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CSE – 2021

Start Date: 24 Oct 2021

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Test 1 i) Sources and approach to the study of Ancient History • Evolution of the study of Ancient History - Different Schools of Historiography • Sense of history writing of ancient Indians • Different sources to the study - primary and secondary sources • Contribution and limitation of these sources ii) Pre - History - Stone age in India • Homo erectus - Homo Sapiens - Early Indians • Geo - climatic changes and human initiative - Beginning of

Date 24 Oct 2021

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Topic Paper 1 - Ancient 1

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domestication of plants and animals • Transition from hunting gathering nomadism to agri based sedentary community • Mesolithic Age - Age of Transition • Neolithic revolution • Beginning of art and culture iii) Proto - history • Chalcolithic rural communities • Megalithic communities in South India • First urbanisation in India • Origin, evolution, progress of Indus valley people • Trade contacts, belief system, material culture • Decline theories • Recent findings iv) Age of Aryans • Who were the Aryans? • Geographical spread of the Aryans in the Indian subcontinent • Vedic culture, religion, polity, society, economy • Evolution of concept of social hierarchy • Vedic literature and philosophy v) Age of revolutions (600 BC) • Iron revolution - second urbanisation, craft proliferation, craft institutionalisation • Political revolution - rise of mahajanapadas • Magadha’s prominence - Harnayaka dynasty - Shisunaga dynasty - Nanda dynasty • Intellectual revolution - rise of heterodox sects • Beginning of script and coinage vi) Age of foreign invasions • Achaemenid empire and India • Alexander’s invasion and impact • Contact with the greco-roman world • Decline of Nandas vii) Mauryan Empire • Establishment of empire and expansion • New orientation to statecraft - Arthashastra • Mauryan centralisation, elaborate bureaucracy, the role of the state in the economy • Mauryan society and belief system based on sources • Ashoka - Paternal despotism • Mauryan art and crafts • Decline of Mauryas vii) Post Mauryan Age



• Rise of Sungas and Kanvas • Arrival of Indo Greeks, their conquests, influences • Mercantile age - rise of guilds, monetised economy, prosperous trade • Assimilative art and culture • Satavahanas - Conflict with Western Kashatrapas, politico admin • Satavahanas - Religion, society, art and culture • Satavahanas - pioneers of Land Grants

Test 2 vii) Age of Imperial Guptas • Gupta dynasty • Expansion and consolidation • Decentralising trend in Indian polity • Golden age, Classical age • Crystallisation of Hinduism • Rise of social orthodoxy • Hindu philosophy, law schools, Nagara art • Gupta - Vakataka politics • Rise of global educational institutions • Decline of Guptas viii) History of deccan and far south • Kharvela (1st century BC) • Patronage of Jainism, administration • Chalukyas of Badami - politico admin, religion • Chalukyas of Badami - two-front conflict with Pallavas and Pushyabhutis • Sangam age - literature, polity, economy, society, belief system • Pre-state polities - Chola, Chera, Pandyas • Pallavas - Politico-administration, religion, art, society • Pallava - Chalukyan conflict ix) Age of Harsha • Maukharis and rise of Pushyabhutis • Harsha confederate polity, patronage to buddhism, welfarism • Was Harsha the last great king in the north? Miscellaneous topics • Indian Philosophy • Development of Science and Technology in ancient India • Economic themes - Development of Banking, Land ownership, Historiography of Indian economy • Social themes – Historiography, Family system, Marriage, Position of Women, Shudra

Date 31 Oct 2021

Type Sec�onal

Topic Paper 1 – Ancient 2

Test 3 x) Early Medieval India - I • Transition from ancient to early medieval India

Date 7 Nov 2021

Type Sec�onal


Topic Paper 1 – Medieval 1

• Indian feudalism • Feudalism - urbanisation incompatibility • Feudalism - monetary incompatibility • Feudalism - trade incompatibility • Decline and revival of trade • Changes in social structure - Caste proliferation, Rajputisation, Mahttaras, Kayastha • Political models - Feudal, Integrative, Segmentary • Rise of clan based rajput polity Xi ) Early Medieval India - II • Bhakti Philosophy • Tamil devotional cult, growth of Bhakti • Islam and its arrival in India, Sufism • Development of regional literature • Kalhan’s Rajtarangini, Alberuni’s India • Art and Architecture: Temple archi tecture, sculpture, painting • Tripartite struggle for supremacy in north India and regional powers xii) Arrival of Turks and establishment of Delhi Sultanate • Central Asian politics and arrival of Turks • Turk - Rajput rivalry • Establishment of Delhi Sultanate - nature, kingship • Mamluk dynasty - Aibak, Iltutmish, Razia Sultana, Balban • Khilji revolution • Tughluq dynasty - Muhammad Bin Tughluq, Firuz Tughlug • Beginning of decline of Delhi sultanate • Mongol threat and response of Delhi sultanate • Indo - Islamic art xii) Society, economy, art during Delhi sultanate • Composition of rural society, ruling classes, town dwellers, women, religious classes, caste and slavery • Bhakti movement, Sufi movement • Persian literature, regional literature • Economy: Agricultural production, the rise of urban economy and non-agricultural production, trade and commerce xiii) Rise of provincial dynasties • Bengal, Kashmir (Zainul Abedin), Gujarat, Malwa • Vijayanagar Kingdom - polity, foreign travellers accounts, religion, art • Bahmani kingdom - Polity, Ethnic strife and split into successor states, art • Lodi dynasty - Sikandar Lodi. Ibrahim Lodi

Test 4 xiv) Mughal Empire • Central asian politics and arrival of Babur • Establishment, expansion and consolidation of the empire • Age of Akbar - Religion, administration, relation with rajputs, land revenue system , art • Jahangir, Shahjahan - Administration, Religion, Rajput Policy, Art • Aurangzeb - Religious Orthodoxy, Strain In Ties - Rajputs, Sikhs,

Date 14 Nov 2021

Type Sec�onal

Topic Paper 1 – Medieval 2


Marathas, Deccan Ulcer • Decline of Mughals • Mughal’s Foreign Policy • Mughals and Europeans xv) Society, Economy and Community life during Mughal rule • Population, Agricultural production, Craft production; Towns xvi) Regional kingdoms • Rise of Maratha polity - Role of Shivaji • Shivaji - Administration, Land Revenue System, Religion • Ahom Kingdom xvii) Map work

Test 5 i) India in 18th Century • Decline of Mughals and Rise of Fragmented Polity • Successor States, Rebel States, Autonomous States • Bengal - Jagirdari System, Rise of Bankers, Merchants, Government by Cooperation • Hyderabad, Mysore, Sikhs, Jats, Carnatic • Culture in 18th century ii) Europeans as traders in India • Asiatic Peddler vs European Merchants • Portuguese, Dutch, British, Danish, French • Nature of Asiatic trade vs Mediterranean trade • Political aspirations of European trade companies and war with native states • Hooghly plunder, Portuguese - Gujarat Battle, Battle of Diu • Cultural Divide and European Supremacy iii) Establishment of British rule in India • Evolution of British from traders to political entity • British supremacy over other European trade entities • War with Native states - Bengal conspiracy and plunder - Avadh - De jure power in Bengal province - War of threat - Anglo Mysore Wars - War of opportunity - Anglo Maratha wars - Sindh Betrayal and war with Sikhs - Trojan horse tactics and establishment of British Paramountcy - Court of Directors guidelines iv) Economic imperialism during British rule • Transformation of India into a subordinated colonial economy • Different phases of economic exploitation • Modes of plunder - tribute, mercantilism, home charges, council bills, rupee sterling ratio manipulation, finance capitalism

Date 21 Nov 2021

Type Sec�onal

Topic Paper 2 – Modern 1


• Ecological Imperialism • Response of Indian Nationalists - Drain of Wealth Theory • British response to economic critique - nightwatchman, white man’s burden • Land Revenue System • Deindustrialisation • Commercialisation of agriculture • Famines and British response iv) Early structure of British rule and Constitutional developments (I) • Nature of company - Court of directors, Court of proprietors, relation with the crown • From diarchy to direct control; The Regulating Act(1773); The Pitt’s India Act(1784); The Charter Act(1833) • The voice of free trade and the changing character of British colonial rule • Role of Ideology in justifying British rule and policy formulation - English utilitarianism, Orientalists, Evangelicals, Anglicists, Liberals v) Socio Religious Reform Movements • British Cultural Imperialism and Indian Response - Reformism And Revivalism • Ram Mohan Roy, The Brahmo Movement; Devendranath Tagore; Iswarchandra Vidyasagar, The Young Bengal Movement • Dayanada Saraswati and Arya Samaj movement • Agenda of social reform - Sati Abolition, Widow Remarriage, Child Marriage Regulation Etc. • Movements in various communities - Muslim, Sikhs, Parsis • Religious Revivalism and Growing Orthodoxy • Caste movements in south India and Maharashtra • Self-Respect Movements, Temple Entry Movements • Dalit Emancipation and Empowerment - Jyotiba Phule, Sri Narayan Guru, Periyar, Ambedkar • Contribution of Indian Renaissance to the Growth of Modern India vi) India’s response to British rule • Peasant Movements and Tribal Uprisings in the 18th and 19th Centuries • Rangpur Dhing (1783), the Kol Rebellion (1832), the Santal Hul (1855), Indigo Rebellion (1859-60), the Munda Ulgulan (1899- 1900), Deccan Uprising (1875) and the Mopla Rebellion in Malabar (1841-1920) • Strength and limitations of these movements • The Great Revolt of 1857 - Origin, character, causes of failure, the consequences; • 1857 as the ‘Great Divide’ in British Raj in India • The shift in the character of peasant uprisings in the post-1857 period; the peasant movements of the 1920s and 1930s vii) Rise of Nationalism and beginning of the Political Struggle • Nationalism - Historiography, various dimensions, causative factors, different interpretations by nationalists


• Rise of political associations from the 1830s culminating in the formation of Indian national congress • Indian national congress - different theories related to its formation, evolving social composition, ideology, objectives • British early response to the formation of Indian national congress - Wait and watch - selective cooperation - criticism - repression - conciliation - suppression

Test 6 viii) Nationalistic upsurge and the beginning of the Mass-Movement • Moderates and Extremists - ideology, program of action, limitations • The Partition of Bengal (1905) • Swadeshi Movement - Economic, Political aspects • Tagore’s Internationalism and Nationalism • Surat split (1907) • Beginning of Revolutionary Extremism in India ix) World War I and Freedom Struggle • Role of Indians in WWI • British Protectionism and spurt to Indigenous Industrial Growth • Revolutionary extremism outside India - Ghadr movement, Hindu - German conspiracy, Afghanistan, Paris, February Mutiny • Home Rule Movement x) Gandhian politics in India and Outside • Gandhi outside India - South African Experiment, Evolution of Satyagraha, Gandhian Ashrams • Gandhi and abolition of the Girmitiya system • Arrival of Gandhi in India - Champaran satyagraha, Ahmedabad mill strike, Kheda satyagraha, Rowlatt satyagraha • Gandhian ideology - Means-Ends Approach, Trusteeship, S-T-S, Pressure - compromise, Satyagraha, Hindu-Muslim Unity, Sarvodaya, Gram Swaraj, Wardha Model of Education • Beginning of organised Mass-Movements - Rowlatt satyagraha, Khilafat movement, Non-cooperation movement, Bardouli satyagraha, Civil Disobedience movement, Quit India movement • Gandhi - Ambedkar, Gandhi - Tagore, Gandhi - Nehru, Gandhi - Subhash • Gandhi’s subaltern politics xi) Turbulent 1920s • Rise of Communists and Trade Unionism • Communist - Congress relationship • Swarajists program, Achievements and Decline • Revival of Revolutionary Extremism - Ideological Dimension • Arrival of Simon commission - Nehru report - Lahore session xii) Constitutional Developments in the Colonial India between 1858 and 1935 xiii) Other strands in the National Movement • Revolutionaries, Women, Capitalists, Anglo Indians, Peasants, Tribals • Rise of Left - Left within Congress: Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, Congress Socialist Party

Date 28 Nov 2021

Type Sec�onal

Topic Paper 2 – Modern 2


xiv) Freedom and Partition • WWII and British response - August Offer, Cripps proposal • Beginning of transfer of power - Wavell plan, Cabinet mission, Atlee’s declaration, Dickiebird plan, Mountbatten plan • Challenges in the transfer of power - League’s demand for a separate state • Attempts towards reconciliation - Rajaji formula, Desai Liaquat talks, Wavell plan • Partition - Historiography, Impact xv) Politics of Separatism • The Muslim League; the Hindu Mahasabha; • Communalism and the politics of partition xvi) Consolidation as a Nation • Nehru’s Foreign Policy; India and her neighbours (1947-1964) • The linguistic reorganisation of States (1935-1947); • Regionalism and regional inequality • Integration of Princely States; Princes in electoral politics • The Question of National Language xvii) Caste and Ethnicity after 1947 • Backward castes and tribes in postcolonial electoral politics • Dalit movements xviii) Economic development and Political change • Land reforms; the politics of planning and rural reconstruction • Ecology and environmental policy in post-colonial India • Progress of science

Test 7 xix) Enlightenment and Modern ideas • Kant, Rousseau, Voltaire, Max Weber • Spread of Enlightenment in the colonies • Rise of socialist ideas (up to Marx) • Spread of Marxian Socialism • Different strands of socialism - Marxism, Fabian Socialism, Leninism, Maoism, Nehru’s Socialism xx) Origins of Modern Politics • European States System - rise of nation-states under monarchy • Modern political ideologies - Imperialism, Colonialism, Neo-imperialism, Neo-colonialism • American Revolution and the Constitution • French revolution and aftermath - different stages, rise of modern ideologies • Napoleonic era (1789- 1815) • July Revolution 1830, February Revolution 1848 • American Civil War - Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery • British Democratic Politics, 1815- 1850; Parliamentary Reformers, Free Traders, Chartists xxi) Industrialization • English Industrial Revolution: Causes and Impact on Society • Industrialization in other countries: USA, Germany, Russia, China, Japan • Industrialization and Globalization xxii) Rise of modern nation-states • Rise of Nationalism in 19th century

Date 5 Dec 2021

Type Sec�onal

Topic Paper 2 – World 1

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• Nationalism: state-building in Germany and Italy • Disintegration of Empires in the face of the emergence of nationalities across the world • Eastern Question and Balkan conundrum xxiii) Imperialism and Colonialism • South and South-East Asia • Latin America and South Africa • Australia • Imperialism and free trade • Rise of neo-imperialism xiv) Revolution and Counter-Revolution • 19th Century European revolutions - The Russian Revolution of 1917- 1921, • Fascist Counter-Revolution - Italy and Germany • The Chinese Revolution of 1949

Test 8 xxvi) Total Wars • World Wars: 1st and 2nd World Wars as Total Wars: Societal implications; • World War I: Causes and consequences; • Between World Wars - Efforts towards establishment of peace - league of nations, treaties and conventions, policy of appeasement, great depression and its impact • World War II: Causes and consequence • Rise of an international world order - United Nations, GATT, World Bank, IMF, European Union • Declaration of human rights, 1948 xxvii) The World after World War II • Emergence of two power blocs - Cold War politics • Emergence of Third World and Non-alignment; • UNO and the global disputes resolution xxviii) Liberation from Colonial Rule • Latin America-Bolivar • Arab World-Egypt • Africa-Apartheid to Democracy • South-East Asia-Vietnam xxix) Decolonization and Underdevelopment • Factors constraining development - Latin America, Africa xxx) Unification of Europe: • Post War Foundations: NATO and European Community • Consolidation and Expansion of European Community • European Union xxxi) Disintegration of Soviet Union and the Rise of the Unipolar World • Factors leading to the collapse of Soviet communism and the Soviet Union, 1985-1991 • Political Changes in Eastern Europe 1989-2001 • End of the cold war and US ascendancy in the World as the lone

Date 12 Dec 2021

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Topic Paper 2 – World 2


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