SCHEME FOR CBCS IN B.A.

PROGRAM IN HISTORY (GENERAL)

COURSES NAME OF THE FULL

YEAR SEMESTER CREDIT
OFFERED COURSE/PAPER MARKS
DSC: 1 HISTORY OF INDIA
PAPER: I FROM EARLIEST 6 60+15=75
TIMES UP TO 300 C.E.
DSC: 2 (TO BE TAKEN FROM
6 60+15=75
PAPER: I OTHER DISCIPLINE)
LCC-I,
SEMESTER I MIL 6 60+15=75
PAPER-I
ENVIRONMENTAL 40+5+5=
AECC-I 2
SCIENCE 50
20 275
COURSES NAME OF THE FULL
SEMESTER CREDIT
OFFERED COURSE/PAPER MARKS
DSC:1 HISTORY OF INDIA
6 60+15=75
PAPER: I FROM C. 300 TO 1206
DSC :2 (TO BE TAKEN FROM
6 60+15=75
PAPER: I OTHER DISCIPLINE)
1
SEMESTER LCC-II,
ENGLISH 6 60+15=75
II PAPER-I
ENGLISH/MIL
AECC-II 2 40+5+5=50
COMMUNICATIVE
20 275
COURSES NAME OF THE FULL
YEAR SEMESTER CREDIT
OFFERED COURSE/PAPER MARKS
DSC:1 HISTORY OF INDIA
6 60+15=75
PAPER:III C. 1206 TO 1707
DSC:2 (TO BE TAKEN FROM
6 60+15=75
PAPER:III OTHER DISCIPLINE)
LCC-I,
MIL 6 60+15=75
SEMESTER PAPER-II

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 2 III PAPER-I HISTORICAL
TOURISM: THEORY
&PRACTICE OR
SEC-1, Paper-I PAPER-II MUSEUMS 2 40+5+5=50
&ARCHIVES IN
INDIA

20 275
COURSES NAME OF THE FULL
SEMESTER CREDIT
OFFERED COURSE/PAPER MARKS
DSC:1 HISTORY OF INDIA
6 60+15=75
PAPER:IV C. 1707 TO 1950
DSC:2 (TO BE TAKEN FROM
6 60+15=75
PAPER:IV OTHER DISCIPLINE)
LCC-II,
ENGLISH 6 60+15=75
PAPER-II
PAPER-III INDIAN
SEMESTER
HISTORY &
IV
SEC-1, Paper- CULTURE OR
2 40+5+5=50
II PAPER-IV AN
INTRODUCTION TO
ARCHAEOLOGY
20 275
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YEAR SEMESTER CREDIT
OFFERED COURSE/PAPER MARKS
PAPER-I SOME
ASPECTS OF
EUROPEAN HISTORY
DSE-I,
: C.1780 TO 1945 OR 6 60+15=75
PAPER-I
PAPER-III HISTORY
3 OF NORTH BENGAL –
SEMESTER
I
V
DSE-2, (TO BE TAKEN FROM 6 60+15=75

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PAPER-1: HISTORY
OF INDIA FROM PRE
GE-PAPER-I HISTORY TO 1206 OR 6 60+15=75
PAPER-II: HISTORY
OF INDIA 1206- 1757
PAPER-V
DOCUMENTATION
&VISUAL CULTURE
SEC-2,
OR 2 60+15=75
PAPER -I
PAPER-VI ORALITY
AND ORAL CULTURE
IN INDIA
20 275
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SEMESTER CREDIT
OFFERED COURSE/PAPER MARKS
PAPER-II SOME
ASPECTS OF
SOCIETY AND
ECONOMY OF
MODERN EUROPE
DSE-I, 15H TO 18TH
6 60+15=75
PAPER-II CENTURY
. OR
PAPER-IV
HISTORY OF
SEMESTER NORTH BENGAL -
VI II
(TO BE TAKEN
DSE-2,
FROM OTHER 6 60+15=75
PAPER-II
DISCIPLINE)
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 PAPER-III:
HISTORY OF
INDIA 1757- 1964
GE-PAPER- OR
6 60+15=75
II PAPER-IV: ISSUES
IN
CONTEMPORARY
WORLD
PAPER:VII
UNDERSTANDING
POPULAR
SEC-2,
CULTURE OR 2 40+5+5=50
PAPER -II
PAPER-VIII
UNDERSTANDING
HERITAGE
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 DETAILED SYLLABUS:

CORE COURSES: 4
PAPER-1: HISTORY OF INDIA FROM EARLIEST TIMES UP TO 300 CE.

Sources & Interpretation

A broad survey of Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Cultures.
Harappan Civilization ;Origin, Extent, dominant features &decline,
Chalcolithic age.
The Vedic Period: Polity, Society, Economy and Religion, Iron age with reference
to PGW &Megaliths.
Territorial States and the rise of Magadha, Conditions for the rise of Mahajanpadas
and the Causes of Magadha’s success.
Iranian and Macedonian Invasions, Alexander’s Invasion and impact.
Jainism and Buddhism: Causes, Doctrines, Spread, Decline and Contributions.
The Satvahanas Phase: Aspects of Political History, Material Culture,
Administration, Religion.
Emergence and Growth of Mauryan Empire; State, Administration, Economy,
Ashoka’s Dhamma, Art &Architecture
The Satvahana Phase: Aspects of Political History, Material Culture, and
Administration & Religion.
The Sangam Age: Sangam Literature, The three Early Kingdoms, Society & the
Tamil language.
The age of Shakas: Parthians & Kushanas, Aspects of Polity, Society, Religion,
Arts &Crafts, Coins, Commerce and Towns.

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REFERENCES:
Agrawal, D.P., The Archaeology of India.
Basham, A.L.,The Wonder That was India.
Chakrabarti, D.K., Archaeology of Ancient Indian Cities.
Jaiswal, Suvira Caste: Origin, Function and Dimensions.
Subramanian, N. Sangam Polity.
Thapar, Romila, History of Early India.
Allchin, F.R. and B., Origins of a Civilization: The Prehistory and Early
Archaeology of South Asia.
Basham, A.L., The Wonder That was India.
Jha, D.N., Ancient India in Historical Outline (1998 edn.).
Kosambi, D.D., Culture and Civilization of Ancient India.
Ray, H.P., Monastery and Guild India in Historical Outline.
Sastri, K.A.N. A History of South India.
R.S Sharma, India’s Ancient Past.
Ray, Niharranjan Maurya and Post Maurya Art.
Sharma, R.S., Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India (1991
edn.).
Thapar, Romila, Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas (1997 edn.).
Yazdani, G., Early History of Deccan Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in
Ancient India (1991 edn.).
Thapar, Romila, Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas (1997 edn.).
Yazdani, G., Early History of Deccan.

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PAPER-2: HISTORY OF INDIA FROM. C.300TO1206

I. The Rise & Growth of the Guptas: Administration, Society, Economy, Religion,
Art, Literature, and Science &Technology.
II. Harsha & His Times: Harsha’s Kingdom, Administration, Buddhism &
Nalanda.
III. South India: Polity, Society, and Economy & Culture.
IV. Towards the Early Medieval: Changes in Society, Polity Economy and Culture
with reference to the Pallavas, Chalukayas and Vardhanas..
V. Evolution of Political structures of Rashtakutas, Pala &Pratiharas.
VI. Emergence of Rajput States in Northern India: Polity, Economy &Society.
VII. Arabs in Sindh: Polity, Religion and Society.
VIII. Struggle for power in Northern India &establishment of Sultanate.

REFERENCES:
R. S. Sharma: Indian Feudalism. -India’s Ancient Past.
B. D. Chattopadhaya: Making of Early Medieval India.
Derryl N. Maclean: Religion and Society in Arab Sindh.
K. M. Ashraf: Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan.
M. Habib and K.A. Nizami: A Comprehensive History of India Vol.V.
Tapan Ray Chaudhary and Irfan Habib (ed.): The Cambridge Economic History of
India, Vol.I.
Peter Jackson: Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History.
Tara Chand: Influence of Islam on Indian Culture.
Satish Chandra: A History of Medieval India, 2 Volumes.
Percy Brown : Islamic Architecture.

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PAPER -3: HISTORY OF INDIA FROM 1206 TO1707

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

system.
II. Miltary, administrative &economic reforms under the Khiljis andthe Tughlaqs.
III. Bhakti and Sufi Movements.
IV. Provincialkingdoms: Mewar, Bengal, Vijaynagara &Bahamanis.
V. Second Afghan State.
VI. Emergence and consolidation of Mughal State, C.16th century to mid 17th
century.
VII. Akbar to Aurangzeb: administrative structure-Mansab&Jagirs, State
and Religion, Socio-Religious Movements.
VIII. Economy, Society and Culture under the Mughals.
IX. Emergence of Maratha Power.

REFERENCES:
Irfan Habib: The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707.
Irfan Habib (ed.): Madhya Kaleen Bharat, (in Hindi), 8 Volumes.
M. Athar Ali: Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb.
Shireen Moosvi: The Economy of the Mughal Empire.
S.A.A.Rizvi: Muslim Revivalist Movements in Northern India during 16th and
17th Centuries.
R.P. Tripathi: The Rise and Fall of the Mughal Empire, 2 vol.
I. H. Siddiqui: Some Aspects of Afghan Despotism.
Kesvan Veluthat: Political Structure of Early Medieval South India.
P.J. Marshall: The Eighteenth Century in Indian History.
Stewart Gordon: The Marathas 1600-1818.
Percy Brown : Islamic Architecture.

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PAPER-4: HISTORY OF INDIA: 1707-1950.

I. Interpreting the 18th Century.

II. Emergence of Independent States &establishment of Colonial power.
III. Expansion &consolidation of Colonial Power up to 1857.
IV. Uprising of 1857: Causes, Nature and Aftermath.
V. Colonial economy: Agriculture, Trade & Industry.
VI. Socio-Religious Movements in the 19th century.
VII. Emergence and Growth of Nationalism with focus on Gandhian nationalism.
VIII. Communalism: Genesis, Growth and partition of India.
IX. Advent of freedom: Constituent Assembly, establishment of Republic.

REFERENCES:
Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal: Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political
Economy, New Delhi, 1998.
Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, From Plassey to Partition.
Barbara D. Metcalf and T.R. Metcalf, A Concise History of India, Cambridge,
2002.
C.A. Bayly: An Illustrated History of Modern India 1600 - 1947, London 1990.
Sumit Sarkar, Modern India 1885 in 1947, Mamillan, 1983.
Mushirul Hasan, John Company to the Republic: A story of Modern India.
R.P. Dutt, India Today.
Thomas Metcalf, Ideologies of the Raj.
R. Jeffery and J Masseloss, From Rebellion to the Republic.
Bipan Chandra, Nationalism and Colonialism.
Urvashi Butalia, The Other side of Silence.
Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy 1947- 1977.
Parul Brass, The Politics of India since Independence.
Lloyd and Susan Rudolph, In Pursuit of Laxmi: the Political Economy of the
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Indian State, Chicago, 1987.
Bipan Chandra, Aditya Mukherjee, India after Independence, Viking, 1999.
Gail Omvedt, Dalits and Democratic Revolution.
Ramachandra Guha, The Fissured Land.
K.G. Subramanian, The Living Tradition: Perspectives on Modern Indian Art.
Radha Kumar, A History of Doing.

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE (DSE): ANY TWO

PAPER 1

SOME ASPECTS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY: C. 1780 -1945

I. Some Aspects of European History: C.1780-1939 I.

II. The French Revolution: Genesis Nature & Consequences, Napoleonic Era and
aftermath.
III. Revolutions of 1830 & 1848.
IV. Unification of Italy and Germany.
V. Social and economic Changes.
VI. Imperialist Conflicts: World War I.
VII. Rise of Fascism and Nazism.
VIII. Origin of World War II.

REFERENCES:
E.J. Hobsbawn: The Age of Revolution.
Lynn Hunt: Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution.
Andrew Porter: European Imperialism, 18760 -1914 (1994).
E.J. Hobsbawm: The Age of Extremes, 1914 - 1991, New York:Vintage, 1996.
Carter V. Findley and John Rothey, Twentieth-Century World,. Boston: Houghton-
Mifflin, 5th ed. 2003.

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PAPER – 2
SOCIETY &ECONOMY OF MODERN EUROPE: 15TH – 18 CENTURY

I. Historiographical Trends.
II. Feudal Crisis: Main strands.
III. Renaissance: Origin, Spread &Dominant Features.
IV. European Reformation: Genesis, nature & Impact.

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

the African slaves.
VI. Economic developments of the sixteenth century; Shift of economic balance
from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.
VII. Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism: Industrial Revolution in England

REFERENCES:
P S Gupta, AadhunikPaschimKa Uday, Delhi.
J H Plumb, The Pelican Book of the Renaissance, Penguin, 1982.
G. R. Elton, Reformation Europe 1517, 1559, Wiley, 1999.
Ralph Davis, The Rise of the Atlantic Economies, New York, 1973.
Arvind Sinha, Europe in Transition, Delhi, 2010 (also in Hindi).
Rodney Hilton, The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism, Delhi, 2006.
Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism, Vols. I, II, III, California, 1992.
Butterfield, Herbert, The origins of modern science.Vol. 90507. Free Press, 1997.

PAPER-3: HISTORY OF NORTH BENGAL - I

Rise of Gauda (320-650 A.D.):

North Bengal under the Imperial Guptas, Rise of Gauda -.Sasanka.
Political Disintegration after Sasanka: Kingdom of Gauda.
The Palas: Origin and Early History of the Palas, the Pala Empire, disintegration
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and temporary revival, the End of the Pala Empire, he Senas.
Religion: Religious Thought and Practice – Brahmanical, Jainism and Buddhism.
Iconography: Vaisnava, Saiva, Sakti, Surya, Miscellaneous, Jaina and Buddhist
images.
Architecture and Sculpture: Stupa, Monastic and temple Architecture.
Sculpture: Introduction, Kushana Affiliation, the Gupta Idiom, Paharpur, Pala and
Sena Sculpture.
Society: Ethnological Background, Aryanisation of North Bengal, Socio-Religious
rites, ceremonies and Festivals, General life of the People, Position of Women,
Food and Drink, Dress and Ornaments, Games and Pastimes, Music and Dance,
Conveyances, Luxury and immortality.
Ilyas Shahi Dynasty, Dinajpur Raj: Raja Ganesha, Hindu Kings of Bengal,
Hussain Shahi Dynasty, Gour-Pandua and Adina, The Mughals in north Bengal.
Khen Dyansty, Kamata-Koch Dynasty up to 1773.

SUGGESTED READINGS:
R. C., Majumder (Ed.), The Delhi Sultanate, Bharatiya Bidya Bhavan.
R.C. Majumdar (Ed.), The History of Bengal, Dacca, 1943.
J.N. Sarkar, History of Bengal, Vol. 2.
Ray, Niharranjan, History of the Bengali People (Ancient Period), Tr. By John W.
Hood, Calcutta: Orient Longman, 1994.
Dinesh Chandra Sen, Brihat Banga.
Rakhaldas Bandopadhyay, Bangalar Itihas, 1928
Shanara Hussian, Every Day Life in Pala Empire.
D.C Sicar, Pala Juger Bangshanucharit.
D.C Sicar, Sanskritik Itihaser Prasanga.
Aniruddha Roy, Madhya Juger Bangla (1200-1765), 2012.
Mohammad Mohar Ali, History of the Muslims of Bengal , Vol -1, 1988
Abdul Karim, Banglar Itihas (Sultani Amol), 2007.
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M.A. Rahim, Social and Cultural History of Bengal (1203-1576), Vol. 1.
Md. Akhtaruzzaman, Society and Urbanization in Medieval Bengal, Dhaka, 2009.
Mosharraf Hossain Mahasthan, Anecdote to History, 2006।

Mukhlesur Rahaman, Sculpture in the Varendra Research Museum: A descriptive

Catalogue, Rajshahi, 1998.
Enamul Haque, Bengal Sculptures: Hindu Iconography up to c. 1250 A.D., Dhaka,
1992.
Bijoy Kumar Sarkar, Sun Cult in Prachyadesa: History, Religion and Iconography,
Delhi, 2010.
Rajani Kanta Chakrabarty, Gouder Itihas.
Khan Sahib M. Abid Ali, Memoirs of Gour and Pandua , 1931.
Mukherjee, B.N. & Bhattacharya, P. K., Early Historical Perspective of North
Bengal, Darjeeling: University of North Bengal, 1987.
Choudhury, Kamal (Ed.), Uttar Banger Itihas O Sanskriti (in Bengali), Kolkata,
2011.
Anita Bagchi & Dahlia Bhattacharya, (Edited), Omnibus of North Bengal (Vol- I
& II) Selected Articles.
Ichhimuddin Sarkar, Aitihya o Itihase Uttarbanga, 2002.
Sailen Debnath, An Unexplored History of Eastern India (650-1498), 2015.
D. Nath, History of the Koch Kingdom, C. 1515-1615, 1989.
Khan Choudhury Amanatullah Ahmed, Koch Biharer Itihas.
Swapan Kumar Roy, Prachin Koch Biharer Sampurna Itibritta.
ভাস্কর চট্টাপাধ্যায়,উট্গৌড়বট্ের আতি঵া঴ ঑ ঴ংস্কৃতি, (প্রথম খণ্ড - ২০০৩), (তিিীয় খণ্ড -

২০০৫), প্প্রাট্েত঴ভ পাবত঱লা঴স, ক঱কািা

রুপশ্রী চট্টাপাধ্যায়, প্গৌট্ের ঐতি঵াত঴ক ভূ ট্গা঱ঃ প্রাক্ মধ্যযুগ, ফামসা প্ক. এ঱. এম. ক঱কািা,

১৯৯৯

঄ক্ষয় কুমার মমএ, প্গৌট্ের কথা, ঴াত঵িযট্঱াক, ক঱কািা, ১৩৯০ বোব্

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PAPER-4 HISTORY OF NORTH BENGAL - II

Conquest and expansion of British rule in North Bengal, Famines in North Bengal,
1770
Growth of District towns, Hill stations and process of urbanization.
Expansion of economy: commercialization of agriculture (Tobbacco, Jute and
Rice), plantation economy, trade and commerce, control over the forest resources,
Trade, Transport and Communication.
Land Revenue System of North Bengal.
Demographic changes till the end of colonial rule, Business Community (European
and Indian).
People’s participation in the anti-colonial movement in the districts of North
Bengal, Swadeshi Movement, Quit India Movement.
Peasant movements with special reference to Sannyasi-Fakir, Indigo, Santhal (Jitu
Santhal) and Tebhaga Movement.
Impact of worldwide economic depression in North Bengal.
Caste movements with special emphasis on Rajbanshi Khatriya Movement and
role of Rai Saheb Panchanan Barma.
Education in Colonial North Bengal.
Relation of Princely State of Cooch Behar with the English, Merger of Cooch
Behar after Indian independence.
Freedom Struggle in North Bengal.

SUGGESTED READINGS:
R. C. Majumdar, History of Bengal (Modern Age), 1978.
Subhajyoti Ray, Transformations on the Bengal Frontier, Routledge, London,
2002.

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Ranajit Das Gupta, Economy, Society and Politics in Bengal:Jalpaiguri, 1869-
1947, Oxford, New Delhi, 1992.
Swaraj Basu, Dynamics of a Caste Movement: The Rajbansis of North Bengal,
1910-1947, Monohar, Delhi, 2003.
Sugata Bose, Agrarian Bengal: Economy, Social Structure and Politics 1919-1947,
CUP, 1986.
Manas Dasgupta, Economic History of North Bengal, University of North Bengal,
Siliguri, 2010.
S.C. Ghosal (ed.), A History of Cooch Bihar, Cooch Bihar State Press, 1942.
B.C. Ghosh, The Development of Tea History in The District of Jalpaigiri 1869-
1968, Newmans Printers, Kalkata, 1970.
Charu Chandra Sanyal, The Rajbansis of North Bengal, The Asiatic Society,
Kolkata, 2002.
B. P. Misra, The Sannyasi Rebellion: The Sociology and Economics of a Conflicts
in Sub-Himalayan Bengal, University of North Bengal, 1985.
Sarit Kumar Bhoumik, Tebhaga Movements in Dooars, EPW, Vol- XXI, 1986.
W.W. Hunter, A Statistical Account of Bengal Vol. X, Turner & Co. Landon,
1876.
E.C. Dozey, A Concise History of Darjeeling Since 1835, N.L. Publishers, Siliguri,
2011 (reprint).
Sailen Debnath, Social and Political Tensio, in North Bengal.
Atis Dasgupta, The Fakir and Sannyasi Uprisings, Calcutta 1992.
Ashok, Gangopaghyay, Banglar Cha Shilpo o Sromik Abostha.
Rup Kumar Barman, From Tribalism to State: Reflections on the Emergence of
koch Kingdom.
Kamalesh Goswami, Bidroho o Andolone Uttarbanga.
Malay Sankar Bhattacharya, Nationalist Movement and Freedom Struggle in some
selected areas of North Bengal, Unpublished Thesis, NBU, 1986.

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শ্রী঵তরট্মা঵ন লানযা঱, দারতজত঱ট্ের আতি঵া঴, ঴ম্পাদনা - আছামুদ্দীন ঴রকার, তমএম্, ক঱কািা,
২০০৫।
঴ুস্নাি দা঴, ঄তবভক্ত বাং঱ার কৃ ঳ক ঴ংোম, নক্ষএ, ক঱কািা, ২০১২ ।
অনন্দট্গাপা঱ প্ঘা঳ এবং নী঱াংশু প্লখর দা঴ (঴ম্পাদনা) , ঴নযা঴ী প্থট্ক ত঴পাত঵ তবট্রা঵ঃ প্র঴ে
উত্তরবে, ঴ংট্বদন, মা঱দা, ২০১১ ।
অনন্দট্গাপা঱ প্ঘা঳ ,উত্তরবে নাট্মর ঴ন্ধাট্ন, এন. এ঱. পাবত঱লা঴স, তলত঱গুতড়, ২০০৬।
শ্রী তনমস঱চন্দ্র প্চৌধ্ুরী, রায়কি বংল ঑ িাাঁ঵াট্দর রাট্জযর ঴ংতক্ষপ্ত তববরণ, উত্তরবে আতি঵া঴
পতর঳দ, জ঱পাআগুতড়, ২০০৫ ।
আন্দ্রতজৎ চক্রবিী ঑ ঴ুভাতল঳ গুপ্ত, তদনাজপুর, ১৭৫৭-১৯৪৭, ক঱কািা, ২০১৪।
ধ্নঞ্জয় রায়, তদনাজপুর প্জ঱ার আতি঵া঴, প্ক.তপ. বাগতচ., ক঱কািা, ২০০৬।
ধ্নঞ্জয় রায় (঴ম্পাতদি) , উত্তরবট্ের অতদয়ার তবট্রা঵ ঑ প্িভাগা অট্ন্দা঱ন, বাট্রন্দ্র ঴াত঵িয
পতর঳দ,মা঱দা, ১৯৯৪।
ম঱য় লঙ্কর ভটাচাযস মা঱দ঵ চচসা, বেীয় প্রকালক, মা঱দা, ২০১১।
঴ুতজি প্ঘা঳, ঊতনল ঑ তবল লিট্কর উত্তরবট্ের ঄থসননতিক জীবনধ্ারা ঑ ঄নযানয প্রবন্ধ,
তরো঴স ঴াতভস ঴, ক঱কািা, ২০১৬।
঄তজট্িল ভটাচাযস (঴ম্পাতদি) , মধ্ুপণী, তবট্ল঳ প্কাচতব঵ার প্জ঱া ঴ংখযা, ১৯৯০।
঄তজট্িল ভটাচাযস (঴ম্পাতদি) ,মধ্ুপণী, তবট্ল঳ জ঱পাআগুতড় প্জ঱া ঴ংখযা, ১৯৮৭।
঄তজট্িল ভটাচাযস (঴ম্পাতদি) , মধ্ুপণী, পতিম তদনাজপুর প্জ঱া ঴ংখযা, ১৩৯৯ বো।
঄তজট্িল ভটাচাযস (঴ম্পাতদি) ,মধ্ুপণী, তবট্ল঳ দাতজসত঱ং প্জ঱া ঴ংখযা।
আছামুদ্দীন ঴রকার (঴ম্পাদনা),ঐতিট্঵য ঑ আতি঵াট্঴ উত্তরবে, অ঴াম, ২০০২।
চারুচন্দ্র ঴ানযা঱, জ঱পাআগুতড় প্জ঱া লি-বাত঳সকী স্মারক েন্থ ১৮৬৯-১৯৬৮, জ঱পাআগুতড়,
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SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SEC): ANY FOUR

PAPER 1: HISTORICAL TOURISM: THEORY &PRACTICE

I. Defining Heritage
- Art &Architecture in India: An overview:
-Field Work: Visit to historical sites &Museums.

II. Understanding Built Heritage: -Stupa Architecture

-Temple Architecture
-Indo Persian Architecture, Forts, Palaces, Mosques -Colonial Architecture
-Present day structures
III. Field Work: Visit to site &Conducting of research IV. Modalities of
conducting tourism.

REFERENCES:
Sunil Kumar, The Present in Delhi’s Past, Delhi, Gyan Publishing House, 2002.
Peter Howard, Heritage: Management, Interpretation, Identity, and London,
2003.
V.S Agarwal, Indian Art, Varanasi, Prithvi Prakasahan, 1972.
Percy Brown, Indian Architecture, Bombay, D.B.Taraporevala Sons &Co, 1940.
James Harle, The Art & Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent, Hormonds
worth,
Penguin, 1988.
S.K. Bhowmik, Heritage Management: Care, Understanding &Appreciation of
Cultural Heritage, Jaipur, 2004.

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PAPER 2: MUSEUMS &ARCHIVES IN INDIA

I. DEFINITIONS
II. History of setting up of Museums and Archives: Some case studies.
III. Field Work; Studying of structures & Functions.
IV. Training &Employment .

REFERENCES:
G.Edson & Dean David, Handbook for Museum, London, Routledge, 1986.

John Ridener, From Folders to Post Modernism: A Concise History of Archival

Theory, 2009.

PAPER 3: INDIAN HISTORY &CULTURE

I. Environment; Culture, Tradition &Practices:

-Historical overview.
-Oral &codified information on medicinal Plants.
-Water & Water Bodies.
-Fieldwork.

II. Urbanization &Urbanism:

-Issues of settlements & Landscapes.
-Social differentiations.
-Communication networks.

III. Social inequality &Gender:

-Status within Households: An overview.
-Present context.
-Issues of Violence.
-Employment, distribution of resources.

IV.Cultural Heritage:
-Main components.
-Built Heritage.
-Historical Tourism.

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V. Cultural Forms &Cultural Expressions:
Performing Arts -Fairs &Festivals –Fieldwork.

REFERENCES:
Indu Banga, ed. The City in Indian History: Urban Demography, Society and
Polity, Delhi, Manohar,1991.
Koch E., Mughal Art & Imperial Ideology.
Radha Kumar, History of Doing: An Illustrated Account of Movements for
Women’s Rights &Feminism in India 1880-1990,Zubaan, 2007.
V.Vasudev, Fairs &Festivals, Incredible India Series, 2007.
V.Singh, The Human Footprint on Environment: Issues in India, New Delhi, and
Macmillan, 2012.
B. Parikh, Composite Culture in a multicultural Society, Delhi, NBT, 2007.
N. Mehta, Introduction: Satellite Television, Identity and
Globalization in Contemporary India in N.Mehta, ED, Television in
India, New York, Routledge, 2008.
R.C. Thakran & Sheo Dutt, ed., Bhartiya Upmahaduip ki Sanskritiyan,
University of Delhi.

PAPER 4: AN INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY

I. Definition &Components.
II. Historiographical Trends.
III. Research Methodologies.
IV. Definition of Historical Sites &Explorations V. Field Work and Tools of
Research.
VI. Documentation, Codification, Classification, Analysis of findings and
Publications.

REFERENCES:
John.A. Bintliff, A Companion to Archaeology.
D.R. Chakrabarti, A History of Indian Archaeology: From the Beginning to

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1947,New Delhi, Manohar, 1988.
M. Hall and WS.W. Silliman, Historical Archaeology, USA, Blackwell, 2006.
Mathew Johnson, Archaeological Theory: An Introduction, Blackwell
Publishing,New Edition, 2010.
Published Works by ASI.

PAPER 5: .DOCUMENTATION &VISUAL CULTURE

I. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
II.Visual Culture: Colonial & Post Colonial Contexts.
III. Politics of Documentation.
IV. Methods of Documentation: Photographs, Films, Videos and digital.
V. Fieldwork, Internship and Training.

REFERENCES:
Gayatri Sinha, ed., Art & Visual Culture in India: 1857-2007.
Geeta Kapoor, When was Modernism -Essays on Cultural Practices in India,
Delhi, Tullika Publications,2000 Publications by Sarai, CSDS, Rajpur Road,
Delhi.

PAPER 6: ORALITY AND ORAL CULTURE IN INDIA

I. DEFINING ORALITY
II. History and Historiography of Orality.
III. .Life Histories: Sociological Aspects.
IV. IV. Research Methodologies
V. Documentation: Written &Visual.

REFERENCES:
Humphries: The Handbook of Oral History.

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H. Roberts. Ed. Doing Feminist Research, Routledge &Kegan
Paul,London,1981.
M.F.D., Knowledge & Control, London,1971.
John Miles Foley, Oral Formulaic-Theory: An Introduction &Annotated
Bibliography, New York & London: Garland, 1985.
Veena Das,ed, Mirros of Violence: Communities, Riots & Survivors in South
Asia,Delhi,OUP,1990.
Prasad M. Mahadeva, Ideology of the Hindi Film: A Historical Construction,
Delhi,OUP,1998.
Srirupa Roy, ‘The Post Colonial State &Visual Representations of India” ,
Contributions to Indian Sociology, 2006,36,1&2:233-263.

PAPER -7: UNDERSTANDING POPULAR CULTURE

I. Introduction: Defining elite and popular culture: differences in their forms,

contents and patterns of presentations.
II. Changing traditions of Folk songs, music, literature and dances. Visual
Expressions.
Folk Art, Calendar Art, Photography.
Audio-visual mode of presentation cinema & television.
Expressions of popular culture in dance, drama, films and painting, Performance
and Participations, Theatre, music, folk songs and jatra: Identifying themes,
functionality, anxieties.
III. Fairs, Festivals and Rituals, Disentangling mythological stories, patronage,
regional variations.
IV. Popular Culture in a globalized world
The impact of the internet and audio-visual media on popular culture

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ESSENTIAL READINGS:
W. Dissanayake, and K. M. Gokul Singh, Indian Popular Cinema, Trentham
Book, London, 2004.
John Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, London, 2001.
Patricia Oberoi, Freedom and Destiny: Gender, Family and Popular Culture in
India, Delhi, 2009.
Camera Indica, The Social Life of Indian Photographs, Chicago, 1998.Pankaj
Rag, DhunokeYatri, Rajkamal, New Delhi, 2006.
A.K. Ramanujan, (Hindi) Folktales from India: A Selection of Oral Tales from
Twenty-two Languages (Only Introduction).

V.Ramaswamy, ‘Women and 60 the ‘Domestic’ in Tamil Folk Songs’ in

KumkumSangari and Uma Chakravarti, eds., From Myths to Markets: Essays on
Gender, Shimla, 1999.

LataSingh, (ed.), Theatre in Colonial India: Playhouse of Power, New Delhi,

2009.

Mihir Kamilya Chowdhury, (Bengali) RarherJanajati O lokosanskriti, Burdwan

University, Burdwan, 2006.

Probodh Kumar Bhowmick, Socio-Cultural Profile of Frontier Bengal, Kolkata,

1976.
D.D. Kosambi, Myth and Reality, 1961.

AmalenduMitra, (Bengali)RarherSanskriti O Dharma Rajthakur.

Amiyo Kumar Bandyopadhyay(Bengali), Bankurar Mandir.

Binoy Ghosh, (Bengali)PaschimbanglarSanskriti.

Niharanjan Roy,(Bengali)BangalirItihas.

Sudhir Kumar Karan, (Bengali)Simanta Banglar Lokojan.

Tarapada Santra, (Bengali), PaschimbangerLokoshilpa O ShilpiSamaj.

Debiprasad Chattopadhyay,(Bengali)Lokayata Darshan.

Asutosh Bhattacharya, (Bengali), BanglarLokosruti, 1960.

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PAPER-VIII UNDERSTANDING HERITAGE

This course will enable students to understand the different facets of heritage and
their significance. It highlights the legal and institutional frameworks for
heritage protection in India as also the challenges facing it. The implications of
the rapidly changing interface between heritage and history will also be
examined. The course will be strongly project-based and will require visits to
sites and monuments. At least two Projects will be based on visits to
Museums/Heritage Sites.

I. Defining Heritage
Meaning of ‘antiquity’, ‘archaeological site’, ‘tangible heritage’, 'intangible
heritage' and ‘art treasure’,
II. Evolution of Heritage Legislation and the Institutional Framework:
Conventions and Acts— national and international Heritage-related government
departments, museums, regulatory bodies etc. Conservation Initiatives
III. Challenges facing Tangible and Intangible Heritage
Development, antiquity smuggling, conflict (to be examined through specific
case studies)
IV. Evolution of Heritage Legislation and the Institutional Framework:
Conventions and Acts— national and international Heritage-related government
departments, museums, regulatory bodies etc. Conservation Initiatives
V. Challenges facing Tangible and Intangible Heritage:
Development, antiquity smuggling, conflict (to be examined through specific
case studies)

VI. Heritage and Travel:Viewing Heritage Sites The relationship between

cultural heritage, landscape and travel recent trends

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ESSENTIAL READINGS:
David Lowenthal, Possessed By The Past: The Heritage Crusade and The Spoils of
History, Cambridge, 2010.

Layton, R. P. Stone and J. Thomas. Destruction and Conservation of Cultural

Property. London: Rutledge, 2001.

Lahiri, N. Marshaling the Past - Ancient India and its Modern Histories.Ranikhet:
Permanent Black. 2012, Chapters 4 and 5.

Biswas, Protecting the Cultural Heritage (National Legislations and International

Conventions). New Delhi: INTACH, 1999.

SUGGESTED READINGS:
Acts, Charters and Conventions are available on the UNESCO and ASI websites
(www.unesco.org; www.asi.nic.in)
Agrawal, O.P., Essentials of Conservation and Museology, Delhi, 2006.
Chainani, S. 2007. Heritage and Environment. Mumbai: Urban Design Research
Institute, 2007.

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GE: GENERIC ELECTIVE:

PAPER I
HISTORY OF INDIA (PREHISTORIC TIMES TO 1206 A.D
1. Sources of Early and Early Medieval India: Literary and archaeological.
2. Pre historic India: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Chalcolithic ages; the
Harappan civilization—origins, town planning, trade and craft, religion, decline,
legacy of Harappa.
3. The Vedic Civilization: debate on original homeland; Rig-Vedic and Later-Vedic
periods—society, economy, culture, polity; transition from pastoral to agricultural
society.
4. Transition from Chiefdom to Kingdom: Sixteen Mahajanapadas—monarchical
and non-monarchical polity; emergence of Magadha as an imperial power; Second
Urbanization.
5. Religious Protest Movement: Buddhism, Jainism, Ajivikas and others—their
historical background; Buddha—his principles; social base and nature of
Buddhism; comparison with Jainism.
6. The Mauryas: from Chandragupta to Asoka—a political overview with special
emphasis on Maurya administration; Asoka’s Dhamma; decline of the Mauryan
empire.
7. Post-Maurya Phase: the Satavahanas; foreign intervention in north Indian
politics— Greeks, Sakas, Pallavas. The Kushanas—polity, religion, culture, and
economy. Indo-Roman trade.
8. The Guptas: expansionist policy; administration, economy, society, religion, and
culture; downfall of the Gupta empire.
9. Bengal under the Palas and the Senas: the Palas—rise, relation with the
Rashtrakutas and the Pratiharas; rise and fall of the Senas; an overview of other
local rulers— Harshavardhana, Sasanka; political development in South India with
special reference to the Cholas, Pallavas, and the Chalukyas.
10. Arab Conquest of Sind: Ghaznavid and Ghurid invasion

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SUGGESTED READING:
1. Allchin, Bridget and Raymond, The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan.
2. Basham, A.L., The Wonder that was India.
3. Bhattacharjee, Sukumari, Women and Society in Ancient India.
4. Chakrabarty, Ranabir, Exploring Early India upto A.D. 1300.
5. Chakrabarty, Ranabir, Trade in Early India.
6. Chandra, S, History of Medieval India.
7. Habib, Irfan (General Editor), A Peoples. (a) Vol. I – Pre History. (b) Vol. II –
The Indus Civilization. (c) Vol. III -- The Vedic Age. (d) Vol. IV – The Mauryas.
8. Jha, D.N., Ancient India in Historical Outline.
9. Jha, D.N., Ancient India: An Introduction.
10. Kochar,R., The Vedic People.
11. Kosambi, D.D., An Introduction to the Study of Indian History
12. Kulke, H., The State in India (1000-1700).
13. Lahiri, Naianjyot, The Decline and Fall of the Indus Civilization.
14 Ratnagar, Shireen, The End of the Great Harappan Tradition.
15 Raychaudhuri,H.C., Political History of Ancient India.
16. Sastri, K.A., A History of South India from Pre-historic Times to the fall of
Vijaynagar
17. Sharma, R.S., India’s Ancient Past.
18. Sharma, R.S., Advent of the Aryans.
19. Singh, Upinder, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India.
20. Thapar, Romila, From Lineage to State.
21. Thapar, Romila, Early India: From the Origins to A.D. 1300.
22. Thapar, Romila, The Mauryas Revisited.
23. Romila, Thapar, Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas.
24. Trautman, T.R. (ed.), The Aryan Debate

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PAPER II
HISTORY OF INDIA (1206—1757)

1. Sources of Medieval Indian History: different sources; historians and histories.

2. Political History of the Delhi Sultanate: establishment, growth and consolidation
of the Sultanate; nature of the state; the Mongols; nobility and the Ulema; Afghan
despotism— the Sayyids, Lodis, and the Surs.
3. Society and Economy: rural and urban society; land revenue system; Iqta
system; nonagrarian economy, urbanization; market regulations and trade.
4. Regional Political Formations: Bengal under the Ilyas Shahis and the Hussain
Shahis; Vijaynagar and Bahamani kingdoms.
5. Religion and Culture: Sufism and Bhakti movement; literature, art and
architecture.
6. Foundation and Expansion of the Mughal Empire: struggle for empire in North
India; Babur’s invasion; Mughal-Afghan conflict; expansion of the empire from
Akbar to Aurangzeb.
7. Consolidation of the Empire: Akbar’s imperialist agenda—administration,
Mansabdari system, Zabt system; Religion and state—Akbar to Aurangzeb;
evolution of the nobility under the Mughals.
8. Mughal Economy, Society and Culture: rural society and agrarian relations;
crafts and industries; monetary system; inland and oceanic trade; literature;
technology; architecture and painting.
9. Disintegration of the Mughal Empire: problems of succession and court politics
in the reign of Aurangzeb; popular revolts within the Mughal empire—the Jats,
Satnamis, Afghans, and the Sikhs; crisis in the Jagirdari system; peasant uprising
and agrarian crisis; debates and interpretations.
10. Political Ascendency of the English East India Company in India.

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SUGGESTED READING:
1. Ahmed, Bashir, Akbar, The Mughal Emperor.
2. Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar, From Plassey to Partition.
3. Chandra, S., History of Medieval India.
4. Habib, Irfan and Nizami, K.A., A Comprehensive History of India. vol. V.
5. Habib, Irfan, Medieval India: The Study of a Civilization.
6. Habib, Irfan, Economic History of Medieval India: A Survey.
7. Habib, Irfan, The Agrarian System of Mughal India.
8. Habibullah, A.B.M., The Foundation Of Muslim Rule in India.
9. Halim, Abdul, The Lodi Dynasty.
10. Hasan A. Mahdi, The Tughlaq Dynasty.
11. Hasan, S. Nurul, Thoughts on Agrarian Relations in Mughal India.
12. Jackson, Peter, The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History.
13. Kulke , H. (ed.), The State in India(1000-1700).
14. Kumar, Sunil, The Emergence of the Sultanate of Delhi.
15. Marshal, P.J., East Indian Fortunes, The British in Bengal in 18th Century.
16. Majudar, R.C. (ed.), History and Culture of the Indian People.
17. Rizvi, S.A.A., A History of Sufism in India.
18. Raychaudhuri, T.K and Habib, I. (ed.), The Cambridge Economic History of
India.
19. Stein, Burton, Vijayanagara.
20. Alam, Muzaffar and Subhramanyan, Sanjoy (eds.), The Mughal State.
21. Ali, M. Athar, Mughal India, Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society and Culture.
22. Ali,M. Athar, The Mughal Nobility under Aurangazeb.
23. Chandra, Satish, A History of Medieval India.
24. Richards, J.F., The Mughal Empire.
25. Tripathi, R.P., The Rise and fall of Mughal India.
26. Tripathi, R.P., Some Aspects of Muslim Administration.

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PAPER III
HISTORY OF INDIA (1757—1964)
1. British Ascendency in Bengal: Siraj-ud-daula and the battle of Plassey; battle of
Buxar; grant of Diwani; Dual system of government.
2. Expansion of British Power: Subsidiary Alliance; Doctrine of Lapse; British
relations with Mysore, the Marathas, and the Sikhs.
3. Colonial Economy: land revenue settlements; Drain of Wealth; de-
industrialization.
4. Early Resistance to British Rule: Wahabi movement; Santhal rebellion; the
Revolt of 1857.
5. Social Reforms and National Consciousness: Western education; Raja
Rammohan Roy; Vidyasagar; Prarthana Samaj; Arya Samaj; Aligarh movement;
political associations; the birth of Indian National Congress.
6. Pre-Gandhian Politics: Moderate Congress; Extremism; Swadeshi movement;
revolutionary movement in Bengal and in Punjab; peasant and working class
movements.
7. Gandhian Movement: rise of Gandhi; Khilafat movement; Non-Cooperation;
Civil Disobedience; Quit India movement; women in Gandhian movement.
8. Second World War and Indian Politics: Cripps Mission; Cabinet Mission; S.C.
Bose and INA; RIN; Mountbatten Plan; communal politics and Partition.
9. Independent India: Indian Constitution; economic planning; development of
parliamentary democracy; movement for social justice.
10. Indian Foreign Policy: Non-alignment; Indo-China relation; Indo-Pak relation

SUGGESTED READING:
1. Bandyopadhyay Sekhar, From Plassey to Partition.
2. Sarkar Sumit, Modern India .
3. Chandra Bipan , India’s Struggle for Independence/ India after Independence.
4. Desai A.R., Social Background of Indian Nationalism.
5. Datta K.K., Social History of Modern India.
6. Mukherji H.N., India’s Struggle for Freedom.

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7. Chatterji Jaya, Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and partition.
8. Tripathy Amalesh, Swadinata Sangrame Bharater Jatiyo Congress.
9. Wolpert Stanly, A New History of India.
10. Chattopadhyay Pranab Kumar, Adhunik Bharat.
11. Chattopadhyay Mrinal Kanti, Jyatiyotabadi Jinnah : Chintar Kromobibartan.
12. Mallik Samar, Adhunik Bharater Rupantar : Raj Theke Swar.

PAPER-IV
ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD:

1.Colonialism and Nationalism: a Synoptic view; Social Transformation after the

Second World War; United Nations and UNESCO; NAM, Cold War: the character
of Communist States
2. Perspectives on Development and Underdevelopment: Globalization--a long
view
3. Social Movements in the North and the South: Ecological, Feminist, Human
Rights issues
4. Modernity and Cultural Transformation: Emerging trends in Culture, Media and
Consumption
ESSENTIAL READINGS:
E.J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes, 1914 – 1991, New York: Vintage, 1996
Carter V. Findley and John Rothay, Twentieth-Century World, Boston: Houghton-
Mifflin, 5th ed. 2003Norman Lowe, Mastering
Modern World History, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1997

SUGGESTED READINGS:
Mark Mazower, The Balkans: A Short History [especially chap. 4], New York:
Modern Library, 2000: paperback, 2002
Basil Davidson, Modern Africa: A Social and Political History,3d edn. London /
New Jersey: Addison – Wesley, 1995
I, RigobertaMenchu, An India Woman in Guatemala [Memoir of
1992 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, London: Verso.1987 {Hindi translation available}
Jonathan Spence, The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution,
1895 – 1980, Penguin, 1982

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