary System and Mughal India J. N. Sarkar, Shivaji and his Times Stuart Gordon, The Marathas Sumit Sarkar, A Critique of Colonial India P.J. Marshall, East India Fortunes N. K. Sinha, Economic History of Bengal, 3 Vols. Amiya Bagchi, Private Investment in India Sugata Bose, Agrarian Bengal Ranajit Guha, Rule of Property in Bengal Laxmi Subramanian, History of India 1707 - 1857 গেৌির্ ভ্দ্র: র্ুঘলযুগে েৃনষ অথমিীনি ও েৃষে নবগদ্রোহ নবিয় ভ্ূষণ গচৌধ্ুনর: বোংলোর েৃনষ সর্োগজর েঠি হীগরন্দ্রিোথ র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়: ভ্োরিবগষমর ইনিহোস জেদীশ িোরোয়ণ সরেোর:র্ুঘল অথমিীনি: সংেঠি ও েোযমির্ অনিরুদ্ধ রোয়: র্ুঘলযুগের অথমনিনিে ইনিহোস সুগবোধ্ কুর্োর র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়: র্ধ্যযুগের ভ্োরগির অথমনিনিে জীবি এর্ আিহোর আনল, আওরঙ্গগজগবর সর্য় র্ুঘল অনভ্জোি গেণী গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়, অষ্টোদশ শিগের র্ুঘল সংেট ও আধ্ুনিে ইনিহোস নচ􀈴ো সিীশ চন্দ্র, র্ুঘল দরবোগর দল ও রোজিীনি 18 Semester V DS 10 - History of India - VI (1757 CE -1857 CE) Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) I. Foundations of Company‘s Rule Early contestations between the Dutch, French and the British East India The emergence of the English East India Company as a political power; Bengal as the ‘British bridgehead’ Company, Bengal Nawabs and the battle of Plassey, Buxar and the grant of Dewani Anglo-Mysore; Anglo-Maratha and Anglo-Sikh relations. The Subsidiary alliance and the Doctrine of Lapse. II. Legitimization of Company‘s rule in India Regulating Act; Pitt‘s India Act; Charter Acts of 1813, 1833 and 1853 Administrative, Military, Police and Educational Reforms. III. Rural Economy and Society Land revenue systems. Permanent settlement, Rayatwari and Mahalwari Commercialization of agriculture and indebtedness. Rural society: change and continuity, Famines. IV. Trade and Industry De industrialization Trade and fiscal policy Drain of Wealth Growth of modern industry V. Renaissance and Reforms Bengal Renaissance and Socio-religious Reforms:Rammohan Roy (Brahma Samaj), Young Bengal, Vidyasagar and others Educational Reforms initiated by the Company VI. Popular Resistance Santhal uprising (1855-57); Sanyasi Uprising, KolBhumijuprisisng, Wahabi Faraizi and Santhal Uprising, Revolt of 1857: causes and nature. References Laxmi Subramaniyam, History of India, 1707 – 1857 Bipan Chandra, History of Modern India Sekhar Bandyopadhyay (ed.), Nationalist Movement in India C. A. Bayly, Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire Bipan Chandra, Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India Suhash Chakravarty, The Raj Syndrome: A Study in Imperial Perceptions J.S. Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab Ranajit Guha (ed.), Subaltern Studies: A Reader Dharma Kumar and Tapan Raychaudhuri (eds.), The Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. II P.J. Marshall, Bengal: The British Bridgehead R.C. Majumdar (ed.), History and Culture of Indian People, Vols. IX and X. British Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance Rajat K. Ray (ed.), Entrepreneurship and Industry in India, 1800-1947 19 Eric Stokes, English Utilitarians and India. Sushil Chaudhury, From Prosperity to Decline: Eighteenth Century Bengal Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition A History of Modern India Ratnalekha Roy, Change in Bengal Agrarian Society C 1769-1850 David Arnold and Ramchandra Guha (eds.), Nature, Culture and Imperialism Amiya Bagchi, Private Investment in India Bipan Chandra et al., India’s Struggles for Independence A.R. Desai, Peasant Struggles in India R.P. Dutt, India Today M.J. Fisher (ed.), Politics of Annexation Ranajit Guha, Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India P.C. Joshi, Rebellion 1857: A Symposium DadabhaiNaroji, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India Sumit Sarkar, A Critique of Colonial India P.J. Marshall, East India Fortunes N. K. Sinha, Economic History of Bengal, 3 Vols Sugata Bose, Agrarian Bengal Ranajit Guha, Rule of Property in Bengal David Kopf, British Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance Pradip Sinha, 19th Century Bengal: Calcutta in Urban History 1857: Essays from Economic and Political Weekly Sabyasachi Bhattacharya (eds.), Rethinking 1857 S. N. Sen, 1857 রজি েো􀈴 রোয়: পলোনশর ষড়যন্ত্র সুশীল গচৌধ্ুরী: পলোনশর অজোিো েোনহিী গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়, অষ্টোদশ শিগের র্ুঘল সংেট ও আধ্ুনিে ইনিহোস নচ􀈴ো গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়: পলোনশ গথগে পোর্টমশি: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস সবযসোচী ভ্ট্টোচোযম:ঔপনিগবনশে ভ্োরগির অথমিীনি নবিয় ভ্ূষণ গচৌধ্ুরী, ঔপনিগবনশে আর্গল বোংলোর েৃনষ ইনিহোস 20 Semester V DS 11 - History of Modern Europe - I (1789 CE-1919 CE) Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks– 100 (50+50) I. The French Revolution and its European repercussions: Crisis of Ancien regime - Political, social, economic and intellectual background (role of Philosophers) of the French Revolution The revolution in the making – the Aristocratic Revolt and the consolidation of the Third Estate. The Constituent Assembly; Radicalization of the Revolution; the reign of Terror and the Thermedorian reaction; social base of the Revolution- Sans culottes, peasants and women; the directory and its achievements and failures. II. Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution: Rise of Napoleon; Napoleonic reforms, Napoleonic Empire and Europe Fall of Napoleon: The Continental System; The Spanish Ulcer; The Moscow campaign. Assessment of Napoleon: Character of the French Revolution; Impact of French Revolution on Europe and abroad. III. Restoration and Revolution (1815-1848) Vienna Congress; Concert of Europe; Metternich system Greek War of Independence, Revolution of 1830 &1848, & their Impact IV. Industrialization and socio economic transformation Industrial Revolution; Definition and characteristics ; Pre Industrial society; Industrial Revolution in Britain; Impact on society, economy and polities . Industrialization in the continents, case study of France, Germany and Russia. Emergence of working class and its movements; early Utopian socialist thoughts. V. Age of Nationalism Unification of Italy and Germany Specificities of economic development, political and administrative re organization – Italy and Germany The second Empire in France and Louis Napoleon VI. The Eastern Question : The Crimean War; Treaty of Paris, Balkan Nationalism VII. Imperial Expansion: Bismarck‘s diplomacy and the new balance of power; Kaiser William II and Welt Politik; new course in German foreign policy; the eastern question of the late 19th century, Balkan wars VIII. First World War and its aftermath: Outbreak of the first world war, emergence of the two armed camps; impact of the first world; the Russian revolution, the peace settlements of 1919, the League of Nations. References Vandana Joshi, Social Movements and Cultural Currents 1789-1945: Themes in Modern European History Mason, Concise History of Modern Europe Gerald Brennan, The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Civil War C.M. Cipolla, Fontana Economic History of Europe, Volume III: The Industrial Revolution Norman Davies, Europe J. Evans, The Foundations of a Modern State in 19th Century Europe T.S. Hamerow, Restoration, Revolution and Reaction: Economics and Politics in Germany [1815 - 1871] 21 E.J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution Lynn Hunt, Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution James Joll, Europe Since 1870 David Landes: Prometheus Unbound Georges Lefebvre, Coming of the French Revolution George Lichtheim, A Short History of Socialism Peter Mathias, First Industrial Revolution Phyllis Deane, The First Industrial Revolution Alec Nove, An Economic History of the USSR Andrew Porter, European Imperialism, 18760-1914 Anthony Wood, History of Europe, 1815-1960 Stuart Woolf, History of Italy, 1700-1860 Fernand Braudel, ―History and the Social Science‖, in M. Aymard and G. Mukhia, (ed.), French Studies in History, Vol. I Maurice Dobb, Soviet Economic Development Since 1917 M. Perrot and G. Duby (eds.), A History of Women in the West, Vols 4 and 5 H. J. Hanham, Nineteenth Century Constitution, 1815 - 1914 E. J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism Charles and Barbara Jelavich, Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1840-1920 James Joll, Origins of the First World War Jaon B. Landes, Women and the Public Sphere in the Age of the French Revolution David Lowenthal, The Past is a Foreign Country Colin Licas, The French Revolution and the Making of Modern Political Culture Nicholas Mansergh, The Irish Question, 1840 -1921 K.O. Morgan, Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Vol. 3 [1789 - 1983] R. P. Morgan, German Social Democracy and the First International N.V. Riasanovsky, A History of Russia J. M. Robert, Europe 1880-1985 J. J. Roth (ed.), World War I: A Turning Point in Modern History Albert Soboul, History of the French Revolution (in two volumes). Lawrence Stone, History and the Social Sciences in the Twentieth Century: The Past and the Present Dorothy Thompson, Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution E.P. Thompson, Making of the English Working Class Michel Vovelle, Fall of the French Monarchy Raymond Williams, Culture and Society David Thomson, Europe Since Napoleon George Rude, Revolutionary Europe Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History L.C.B. Seaman, From Vienna to Versailles Gordon Craig, Germany 1871-1945 Geoffery Barraclough, The Origins of Modern Germany Alfred Cobban, A History of France, Vols. I-III E. H. Carr, The History of Soviet Russia, Vols. I-III Hugh Seton Watson, The Decline of Imperial Russia, 1815-1914 W.L. Langer, Diplomacy of Imperialism L. Kochan, The Making of Imperial Russia Ralph Finley, Modern German History A. J. P. Taylor, The Course of German History A. J. P. Taylor, The Struggle for Mastery over Europe 22 নচত্রো অনধ্েোরী, আধ্ুনিে ইউগরোপ নবিযোস ও নববিমি সুভ্োষরঞ্জি চিবিী, ইউগরোগপর ইনিহোস সুভ্োষ রঞ্জি চিবিী, ফরোনস নবপ্লব গেৌির্ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, ফরোনস নবপ্লব-দুগশো বছগরর আগলোগি র্ট এ জযোেসি, ফরোনস নবপ্লব নসদ্ধোথম গুহরোয়, আধ্ুনিে ইউগরোপ: ফরোনস নবপ্লব গথগে নিিীয় নবশ্বযুদ্ধ গডনভ্ড টর্সি, নবশ্ব ইনিহোগসর গপ্রক্ষোপগট ইউগরোপ ২ খণ্ড 23 Semester VI DS 12 - History of India - VII (1858 CE-1947CE) Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) I. The aftermath of 1857 Queen‘s Proclamation; The Indigo rebellion, The Deccan Riots, The growth of the new middle class; the age of associations, The Aligarh movement, The Arya and the PrarthanaSamaj II. The early phase of Indian Freedom Movement Historiography of Indian Nationalism; Birth of Indian National Congress, The Moderates and the Extremists, Partition of Bengal, the Swadeshi movement, Muslim League, Morle Minto Reforns; Revolutionaries in India and abroad, the Lucknow pact III. The Gandhian era Gandhi‘s rise to power, Rowlatt Satyagraha, Montagu Chelmsford reforms; Khilafat and Non-co-operation movement, The Swarajya party, Poona Pact, Civil Disobedience Movement, Quit India Movement IV. Towards freedom Government of India Act 1935, The rise of the leftist movements, The Peasant and Working class movements, Cripps Mission, Subhas Bose and INA, RIN mutiny; Wavell Plan, Cabinet Mission; Tebhaga and Telengana movements V. Communal Politics and Partition of India Demand for Pakistan; Lahore session of the Muslim League, rise of Hindu Mahasabha and the RSS; Akali Dal, Partition and its consequences. References Bipan Chandra, History of Modern India Sumit Sarkar, Writing Social History Bipan Chandra, Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India Bipan Chandra, Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India D.A.Low (ed.), Congress and the Raj Eleanor Zelliot, From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement Gyanendra Pandey, The Construction of Communalism in colonial North India Jawaharlal Nehru, An Autobiography John R. McLane, Indian Nationalism and the EarlyCongress Judith Brown, Gandhi’s Rise to Power, 1915-22 M. K. Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of My Experimentswith Truth Mushirul Hasan (ed.), India’s Partition Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence Peter Hardy, Muslims of British India Ranajit Guha (ed.), A Subaltern Studies Reader Sumit Sarkar, Modern India, 1885-1947 A. Jalal, The Sole Spokesman. Jinnah, the Muslim League, and the Demand for Pakistan Anil Seal, Emergence of Indian Nationalism A.R. Desai, Peasant Struggles in India R. Desai, Social Background of Indian Nationalism Chandra et. al., India after Independence 24 B.D. & T.R. Metcalf, A Concise History of India B. Stein (ed.), The Making of Agrarian Policy in British India B.R. Nanda (ed.), Indian foreign Policy: The Nehru Years B. Shiva Rao, The Arming of India’s Constitution - A Study Bipan Chandra, Communalism in Modern India D. Chakrabarty, Rethinking Working Class History D. Hardiman, Peasant Resistance in India D. Kopf, Brahmo Samaj and the Shaping of the Modern Indian Mind F. Hutchins, Spontaneous Revolution Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy, 1947-77 G. Forbes, Women in Modern India G. Prakash (ed.), The World of the Rural Labourer in Colonial India G. Karlekar, India. The First Fifty Years J. Brown, Gandhi’s Rise to Power J. R. McLane, Indian Nationalism and the Early Congress J. Krishnamurti, Women in Colonial India J.M. Kaul, Problems of National Integration Judith Brown et al., Gandhi, A Prisoner of Hope K. Roy (ed.), Partition of India J.W. Jones, Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India M. Fisher (ed.), India’s Partition N. K. Sinha (ed.), History of Bengal R. K. Ray, Social Conflict and social Unrest in Bengal R. Kshirasagara, Dalit Movements in India and its Leaders Ramchandra Guha, India after Gandhi S. & T. Sarkar (eds.), Women and Social Reform in Modern India S. Bandopadhyay (ed.), Bengal: Rethinking Historiography S. Bhattacharya (ed.), Approaches to History S. Bose & A. Jalal, Modern South Asia Sumit Sarkar, The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal S. Sen, The Working Class in India Srikumar Deb, Problems and Policies of Bengal Government: 1874-1882 V.C. Joshi (ed.), Rammohan Roy and the process of Modernization in India V.P. Menon, Integration of the Indian States গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়: পলোনশ গথগে পোর্টমশি শুনচব্রি গসি ও অনর্য় গঘোষ: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি (১৮৮৫-১৯৬৪) সুনর্ি সরেোর:আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি সুগশোভ্ি সরেোর: বোংলোর গরগিসোাঁস সবযসোচী ভ্ট্টোচোযম:ঔপনিগবনশে ভ্োরগির অথমিীনি প্রণব কুর্োর চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি ২ খণ্ড নবপি চন্দ্র ও অিযোিয: ভ্োরগির স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোর্ অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী: স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোগর্ ভ্োরগির জোিীয় েংগগ্রস অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী:ভ্োরগির র্ুনিসংগ্রোগর্ চরর্পন্তী পবম জয়ো চযোটোজী, বোংলো ভ্োে হল: নহদু সোম্প্রদোনয়েিো ও গদশ নবভ্োে ১৯৩২-১৯৪৭ 25 Semester VI DS 13 - History of India - VIII (1947 CE-1977 CE) Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) I. The Nehru era: Internal policy between 1947 to 1964- movements for social justice, the new constitution, integration of the princely states, growth of parliamentary democracy, Five years‘ plan. II. Partition: Riots and Rehabilitation III. Making of the Republic The Constituent Assembly; Drafting of the Constitution Integration of Princely States IV. Indian Democracy at Work c1950- 1970s Language, Region, Caste and Religion. Electoral Politics and the Changing Party System; Regional Experiences India and the World; Non Aligned Movement V. Economy, Society and Culture c 1950-1970s The Land Question, Planned Economy, Industry and Labour Science and Education. The Women‘s Question: Movements and Legislation. Cultural Trends: Institutions and Ideas, Literature, Media, Arts. References Granville Austin, Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy, 1947-2004 Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence Ram Chandra Guha, India after Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy Bipan Chandra, et al.India after Independence Appadurai, Domestic Roots of India's Foreign Policy 1947-1972 Rajni Kothari, Politics in India Joya Chatterji, The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947-67 Sunil Khilnani, The Idea of India শুনচব্রি গসি ও অনর্য় গঘোষ: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি (১৮৮৫-১৯৬৪ রোর্চন্দ্র গুহ: েোন্ধী উত্তর ভ্োরিবষম নবপি চন্দ্র: ভ্োরিবষম স্বোধ্ীিিোর পগর 26 Semester VI DS 14 - Trends in World Politics (1919 CE -2001 CE) Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) I. Challenges to the new European order: Consolidation and Development of power of the Soviet State, French search for security, Rise of Fascism in Italy and Nazism in Germany, World Economic depression of 1929, the Crisis of the Inter War European Order II. The Road to 2nd World War; Germany‘s aggressive foreign policy; the role of the war economy, Spanish civil war, Mussolini‘s foreign policy and Abyssinian crisis, formation of the Rome Berlin Tokyo Axis – Grand Alliance and the Second World War - Impact of the War III. United Nations Organization: its origin and functions IV. Cold War and the emergence of bipolar politics – Rise of Communist China – Cold War in Asia: Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Middle East – Third World and Non Aligned Movement V. Détente and disintegration of the Soviet Bloc– Iranian Revolution – Afghanistan in turmoil VI. Globalization and its impact – Rise of Terrorism – 9/11 and Its impact. References Gerald Brennan, The Spanish Labyrinth: An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Civil War C.M. Cipolla, Fontana Economic History of Europe, Volume III: The Industrial Revolution Norman Davies, Europe J. Evans, The Foundations of a Modern State in 19th Century Europe T.S.Hamerow, Restoration, Revolution and Reaction: Economics and Politics in Germany,1815 - 1871 E.J.Hobsbawn, The Age of Revolution James Joll, Europe Since 1870 David Landes, Prometheus Unbound George Lichtheim, A Short History of Socialism Alec Nove, An Economic History of the USSR Andrew Porter, European Imperialism, 18760-1914 Anthony Wood, History of Europe, 1815 -1960 Stuart Woolf, History of Italy, 1700-1860 G. Barrowclough, An Introduction to Contemporary History Fernand Braudel, ―History and the Social Science‖ in M. Aymar and Maurice Dobb (eds.), Soviet Economic Development Since 1917 M. Perrot and G. Duby (eds.), A History of Women in the West, Volumes 4 and 5 H.J. Hanham, Nineteenth Century Constitution, 1815 - 1914 E.J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism Charles and Barbara Jelavich, Establishment of the Balkan National States, 1840-1920 James Joll, Origins of the First World war (1989) Jaon B. Landes, Women and the Public Sphere in the Age of the French Revolution David lowenthal, The Past is a Foreign Country Nicholas Mansergh, The Irish Question, 1840-1921 K.O. Morga, Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, Volume 3 1789 - 1983 27 R.P. Morga, German Social Democracy and the First International N.V. Riasanovsky, A History of Russia J.M. Robert, Europe 1880- 1985 J.J. Roth (ed.), World War I : A Turning Point in Modern History Lawrence Stone, History and the Social Sciences in the Twentieth Century The Past and the Present Dorothy Thompson, Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution E.P. Thompson, Making of the English WorkingClass Michel Vovelle, Fall of the French Monarchy H. Seton Watson, The Russian Empire Raymond Williams, Culture and Society P. Calvocoressi, World Politics since 1945 C.J. Bartlett, International Politics: States, power and conflict since 1945 Joan Spero, The Politics of International Economic Relations Hans J. Morgenthou, Politics among Nations J.L. Gaddis, The United States and the origins of the Cold War D.F. Fleming, The Cold War and Its Origins Walter La Febar, America, Russia and the Cold War Garo Alprovitz, Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam Joyce and Gabriel Kolko, The Politics of War ----------------, The Limits of Power: The World and US Foreign Policy Thomas J. Patterson, Soviet-American Confrontation: Post-War Reconstruction and the Origins of the Cold War L.J. Halle, The Cold War as History Peter Lowe, The Origins of the Korean War Gung-Wu Wang, China and the World since 1949 Herbert Ellison, ed. The Sino-Soviet Conflict: A Global Perspective J. Gittings, Survey of the Sino-Soviet Dispute C.F. Fitzerland, The Chinese View of their place in the world D. Rees, A Short History of Modern Korea R.E.M. Irving, The First Indo-China War: French and American Policy, 1945-54 L.J. Mathews and D.E. Brown, (eds)Assessing the Vietnam War Nikki R. Keddiie, Roots of Revolution: An interpretative history of modern Iran Fiona Venn, Oil Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century Carl L. Brown, International Politics in the Middle East R. Ovendale, The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Wars E. Said, The Question of Palestine B.D. Nossiter, The Global Struggle for more: Third World Conflicts with rich nations Susan George, How the other Half Dies -----------------, A Fate Worse than Debt: Third World Conflicts with rich nations Z. Brzezinski, The Soviet Block: Unity and Conflict William A. Williams, Empire as Way of Life G. Ionesku, The Breakup of the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe Adam Ullam, Stalin Roy Medvedev, On Stalin and Stalinism Raymond Garthoff, The Great Transition, American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War M.S. Rajan, Studies on Non-alignment and the Non-aligned Movement Malabika Banerjee, The Non-aligned Movement Uma Vasudev, ed. Issues before Non-alignment: Past and Future 28 Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power -------------, Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics Shashi Tharoor, Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century প্রণব কুর্োর চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, আ􀈴জমোনিে সম্পগেমর ইনিহোস (১৯১৯ – বিমর্োি েোল পযম􀈴) জয়􀈴 কুর্োর রোয় ও প্রফুল্ল চিবিী, আ􀈴জমোনিে সম্পগেমর ইনিহোস প্রফুল্ল চিবিী ও নসদ্ধোথম গুহরোয়, আ􀈴জমোনিে সম্পগেমর ইনিহোস রোধ্োরর্ণ চিবিী ও সুেল্পো চিবিী, সর্সোর্নয়ে আ􀈴জমোনিে সম্পেম 29 Semester VI DS 15 - West Bengal in Transition (1947 CE -1977 CE) Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) 1. Partition of India and the Birth of West Bengal – refugee influx, rehabilitation and assimilation 2. Bidhan Chandra Roy and the reconstruction of West Bengal 3. Popular movements in Calcutta – Teachers’ Movement, Tram Workers’ Movement, Student Movement 4. Rise and growth of leftist politics in West Bengal 5. Food Crisis and Food Movements in West Bengal 6. Naxalite Movement – origins, growth, limitations and legacies 7. Transition in West Bengal politics – The Rise of Left Front to Power – Land Reforms and Panchayati Raj System References Ramachandra Guha, India after Gandhi Bipan Chandra and others, India since Independence Partha Chatterjee, The Present History of West Bengal Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Meanings of Freedom Sumanta Banerjee, In the Wake of Naxalbari: A History of the Naxalite Movement in India Pradip Basu, ed. Discourses on the Naxalite Movement, 1967-2009 Amiya K. Samanta, Left Extremist Movement in Armed Agrarian Struggle Sibaji Pratim Basu and Geetisha Dasgupta, eds. Politics in Hunger-regime: Essays on the Right to Food in West Bengal Suranjan Das and Premanshu Kumar Bandyopadhyay, eds. Food Movement of 1959: Documenting a Turning Point in the History of West Bengal Chandan Basu, The Making of the Left ideology in West Bengal: Culture, Political Economy, Revolution, 1947-70 Bharati Mukherjee, Political Culture and Leadership in India: A Study of West Bengal Prafulla K. Chakrabarti, The Marginal Men: The Refugees and the Left Political Syndrome in West Bengal Sekhar Bandyopadhyay and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury, Caste and Partition in Bengal: The Story of Dalit Refugees, 1946–1961 Ranabir Samaddar, From Popular Movements To Rebellion The Naxalite Decade Rakhahari Chatterji and Partha Pratim Basu, eds. West Bengal under the Left 1977-2011 অনিল আচোযম, সম্পো: সত্তর দশে, ৩ খণ্ড ------------, নিি দশগের েণ আগদোলি শুনচব্রি গসি ও অনর্য় গঘোষ: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি (১৮৮৫-১৯৬৪ রোর্চন্দ্র গুহ: েোন্ধী উত্তর ভ্োরিবষম নবপি চন্দ্র: ভ্োরিবষম স্বোধ্ীিিোর পগর 30 Semester VII DS 15 - History of Modern East Asia I: China (1839 CE-1949 CE) Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) I. Pre-colonial China: (a) Nature and structure of the traditional Chinese society. (b)The peasantry and gentry; Government bureaucracy and central control. (C) The Confucian value system. (d) China‘s pre-modern economy. II. Anglo Chinese relations till the Opium War: (a) The Tribute system; the Canton trade and its collapse. (b) First & Second Opium Wars—the unequal treaties. (c)Financial Imperialism: Open Door policy. III. Rebellion, Restoration and Nationalism: (a)The Taiping Rebellion: causes, nature and failure. (b) Tung- Chih Restoration; the Hundred Days‘ Reform and the Self –Strengthening Movement. (c) Boxer Uprising: causes, nature and failure. (d) The 37 Revolution of 1911: background and causes, nature and significance; role of Dr Sun Yat- Sen; principles and polities, formation of the Republic; Yuan Shih-kai and warlordism; the rise of the Kuomintang. IV. Nationalism in China: (a) Emergence of the Republic and Yuan Shih Kai: Warlordism. (b) May 4th Movement: origin, nature and significance. V. The Kuomintang and the Nationalist government: (a) The rise of the Kuomintang Party: Political crisis in the 1920s; The First United Front. (b) Chiang Kai-shek: the KMT-CCP conflict. (c) Ten Years of Nanking Government. VI. The Communist Victory in China: (a) Background of the foundation of the Communist Party. (b) CCP under Mao Tse-tung: the making of the Red Army; the Second United Front; Long March. (c) The Yenan experiment. (d) The Chinese Revolution (1949): Ideology, causes and significance; the establishment of the Peoples’ Republic of China. References J.K.Fairbank, (ed),The Cambridge History of China vol-X J. Gray, Rebellions and Revolutions C.Y.I. Hsu, The rise of Modern China N. Peffer, The Far East: A Modern History S. L. Roy, A short History of the Far East E.Snow, Red Star over China H. Vinacke, A History of the Far East in Modern Times L. Bianco, Origins of the Chinese Revolutions 1915-1949 Victor Pucell, The Boxer Uprising: A Background study J.Chesneaux, China from Opium War to 1911 Revolution C.P. Fitzjerald, Birth of Communist China C.T. Tung, The May Fourth Movement: intellectual Revolution in Modern China M.C. Wright, China in Revolution: The first Phase 1900-1913 I. Epstein, From Opium War to Liberation Amit Bhattacharya, Transformation of China 1840-1969 E.J.Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes: The short Twentieth Century 1941-1991 গদবপ্রসোদ গচৌধ্ুরী: আধ্ুনিে যুগে পূবম এনশয়োর সংনক্ষপ্ত ইনিহোস র্ৃিোল েোন􀈴 চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়: চীি ও জোপোগির ইনিহোস হরপ্রসোদ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়: চীগির ইনিহোস 31 Semester VII DS 17 - History of Modern East Asia II: Japan (1854-1945) Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) I. Pre-Meji Japan (a) Tokugawa Shogunate: the feudal society and the government; Shintoism. (b) Economic condition. (c) Encounter with the West: the Perry Mission; the opening of the Japan to the west. (d) The crisis and fall of the Shogunate. II. Meiji Restoration (a) Causes and nature of Restoration. (b)Transformation of Japan: process of modernization. (c) Meiji Constitution III. Expansion of Japan up to the First World War (a) Sino–Japanese war (1894-95). (b) The Anglo-Japanese Alliance (1902). (c) Contest for Korea and the Russo-Japanese war (1904-05). (d) Japan and the First World War. IV. Rise of modern Japan: (a) Process of modernization: social, military, political and educational; popular and democratic movement. (b) Rise of Political Parties, abolition of feudalism and economic growth. (c) Industrialization and the role of the state; the Zaibatsu. V. Imperial Japan: (a) Japan and World war I: Twenty-one Demands. (b) Washington Conference. (c) Manchurian crisis: role of the League of Nations. (d) Failure of the Democratic system and the rise of militarism in the 1930s and the 1940s. VI. Japan and World War II: (a) Japan‘s bid for supremacy and defeat. (b) Post war Japan under General Douglas MacArthur. References G.Allen, A short Economic History of Japan W.G. Beasley, The Modern History of Japan BeckmannM.George,The Making of the Meiji Constitution H. Borton ,Japan since 1931 J.B. Jansen (ed), The Cambridge History of Japan vols V-VI N. Peffer, The Far East: A Modern History S. L. Roy, A short History of the Far East S.Richard, A History of Modern Japan H. Vinacke, A History of the Far East in Modern Times A. Gordon, A Modern History of Japan From Tokugawa Timesto Present J. Holliday, A Political History of Japanise Capitalism E. H. Norman, Japan’s Emergence as Modern State G. Sansom, The Western world and Japan E.J.Hobsbawm, Age of Extremes: The short Twentieth Century 1941-1991 I.H. Nish, Japan’s Foreign policy: 1869-1942 গদবপ্রসোদ গচৌধ্ুরী: আধ্ুনিে যুগে পূবম এনশয়োর সংনক্ষপ্ত ইনিহোস র্ৃিোল েোন􀈴 চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়: চীি ও জোপোগির ইনিহোস হরপ্রসোদ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়: জোপোগির ইনিহোস 32 Semester VIII DS 18 - Historiography: Meaning & Scope of History, Approaches to History Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) (Mandatory for the students of Honours with Research) 1. Meaning & Scope of History: (a) Nature of History. (b) Philosophy and Theories of History. (c) Objectivity and Bias in History 2. Approaches to History - Ancient and Medieval Historiography: (a) Greco- Roman Historiography- Herodotus, Thucydides, Polybius, Livy and Tacitus, the character of Greco- Roman Historiography. (b) Medieval Historiography: European- St. Augustine: West Asian-- Ibn Khaldun. 3. Modern Western Historiography: (a) The Berlin Revolution in Historiography: Niebuhr and Ranke. (b) Positivism in History: Main Characteristics, An Assessment. (c) Historical Materialism and Karl Marx, Impact of Historical Materialism on Historiography, Christopher Hill, E.H. Hobsbawm, E.P. Thompson. (d) The Annales School: Lucien Febvre, Marc Bloch, Fernand Braudel 4. Recent Developments in Historiography: (a) Gender History. (b) Historiography of Caste. (c) History of Environment. (d) History of Science, Technology and Medicine 5. Indian Historiography: (a) Ancient and Medieval Indian Historiography: An Assessment. (b) Modern Indian Historiography: Imperialist (Colonial) Historiography, Nationalist Historiography, Marxist Historiography, Subaltern Studies. References Breisach, Ernst, Historiography: Ancient Medieval, and Modern E.H. Carr, What Is History? Stuart. Clark, The Annales Historians R. G. Collingwood, The Idea of History Richard. J. Evans, In Defence of History Ranajit. Guha, ed. Subaltern Studies, Vol. 1. B.A. Haddock, An Introduction to Historical Thought Mohibbul. Hasan, Ed. Historians of Medieval India D.D. Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History R.C. Majumdar, Historiography in Modern India Arthur Marwick, What History Is and Why It Is Important __________, The Nature of History __________, The New Nature of History S.P. Sen, ed. Historians and Historiography in Modern India Ramesh Chandra Sharma, et. al. Historiography and Historians since Independence R. S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism B. Sheik Ali, History: Its Theory and Method E.Sreedharan, A Textbook of Historiography A. Sinha, Europe in transition 33 D. Thomson, Europe Since Napoleon গেৌির্ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, ইনিহোস চচমো: জোিীয়িো ও সোম্প্রদোনয়েিো ই এইচ েোর, েোগে বগল ইনিহোস রোজকুর্োর চিবিী, ইনিহোসচচমো: নির্মোণ অনবনির্মোণ নবেৃনি সুগবোধ্ র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়, ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস ও ঐনিহোনসে _________, ইউগরোগপর ইনিহোস ও ঐনিহোনসে অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী, ইনিহোস ও ঐনিহোনসে 34 Semester VIII DS 19 - Historical Methodology: Historical Evidence & Interpretation Credits - 5 (4+1) Marks – 100 (50+50) (Mandatory for the students of Honours with Research) 1. Structure and Form of History: (a) History and other Social Sciences. (b) History and its auxiliary disciplines. (c) Research and Methodology in History 2. Historical Source Materials: (a) Primary and Secondary Sources. (b) Examination of Sources: Collection and Selection of Facts. (c) Oral History as a source. (d) Interpretation of Historical Evidence 3. Historical Methodology: Different Operations: (a) Preliminary Operations: Area of Proposed Research; Choice of a subject, Preparation of an Outline, Synopsis, and Bibliography. (b) Analytical operations: Heuristics (External Criticism) and Hermeneutics (Internal Criticism). (c) Synthetic Operations: Determining and Grouping of Facts, Constructive Reasoning. (d) Concluding Operations 4. Academic Integrity and Research Ethics: (a) Citations and Style Sheet. (b) Plagiarism and Similarity Index. (c) Prevention of Plagiarism and UGC Regulations References E.H. Carr, What Is History? Arthur Marwick,, The Nature of History Arthur Marwick,, The New Nature of History K.N Chitnis, Research Methodology in History R.G Collingwood, The Idea of History C.R. Kothari, Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques B. Sheik Ali, History: Its Theory and Method Raymond Martin, The Past Within Us: An Empirical Approach to Philosophy of History Arthur Marwick, What History Is and Why It Is Important E. Sreedharan, A Textbook of Historiography E. Sreedharan, A Manual of Historical Research Methodology, Donald. A. Ritchie, Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide Toni Weller, ed. History in the Digital Age সুরনভ্ বগদোপোধ্যোয়, েগবষণো: প্রেরণ ও পদ্ধনি গেৌির্ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, ইনিহোস চচমো: জোিীয়িো ও সোম্প্রদোনয়েিো ই এইচ েোর, েোগে বগল ইনিহোস রোজকুর্োর চিবিী, ইনিহোসচচমো: নির্মোণ অনবনির্মোণ নবেৃনি সুগবোধ্ র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়, ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস ও ঐনিহোনসে _________, ইউগরোগপর ইনিহোস ও ঐনিহোনসে অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী, ইনিহোস ও ঐনিহোনসে UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION (PROMOTION OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PREVENTION OF PLAGIARISM IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS) REGULATIONS, 2018 35 Semester VIII DS 20 - Modern Bengal (1757-1905) Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks– 100 (50+50) 1. Bengal under the Nawabs – Rise of British power in Bengal – Nature of the ‘Plassey Revolution’ - From Plassey to Buxar 2. Grant of Diwani and Dual Administration – Administrative evolution (1772-1833) 3. Internal trade and European commercial activities – Agency Houses – Drain of Wealth 4. Famine of 1770: Background and impact on rural society and economy 5. Revenue systems – Origins and impact of the Permanent settlement – Zamindars, jotedars and peasants 6. Impact of western ideas and education – Christian missionaries and utilitarians – Social and religious reform – Rammohun Roy, Derozio and Vidyasagar - Women’s question 7. Revivalist and protest movements – Farazi and Wahabi movements, Fakir & Sannyasi revolts, Rangpur uprising, Indigo revolt and Pabna uprisings – Bengal during the Revolt of 1857 8. Growth of political consciousness and associations in Bengal – Bengal and the Indian National Congress (1885-1905) – Background to the Partition of Bengal (1905) References Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition and After: A History of Modern India N.K. Sinha, Economic History of Bengal, 3 Vols B.B. Chaudhuri, Growth of Commercial Agriculture in Bengal: 1757-1900 Amales Tripathi, Trade and Finance in the Bengal Presidency John R. McLane, Land and Local Kingship in Eighteenth Century Bengal R. Guha, A Rule of Property for Bengal W.W. Hunter, Annals of Rural Bengal Ratnalekha Ray, Change in Bengal Agrarian Society, 1760-1850 P.J. Marshall, East Indian Fortunes: The British in Bengal in the Eighteenth Century ________, Bengal: the British Bridgehead C.A. Bayly, Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire Dharma Kumar, ed. The Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. II: 1757-2003. Sirajul Islam, Land Tenure in Bengal N.K Sinha, ed. History of Bengal Sushil Chaudhuri, From Prosperity to Decline __________, Palashir Ajana Kahini Hameeda Hussain, The Company Weavers of Bengal David Kopf, British Orientalism and Bengal Renaissance _________, The Brahmo Samaj and the Making of the Modern Indian Mind Salahuddin Ahmed, Social Ideas and Social Change in Bengal, 1818-35 36 Susobhan Sarkar, Bengal Renaissance and Other Essays S.N. Mukherjee, Calcutta: Myth and History ___________, Calcutta: Essays in Urban History ___________, Sir William Jones Pradip Sinha, Calcutta in Urban History ___________, Nineteenth Century Bengal Rachel van Baumer, ed. Aspects of Bengali History and Society Sumanta Bannerjee, The Parlour and the Streets: Elite and the Popular Culture in the Nineteenth Century Calcutta O.P. Kejariwal, Asiatic Society of Bengal and the Discovery of India’s Past Garland Cannon, The Life and Mind of Sir William Jones V.C. Joshi, ed. Rammohun Roy and the Process of Modernisation in India Amales Tripathi, Vidyasagar: The Traditional Moderniser Brian Hatcher, Idioms of Improvement: Vidyasagar and Colonial Encounter in Bengal John Rosselli, Lord William Bentinck: The Making of a Liberal Imperialist Rosinka Choudhury, ed. Derozio, Poet of India: The Definite Edition G. Murshid, Reluctant Debutant. G. Forbes, Women in Colonial India. Jasodhara Bagchi, ed. From the Seams of History. Radha Kumar, The History of Doing. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Caste, Culture and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal Partha Chatterjee, Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse? Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, ed. Nationalist Movement in India: A Reader Ranajit Guha, ed. Subaltern Studies, Vols I-IX Leonard Gordon, Bengal: The Nationalist Movement, 1876-1940 John McGuire, The Making of a Colonial Mind Anil Seal, The Emergence of Indian Nationalism B.B. Mishra, Indian Middle Classes A.R. Desai, Social Background of Indian Nationalism A.C. Banerjee, Constitutional History of India J.H. Broomfield, Elite Conflict in a Plural Society Charles Heimsath, Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social Reform Bipan Chandra, Nationalism and Colonialism in India __________, The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India Sumit Sarkar, Modern India __________, The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, 1903-08 __________, Popular Movements and Middle Class Leadership in Late Colonial India __________, Critique of Colonial India John R. McLane, Indian Nationalism and the Early Congress Rajat K. Ray, Social Conflict and Political Unrest in Bengal, 1875-1927 Amales Tripathi, The Extremist Challenge অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী, ভ্োরগির স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোগর্ জোিীয় েংগগ্রস রজি েো􀈴 রোয়, পলোনশর ষড়যন্ত্র ও গসেোগলর সর্োজ নদলীপ নবশ্বোস, রোর্গর্োহি সর্ীক্ষো 37 Semester VIII DS 21 - Modern Bengal (1905-1947) Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks– 100 (50+50) 1. Rise and growth of Extremist politics in Bengal – Partition of Bengal and the Swadeshi movement – National education and industrial enterprise – Revolutionary movement till 1915 2. Birth of Muslim League (1906) and the growth of Muslim politics 3. Gandhian movements in Bengal from Noncooperation to Quit India 4. Leftist politics and M.N. Roy - Swarajya Party – Reform of 1935 - Krishak Praja Party, Muslim League and Hindu Mahasabha in Bengal - Subhas Chandra Bose, Forward Bloc and the INA 5. Peasant and working class movements in Bengal – Women’s movements - Caste movements 6. Post War Bengal – Famine of 1943 – Communal politics and communal riots - the Great Calcutta Killings and Noakhali riots – Freedom and Partition of Bengal References Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition and After: A History of Modern India Tanika Sarkar, Bengal: 1928-34 Ranajit Guha, ed. Subaltern Studies, Vols I-IX Sumit Sarkar, Modern India __________, The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, 1903-08 __________, Popular Movements and Middle Class Leadership in Late Colonial India __________, Critique of Colonial India Bipan Chandra et. al, India’s Struggle for Independence A.C. Banerjee, Constitutional History of India Peter Heehs, The Bomb in Bengal: The Rise of Revolutionary Terrorism in India, 1900-1910 Hiren Chakraborty, Terrorism in Bengal Peter Hardy, The Muslims of British India David Lelyveld, Aligarh’s First Generation Francis Robinson, Separatism among the Indian Muslims Amales Tripathi, The Extremist Challenge ___________, BharaterSwadhinataSangrame Jatiya Congress Rajat Ray, Social Conflict and Political Unrest in Bengal Partha Chatterjee, Bengal: 1920-1947 Judith M. Brown, Gandhi’s Rise to Power: Indian Politics, 1915-22 ___________, Gandhi and Civil Disobedience: The Mahatma in Indian Politics, 1928-34 ___________, Gandhi: Prisoner of Hope Sanyasachi Bhattacharya, The Defining Moments in Bengal, 1920-47 Ayesha Jalal, Jinnah: The Sole Spokesman of the Muslims 38 Mushirul Hasan, Nationalism and Communal Politics in India __________, ed. Partition of India Suranjan Das, Communal Riots in Bengal Anita Inder Singh, Origins of the Partition of India David Page, Prelude to Partition Gyanendra Pandey, The Construction of Communalism Gail Minault, The Khilafat Movement Gitasree Bandyopadhyay, Constraints in Bengal Politics: 1921-41. Gandhian Leadership Gyan Pandey, ed. Indian Nation in 1942 Joya Chatterji, Bengal Divided Ranajit Guha, Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India David Hardiman, ed. Peasant Resistance in India __________, ed. Peasant Nationalism in India A.R. Desai, ed. Peasant Movement in India Nicholas Mansergh et al., The Transfer of Power, 1942-47 Janam Mukherjee, Hungry Bengal গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়, পলোনশ গথগে পোর্টমশি ও িোরপর: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস 39 Minor Papers for the Four-year Honours/ Honours with Research Programme Students of 4-year honours (other than History) Programme with History as a Minor discipline will have to take three minor courses in History in the 1st 2nd and 3rd semester and two special minor courses in History in the 7th Semester. Students of a three-year multidisciplinary Programme with History as one of the Minor discipline will have to take 6 History Minor courses. Minor Papers for Three-year Multidisciplinary Programme Sl No Semester Minor paper TITLE Remark 1 I M (A/B/C)-1 Paper I: History of India from the Earliest Times up to 300 CE Draft Syllabus attached 2 II M (A/B/C)-2 Paper II: History of India from.c.300 to1206 CE Draft Syllabus attached 3 III M (A/B/C)-3 Paper III: History of India from c.1206to1707CE Draft Syllabus attached 4 IV M (A/B/C)-4 Paper IV: History of India c.1707-1950CE Draft Syllabus attached 5 V M (A/B/C)-5 Aspects of European History-I (15th to 18th Century) Draft Syllabus attached 6 VI M (A/B/C)-6 Aspects of European History-II (c.1780-1939 CE) Draft Syllabus attached Semester Minor paper Title Remark 1 M (A/B)-1 Paper I: History of India from the Earliest Times up to 300 CE Draft Syllabus attached 2 M (A/B)-2 Paper II: History of India from.c.300 to1206 CE Draft Syllabus attached 3 M (A/B)-3 Paper III: History of India from c.1206to1707 CE Draft Syllabus attached 7 SM 1 History of Indian Journalism: Colonial and Post-Colonial Period Draft Syllabus attached SM 2 Some Perspectives on Women’s Rights in India Draft Syllabus attached 40 Draft Syllabus: for Semester 1, Paper-MA/MB/MC-I (History Minor) (For students of both four-year and three-year UG Programmes ) MA-1: History of India-I (From Earliest Times to c.300 CE) Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks distribution (50+50)=100 I. Sources & Interpretation of ancient Indian history II. A broad survey of Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Chalcolithic Cultures. III. Harappan Civilization; Origin, Extent, dominant features & Decline, IV. The Vedic Period: Polity, Society, Economy, and Religion V. Territorial States and the Rise of Magadha- Conditions for the Rise of Mahajanapadas and the Causes of Magadha’s Success VI. Iranian and Macedonian Invasions, Alexander’s Invasion and Impact VII. Jainism and Buddhism: Causes, Doctrines, Spread,, and Contributions VIII. Emergence and Growth of Mauryan Empire; State, Administration, Economy, Ashoka’s dhamma, Art & Architecture IX. The Satvahana Phase; Aspects of Political History, Administration, Religion; The Age of Shakas: Parthians and Kushans – Aspects of Polity, Society, Religion, Arts& Crafts, Commerce. X. The Sangam Age: Sangam Literature, The Three Early Kingdoms REFERENCES D.P.Agrawal, The Archaeology of India A.L.Basham, TheWonder That Was India D.K., Chakrabarti, Archaeology of Ancient Indian Cities Suvira Jaiswal, Caste: Origin, Function and Dimensions N. Subramanian, Sangam Polity Romila Thapar, History of Early India F.R. Allchin and Bridget Allchin, Origins of a Civilization: The Prehistory and Early Archaeology of South Asia A. L. Basham, The Wonder That was India D. N. Jha, Ancient India in Historical Outline D. D. Kosambi, Culture and Civilization of Ancient India H. P. Ray, Monastery and Guild India in Historical Outline K. A. N. Sastri, A History of South India R. S. Sharma, India’s Ancient Past Niharanjan Ray, Maurya and Post Maurya Art R. S. Sharma, Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India G. Yazdani, Early History of Deccan Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India Romila Thapar, Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas G. Yazdani, Early History of Deccan রামশরণ শমমা , ভারতের প্রাচীন অেীে রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের সামাজিক ও অর্মননজেক ইজেহাস রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের বস্তুগে সংস্কৃজে ররাজমলা র্াপার, ভারেবতষমর ইজেহাস এ এল বযাশাম, অেীতের উজ্জ্বল ভারে সুকুমারী ভট্টাচার্ম, ইজেহাতসর আতলাতক ববজিক সভযো 41 জিলীপ কুমার চক্রবেমী, ভারেবতষমর প্রাজগজেহাস জিলীপ কুমার গতগাপাধ্যায়, ভারে ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতন রণবীর চক্রবেমী, ভারে ইজেহাতসর আজিপবম ___________, প্রাচীন ভারতের অর্মননজেক ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতনt িাতমাির ধ্মমানন্দ রকাশাজি, ভারে ইজেহাস চচমার ভূজমকা ব্রেীন্দ্রনার্ মুত াপাধ্যায়, ইজেহাতসর আতলাতক আর্ম সমস্যা ইরফান হাজবব, প্রাক-ইজেহাস _________, জসন্ধু সভযো __________, ববজিক সভযো জি এন ঝা, আজি ভারে-একজি সংজিপ্ত ইজেহাস জশজরন রত্নাগর, হরপ্পা সভযোর সন্ধাতন সুনীল চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, প্রাচীন ভারতের ইজেহাস ২ ণ্ড রিবরাি চানানা, প্রাচীন ভারতে িাস প্রর্া নতরন্দ্রনার্ ভট্টাচার্ম, প্রাচীন ভারতে ধ্মম _____________, প্রাচীন ভারেীয় সমাি 42 Draft Syllabus: for Semester 2, Minor-MA/MB/MC-II (History Minor) (For students of both four-year and three-year UG Programmes) MA-2: Paper II: History of India from c. 300 CE to1206 CE Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks distribution (50+50)=100 I. The Rise & Growth of the Guptas: Administration, Society, Economy, Religion, Art, Literature, and Science &Technology. II. Harsha & His Times: Harsha’s Kingdom, Administration, Buddhism &Nalanda III. South India: Polity, Society, and Economy and Culture- with reference to the Pallavas & Chalukayas IV. Evolution of Political structures of Rashtakutas, Pala & Pratiharas. V. Emergence of Rajput States in Northern India VI. Arabs in Sindh: Polity, Religion &Society. Struggle for power in Northern India and establishment of Sultanate References: - R. S. Sharma, Indian Feudalism-India’s Ancient Past B. D. Chattopadhaya, Making of Early Medieval India Derry lN.Maclean, Religion and Society in Arab Sindh K.M. Ashraf, Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan M. Habib and K. A. Nizami, A Comprehensive History of India. Vol. V Tapan Ray Chaudhary and Irfan Habib (ed.), The Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol. I PeterJackson, Delhi Sultanate:A Political and Military History Tara Chand, Influence of Islam on Indian Culture Satish Chandra, A History of Medieval India, 2 Volumes Percy Brown, Islamic Architecture রামশরণ শমমা , ভারতের প্রাচীন অেীে রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের সামাজিক ও অর্মননজেক ইজেহাস রামশরণ শমমা , প্রাচীন ভারতের বস্তুগে সংস্কৃজে ররাজমলা র্াপার, ভারেবতষমর ইজেহাস এ এল বযাশাম, অেীতের উজ্জ্বল ভারে সুকুমারী ভট্টাচার্ম, ইজেহাতসর আতলাতক ববজিক সভযো জিলীপ কুমার চক্রবেমী, ভারেবতষমর প্রাজগজেহাস জিলীপ কুমার গতগাপাধ্যায়, ভারে ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতন রণবীর চক্রবেমী, ভারে ইজেহাতসর আজিপবম ___________, প্রাচীন ভারতের অর্মননজেক ইজেহাতসর সন্ধাতনt িাতমাির ধ্মমানন্দ রকাশাজি, ভারে ইজেহাস চচমার ভূজমকা জি এন ঝা, আজি ভারে-একজি সংজিপ্ত ইজেহাস সুনীল চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, প্রাচীন ভারতের ইজেহাস ২ ণ্ড রিবরাি চানানা, প্রাচীন ভারতে িাস প্রর্া নতরন্দ্রনার্ ভট্টাচার্ম, প্রাচীন ভারতে ধ্মম _____________, প্রাচীন ভারেীয় সমাি 43 Draft Syllabus: for Semester 3, Paper-MA/MB/MC-III (History Minor) History of India from 1206 CE to 1707 CE (For students of both four-year and three-year UG Programmes) Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks distribution (50+50)=100 Paper III: History of India from 1206 CE to1707 CE I. Foundation, Expansion & consolidation of the Delhi Sultanate; Nobility & Iqta system. II. Military, administrative & economic reforms under the Khiljis and Tughlaqs. III. Bhakti & Sufi Movements. IV. Provincial kingdoms: Mewar, Bengal, Vijaynagar and Bahamani. V. Second Afghan State. VI. Emergence and consolidation of Mughal State, C.16th century to mid-17th century. VII. Akbar to Aurangzeb: administrative structure. Mansab and Jagirs, State & Religion, Socio-Religious Movements. VIII. Economy, Society, and Culture under the Mughals. IX. Emergence of Maratha Power. REFERENCES Irfan Habib, The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707 Irfan Habib (ed.), Madhya Kaleen Bharat, (in Hindi), 8 Volumes M. Athar Ali, Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb Shireen Moosvi, The Economy of the Mughal Empire S.A.A. Rizvi, Muslim Revivalist Movements in Northern India during 16th and 17th Centuries R.P. Tripathi, The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire, 2 vol. I. H. Siddiqui, Some Aspects of Afghan Despotism Kesvan Veluthat, Political Structure of Early Medieval South India P.J. Marshall, The Eighteenth Century in Indian History Stewart Gordon, The Marathas 1600-1818 Percy Brown, Islamic Architecture অনিরুদ্ধ রোয়, র্ধ্যযুগে ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস: সুলিোনি আর্ল নর্নহর কুর্োর রোয়, ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস (িুরে আফেোি যুে) ইরফোি হোনবব, র্ধ্যযুগের ভ্োরগির অথমনিনিে ইনিহোস ইরফোি হোনবব, র্ধ্যেোলীি ভ্োরি ( ১গথগে ৪ খণ্ড) এ নব এর্ হোনববুল্লোহ, ভ্োরগি র্ুসনলর্ শোসগির প্রনিষ্ঠো অনিরুদ্ধ রোয় ও রত্নোবলী চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, র্ধ্যযুগে বোংলোর সর্োজ ও সংস্কৃনি আবদুল েনরর্ বোংলোর ইনিহোস: সুলিোনি আর্ল গেৌির্ ভ্দ্র: র্ুঘলযুগে েৃনষ অথমিীনি ও েৃষে নবগদ্রোহ নবিয় ভ্ূষণ গচৌধ্ুনর: বোংলোর েৃনষ সর্োগজর েঠি 44 হীগরন্দ্রিোথ র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়: ভ্োরিবগষমর ইনিহোস জেদীশ িোরোয়ণ সরেোর:র্ুঘল অথমিীনি: সংেঠি ও েোযমির্ অনিরুদ্ধ রোয়: র্ুঘলযুগের অথমনিনিে ইনিহোস সুগবোধ্ কুর্োর র্ুগখোপোধ্যোয়: র্ধ্যযুগের ভ্োরগির অথমনিনিে জীবি এর্ আিহোর আনল, আওরঙ্গগজগবর সর্য় র্ুঘল অনভ্জোি গেণী গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়, অষ্টোদশ শিগের র্ুঘল সংেট ও আধ্ুনিে ইনিহোস নচ􀈴ো সিীশ চন্দ্র, র্ুঘল দরবোগর দল ও রোজিীনি 45 Draft Syllabus: for Semester 4, Paper-MA/MB/MC-IV (History Minor) (For students of both four-year and three-year UG Programmes) MA- 4: Paper IV: History of India from 1707 CE to 1950 CE Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks distribution (50+50) =100 Paper-IV: History of India (1707-1950 CE.) I. Interpreting the 18th Century. II. Emergence of Independent States & establishment of Colonial power. III. Expansion & consolidation of Colonial Power up to 1857. IV. Uprising of 1857: Causes, Nature & Aftermath. V. Colonial economy: Agriculture, Trade & Industry. VI. Socio-Religious Movements in the 19th century. VII. Emergence and growth of Nationalism with a focus on Gandhian nationalism. VIII. Communalism: Genesis, Growth, and Partition of India. IX. Advent of Freedom: Constituent Assembly, establishment of Republic. REFERENCES Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal, Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition Barbara D. Metcalf and T.R. Metcalf, A Concise History of India C.A. Bayly, An Illustrated History of Modern India 1600 - 1947 Sumit Sarkar, Modern India 1885 - 1947 Mushirul Hasan, John Company to the Republic: A story of Modern India R.P. Dutt, India Today Thomas Metcalf, Ideologies of the Raj R. Jeffery and J. Masselos, From Rebellion to the Republic Bipan Chandra, Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India Urvashi Butalia, The Other Side of Silence Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy 1947- 1977 Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence Lloyd and Susan Rudolph, In Pursuit of Laxmi: the Political Economy of the Indian State Bipan Chandra et al. India After Independence Gail Omvedt, Dalits and Democratic Revolution Ramachandra Guha, The Fissured Land K.G. Subramanian, The Living Tradition: Perspectives on Modern Indian Art Radha Kumar, A History of Doing Stanly Wolpert, A New History of India রজি েো􀈴 রোয়: পলোনশর ষড়যন্ত্র সুশীল গচৌধ্ুরী: পলোনশর অজোিো েোনহিী গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়, অষ্টোদশ শিগের র্ুঘল সংেট ও আধ্ুনিে ইনিহোস নচ􀈴ো গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়: পলোনশ গথগে পোর্টমশি: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস 46 সবযসোচী ভ্ট্টোচোযম, ঔপনিগবনশে ভ্োরগির অথমিীনি নবিয় ভ্ূষণ গচৌধ্ুরী, ঔপনিগবনশে আর্গল বোংলোর েৃনষ ইনিহোস শুনচব্রি গসি ও অনর্য় গঘোষ, আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি (১৮৮৫-১৯৬৪) সুনর্ি সরেোর,আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি সুগশোভ্ি সরেোর, বোংলোর গরগিসোাঁস সবযসোচী ভ্ট্টোচোযম,ঔপনিগবনশে ভ্োরগির অথমিীনি প্রণব কুর্োর চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি ২ খণ্ড নবপি চন্দ্র ও অিযোিয, ভ্োরগির স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোর্ অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী, স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোগর্ ভ্োরগির জোিীয় েংগগ্রস অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী, ভ্োরগির র্ুনিসংগ্রোগর্ চরর্পন্তী পবম 47 Draft Syllabus: for Semester 5, Paper-MA/MB/MC-V (History Minor) (For students of three-year Multidisciplinary Programmes only) MA- 5: Paper V: Aspects of European History-I (15th to 18th Century) Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks distribution (50+50) =100 I: Historiographical Trends II. Feudal Crisis: Main strands III. Renaissance: Origin, Spread &Dominant Features IV. European Reformation: Genesis, nature and Impact V. Beginning of the era of colonization: motives; mining and plantation; the African slaves VI. Economic developments of the sixteenth century; Shift of economic balance from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic VII. Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism: Industrial Revolution in England REFERENCES J.H. Plumb, The Pelican Book of the Renaissance G. R. Elton, Reformation Europe Ralph Davis, The Rise of the Atlantic Economies Arvind Sinha, Europe in Transition (also in Hindi) Rodney Hilton, The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism, Vols. I, II, III Herbert Butterfield, The Origins of Modern Science জরলা মু াজিম: রূপান্তজরে ইউতরাপ ভাস্কর চক্রবেমী, সুভাষরঞ্জন চক্রবেমী, জকংশুক চতট্টাপাধ্যায়: ইউতরাতপর র্ুগান্তর রি জি বানমাল, ইজেহাতস জবজ্ঞান সমতরন্দ্র রসন, জবজ্ঞাতনর ইজেহাস রেহাজদ্র ভট্টাচার্ম, ইংলযাতের ইজেহাস: জিউির র্ুগ পুলতকশ রায় ও সায়ন্তন িাস, উত্তরতণর পতর্ ইউতরাপ: সামন্তেতের অবসান রর্তক ধ্নেতের পতর্ 48 Draft Syllabus: for Semester 6, Paper-MA/MB/MC-VI (History Minor) (For students of three-year Multidisciplinary Programmes only) MA- 6: Paper VI: Aspects of European History-II (c.1780-1939 CE) Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks distribution (50+50) =100 I. The French Revolution: Genesis Nature & Consequences II. Napoleonic Era and aftermath. III. Revolutions of 1830 & 1848. IV. Unification of Italy &Germany. V. Social and Economic Changes. VI. Imperialist Conflicts: W.W I VII. Rise of Fascism and Nazism. VIII. Origin of W.W.II References: David. S. Mason: A Concise History of Modern Europe E.J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution Georges Lefebvre, Coming of the French Revolution E. J. Hobsbawm, Nations and Nationalism David Thomson, Europe Since Napoleon George Rude, Revolutionary Europe Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History L.C.B. Seaman, From Vienna to Versailles A. J. P. Taylor, The Struggle for Mastery over Europe E.J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes 1914 - 1991 Carter V. Findley and John Rothey, Twentieth-Century World নচত্রো অনধ্েোরী, আধ্ুনিে ইউগরোপ নবিযোস ও নববিমি সুভ্োষরঞ্জি চিবিী, ইউগরোগপর ইনিহোস সুভ্োষ রঞ্জি চিবিী, ফরোনস নবপ্লব গেৌির্ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, ফরোনস নবপ্লব-দুগশো বছগরর আগলোগি র্ট এ জযোেসি, ফরোনস নবপ্লব নসদ্ধোথম গুহরোয়, আধ্ুনিে ইউগরোপ: ফরোনস নবপ্লব গথগে নিিীয় নবশ্বযুদ্ধ গডনভ্ড টর্সি, নবশ্ব ইনিহোগসর গপ্রক্ষোপগট ইউগরোপ ২ খণ্ড 49 Draft Syllabus: for Semester-7, Paper--I (History Special Minor) (For students of four-year UG Programmes only) Paper SM- 1: History of Indian Journalism: Colonial and Post-Colonial Period Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks distribution (50+50) =100 Paper I: History of Indian Journalism: Colonial and Post-Colonial Period I. Pre-colonial History of written records & modalities of dissemination II. Advent of Print media : Imperialist Ideologies III. Nationalism and Print Culture in Bengal: Selective study of prominent newspapers: Amrita Bazar Patrika, Ananda Bazar Patrika. IV. Writing and Reporting REFERENCES J. Natrajan, History of Indian Journalism, Vol. II of Press Commission Report J. Natrajan, A History of the Press in India Parthasarathy Rangaswami, Journalism in India Hamendra Prasad Ghosh, Newspapers in India The History and Culture of the Indian People, General Editor R.C. Majumdar, Vols. IX, X, X B.N. Ahuja and S.S. Chhabra, Reporting জবনয় র াষ, সামজয়কপতি বাংলার সমািজচি (১৮৪০-১৯০৫) _______, সংবািপতি বাংলার সমাি পার্ম চতট্টাপাধ্যায়, ভারেীয় সংবাি পতির রূপতর া __________, সংবাি জবিযা ____________, জিলান্স সাংবাজিকো ও রল াতলজ নন্দলাল ভট্টাচার্ম, সংবািপতির ইজেবৃত্ত 50 Draft Syllabus: for Semester 7, Paper--II (History Special Minor) (For students of four-year UG Programmes only) Paper SM-2: Some Perspectives on Women’s Rights in India Credits- 5 (4+1) Marks distribution (50+50) =100 I. Definition of Human Rights: UN Conventions Indian Context II. Indian Constitution and Women’s Rights III. Preventive Acts: Minimum Wage Act,1948, Family Courts Act,1986, Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Immoral Traffic Prevention Act,1986, Domestic Violence Act, PNDT Act,1994, latest measures IV. Issues of violence against women and remedial measures V. Role of Non-Government Institutions VI. Present Status: Issues of enabling &empowering modalities. REFERENCES Bina Agarwal, Field of Her Own Urvashi Butalia and T. Sarkar, (ed.), Women & Hindu Rights Zoya Hasan (ed.), Forging Identities: Gender, Communities &Patriarchies, EPW, Christine Forster, Jaya Sagade, Women’s Human Rights in India Flavia Agnes, Law and Gender Inequality : The Politics of Women's Rights in India বোসবী চিবিী, প্রসঙ্গ র্োিবীনবদযো _________, সম্পো, িোরী পৃনথবী: বহুস্বর 51 History MDC in the structure of the 4year Undergraduate Programme SEM MDC (Credit) Paper Title I MD-1 (3) India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947) II MD-1 (3) India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)* III MD-1 (3) India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)* HISTORY MDC in the Structure of the 3-Year Multidisciplinary UG Programme SEM MDC(Credit) Paper Title I II III IV MD-1 (3) India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)* V MD-1 (3) India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)* VI MD-1 (3) India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947)* Students may take only one MDC from History. Honours students taking History MDC in the 1st/2nd/3rd Semester will study India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947). Similarly, students of 3-year multidisciplinary programme will study also study the same course in 4th/5th/ or 6th Semester. * Please check with the evaluation advisory. 52 History SEC in the structure of the 4-year UG Degree (Honours)/(Honours with Research) HISTORY SEC in the Structure of the 3-Year Multidisciplinary UG Programme Semester SEC Paper Title SEM I SEM II SEM III SE-1 (3) Archives and Museums in India/ * SEM IV SE-2 (3) An Introduction to Archaeology * SEM V SE-3 (3) Understanding Indian Art* SEM VI SE-4 (3) Understanding Popular Culture* Students of three-year Multidisciplinary Programmes may take any two courses from among the four courses given above. Semester SEC Paper Title SEM-I SE-1 (3) Archives and Museums in India SEM-II SE-2 (3) An Introduction to Archaeology SEM-III SE-3 (3) Understanding Indian Art 53 Draft Syllabus of History MDC for 4-year undergraduate and 3 year Multidisciplinary Programme Paper-MD-1 (History MDC) India’s Freedom Struggle (1857-1947) Credits-3 Marks-50 I. Revolt of 1857: Causes and Nature, Queen‘s Proclamation, The Indigo Rebellion, The Aligarh movement II. The early phase of the Indian Freedom Movement Historiography of Indian Nationalism; Birth of Indian National Congress, The Moderates and the Extremists, Partition of Bengal, the Swadeshi movement, Muslim League, III. The Gandhian era Gandhi‘s rise to power, Rowlatt Satyagraha, Khilafat and Non-co-operation movement, , Civil Disobedience Movement, Quit India Movement IV. Towards freedom The rise of the leftist movements, The Peasant and Working-class movements, Cripps Mission, Subhas Bose and INA, RIN mutiny; Cabinet Mission; V. Communal Politics and Partition of India: 1885-1947 Demand for Pakistan; Lahore session of the Muslim League, the rise of Hindu Mahasabha and the RSS; Akali Dal, Partition and its consequences. Bandyopadhyay Sekhar, From Plassey to Partition Sarkar Sumit, Modern India Chandra Bipan, et Al., India’s Struggle for Independence S. Bose & A. Jalal, Modern South Asia Sarkar Sumit, The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal গশখর বগদোপোধ্যোয়: পলোনশ গথগে পোর্টমশি : আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরগির ইনিহোস শুনচব্রি গসি ও অনর্য় গঘোষ: আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি (১৮৮৫-১৯৬৪) সুনর্ি সরেোর:আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি প্রণব কুর্োর চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, আধ্ুনিে ভ্োরি ২ খণ্ড নবপি চন্দ্র ও অিযোিয: ভ্োরগির স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোর্ অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী: স্বোধ্ীিিো সংগ্রোগর্ ভ্োরগির জোিীয় েংগগ্রস অর্গলশ নত্রপোঠী:ভ্োরগির র্ুনিসংগ্রোগর্ চরর্পন্তী পবম 54 SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SE-1): Semester – 1 (For 4-year Undergraduate Programme ) Semester-III (For 3-year Multidisciplinary Programme) Credits – 3 Marks – 50 SE-1 I:Archives and Museums in India This course introduces students to the institutions that house and maintain documentary, visual and material remains of the past. Museums and archives are among the most important such repositories and this course explains their significance and how they work. Students will be encouraged to undertake the collection, documentation, and exhibition of such materials in their localities and colleges. Visit to Archives and/or Museum is an integral part of the course. I. Definition and history of development (with special reference to India) II. Types of archives and museums: Understanding the traditions of preservation in India Collection policies, ethics and procedures Collection: field exploration, excavation, purchase, gift and bequests, loans and deposits, exchanges, treasure trove confiscation and others. Documentation: accessioning, indexing, cataloguing, digital documentation and de-accessioning Preservation: curatorial care, preventive conservation, chemical preservation and restoration III. Museum Presentation and Exhibition IV. Museums, Archives and Society: (Education and communication Outreach activities REFERENCES Saloni Mathur, India By Design: Colonial History and Cultural Display S. Sengupta, Experiencing History Through Archives Tapati Guha Thakurta, Monuments, Objects, Histories: Institution of Art in Colonial India Y. P. Kathpalia, Conservation and Restoration of Archive Materials, R.D. Choudhary, Museums of India and their maladies S.M. Nair, Bio-Deterioration of Museum Materials O.P. Agrawal, Essentials of Conservation and Museology 55 Paper II: Understanding Indian Art Skill Enhancement Course-2(SE-2) Semester – II (For 4-year Undergraduate Programme ) Semester-IV (For 3-year Multidisciplinary Programme Credits – 3 Marks – 50 SE- II: Understanding Indian Art The purpose of this course is to introduce students to Indian art, from ancient to contemporary times, in order to understand and appreciate its diversity and its aesthetic richness. The course will equip students with the ability to understand art as a medium of cultural expression. It will give students direct exposure to Indian art through visuals, and visits to sites and museums. I. Prehistoric and protohistoric art: Rock art; Harappan arts and crafts. II. Indian art (c. 600 BCE – 600 CE): World Heritage Site Managers, UNESCO World Heritage Manuals [can be downloaded/ accessed at www.unesco.org] Notions of art and craft Canons of Indian paintings. Major developments in stupa, cave, and temple art and architecture Early Indian sculpture: style and iconography. Numismatic art III. Indian Art (c. 600 CE – 1200 CE): Temple forms and their architectural features Early illustrated manuscripts and mural painting traditions Early medieval sculpture: style and iconography Indian bronzes or metal icons IV. Indian art and architecture (c. 1200 CE – 1800 CE): Sultanate and Mughal architecture Miniature painting traditions: Mughal, Rajasthani, Pahari Introduction to fort, palace and haveli Architecture V. Modern and Contemporary Indian art and Architecture: The Colonial Period_Art movements: Bengal School of Art, Progressive Artists Group, etc. Major artists and their artworks. Popular art forms (folk art traditions). REFERENCES Erwin Neumayer, Lines of Stone: The pre-historic rock-art of India B.N.Goswamy, Essence of Indian Art Susan Huntington, The Art of Ancient India: Hindu, Buddhist, Jain TapatiGuha Thakurta, The making of a new modern Indian art: Aesthetics and nationalism in Bengal, 1850-1920 ParthaMitter, Indian Art, Oxford History of Art series Parul Pandya Dhar(ed.), 2011, Indian Art History Changing Perspectives M.C. Beach, The New Cambridge History of India Mughal and Rajput Painting Niharranjan Ray, An Approach to Indian Art 56 SEC 3 Paper-III: An Introduction to Archaeology Credits: 3 Marks: 50 Paper II: An Introduction to Archaeology I. Definition and Components II. Historiographical Trends III. Research Methodologies IV. Definition of Historical Sites &Explorations V. Field Work and Tools of Research VI. Documentation, Codification, Classification, Analysis of findings and publications REFERENCES John. A. Bintliff, A Companion to Archaeology D.R. Chakrabarti, A History of Indian Archaeology: From the Beginning to 1947 M. Hall &W. Silliman, Historical Archaeology Mathew Johnson, Archaeological Theory: An Introduction 57 SEC 4 Paper IV- Understanding Popular Culture Course Code: Credits: 3 Marks: 50 Paper IV: Understanding Popular Culture I. Introduction a. Defining elite and popular culture b. Differences in their forms, contents and patterns of presentations c. Changing traditions of Folk songs, music, literature and dances II. a. Visual Expressions a. Folk Art, Calendar Art, Photography. b. Audio-visual mode of presentation cinema & television. c. Expressions of popular culture in dance , drama, films and painting III. Performance and Participations: a. Theatre, music, folk songs and jatra: b. Identifying themes, functionality, anxieties. c. Fairs, Festivals and Rituals, Disentangling mythological stories, patronage, regional variations. IV. Popular Culture in a globalized world. The impact of the internet and audio-visual media on popular culture REFERENCES W. Dissanayake and K. M. Gokul Singh, Indian Popular Cinema John Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture Patricia Oberoi, Freedom and Destiny: Gender, Family and Popular Culture in India Camera Indica, The Social Life of Indian Photographs Pankaj Rag, DhunokeYatri, Rajkamal, A.K. Ramanujan, Folktales from India: A Selection of Oral Tales from Twenty-two Languages (Only Introduction). V. Ramaswamy, ‘Women and the ‘Domestic’ in Tamil Folk Songs’ in Kumkum Sangari and Uma Chakravarti, (eds.), From Myths to Markets: Essays on Gender Lata Singh (ed.), Theatre in Colonial India: Playhouse of Power Mihir Kamilya Chowdhury, RarherJanajati O Lokosanskriti Probodh Kumar Bhowmick, Socio-Cultural Profile of Frontier Bengal D.D. Kosambi, Myth and Reality গদবীপ্রসোদ চগট্টোপোধ্যোয়, গলোেোয়ি ____________, গলোেোয়ি দশমি অর্গলদু নর্ত্র, রোগের সংস্কৃনি ও ধ্র্মরোজ ঠোকুর অনর্য় কুর্োর বগদোপোধ্যোয়, বোাঁকুড়োর র্নদর নবিয় গঘোষ, পনির্বগঙ্গর সংস্কৃনি িীহোররঞ্জি রোয়, বোঙোনলর ইনিহোস সুধ্ীর কুর্োর েরণ, সীর্ো􀈴 বোংলোর গলোেেোি িোরোপদ সোাঁিরো, পনির্বগঙ্গর গলোেনশল্প ও নশল্পীসর্োজ আশুগিোষ ভ্ট্টোচোযম, বোংলোর গলোেশ্রুনি  History-Syllabus-NEP-Syllabus (1) (1).pdf
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