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01 HC HHS51101 INTERPRETING HISTORIOGRAPHY 3 1 0 4 REQUIRED

02 HC HHS 51103

ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSOLIDATION OF COLONIAL

RULE IN INDIA (1757-1857)

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03 HC HHS51105 INSTITUTIONS AND STATE

FORMATIONS IN ANCIENT INDIA 3 1 0 4 REQUIRED

04 HC HHS51107 MEDIEVAL INDIA 3 1 0 4 REQUIRED

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06 HC HHS51102 HISTORY OF INDIA (1857-1918) 3 1 0 4 REQUIRED

07 HC HHS51104 PEASANT MOVEMENTS IN INDIA 3 1 0 4 REQUIRED

08 HC HHS51106 MUGHAL INDIA 3 1 0 4 REQUIRED

09 HC HPS51101 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3 1 0 4 REQUIRED

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14 SEM HSO52303 SEMINAR ON DIVERSITY 0 4 0 2 REQUIRED

15 HC HHS52103 HISTORY OF INDIA (1920-1947) 3 1 0 4 REQUIRED

16 SC HHS52105 HISTORY OF SCIENCE 3 1 0 4 OPTIONAL

17 SC HHS52107 ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY 3 1 0 4 OPTIONAL

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20 SC HHS52104 ARCHIVE STUDIES 3 1 0 4 REQUIRED

21 SC HHS52106 MARITIME HISTORY OF INDIA (800-

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22 SC HHS52108 WORLD AFTER WORLD WAR II 3 1 0 4 REQUIRED

23 SC HHS52110 HISTORY OF USA 0 0 4 4 REQUIRED

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HHS 51101

Interpreting Historiography School of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts

Adamas University

M.A History

Semester One

Content

History has been interpreted in varied ways by different sets of historians belonging to different schools of thoughts. Historiography is the history of historical writing. This paper aims to study the different phases and schools of thought relating to history writing. It takes into account the different interpretations of Indian History that has been divided into three divisions: colonial, nationalist and post colonial. The paper also includes the various angles of studying history.

Learning Outlines

1) Students should understand the subject of history, its nature and scope. 2) They should comprehend the various historiographical trends of history writing, growth of

the subject and the various factors that influenced the trends of history writing. 3) Students should understand that History is the subject that can be interpreted from various

prisms. The colonial interpretation of modern Indian History by the Orientalist and the Utilitarian would make them comprehend the different dimensions of historical writings on Indian History.

4) Students should develop an analytical power of their own which is the most essential ingredient that a historian should possess.

Unit I Introduction Nature, scope and definit ion of History , Historiography and its pre-condit ions. Unit II Glimpses of Early Historiographies Greek Historiography, Roman Historiography, Chinese Historiography, Christian Historiography, Muslim Historiography Unit III Beginning of Modern Historiographies Enlightenment Historiography, Romanticism, Posit ivism in History, History and Historians, Annales School. Unit IV Interpretation of Indian History in the Colonial Era Oriental School of Historiography, Imperialist School of Historiography, Nationalist Interpretation of Indian History.

Unit V Post-Colonial Interpretation of Indian History M arxist School of Historiography, Subaltern School of Historiography. Unit VI Looking History from various angles. Various interpretat ions of History-(a) New History (b) Economic History (c) Regional History (d) Oral History (d) Gender History (e) Environmental History (f) Post Modernism. Core Readings Romila Thapar, Interpreting Early India, O xford University Press, USA, 1994. Irfan Habib, Interpreting Indian History, North Eastern Hill University Publications, Shillong, 2008. Upindar Singh and Nayanjot Lahiri, Ancient India New Research, Paperback, 2010.

Sumit Sarkar, Writing Social History, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998.

D. D. Kosambi, An introduction to the study of Indian history, 2nd editon. Bombay, 1975. N. R. Ray (ed. vol. 110,), Sources for the history of India, Calcutta, 1978-1980. B.Sheikh Ali, History, Its Theory and Method, T rinity Press, New Delhi, First Published 1984. Suggested Readings Romila T hapar, Interpretat ions of Ancient Indian History, History and Theory, Vol. 7, No. 3 (1968), pp. 318-335. M ajumdar, R. C. Historiography in Modern India, Asia Publishing House, 1970.

M ukhopadhyay, Subodh Kumar, Evolution of Historiography in Modern India: 1900-1960

Claude Markovits, Some Trends in European (Mainly British) Historiography of Modern India , Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 22, No. 10 (Mar. 7, 1987), pp. 416-418.

HHS 51103

Establishment and Consolidation of Colonial Rule in India (1757-1857)

School of Social science and Liberal Arts

Adamas University

M.A History

Semester One

Content

This paper aims to discuss the causes responsible for the decline of Mughal rule in India and the init ial phase of European establishment over the country. It takes into account the factors that contributed to the establishment of Brit ish rule over India and the subsequent events that molded the history of India thereafter. The study aims to discuss the changes in the forms of administrations, economy, polit ical and social aspects after the arrival of Brit ish rule over India. It also incorporates the repercussions and consequences that the colonial rule has produced over the Indian population and the country leading to public protests. The Revolt of 1857 deals with this aspect .

Learning Outcomes

1) Students should learn about the factors that contributed to the t ransit ion from Mughal rule to Brit ish administrat ion over India.

2) They should become aware about the developments that led to the establishment of European hegemony over India.

3) Students should understand the forms of administration, land settlements and economic measures that the colonial rule has brought with it . It would enable them to comprehend the changes in the above aspects from its previous rule under the Mughals.

4) T hey should be a ble to realize the repercussions that the colonial rule had produced over the social, polit ical and economic aspects of the country.

Unit I The Eighteenth Century Shift

Decline of the Mughal Empire, Emergence of the Regional Powers, Arrival of the European Companies - Portuguese, Dutch, French and the British. Unit II Foundation of British Empire in India Colonial Ideology, the British Parliament and the Empire, Land Revenue Set t lements, farming of revenues in Madras, Ryotwari and Mahalwari sett lements.

Unit III Forms of Administration

Judiciary, Police, Army, and the Indian Civil Service, Social and Religious reforms, Educational reforms

Unit IV Economy under the British

British Economic policies, commercialization of agriculture, economic condition in north and south India, decline of industries, internal and external trade, canals and railways, economic drain. Unit V Consolidation of power- Subsidiary Alliance, Policies of Annexation, Doctrine of Lapse. Unit VI Revolt of 1857 Factors responsible for the Revolt of 1857- debates, significance and impact, immediate causes, nature, British responses and suppression. Core Readings Sekhar Bandopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition and after: A History of Modern India, Orient Blackswan, New Delhi, 2004. Kenneth W. Jones, The Cambridge History of History, Socio-religious Reform Movements in British India, Cambridge University Press, 1989. C.A Bayly, The Cambridge History of History, Indian society and the making of the British Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1988. P.J Marshall, The Cambridge History of History, The Bengal bridgehead, Cambridge University Press, 1987. Alam M ., The Zamindars and the Mughal power in Deccan 1685-1712. The Indian Economic and Social History Review 11, 1974 Alavi, Seema, The Sepoys and the Company: Tradition and Transition in Northern India 1770-1830 Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1995. Athar Ali M., The Passing of Empire: The Mughal Case. Modern Asian Studies, Bombay, Asia Publishing House, 1966. Suggested Readings Banga I, Agrarian System of the Sikhs: Late Eighteen and Early Nineteenth Centuries, New Delhi, Manohar, 1978. Barnett Richard, North India between Empires: Awadh, The Mughals and the British 1720-1801 Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1980.

Bayly, C. A., The Peasant Armed: The Indian Rebellion of 1857, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986.

Bayly, C. A., Imperial Meridian: The British Empire and the world 1780-1830. London: Longman, 1989. Beaglehole TH, Thomas Munro and the development of the Administrative Policy in Madras 1792-1818 Cambridge: Cambridge Press, 1966. Bhattacharya, Neeladri, The Making of Agrarian Policy in British India 1770-1900, Delhi: Oxford Press, 1992. Boyce D. G. Decolonization and the British Empire 1775-1997, Basingstoke: M acmillan, 1999. Chandavarkar Rajnarayan, Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India, New Delhi: Orient Longman, 1979. Charlesworth, Neil, British Rule and the Indian Economy, 1800-1914, London and Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1982.

Chatterjee Partha, Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse?, London, Zed Books, 1986. Chaudhary Sushil, From Prosperity to Decline: Eighteenth Century Bengal, Delhi, M anohar, 1995. Guha, Ranjit, A Rule of Property for Bengal: An Essay on the Idea of Permanent Settlement, Paris: Mouton & Co,1963. Mukherjee N, The Ryotwari System in Madras 1792-1827 Calcutta: Firma K. L.M, 1962.

HHS 51105 Institutions and State Formations in Ancient India

School of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts

Adamas University

M.A History

Semester One

(Credit 4 Hours 65) Content

This paper aims to describe the formation of states and institutions in ancient India. It takes into account the various agencies and factors that shaped the history of Ancient India.

Learning Outcomes

The paper should educate the students about the institutions that shaped the formation of states in Ancient India.

Unit I: Early and Later Vedic Societies

Aryan debates, Features of Aryan Society and Culture, Reconstruction of Vedic Society, Economic Condit ions, Polit ical Organizations’, Evolut ion of Monarchy, Social Organizat ion and the Varna System, Religion.

Unit II: Pre- Mauryan Era

State Formation and Urbanizat ion, Mahajanapadas and Magadhan Imperialism, Persian and Greek Invasions, Buddhism and Jainism.

Unit III: The Mauryan Empire

Chandragupta and Bindusara, Asoka, Dhamma, Mauryan administ ration, Economy, Society, Kautilya’s Arthasastra

Unit IV: Post Mauryan India

Pandyas, Cholas, Cheras, Polity, Administ rat ion, Society and Economy, Satavahanas, Post Mauryan Polity, Sakas and the Kushanas .

Unit V: The Guptas

Political History of the Guptas, Economic conditions, agriculture, Feudalism, Trade and Commerce, Arts and Architecture.

Unit VI: Post Gupta Period

Harshavardhana, Chalukyas, Pallavas, Pratiharas, Palas, Senas and the Cholas.

Readings A.L Basham, The Wonder that was India, London, 1954. Irfan Habib, A People’s History of India, New Delhi. ---------------- Volume I, Pre-History ---------------- Volume II, The Indus Civilization ---------------- Volume III, The Vedic Age. D.N Jha, Ancient India: An Introduction, New Delhi, 1998. D.D Kosambi, An introduction to the Study of Indian History, Bombay, 1956. R.C Majumdar edited, The History and Culture of Indian People, Volume I-III, Bombay, 1956, 1968, 1970. Shereen Ratnakar, Understanding Harappa, New Delhi, 2001. R.S Sarma, India’s Ancient Past, New Delhi, 2005. Romila Thapar, Early India: From the Origins to 1300 A.D, London, 2002. Sharma, R.S., Perspectives in the Social and Econom ic History of Early India , New Delhi, 1983. 33. Sharma, R.S, Material Cultures and Social Formations in Ancient India, New Delhi, 1983. 34. Sharma, Sharma R.S, Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, New Delhi, 2005 (reprint). 35 Sharma, R.S., Early Medieval Indian Society: A Study in Feudalization , Delhi, 2001. Fussman, G. - Central and provincial administrat ion in Ancient India: T he Problem of the Mauryan Empire, Indian Historical Review, 1987-88, xiv, pp.43-72. Ghosh, A - Cities in Ancient India. Harmatta, J., (ed.) - UNESCO History of Civilizations Kharoshthi Inscriptions of Central Asia, Vol. II. Hultsch, E. - Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol.I, The Inscriptions of Ashoka. Konow, Sten. - Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol. II, Central Publication Branch, Government of India, 1929. Kosambi, D.D. - Introduction to the Study of Indian History, Popular Book Depot, 1956. Levin, G.M. Bongard - Mauryan India, Delhi, 1985. Ray, N.R. - Mauryan and Sunga Art, Calcutta 1945. Ray, N.R. - Mauryan and Post-Mauryan Art, Delhi. Rhys Davids, TW - Buddhist India, Motilal Banarasidas, 1903. Schoff, W. - The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: ravel and Trade in the Indian Ocean by a Merchant of the First Century, Munshiram Monoharlal Publishers, 1995 Thapar, R - Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, 2nd edit ion, Delhi, 1997. Thapar, R.- From Lineage to State: Social formations in the m id-first m illennium B.C. in the Ganga Valley, OUP, 1984 Thapar, R. - The Mauryas Revisited. Thapar, Reprinted in Cultural Pasts, Delhi, 2000. Trautmann, T - Kautilya and Arthasastr, Leiden, 1971. Habib Irfan, Vivekananda Jha - Mauryan Empire, Tulika, 2005. Reena Srivastava - Mining and Metallurgy in Ancient India, 2006. G.P. Singh - Republics, Kingdoms, Towns and Cities in Ancient India, D.K. Print world, 2003. D.N. Jha - Revenue System in Post Maurya & Gupta Times, Calcutta, 1967. R.S. Sharma - Light on Early Indian Society and Economy, Bombay, 1996. D.K. Ganguly - Imperial Guptas and Their Tim es, Abhinav Publicat ions, 1997. Baijnath Sharma - Harsha and His Tim es, Sushma Prakashan, 1970. Sharma R.S. - Indian Feudalism, Macmillan Publishers, reprint 2009.

HHS51107 Medieval India


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester One

Content: The paper intends to give an outline to the students about the history of medieval India. It would give idea about the Islamic rule in India, the reign of the regional powers, the socio-economic, cultural and political developments that took place during the period.

Unit I: Political Developments

Delhi Sultanate

Unit II Medieval Kingdoms

Vijayanagar, Bahamani and M aratha expansion, Administrative developments in the Deccan and amongst the M arathas

Unit III: Administrative Developments

Administration under the Sultanate, Sher Shah’s administration, Mansabdari and Jagirdari systems.

Unit IV: Economic Developments

Agricultural Economy, growth of urban centres, Industries, Trade and Commerce, Bills of Exchange, Banking and Insurance

Unit V: Socio-Religious Movements

Sufi, Bhakti, Vaishnavism, the saints of the medieval period, the Sikh movement, Guru Nanak Dev, Adi Granth and Khalsa

Unit IV S ociety and Culture

Classification of Society, Rural Society, Position of Women, Educational Systems, Literature, Fine Arts and Architecture

Suggested Readings Irfan Habib edited, Medieval India I Researches on the History of India 1200-1750, Oxford University Press. Satish Chandra, Social Change and Development in Medieval Indian History.

HHS51102

History of India (1858-1918)


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester Two

Content

The paper aims to discuss the growth of Indian Nationalism, the historiographies connected with it , agrarian, peasant and tribal uprisings that took place as protests against colonial policies. It t ries to assess the factors responsible for the growth of polit ical consciousness that reached its culminat ion after the establishment of the Indian Nat ional Congress. T he various events and colonial actions that provoked the Indian people are included within the sphere of the study. T he impact of World War I on Indian polit ics and the emergence of Mahatma Gandhi in the National Movement of India is an essential part of the paper.

Learning Outcomes

1) Students should understand the factors and circumstances that led to Indian Nationalism. 2) They should comprehend the growth, course and knowledge about the factors and conditions that led

to the emergence of political consciousness among the Indians. 3) They should learn about the factors that led to the growth of Indian Nat ional Congress, the part ition

of Bengal and the course of Indian nat ional movement thereafter. 4) Students should understand the changing trends of Indian polit ics with the emergence of

revolutionary drift and impact produced by the World War I. 5) They should also appreciate the changes and developments that took place in the national movement

of India after the emergence of Mahatma Gandhi.

Unit I Indian Nationalism

Emergence of Indian Nationalism- historiographies, agrarian, peasant and tribal uprisings, growth of the new middle class.

Unit II Indian National Movement: Establishment of Indian National Congress Beginning of polit ical consciousness, early polit ical organizations, establishment of the Indian National Congress, Moderates and the Extremists. Unit III Partition of Bengal and the S wadeshi Movement. Part it ion of Bengal and its impact, Boycott and Swadeshi, Nat ional Education, labour movements and samit ies, Hindu-Muslim relations. Unit IV Revolutionary Trends In Indian Poli tics

Revolut ionary trends in Indian polit ics: Punjab, Bengal and Maharashtra, Ghadar Party. Unit V World War I and India Home Rule League, Muslim polit ics and the foundat ion of the Muslim League. Unit VI Emergence of Mahatma Gandhi Emergence of Mahatma Gandhi in Indian Polit ics, Khilafat, Non-Cooperation, Gandhi as a popular leader. Core Readings Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar, From Plassey to Partition, Orient Longman, New York, 2004. Bandyopadhyay Sekhar, Nationalist Movement in India: A Reader, OUP, 2009. Bose, Sugata and Jalal, Ayesha , Nationalism, Democracy and Development: State and Politics in India, Oxford University Press, 1997. IshitaBanerjee Dube, A History of Modern India , Cambridge University Press, Delhi, 2015. Chandra, Bipan, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee, K.M Pannikar and Sucheta Mahajan, India’s Struggle for Independence, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 1989. Chandra, Bipan, et . al, India after Independence, Penguin, New Delhi, 2000. Chatterjee, Joya, Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and Partition 1932-1947, Oxford University Press, 1994. Chatterji Joya, The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947–1967 , Cambridge University Press, 2007. Guha Ramachandra, Makers of Modern India, Penguin, 2010. J.B,Kripalini, Gandhi: His Life and Thought, Publications Division Ministry of Informat ion and Broadcast ing, Government of India, New Delhi, 1970. Suggested Readings Brass Paul, The Politics of India Since Independence, Cambridge University Press, 1994. Brown, Judith, Gandhi’s Rise to Power, Cambridge University Press, 1972. Brown, Judith, Gandhi and Civil Disobedience: the Mahatma in Indian Politics 1929-1934, Cambridge, 1977. Brown Judith, Gandhi: The Prisoner of Hope, Yale University Press, 1989. Chandra, Bipan, The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India: Economic Policies of the Indian National Leadership, 1880-1905, New Delhi, 1966. Chatterjee, Joya, Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and Partition 1932-1947, Oxford University Press, 1994. Chakrabarti Hiren, Political Protest in Bengal: Boycott and Terrorism 1905-1918, Papyrus, Kolkata, 1992. Eric Strokes, The Peasant and the Raj; Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India, Cambridge University Press. 1980.

HHS51106 Nationalism and Nation Building in the Developing World


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester Two

Content

The paper intends to provide a picture of European supremacy over East, South East and West Asia and the subse quent developments. It discusses the course of Brit ish control over China and the subsequent developments that took place thereafter. It takes into account the growth of China as a republic, the role played by Sun Yat Sen and Yuan-Shih Kai and the origin of the Kuomintang-Communist conflict. It also includes within its fold the emergence of communism in China. It also traces the course of political modernization in Japan, the M eiji constitution and its character, rise of political parties, social and educational reforms, prelude to M ilitarism, M anchurian crisis leading to World War II and the pearl harbor incident. The paper includes the decolonization and nation building process in South Asian countries like M alaysia, Indonesia and Myanmar. The paper would also incorporate the League of Nations mandates in West Asia, impact of colonial withdrawal in West Asia, rise and transformation of socialist policies in West Asia, and U.S ascendancy in Iran. Learning Outcomes

1) Students should understand the growth of colonialism and imperialism in East , South- East and West Asia.

2) They should be able to comprehend the growth and emergence of nat ionalism in East , South- East and West Asia.

3) They should appreciate the course of polit ical developments in these regions. 4) T he students should process of de-colonialisat ion, nation building in the East, South- East Asian

countries and West Asian countries.

Unit I Colonialism in China The T ribute System, Canton System and their collapse, Opium Wars and treaties with the imperialist powers, Open Door Policy and its impact on China, Taiping rebellion, causes and nature, Boxer Rebellion Late Ching Revolut ion: early industrializat ion. Unit II Nationalism in China Emergence of the Republic: Sun Yat Sen and Yuan-Shih Kai, Warlordism (1916-1925), May Fourth Movement – T he culminat ion of nationalism, Polit ical crisis in the 1920s – the Kuomintang, The first United Front – the Kuomintang-Communist conflict . Unit III Communism in China

The Communist Party under Mao Tse T ung, The Second United Front – Long March – second Sino-Japanese war (1937) – Yenan experiment, The Chinese Revolution and establishment of People’s Republic of China. Unit IV Imperialism in Japan Political modernization – Meiji constitution and its character – rise of political parties, Social and educational reforms, Prelude to Militarism, Washington Conference – international importance, Failure of the League of Nations – M anchurian crisis – the rise of M ilitarism in 1930s and 1940s, World War II and Japan – road to Pearl Harbour. Unit V Decolonization and Nation Building in S outh East Asia Indo-China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia. Unit VI West Asia The League of Nat ions mandates in West Asia, Impact of colonial withdrawal in West Asia, Rise and transformation of socialist policies in West Asia, U.S ascendancy in Iran. Core Readings Fairbank, J.K. edited, The Cambridge History of China Vol X, Cambridge, 1978. Chesneaux, Jean et al, China from Opium War to 1911 Revolution , Sussex, Harverter Press, 1976. Chen, Jerome, Mao Tse Tung and the Chinese Revolution, Cambridge, 1970. Fitzgerald, C.P , Birth of Communist China Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1964 Hsu, C.Y. Immanuel, The Rise of Modern China O.U.P., 1989. Jansen, Y.B, The Cambridge History of Japan, Volumes V and VI, Cambridge, 1988 & 1989. Gordon, Andrew, A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to Present, New York, 2003. Halliday, Jon, A Political History of Japanese Capitalism, New York, Pantheon, 1975. Livingston, John et al, The Japan Reader Vol. – Imperial Japan 1800-1945 ,Pantheon, 1974. Kahin, G.M., Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia, Cornell University Press, New York, 1952. Clyde, P .H. and Beers, B.F, The Far East: A History of Western Impacts and Eastern Responses, 1975. Lasker, B, New Forces in Asia ,1950. Harper, T .N, The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya, Cambridge, Suggested Readings Bianco Lucian, Origins of the Chinese Revolution, 1915-1949, London, OUP, 1971. Chesneaux, Jean et al, China from the 1911 Revolution to Liberation , Delhi, Khosla Publishing, 1986. Chesneaux, Jean et al, Peasant Revolts in China, 1840-1949 London, Thames and Hudson, 1973. Sansom, George, The Western World and Japan, London Crescent Press, 1950. Kayaoglu, Legal Imperialism: Sovereignty and Extra-territoriality in Japan, the Ottoman Em pire and China, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

HHS51104

Peasants Movements in India


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester Two

Content

The paper aims to analyze the growth of peasant movements in India. It attempts to trace the factors and outcomes of these movements. By reviewing the various peasant movements in different parts of the country, an endeavour has been made to trace the growth of polit ical consciousness among the peasant population and the role played by them in Indian polit ics in the colonial and post-colonial period. This is an effort to study history from below.

Learning Outcomes

1) Students should understand the role played by the peasant community in Indian politics prior to Indian independence as well as after Indian independence.

2) They should develop a knowledge base on the factors that led to discontentment among the peasant community those were evident through the peasant uprisings in various parts of India.

3) Students should comprehend the changing nature of the peasant revolts at various periods of time.

4) The changing nature of the peasant revolts should make the students aware of the changes, and shifts in agrarian policies under various ruling regimes.

Unit I Historical Context

Commercialization of Agriculture, decline of indigenous industries, land revenue systems, administrative and judicial systems, deindustrialization debate,

Unit II Agrarian Revolts in the 19 th century

Kol Uprising, Santal Insurrect ion 1855-56, Indigo uprising 1860, Pabna Uprising 1873, Maratha Uprising 1875, agrarian disturbances in 19 th century Bengal.

Unit III Peasant uprisings in the 20th century

Peasant struggles 1905-18, Emergence of Mahatma Gandhi, Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha, , Post War awakening, agrarian movements in Bengal and Bihar 1919-1939, Damodar Canal tax Movement, Tebhaga movement.

Unit IV Peasants and the Indian National Movement

Role of Mahatma Gandhi and subsequent developments, Peasants demanding Swaraj, Peasants and the Civil Disobedience M ovement, growth of political consciousness, formation of kishan sabhas.

Unit V Peasant Resistance in South India

Andhra Unrest , Moplah uprising, Sreerama Raju’s uprising, 1922-24, insurrection in Telangana.

Unit VI Peasant Uprisings in Punjab and North East India.

Kisan movements in Punjab, Kirt i Kissan Party 1929–45, Phulguri uprising, Rangia and Lachima Revolt , Patharughat Uprising, Revolt in the Jayantia Hills, the Nagas, Garos, and Lushais

Core Readings

A.R Desai edited, Peasant Struggles in India, Oxford University Press, 1979. D.N Dhanagare, Peasant Movements in India 1920-1950 , Oxford University Press, 1983. Sugata Bose, The Cambridge History of India: Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital: Rural Bengal Since 1770, Cambridge University Press, 1993. Mridula Mukherjee, Peasants in India’s Non- Violent Revolution: Theory and Practices, Sage Publication, New Delhi, 2004. David Ludden, The New Cam bridge History of India: Peasant History in South India, Princeton University Press, 1985. Debal K SinghaRoy, Peasant Movements in Post-colonial India: Dynam ics of Mobilization and Identity, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2004. Ranajit Guha, Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India, Duke University Press, Durham and London, 1999. Ramesh Chandra Kalita, Agrarian Unrest in India, Ulopi publications, Dispur, 2014. Mahendra Narain Karna, Agrarian structures and Land Reform s in Assam , North Eastern Hill University, Publication, Shillong, 2004. Suggested Readings David Ludden, The New Cambridge History of India Volume IV: An Agrarian History of South Asia Cambridge University Press, 1999. Akhil Gupta, Post-Colonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India, Duke University Press, Durham/ London, 1998.

HHS 51106

Moghul India


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester II

Content:

The Course offers an overview of the main trends and developments in India during the M oghul Period (1526-1757).

Learning Outcomes:

1) A study on the socio-economic and cultural patterns under the Mughal period constitutes an essential segment of the history of M edieval India.

2) An understanding of the above aspects would introduce the learners to the polity and society which took form in the period under study.

Unit I: Political Developments

Downfall of the Delhi Sultanate, Causes and Significance, M ughals, Suris, Akbar to Aurangzeb, later M ughals and Mughal Disintegration

Unit II Medieval Kingdoms

M aratha expansion, Administrative developments in the Deccan and amongst the M arathas

Unit III: Administrative Developments

Administration under the M oghuls, Sher Shah’s administration, Mansabdari and Jagirdari systems.

Unit IV: Economic Developments

Inland Trade, Overseas Trade, Over-land Trade, Trend of India’s Economy during the First Half of the Eighteen Century

Unit V: Fine Arts

M oghul Art and Architecture, Painting, Literature, M usic

Unit IV S ociety and Culture

Classification of the society, rural Society, towns and town life, the ruling classes, the commercial classes.

Essential Reading:

Chandra, Satish, Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526) Part One, Har-Anand Publications, Delhi, 1997.

Chandra, Satish, Medieval India, Part Two, Mughal Empire,( 1526-1748), Har-Anand Publications, Delhi,1999

Satish Chandra, Social Change and Development in Medieval Indian History

Habib, Irfan edited, Medieval India I Researches on the History of India 1200-1750, O xford University Press.

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HHS52103 History of India: (1920-1947)


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester Three

Content

The paper aims to discuss the Gandhian phase of the Indian National M ovement, communal conflicts and growth of communal and regional organizations, and the events and courses that determined the itinerary of Indian politics in the first half of the twentieth century. The paper also tries to incorporate issues to establish changes and transitions that took place after Indian independence.

Learning Outcomes

1) Students should understand the changes and developments that took place with the emergence of Mahatma Gandhi in the scenario of Indian National Movement.

2) They should identify the course of Indian politics in the twentieth century. 3) They should comprehend the transitions in Indian politics after Indian independence.

Unit I Mahatma Gandhi: The Early Phase M ahatma Gandhi, his ideology and formative influences, M ahatma Gandhi and the movements: Champaran , Kheda and Ahmadabad, Rowlatt Act and Satyagraha, Khilafat M ovement and M ahatma Gandhi. Unit II Indian National Movement The nature of the Non- Cooperation M ovement, social composition and the regional nature of the movement, Chauri-Chaura incident and the Swarajists. Unit III New Forces in Indian Politics Communal conflicts, Hindu M ahasabha, Capitalists, Workers and Communists, Depression, Left and revolutionary politics, Unit IV Political changes in Indian politics Simon Commission, Terrorism, Nehru Report, Purna Swaraj, Civil- Disobedience, the Act of 1935. Unit V Course of Indian National Movement Cripps M ission, Quit India, Netaji and Azad Hind Fauj, Election and cabinet Mission, .

Unit VI Partition and Freedom Partition of India, Transfer of power. Core Readings Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar, From Plassey to Partition, Orient Longman, New York, 2004. IshitaBanerjee Dube, A History of Modern India, Cambridge University Press, Delhi, 2015. Chandra, Bipan, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee, K.M Pannikar and Sucheta M ahajan, India’s Struggle for Independence, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 1989. Chandra, Bipan, et. al, India after Independence, Penguin, New Delhi, 2000. Chandra, Bipan, et. al, India after Independence, Penguin, New Delhi, 2000. Chatterjee, Joya, Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and Partition 1932-1947, O xford University Press, 1994. Chatterji Joya, The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947–1967 , Cambridge University Press, 2007. Guha Ramachandra, Makers of Modern India, Penguin, 2010. J.B,Kripalini, Gandhi: His Life and Thought, Publications Division M inistry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, New Delhi, 1970. Sumit Sarkar, M odern India 1885-1947, Macmillan India Limited, 1983. Suggested Readings Brass Paul, The Politics of India Since Independence, Cambridge University Press, 1994. Brown, Judith, Gandhi’s Rise to Power, Cambridge University Press, 1972. Brown, Judith, Gandhi and Civil Disobedience: the Mahatma in Indian Politics 1929-1934, Cambridge, 1977. Brown Judith, Gandhi: The Prisoner of Hope, Yale University Press, 1989. Chandra, Bipan, The Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India: Economic Policies of the Indian National Leadership, 1880-1905, New Delhi, 1966. Chatterjee, Joya, Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and Partition 1932-1947, O xford University Press, 1994. Chakrabarti Hiren, Political Protest in Bengal: Boycott and Terrorism 1905-1918, Papyrus, Kolkata, 1992. Eric Strokes, The Peasant and the Raj; Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India, Cambridge University Press. 1980.

HHS 52105 History of Science


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester Three

The History of Science is an interesting paper that enlightens the students with the scientific developments that took place across time. In this paper an attempt is being made to trace the scientific developments that took place in India from Ancient, Medieval to M odern times.

Unit I: Science in Ancient India

Astronomy, M athematics, M edicine, Chemical Practices

Unit II: S cience in progress

Agriculture, Botany, Zoology, Scientific Concepts

Unit III: S cience in Medieval India

Agriculture, Textile Technology, Military Technology, Ship building

Unit IV: S cientific Developments in the Sultanate and Mughal Period

M etallurgy, Glass technology, Printing Press, M iscellaneous

Unit V: Western Science in India

European Traders and M issionaries in India, Scientific surveys and organizations in India, Science Education in India, Indian Scientists

Unit VI: Technological Developments under the Raj

M ining, Ship Building, Railways, Telegraph, Irrigation.

Selected Readings

D.M Bose, S.M Bose and S.V Subbarayappa edited, A Concise History of Science in India, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, 1971.

David Arnold, The New Cambridge History of India: Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2000. Leonid Zhmud, The Origin of the History of Science in Classical Antiquity, Walter de Gruyter · Berlin · New York, 2006.

HHS52107

Environmental History School of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts

Adamas University

M.A History

Semester III

Unit I: What is Environment?

Component of Environment, living and non-living components, management and conservation of living and non-living resources of environment for sustainable development, Environmental degradation.

Unit II: Conservation in Indian tradition

Conservation: Its tradition in India, the concept of nature in our spiritual traditions, Ethics of environmental awareness and the source of biodiversity conservation in ancient culture and literature of India.

Unit III: Environmental Consciousness in Ancient India Indus valley civilization: planned urbanization, drainage system and watershed management, waste management, worship of different components of nature, concept of prakriti and purush, pre-Vedic and Post-Vedic civilization, Forest and wild life management in Maurya and Gupta period, small scale industries based on natural resources. Unit IV: Environmental Consciousness in Medieval India Environment Policies in Medieval India, ecological development and exploitation under the M ughals. Unit V: Environmental Consciousness in Modern India British economic policy and imperialism, ruin of Indian small scale industries, over exploitation of natural resources, establishment of industries based on Indian natural resources and its impact on environment and ecology.

Unit VI: Environmental Problems in independent India Environmental problems, Environmental movements in India

Suggested Readings

Agrawal, Arun, Environmentality, O xford University Press, 2005

Arnold, David (ed.), Nature, Culture and Imperalism, OUP, 1996

Gadgil,M adhav and Guha, Ramachandra, This Fissured Land, OIP, 1993

Grove, Richard, Ecology, Climate and Empire, OUP, 1998

Guha, Sumit, Environment and Ethnicity in India, Cambridge University Press, 1999

Saberwal, Vasant, and Rangarajan, M ahesh (ed.), Battles over Nature, Permanent Black, 2005.

Sivaramkrishnan, K., Modern Forests: State making and Environmental Change in Colonial Eastern India, Stanford University Press, 1990.

Skaria, Ajay, Hybrid Histories, OUP, 1999.

Vaidyanathan, A., India’s Water Resources, OUP, 2006.

HHS52111 Twentieth Century World


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester III

The course is intended to develop a comprehensive understanding of the nature of the changing political relations among the different nations with the beginning of the First World War. Emphasis is laid on promoting a critical approach to the study of rise of totalitarian ideologies such as Nazism, Fascism, and M ilitarism and also the emergence of anti-colonial movements in Asia and the Communist revolution in China. The course will also delineate the Non-aligned movement and the disintegration of Soviet Union and the emergence of Uni polar system in the world.

Unit I: Beginning of a New Era Beginning of Twentieth Century , First World War, Origins and Nature, Russian Revolution of 1917, Paris Peace Settlement and its significance. Unit II: Peace Organization

League of Nations, its success and failure, Great Depression Emergence of Nazism (Germany) Fascism (Italy) and M ilitarism (Japan).

Unit III: Mid Twentieth Century

Second World War, Origins, Nature and Results, Nationalist Movements in Asia with emphasis on Indonesia, Communist Revolution in China

Unit IV: Post War Era

United Nations, Background, Aims and Purposes

Unit V: Post World War II phase

Cold War, Its ideological and political basis, Non aligned M ovement and the Third World Unit VI: Dissolution of Soviet Union

Disintegration of the Soviet Union and the Unipolar World System. Suggested Readings Roberts, J.M., 1989. Europe: 1880-1945, Longman (second edition). Joll, James, 1990, Europe since 1870 England, Penguin Books. Joll, James, 1984, The Origins of the First World War, London: Longman. Hazen, Charles Downer, 1981. Contemporary Europe since 1870, Delhi: Surjeet. Fay, Sidney Bradshaw, 1958, The Origins of World War, New Delhi: Eurasia (second edition). Dobb, M aurice, Studies in the Development of Capitalism Harbutt, Frazer J., 1986. The Iron Curtain: Churchill, America and the Origin of Cold War, New York: OUP. M agdoff, H.H. Imperialism from the Colonial Age to the Present, Sidney, Pollard. Peaceful Conquest The Industrialization of Europe, 1760-1970 Berghahn, V.B.Germany and the Approach of War in 1919.

HHS 52109

Debates in Indian History School of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts

Adamas University

M.A History

Semester III

Objectives

The course titled ‘Debates in Indian History’ is designed to introduce the student with some of the issues that that have been debated by historians and to introduce some perspectives with reference to Indian History.

Unit I: Decline of the Indus Valley Civilization

Views of Different scholars

Unit II: The Aryan Debate

Original homeland of the Aryans, views of different scholars.

Unit III: S tate formations: Debate

Early M edieval India

Unit IV: Urbanization and Urban Decay

Process of urbanization and Decay

.Unit V: Feudalism Debate

Concept and Feudalism Debate

Unit VI: 18th Century Debate

Decline of the M ughals 18th century as a dark age.

Select Readings:

Alam, M ., and Subramanyam, S. (ed.), The Mughal State, OUP, 2000.

Alavi, Seema, The Eighteenth Century in India, OUP, New Delhi, 2002.

Aloysius, G. Nationalism Without a Nation, Habib, Irfan, Essays in Indian History : Towards a Marxist Perspective, Tulika, New Delhi, 1995.

Hilton, Rodney, etc., The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism.

Gadgil D.R., The Industrial Evolution of India in Recent Times: 1860-1939, OUP, Delhi, Fifth edition, Fifth impression, 1982.

Kosambi, D.D., Culture and Civilization of Ancient India in Historical Outline, Vikas, 1981.

Kosambi, D.D., Myth and Reality Kulke, H. (ed.) The State in India, 1000-1700, OUP, 1998.

M arshall, P.J. (ed.) The Eighteenth Century in India – Evolution or Revolution?, OUP, 2002.

M ukhia, H., Perspectives on Medieval India, Delhi, 1994.

Said, Edward, Orientalism, Penguin, 1978.

Shah, K.K. and M eherjyoti Sangle (ed.), Historiography: Past and Present, Rawat Publishers, Jaipur, 2005.

Sharma, R.S., Aspects of Ancient Indian Political Ideas and Institutions, M anohar, reprint, 1999.

Sharma R. S. Indian Feudalism, Calcutta, 1965.

Sharma, R.S., Urban Decay in India, M unshiram M anoharlal, Delhi.

Thapar, R., Ancient Indian Social History: Some Interpretations, Orient Longman, reprint, 1996.

Thapar, R., Early India, Penguin, 2003.

HHS 52102

India after Independence (1947- 2000)


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester Four

Unit I: Historical Background

C.R Formula, Gandhi- Jinnah Talks, Cabinet M ission Plan, Direct Action Day, Interim Government, Constituent Assembly, M ount Batten Plan and achievement of Freedom, June Third Plan, and Indian Independence Act.

Unit II: Democracy and India’s Foreign Policy

Building a democratic government, challenges and constraints, India’s Non- Aligned Policy, Indo China War 1962, Himalayan Blunder.

Unit III: The making of Indian Constitution

Indian Constitution, Salient Features, Accession of Princely states, linguistic reorganization of the states, integration of tribal areas, regionalism.

Unit IV: Beginning of New Era

Jawaharlal Nehru: Socialism, Domestic and Foreign Policy, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Emergence of political parties.

Unit V: India after 1970s

Indira Gandhi: Domestic and Foreign Policy, Rajiv Gandhi: Domestic and Foreign Policy , Kargil War.

Unit VI: Economic Plans and Industrialization

Indian Economy 1947-2000, Economic Reforms, Five Year Plans, Agrarian Reforms.

Suggested Readings

A.R. Desai, Social background of Indian Nationalism, Popular Prakashan, Bombay, 1976.

Bipan Chandra, Aditya Mukherjee, M ridula M ukherjee, India’s Since Independence, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 2000.

Bipan Chandra, Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India, ORIENT LONGMAN, CALCUTT A, 1979.

Bipan Chandra, Communalism in Modern India. HAR-ANAND PUBLICATIONS PVT LT D, 2008.

Durga Das Basu, Introduction to the Constitution of India , Paperback, 2009.

Granville Austin, The Indian Constitution, Cornerstone of a Nation, Paperback, 1999.

HHS52104

Archives Studies


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester Four

O bjectives:

a. The purpose of the course is to introduce the students to the use of the different varieties of sources (particularly the non-literary) in historical writ ings.

b. The course will deal with the various types of sources used in historical writ ings and their importance to the better understanding of our past.

c. To gain knowledge of how sources such as folklore plays a role in communicating cultural constructs and community expressive behavior.

Course Outcomes:

a. The Students will the interrelations between historical writ ings and the various sources. b. The students will also be able to understand the value of these sources in interpret ing the past on

rat ional basis. c. The students will be able to appreciate how people learn and internalize one’s own culture, and

sometimes even challenge their own culture.

Unit One: Classifying the Sources

Literary and non-literary sources and the oral t radit ions

a. Literary sources: Vedic, Sanskrit , Pali, Prakrit and other literature and foreign accounts. b. Non-literary sources: Paleography, Epigraphy, Numismatics and Archeology c. Oral t radit ions

Unit Two: Study of Epigraphy

a. The decipherment of ancient scripts and the evolution of the epigraphic research in India. b. Analysing inscriptions: role and potent ials of epigraphic evidence in historical reconstruction. c. Reading and interpret ing inscript ions: A close reading any analysis of at least 6 different types of

inscriptions (e.g. Edicts, Prasastis, votive inscriptions, land grants and records of the proceedings of local bodies) belonging to different periods and regions.

Three: Study of Numismatics

a. Survey of Numismatics studies (early 18 th century to the present). b. Methods for using coin for reconstruction of different kinds of histories of early India: economic,

social, polit ical, religious and cultural.

c. Origin and evolution of coins: techniques of manufacturing. d. Surveys of early coins (up to circa 1300 CE).

Four: Folklore and Cultural Studies

a. Introduction to Indian folk culture, cultural landscapes and t ribal and folk. b. Sanskrit izat ion and ‘Palace Paradigm’ c. Culture- ‘High’ and ‘Low’

Five: Studying Art and Architecture

a. Development of art and architecture c.300 BCE to c.1300 CE) b. Formation of ‘regional Styles’ at Mathura, Gandhara, Amravati and Nagarjunikonda and their

dispersals. c. T emples and rock-cut architecture

Six: Archives

a. The archives as an institution of social memory. b. Memory, history and experience. c. The colonial archives d. Law, evidence and the archives

Readings

Epigraphy

Dani, A. H. Indian Epigraphy. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal. (1986/1997)

Mahadevan, Iravatham. Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century AD. (2003)

Pollock, Sheldon. The Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Pre-modern India. New Delhi: Permanent Black.(2007)

Ramesh, K. V. Indian Epigraphy vol. 1. Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan.(1984)

Salomon, Richard. Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the other Indo-Aryan Languages. New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal. (1998)

Sircar, D.C. Indian Epigraphy. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.(1965)

_______ Indian Epigraphical Glossary. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.(1966)

Numismatics

(Note: JNSI stands for The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India)

P.John Casey, Understanding Ancient Coins : An Introduction for Archaeologists and Historians (1986)

Joe Cribb, ed. Money From Cowrie Shells to Credit Cards (1986)

Joe Cribb “ Investigat ing the Introduction of Coinage in India – A Review of Recent Research”, JNSI, Vol.XLV, 1983, pp.80-107

S.K.Chakrabortty, Study of Ancient Indian Numismatics(1931)

Parmeshwari Lal Gupta, Coins (4th ed., 1996)

Parmeshwari Lal Gupta, Coins : The Source of Indian History (1981)

B.N.Mukherjee, The Techniques of Minting Coins in Ancient and Medieval India (1997)

Satya Prakash & Rajendra Singh, Coinage in Ancient India(1968)

Birbal Sahni, Technique of Casting Coins in Ancient India(1945)

J.N.Tiwari & P.L.Gupta : “A Survey of Indian Numismatography”, JNSI, Vol.XXIII, 1961, pp.21-48

A.S.Altekar, Coinage of the Gupta Empire (1957)

A.H.Dani “Punch-marked Coins in Indian Archaeology”, JNSI, Vol.XXII, 1960, pp. 1-12.

Deyell, John S. Living Without Silver: The Monetary History of Early Medieval North India , OUP,Delhi, 1990.

P.L.Gupta and T .R.Hardekar : Ancient Indian Silver Punch-Marked Coins (1985)

Shrimali, Krishna Mohan, ‘Money, Market and Feudalism’ in R. S Sharma and K.M Shrimali, eds., A Comprehensive History of India, Vol.IV, pt .2, Manohar, Delhi, 2008.

Archeology

Gregory Possehl (ed.). 1993. Harappan Civilization: A recent perspective. 2nd revised edit ion. Delhi: Oxford & IBH and the American Institute of Indian Studies.

D.K. Chakrabart i. 2006. The Oxford Companion to Indian Archaeology. New Delhi: Oxford

University Press.

N. Lahiri. 1992. The Archaeology of Indian Trade Routes. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Art and Architecture

Agrawala, Vasudev Sharan, Indian Art (A History of Indian Art from the earliest Times up to the third century AD, (Vol.I), Prithivi Prakashan, Varanasi, 1965.

Banerjea, J.N, The Development of Hindu Iconography, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2002 reprint of 1956.

Brown, Percy, Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu), D.B.T araporewala Sons and Co., Mumbai, 1956 (Reprint)

Chandra, Pramod, ed., Studies in Indian Temple Architecture, American Institute of Indian Studies, Varanasi, 1975.

Coomaraswamy, Ananda K, History of Indian and Indonesian Art, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1972 reprint of 1927.

Dehejia, Vidya, Representing the Body, Kali for Women, Delhi, 1997.

Dehejia, Vidya, Early Buddhist Rock Temples: A Chronological Study, Thames and Hudson, London, 1972.

Guha-T hakurta, Tapat i, Monuments, Objects, Histories: Institutions of Art in Colonial and Postcolonial India, Permanent Black, Delhi, 2004.

Gupta, S.P. The Roots of India Art: A Detailed Study of the Formative (Mauryan and Later Mauryan) Period of Indian Art, 300 BC – 200 BC, B.R.Publishing Corp., New Delhi, 1980.

Folklore and Cultural Studies

Handoo, J. ‘The Palace Paradigm and Historical Discourse’ in Folklore as Discourse (ed.) M.D.Muthukumaraswamy. National Folklore Support Centre: Chennai. 2006

Archives

Bernard Cohn, An Anthropologist among Historians and other Essays. Oxford University Press, 2010

Ranajit Guha, The Small Voice of History. Permanent Black, 2010

Caroline Steedman, Dust : The Archive and Cultural History Manchester University Press, Jan 2002

John Seyller, “The Inspect ion and Valuation of Manuscripts in the Imperial Mughal Library”, Artibus Asiae, Vol. 57, No. 3/4 (1997), pp. 243-349

B.N. Goswami, “The Records kept by Priests at Centers of Pilgrimage as a Source of Social and Economic History”. Indian Economic and Social Historical Review Vol. III No. 2, pp. 174-84

HHS 52106

Maritime History of India (800-1800A.D)


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester Four

Objectives This course is designed to introduce the student to the rich maritime tradition of India. It aims to help the student to better understand India’s place in the networks of the Asian – oceanic world. It also aims to make the students aware of the research potential in certain specific areas of Indian history.

Unit I: Defining Maritime History

Historiography of maritime studies

Unit II: India’s early maritime connections

India’s early maritime connections with Rome, Southeast Asia and China

Unit III: Maritime history of Ancient India

Cholas and the, Chola Naval expeditions, diplomacy and the sea – the Chola connections with Srivijaya and China

Unit IV: Trade and trade routes in Maritime history

West coast of India and Africa, West coast of India and Persian Gulf, East coast of India and Southeast Asia

Unit V: Control over Ocean

Chola, Zamorin, Europeans (Portuguese, Dutch, English), M arathas, M artanda Varma

Unit VI: Technology of the Maritime World

M aps, Portolans and pilots, Sea technology and ship building

Selected Readings

Arasaratnam, S., Merchants, Companies and Commerce on the Coromandel Coast, 1650-1750, OUP 1986

Arasaratnam, S., Maritime India in the Seventeenth Century, OUP, 1994

Chaudhuri, K.N., Trade and Civilization in the Indian Ocean: An Economic History from the Rise of Islam to 1750, Cambridge University Press, 1985

Curtin, P., Cross-Cultural trade in World History, Cambridge University Press, 1984

Das Gupta, A., Malabar in Asian Trade 1740-1800, Cambridge University Press, 1967

Das Gupta, A., and Pearson, M .N., India and the Indian Ocean, 1500-1800, OUP 1987

M ukherjee, Rila (ed)., Oceans Connect, Primus Books, 2012

Richards, D.S. (ed.), Islam and the Trade of Asia, Pennsylvania, 1971

Subrahmanyam, S., Improvising Empire: Portuguese Trade and Settlement in the Bay of Bengal,

1500-1700, OUP, 1990.

HHS52108

World after World War II


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester Four

Objectives

The course is formulated to acquaint the student with the post-World War II scenario and to enable them to understand contemporary world from historical perspective.

Unit I: Cold War: Origin and Nature , Issues

Berlin Crisis (1948), Korean War, Cuban Crisis, M ilitary Alliances: NATO, CENTO, SEATO, ANZUS, Warsaw Pact

Unit II: Non-Aligned movement

History and evolution of the Non Alignment M ovement.

Unit III: Issues in West Asia

Oil Politics, Arab-Israel conflicts, Palestine issue, Suez Crisis, Kuwait – Iraq War and its Impact

Unit IV: Developments in South-East Asia

Vietnam War

Unit V: Towards a Uni-polar World

Reunification of Germany, Disintegration of the USSR and its consequences

Unit VI: Globalization and its Impact

European Union, BRIC

Selected Readings

Buzan Barry and Richard Little, International Systems in World History, OUP, 2000.

Cornwall R.D., World History in 20th Century, Longman, London, 1976. Halle, Cold War a History. Knapp Wilfred , A History of War and Peace, Oxford , 1967.

Langsam W.C., The World Since 1919.

Nanda B.R. (ed.), Indian Foreign Policy, Nehru Era.

HHS 52110

History of US A


Adamas University

M.A History

Semester Four

Content

The paper intends to provide an outline on the emergence of United States of America as a world power. It deals with the various movements that took place in U.S.A and its role during World War I, II and during the Cold War. The effects produced by these wars on U.S.A are included within the fold of the study.

Learning Outcomes

3) Students should understand the process that led to the emergence of United States of America as a world power.

4) The students should be informed about the movements that shaped the political scenario of United States of America.

5) The role and impact produced by the World War I, II and Cold War on U.S.A should facilitate the understanding of the students on the processes that led to the emergence of U.S.A as a world power.

Unit I: American Revolution: Causes of Conflict—socio economic conditions in the colonial period, War of Independence- its results, nature and significance. Unit II: Constitution and Democracy: M aking of the Constitution, Issues and Debates. Unit III: Changes and Development: Post- 1865 Developments, the USA and Reconstruction, Growth of Capitalism and Big Business. Unit IV: U.S . A. at the turn of the20th century Progressive M ovement (1900- 1919), Emergence of the U. S. A. as a World Power (1900-1919), The Great Depression. Unit V: S truggle for Justice

Civil Rights M ovement, Art and Literature, Liberation Movement, Society and Culture, American Industry Workers Unions, Immigration and Ethnicity . Unit VI: World Wars and America First World War and the Fourteen Points, Second World War and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Development of Science and Technology. Core Readings Bernard Bailyn and others, The Great Republic, A History of the American People, 2 Vols, 2nd Edition (Lexington, D. C. Health and Company 1981), Indian Edition in one volume by Oxford and I. B. H. Publishing Company, New Delhi 1982. Burman Ronald, America in the Sixties, An Intellectual History, T he Free Press, New York, 1968. Calton Bruce, The Civil War, American Heritage, New York, 1971, 1960. Dulles J.Foster, The United States since 1865, T he University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1968. Franklin John H., From Slavery to Freedom, A History of Negro Americans, Random House, New York, 1969. Freidel Frank B. (ed), The New Deal and the American people, Prentice Hall, New York, 1964. Freidel Frank B., America in the Twentieth Century, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976. Goldman R. F, The Crucial Decade and After; Am erica 1945-1960 , Vintage, New York, 1960. Graebner Norman A. (ed), Cold War Diplomacy 1945-1960. Suggested Readings Greenleaf William (ed), American Economic Development Since 1860 , Columbia, S. C., University of South Carolina Press , 1968. Harlow Ralph Vaney, The United States Wilderness to World Power, Third Edit ion revised by Nelson Blake, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1959. Harry Williams, T ., A History of the United States, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1969. Health John F, John F. Kennedy and the Business Community, 1969. HolboPaul and Sellen Robert W , The Eisenhower Era – The Age of Consensus, The Dryden Pres, Illinois, 1974.

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