GIII : History of the Marathas (1630-1818)
Objectives : This course aims at introducing the Maratha History with thematic approach. The idea
is to deepen the understanding of students regarding the socio-economic, cultural and
administrative history of the Marathas.
Lectures allocated
Term-I
1. Written and unwritten sources of the Maratha History 04
2. Rise of the Maratha Power :
a) Historical Significance of Bhakti Movement 02
b) Achievements of the Marathas during Pre- Shivaji Period 03
3. Achievements of Shivaji Maharaj :
a) Early Career 02
b) Establishment of Swaraj : 1647 to 1659 04
c) Consolidation of the Maratha Power : 1659 to 1674 04
d) Coronation and last phase : 1674 to 1680 04
4. Achievements of Sambhaji Maharaj 07
5. Maratha War of Independence (1689-1707) and its significance 06
6. Administrative system during the Royal period :
a) Council of Eight Ministers 02
b) Military Administration 04
c) Land Revenue System 03
d) Ramchandra Pant Amatya’s Ajnyapatra 03
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Term – II
7. Expansion of the Maratha Power:
a) Background of Expansion : 1707-1719 02
b) Sanads of Chauth, Sardeshmukhi and Swarjya 04
c) Maratha Confederacy 03
d) Policy of Expansion 03
e) Battle of Panipat and its consequences 05
f) Post-Panipat Northern Politics: 1761 to 1795 03
2
8. Decline and fall of the Maratha Power : 1761 to 1818 04
9. Administrative System under the Peshwas :
a) Central and Provincial Administration 04
b) Judicial System 03
10. Social life during the Peshwa period
a) Social Structure 04
b) Position of Women 03
c) Religious life 04
d) Cultural life : Literature, Art and Architecture 06
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Books for Study:
A) English
1. Desai Sudha V., Social life in Maharashtra under the Peshawas, Popular Prakashan,
Mumbai.
2. Kulkarni A. R., Maharashtra in the Age of Shivaji, Sudha Prakashan Pune.
3. Majumdar R.C. (Gen.ed), Dighe V.G.(ed.), The Maratha Supermacy, The History & the
Culture of the Indian People, Vol.VIII., Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai.
4. Mate M.S., Maratha Architecutre , Mansanman Prakashan, Pune.
5. Ranade M.G., Rise of the Maratha Power, Publications Division, New Delhi.
6. Sardesai G.S., New History of the Marathas, Vo I., II. and III., Phoenix Publication, Bombay.
7. Sarkar J. N., Shivaji and His Times, Orient Longman, New Delhi.
8. Sen S.N., Administrative system of the Marathas, University of Calcutta.
9. Sen S. N., Military System of the Marathas, K. P. Bagchi & Company, Calcutta.
T.Y.B.A. History
S-III : History of Medieval India (1206-1707 A.D.)
Objectives : This paper is designed with a view to make the students know the recent understanding
of medieval period of India by the modern historians. The political content has been
reduced. Characteristics of medievalism are to be highlighted. The teachers are
expected to teach this paper in changed perspectives i.e. socio-economic perspectives.
Lectures allocated
Term –I
1. Introduction
A) Key-concepts : 02
1) Medievalism 02
2) Feudalism
B) Sources of Study : Literary and non-literary :
1) Sultanate period 02
2) Mughal Period 02
2. Delhi Sultanate (brief political survey) :
a) Turkish rulers 03
b) Military administration and economic reforms of Alauddin Khilji 03
c) Experiments of Mohammad-bin-Tughluk 03
d) Disintegration of Sultanate 03
3. Delhi Sultanate : Socio-economic and Religious life:
a) Nature of State and Kingship 02
b) Social Structure 02
c) Position of Women 02
d) Economic life : Agriculture, Trade and Industry, Urbanisation 05
e) Bhakti movement and Sufism 04
f) Art and Architecture 03
g) Science and Technology 02
4. Southern States (brief survey)
a) Bahamani 04
b) Vijaynagar 04
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4
Term-II
5. Mughal Period : Political Life :
a) Brief survey of political history 06
b) Idea of Kingship 03
c) Mughal administration and Manasabdari System 05
6. Social Life:
a) Social Structure 03
b) Position of Women 03
c) Religious Life 04
7. Economic Life:
a) Agriculture and Revenue system 04
b) Trade and Industry 04
c) Urbanisation 03
8. Cultural Life:
a) Literature 04
b) Art and Architecture 06
c) Science and Technology 03
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Books For Study :
English :
· Chitnis K.N., Aspects of Society and Economy in Medieval India, Pune, 1979.
· Sharma R.S., Early Mediecal India, Society A. Study in Feudalism, Orient Longman,
Hyderbad, 2001
· Habib Irfan , Medieval India, National Book Trus, New Delhi.
· Tarachand, Influence of Islam on Indian Culture, Delhi.
· Fukazawa Hiroshi, The Medieval Deccan : peasant, social system & status.
· Shastri, Nilkantha K.A., History of India, Madras
· Mahajan V.D., History of India, Madras
· Mahajan V.D. History of Medieval India, New Delhi.
· Mujumdar R.C. and Others, An Advanced History of India.
T.Y.B.A.
History-Special Paper-IV
History of Transformation in Modern Maharashtra
(1818-1960)
Objectives : This course emphasizes the forces and trends of transformation instead of individuals,
dynasties & events. The attempt is to take a brief review of various aspects of
transformation in Modern Maharashtra.
Lectures allocated
Term I
1. Foundation of Modernity
A) Sources of inspiration from Medieval History
1. Social contribution of Bhakti Movement 02
2. Foundation of Swarajya, Maharashtra Dharma and Potentials
of change in 18th century 04
B) British administration in Maharashtra and its Political, Social,
Economic and Cultural impact. 04
2. National Movement :
1. Revolts against British Power. 04
2. Rise of Nationalism and Political organization : Bombay Association
and Pune Sarvajanik Sabha 04
3. Foundation of Indian National Congress and Moderate phase 04
4. Era of Extremists 04
5. Contribution of Revolutionaries 04
6. Era of Mass movement and achievement of Independence 04
3. Samyukta Maharashtra Movement and creation of Maharashtra State 06
4. Education :
1. 19th Century- Western Education, Experiments in National Education 04
2. 20th Century- Pre-Independence and Post-Independence period,
Social expansion of Education, Experiments in Mass Education . 04
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6
Term-II
5. Social Reform and Struggle for Equality :
1. Religious Reform Movement 04
2. Reformism Pertaining to Caste-system, Non-Brahmin and Dalit Movements. 04
3. Reformism pertaining to Women’s emancipation 04
4. Institutional Experiments for Reforms-Prathana Samaj,
Satyashodhak Samaj, Depressed Classes Mission etc. 04
6. New Economic Life :
1. British Economy and Revenue system 04
2. Rise of economic nationalism and critique of exploitation 04
3. Changes in means of transportation, Commercialization of Agriculture,
Industrialization and Urbanization. 04
4. Co-operative movement 04
7. Movement of working classes :
1. Peasants 05
2. Workers 05
8. Social change and Marathi literature : Brief survey 06
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Books for Study:
English:
1. Ballhatchet Kenneth, Social Policy and Social Change in Western India : 1817-1830,
OUP,1961.
2. Banhatti Rajendra and Jogalekar G.N.(ed.), A History of Modern Marathi Literature, Vol.s
I and II, Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Pune 1998/2004.
3. Nurullah Syed and Naik J.P., A History of Education in India (During the British Period),
Macmillan and Co.Ltd., Bombay, 1951.
4. Paranjpe Shrikant, Dixit Raja and Das C.R. (ed.), Western India: History, Society and
Culture, Itihas Shikshak Mahamandal, Maharashtra, Pune, 1997.
5. Ravinder Kumar, Western India in the Nineteenth Century : A study in the Social History of
Maharashtra, Routledge and Kegan Paul, Toronto, 1968.
T.Y.B.A.
S - IV
(OR)
History of Modern China and Japan
Objectives : The Course is designed to help the student to know History of Modern China and
Japan. It aims at enabling the students to understand the processes of the rise of
China and Japan as two Asiatic Powers.
Lectures allocated
Term I
China
1) European Imperialism in China (brief survey)
A) Opium War 03
B) Open Door Policy 03
C) Taiping Rebellion 03
D) Boxer Rebellion 03
2) Rise of Nationalism in China
A) Revolution of 1911-Causes, Consequences 04
B) Political Philosophy of Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen 04
C)China’s Republic and Yuhan-Shih-Kai 04
3) Rise of Communism
A) May Fourth Movement 03
B) Policy of Chang-Kai-Shake 03
C) Conflict between Chang –Kai-Shake and Mao-Tse-Tung 02
D) Communist Revolution and establishment of People’s Republic of China 04
4) Towards to Modernisation
A) Agricultural reform 03
B) Five Year Plan (Experiment) 03
C) New Economic Policy (1961) 02
D) Resurgence of military 02
E) Tiananmen Incident and its impact 02
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9
Term II
Japan
1) The Meiji Revolution
A) Background, Coming of Comodor Peri 04
B) Meiji Restoration 05
C) Role of Zaibastu and Industrilization 03
2) Expansion of the Japanese empire
A) Sino-Japan relations 03
B) Aglo-Japanese Alliance (1902) 03
C) First world war and Japan 04
D) Washington Conference 04
3) Rise of Militarism and second world war
A) Militarism 02
B) Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis 03
C) Japan and Second World war 04
D) Gen Mac Arthur and Reconstruction of Japan 03
4) Resurgence of Japan
A) Economic 03
B) Social 03
C) Political 02
D) Science and Technology 02
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48
Books for Study:-
English :
Choneaux, : China-The people’s republic, Harvester press,1979
Firtzgerald, C.P. : The Birth of Communist China, Pelican Books. 1971
MC Aleavy, B. : Modern History of China
Walker, R.L. : China under Communism, London, 1956
Clide P.H. and Beer B.F. : The East Asia
Hall, D.G.E. : History of South-east Asia
Pannikar K.M. : Asia & Western Dominance
Reischauser, E.O. : Japan
10
Jayapalan N. : History of Japan
Mills, James : The Legacy of Tiananmen
Utley, Freda : Japan’s gamble in China
Fairbank, Johnking : The great Chinase revolution 1800-1985
Faters, Michael and Higgins,
Andrew : Tiananmen-The rape of Peking
T.Y.B.A.
HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION (General Paper)
Objectives : The paper intends to examine ancient world civilization with a view to understanding
knowledge of ancient world. The purpose of the course is to enable the student to
study history of world civilization from an analytical perspective. The paper makes
student aware of the importance of the history of world civilization. The paper is seen
as for understanding the concepts and intellectual background of the world
civilization. The course is designed to help the student understand the nature of
various factors of world civilization.
Lectures allocated
Term I
1. The beginning of mankind :- the Stone Ages. 10
1.1 Paleolithic and Neolithic Cultures : Tools, Social life, Religious Ideas.
2. Early Civilization in West Asia 10
2.1 Mesopotamia :- Summer, Babylonia, Assyria and Caldea: State, Law,
Socio-Economic life, Art-Architecture
2.2 Egypt :- State, Architecture, Religion and Philosophy, Socio-economic life.
2.3 Persia (Iran):- State, Art-Architecture, literature and religion, Relations with India.
3. Early Civilizations in Asia:- 10
3.1 India:- Harappan Civilization-Discovery, Extent, Salient Features, decline; Vedic
Civilization- State, Socio-economic life, literature
3.2 China:- Society, Art, Religion and Philosophy, Science
4. The Greeks and Romans:- 10
4.1 Greek Civilization-Athens and Sparta-Political and Social condition, Philosophy,
Science, Legacy
4.2 Roman Civilization :- State, Society, Conflict with Carthege, Republicanism, Art-
Architecture, Science.
5. Latin American Civilization:- Inca, Maya, Aztecs-a brief Survey
08
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12
Term II
6. The Arabs : Art, Architecture, Science, Philosophy and Literature. 08
7. Religions of the Ancient World : Hindusim, Buddhism, Jainism, 08
Zorastrianism, Christianity, Islam
8. Feudalism : Meaning and nature, Socio-economic life. 08
9. Renaissance, Reformation and Counter Reformation. 08
10. The Age of Discovery : Adventures in new world 08
11. Early Scientific Discoveries 08
· Birth of Modern Science.
· Copernican System.
· Gallieo
· Rene Descartes
· Issac Newton
· Medicine
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48
Books for Study:-
English :
1) Swain James Edgar (1970) -A History of World Civilization, Eurasia publishing House (P)
Ltd.Delhi-55.
2) Davies H.A. (1969)- An out line History of the World, Oxford University press, Ely House
London W.I.
3) Lucas H.S.- A short History of civilization.
4) Craig A.M. Graham, W.A.Kagan, D.ozment,S-and Turner, F.M.-The Heritage of world
civilization, 2 vols., Macmillan, 1986
5) Wells H.G. – Outline of world History
6) Hendrik willem-van loon- The story of mankind
7) Will Durant- The story of civilization
8) Wallbank Taylor and Balkey-Civilization: paste and present
9) Brested J.H.-The conquest of civilization.
10) Toynbee A. J.: Mankind and Mother Earth
Objectives : This course aims at introducing the Maratha History with thematic approach. The idea
is to deepen the understanding of students regarding the socio-economic, cultural and
administrative history of the Marathas.
Lectures allocated
Term-I
1. Written and unwritten sources of the Maratha History 04
2. Rise of the Maratha Power :
a) Historical Significance of Bhakti Movement 02
b) Achievements of the Marathas during Pre- Shivaji Period 03
3. Achievements of Shivaji Maharaj :
a) Early Career 02
b) Establishment of Swaraj : 1647 to 1659 04
c) Consolidation of the Maratha Power : 1659 to 1674 04
d) Coronation and last phase : 1674 to 1680 04
4. Achievements of Sambhaji Maharaj 07
5. Maratha War of Independence (1689-1707) and its significance 06
6. Administrative system during the Royal period :
a) Council of Eight Ministers 02
b) Military Administration 04
c) Land Revenue System 03
d) Ramchandra Pant Amatya’s Ajnyapatra 03
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48
Term – II
7. Expansion of the Maratha Power:
a) Background of Expansion : 1707-1719 02
b) Sanads of Chauth, Sardeshmukhi and Swarjya 04
c) Maratha Confederacy 03
d) Policy of Expansion 03
e) Battle of Panipat and its consequences 05
f) Post-Panipat Northern Politics: 1761 to 1795 03
2
8. Decline and fall of the Maratha Power : 1761 to 1818 04
9. Administrative System under the Peshwas :
a) Central and Provincial Administration 04
b) Judicial System 03
10. Social life during the Peshwa period
a) Social Structure 04
b) Position of Women 03
c) Religious life 04
d) Cultural life : Literature, Art and Architecture 06
_________
48
Books for Study:
A) English
1. Desai Sudha V., Social life in Maharashtra under the Peshawas, Popular Prakashan,
Mumbai.
2. Kulkarni A. R., Maharashtra in the Age of Shivaji, Sudha Prakashan Pune.
3. Majumdar R.C. (Gen.ed), Dighe V.G.(ed.), The Maratha Supermacy, The History & the
Culture of the Indian People, Vol.VIII., Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai.
4. Mate M.S., Maratha Architecutre , Mansanman Prakashan, Pune.
5. Ranade M.G., Rise of the Maratha Power, Publications Division, New Delhi.
6. Sardesai G.S., New History of the Marathas, Vo I., II. and III., Phoenix Publication, Bombay.
7. Sarkar J. N., Shivaji and His Times, Orient Longman, New Delhi.
8. Sen S.N., Administrative system of the Marathas, University of Calcutta.
9. Sen S. N., Military System of the Marathas, K. P. Bagchi & Company, Calcutta.
T.Y.B.A. History
S-III : History of Medieval India (1206-1707 A.D.)
Objectives : This paper is designed with a view to make the students know the recent understanding
of medieval period of India by the modern historians. The political content has been
reduced. Characteristics of medievalism are to be highlighted. The teachers are
expected to teach this paper in changed perspectives i.e. socio-economic perspectives.
Lectures allocated
Term –I
1. Introduction
A) Key-concepts : 02
1) Medievalism 02
2) Feudalism
B) Sources of Study : Literary and non-literary :
1) Sultanate period 02
2) Mughal Period 02
2. Delhi Sultanate (brief political survey) :
a) Turkish rulers 03
b) Military administration and economic reforms of Alauddin Khilji 03
c) Experiments of Mohammad-bin-Tughluk 03
d) Disintegration of Sultanate 03
3. Delhi Sultanate : Socio-economic and Religious life:
a) Nature of State and Kingship 02
b) Social Structure 02
c) Position of Women 02
d) Economic life : Agriculture, Trade and Industry, Urbanisation 05
e) Bhakti movement and Sufism 04
f) Art and Architecture 03
g) Science and Technology 02
4. Southern States (brief survey)
a) Bahamani 04
b) Vijaynagar 04
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4
Term-II
5. Mughal Period : Political Life :
a) Brief survey of political history 06
b) Idea of Kingship 03
c) Mughal administration and Manasabdari System 05
6. Social Life:
a) Social Structure 03
b) Position of Women 03
c) Religious Life 04
7. Economic Life:
a) Agriculture and Revenue system 04
b) Trade and Industry 04
c) Urbanisation 03
8. Cultural Life:
a) Literature 04
b) Art and Architecture 06
c) Science and Technology 03
______
48
Books For Study :
English :
· Chitnis K.N., Aspects of Society and Economy in Medieval India, Pune, 1979.
· Sharma R.S., Early Mediecal India, Society A. Study in Feudalism, Orient Longman,
Hyderbad, 2001
· Habib Irfan , Medieval India, National Book Trus, New Delhi.
· Tarachand, Influence of Islam on Indian Culture, Delhi.
· Fukazawa Hiroshi, The Medieval Deccan : peasant, social system & status.
· Shastri, Nilkantha K.A., History of India, Madras
· Mahajan V.D., History of India, Madras
· Mahajan V.D. History of Medieval India, New Delhi.
· Mujumdar R.C. and Others, An Advanced History of India.
T.Y.B.A.
History-Special Paper-IV
History of Transformation in Modern Maharashtra
(1818-1960)
Objectives : This course emphasizes the forces and trends of transformation instead of individuals,
dynasties & events. The attempt is to take a brief review of various aspects of
transformation in Modern Maharashtra.
Lectures allocated
Term I
1. Foundation of Modernity
A) Sources of inspiration from Medieval History
1. Social contribution of Bhakti Movement 02
2. Foundation of Swarajya, Maharashtra Dharma and Potentials
of change in 18th century 04
B) British administration in Maharashtra and its Political, Social,
Economic and Cultural impact. 04
2. National Movement :
1. Revolts against British Power. 04
2. Rise of Nationalism and Political organization : Bombay Association
and Pune Sarvajanik Sabha 04
3. Foundation of Indian National Congress and Moderate phase 04
4. Era of Extremists 04
5. Contribution of Revolutionaries 04
6. Era of Mass movement and achievement of Independence 04
3. Samyukta Maharashtra Movement and creation of Maharashtra State 06
4. Education :
1. 19th Century- Western Education, Experiments in National Education 04
2. 20th Century- Pre-Independence and Post-Independence period,
Social expansion of Education, Experiments in Mass Education . 04
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6
Term-II
5. Social Reform and Struggle for Equality :
1. Religious Reform Movement 04
2. Reformism Pertaining to Caste-system, Non-Brahmin and Dalit Movements. 04
3. Reformism pertaining to Women’s emancipation 04
4. Institutional Experiments for Reforms-Prathana Samaj,
Satyashodhak Samaj, Depressed Classes Mission etc. 04
6. New Economic Life :
1. British Economy and Revenue system 04
2. Rise of economic nationalism and critique of exploitation 04
3. Changes in means of transportation, Commercialization of Agriculture,
Industrialization and Urbanization. 04
4. Co-operative movement 04
7. Movement of working classes :
1. Peasants 05
2. Workers 05
8. Social change and Marathi literature : Brief survey 06
___________
48
Books for Study:
English:
1. Ballhatchet Kenneth, Social Policy and Social Change in Western India : 1817-1830,
OUP,1961.
2. Banhatti Rajendra and Jogalekar G.N.(ed.), A History of Modern Marathi Literature, Vol.s
I and II, Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Pune 1998/2004.
3. Nurullah Syed and Naik J.P., A History of Education in India (During the British Period),
Macmillan and Co.Ltd., Bombay, 1951.
4. Paranjpe Shrikant, Dixit Raja and Das C.R. (ed.), Western India: History, Society and
Culture, Itihas Shikshak Mahamandal, Maharashtra, Pune, 1997.
5. Ravinder Kumar, Western India in the Nineteenth Century : A study in the Social History of
Maharashtra, Routledge and Kegan Paul, Toronto, 1968.
T.Y.B.A.
S - IV
(OR)
History of Modern China and Japan
Objectives : The Course is designed to help the student to know History of Modern China and
Japan. It aims at enabling the students to understand the processes of the rise of
China and Japan as two Asiatic Powers.
Lectures allocated
Term I
China
1) European Imperialism in China (brief survey)
A) Opium War 03
B) Open Door Policy 03
C) Taiping Rebellion 03
D) Boxer Rebellion 03
2) Rise of Nationalism in China
A) Revolution of 1911-Causes, Consequences 04
B) Political Philosophy of Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen 04
C)China’s Republic and Yuhan-Shih-Kai 04
3) Rise of Communism
A) May Fourth Movement 03
B) Policy of Chang-Kai-Shake 03
C) Conflict between Chang –Kai-Shake and Mao-Tse-Tung 02
D) Communist Revolution and establishment of People’s Republic of China 04
4) Towards to Modernisation
A) Agricultural reform 03
B) Five Year Plan (Experiment) 03
C) New Economic Policy (1961) 02
D) Resurgence of military 02
E) Tiananmen Incident and its impact 02
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9
Term II
Japan
1) The Meiji Revolution
A) Background, Coming of Comodor Peri 04
B) Meiji Restoration 05
C) Role of Zaibastu and Industrilization 03
2) Expansion of the Japanese empire
A) Sino-Japan relations 03
B) Aglo-Japanese Alliance (1902) 03
C) First world war and Japan 04
D) Washington Conference 04
3) Rise of Militarism and second world war
A) Militarism 02
B) Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis 03
C) Japan and Second World war 04
D) Gen Mac Arthur and Reconstruction of Japan 03
4) Resurgence of Japan
A) Economic 03
B) Social 03
C) Political 02
D) Science and Technology 02
__________
48
Books for Study:-
English :
Choneaux, : China-The people’s republic, Harvester press,1979
Firtzgerald, C.P. : The Birth of Communist China, Pelican Books. 1971
MC Aleavy, B. : Modern History of China
Walker, R.L. : China under Communism, London, 1956
Clide P.H. and Beer B.F. : The East Asia
Hall, D.G.E. : History of South-east Asia
Pannikar K.M. : Asia & Western Dominance
Reischauser, E.O. : Japan
10
Jayapalan N. : History of Japan
Mills, James : The Legacy of Tiananmen
Utley, Freda : Japan’s gamble in China
Fairbank, Johnking : The great Chinase revolution 1800-1985
Faters, Michael and Higgins,
Andrew : Tiananmen-The rape of Peking
T.Y.B.A.
HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION (General Paper)
Objectives : The paper intends to examine ancient world civilization with a view to understanding
knowledge of ancient world. The purpose of the course is to enable the student to
study history of world civilization from an analytical perspective. The paper makes
student aware of the importance of the history of world civilization. The paper is seen
as for understanding the concepts and intellectual background of the world
civilization. The course is designed to help the student understand the nature of
various factors of world civilization.
Lectures allocated
Term I
1. The beginning of mankind :- the Stone Ages. 10
1.1 Paleolithic and Neolithic Cultures : Tools, Social life, Religious Ideas.
2. Early Civilization in West Asia 10
2.1 Mesopotamia :- Summer, Babylonia, Assyria and Caldea: State, Law,
Socio-Economic life, Art-Architecture
2.2 Egypt :- State, Architecture, Religion and Philosophy, Socio-economic life.
2.3 Persia (Iran):- State, Art-Architecture, literature and religion, Relations with India.
3. Early Civilizations in Asia:- 10
3.1 India:- Harappan Civilization-Discovery, Extent, Salient Features, decline; Vedic
Civilization- State, Socio-economic life, literature
3.2 China:- Society, Art, Religion and Philosophy, Science
4. The Greeks and Romans:- 10
4.1 Greek Civilization-Athens and Sparta-Political and Social condition, Philosophy,
Science, Legacy
4.2 Roman Civilization :- State, Society, Conflict with Carthege, Republicanism, Art-
Architecture, Science.
5. Latin American Civilization:- Inca, Maya, Aztecs-a brief Survey
08
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12
Term II
6. The Arabs : Art, Architecture, Science, Philosophy and Literature. 08
7. Religions of the Ancient World : Hindusim, Buddhism, Jainism, 08
Zorastrianism, Christianity, Islam
8. Feudalism : Meaning and nature, Socio-economic life. 08
9. Renaissance, Reformation and Counter Reformation. 08
10. The Age of Discovery : Adventures in new world 08
11. Early Scientific Discoveries 08
· Birth of Modern Science.
· Copernican System.
· Gallieo
· Rene Descartes
· Issac Newton
· Medicine
----------
48
Books for Study:-
English :
1) Swain James Edgar (1970) -A History of World Civilization, Eurasia publishing House (P)
Ltd.Delhi-55.
2) Davies H.A. (1969)- An out line History of the World, Oxford University press, Ely House
London W.I.
3) Lucas H.S.- A short History of civilization.
4) Craig A.M. Graham, W.A.Kagan, D.ozment,S-and Turner, F.M.-The Heritage of world
civilization, 2 vols., Macmillan, 1986
5) Wells H.G. – Outline of world History
6) Hendrik willem-van loon- The story of mankind
7) Will Durant- The story of civilization
8) Wallbank Taylor and Balkey-Civilization: paste and present
9) Brested J.H.-The conquest of civilization.
10) Toynbee A. J.: Mankind and Mother Earth
