COOCH BEHAR PANCHANAN BARMA UNIVERSITY

Syllabus for B. A. Honours in History

(6 Semesters Pattern)
(With effect from 2017-2018 academic Sessions and onwards)

B.A. Honours in History

There will be six semesters in the three- year B.A Honours in History. The Curriculum consists of 14
Core Courses (C), 2 Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC), 2 Skill Enhancement Courses
(SEC) and 4 Discipline Specific Elective (DSE) Courses and 4 Generic Elective (GE) courses [to be
taken from the pool of Generic Elective courses]. Each course is of 50 marks. L stands for Lecture
Hour, T for Tutorial Hour and P for Practical Hour.

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B.A. HONOURS IN HISTORY: 1 SEMESTER

Course Course Title Course (L-T-P) Credit Marks

Code type
History of India up to C-1 5-1-0 06 50
650A.D.(Pre- History to
Mahajanapadas)
History of India A.D. 650- C-2 5-1-0 06 50
1526( Up to 1206 A.D.)
Making of Contemporary GE-1/(for 5-1-0 06 50
India other
stream)
Environmental Studies AECC-1 4-0-0 04 50

SEMESTER TOTAL CREDIT 22 200

CORE COURSE -1: HISTORY OF INDIA UP to 650 A.D. (Pre-history to Mahajanapadas)

Unit 1: Reconstructing Ancient Indian history.

a. Geographical background; physiographic’; major routes of communication and
environment.
b. Sources and tools of historical reconstruction; literature; archaeology; epigraphy
 and numismatics.
c. Historical interpretations with special reference to gender, technology,
environment and religion.
Unit 2 : Pre-historic Age.
a. Paleolithic culture-sequence and geographical distribution; topographic and
climatic changes; evolution and uses of stone industries and other technological
developments.
b. Mesolithic culture-regional and chronological distribution; new developments
in technology and economy; rock art.
c. food production-concept of the Neolithic; understanding the complexities of its
beginnings.
Unit 3: Proto-historic Age.
a. Growth of Chalcolithic cultures and its distribution.
b. the Harappan civilization-origin, distribution, major sites (Mahenjodaro, Harappa,
Kalibangan, Lothal, Dholavira, Rupar); agrarian base; craft production and trade; social and
political organization; religious beliefs and practices; art and architecture; the problem of urban
decline and the post-Harappan cultures.
c. Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultures in non-Harappan India.
Unit 4: Vedic Civilisation.
a. The Aryans; The Aryan problem; original homeland; spread of the Aryans and Vedic
literature; epics-Ramayana and Mahabharata.
b. Society, economy, polity, religion and military techniques of the Aryans.
c. Varna system and position of women; Iron Age.
Unit 5: Religion and Philosophy.
a. Material and ideological background.
b. Jainism, Buddhism, Ajivikas and other systems.
c. Settlements and urbanization.
Unit 6 : Mahajanapadas to Magadhan Empire.
a. Sixteen Mahajanapadas and its location; polity.
b. growth of Magadhan Empire; Its dynasties.
c. Social Structure; trade and commerce and economy.
CORE COURSE-2 : HISTORY OF INDIA A.D. 650-A.D. 1526 (Up to 1206 A.D.)

Unit 1: Reconstructing of Early Medieval Indian History.

a. Historical sources and their interpretation- literature, epigraphy and numismatics.
b. Polity- the political conditions of India and Northern India; Early Arab contact with India;
Arab conquest and its impact; Hindu resistance to the Muslims and its failure.
c. Political developments; nature of the regional politics with special reference to the
Pratiharas, Palas, Senas, Rastrakutas, Cholas, Pallavas and other contemporary dynasties.
d. Early Turkish invasions; sultan Mahmud and Muhammad Ghuri; nature and impact.
Unit 2: Economy and Society.
a. Land grants and agrarian expansion; changes in land tenure; peasants; intermediaries and
landed magnates; their regional variations.
b. Indian feudalism and debates.
c. Social Stratification: class, varna, jati, untouchability, gender, marriage and slavery.

Unit 3: Trade and Commerce.

a. Urban centre; trade and trade networks; internal trade; maritime trade.
b. Forms of exchange; coinage and currencies.
c. Guilds and industries.
Unit 4: Culture
a. Literature-rise and growth of regional languages.
b. Schools of Indian Philosophy; Bhakti; Tantrism; Puranic traditions; Buddhism and Jainism;
popular religious cults.
c. Science and technology.
Unit 5: Art and Architecture.
a. Art and architecture.
b. Painting; sculpture; arts and crafts.
c. Evolution of regional styles.
ESSENTIAL READINGS
1. Agarwal,D.P.,The Archaeology of India, Select Book Services Syndicate, Delhi, 1984.
2. Agarwala, V.S.,Inidian Art, Vol-1,Prithivi Prakashan,Varanasi, 1972.
3. All Chin,F.R.,The Rise of Civilisation in Indian and Pakistan, Select Book Services Syndicate,
Delhi, 1983.
4. Basham,A.L.,The Wonder That Was India Rupa, Mumbai,1971.
5. Bhattacharya, N.N., Ancient Indian Rituals and Their Social Contents, Manohar,Delhi, 1996.
6. Chakraborty,D.K. The Archaeology of Ancient Indian Cities, OUP, Delhi, 1997.
…….The Oxford Companion to Indian Archaeology, New Delhi, 2006.
7.Chakraborty, Uma, The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism, Munshiram Manoharlal,
Delhi,1996.
8. Chattopadhyay,B.D., A Survey of Historical geography of Ancient India, Manisha, Kolkata,
1984.
9. Chattopadhyay,B.D.,The Making of Early medieval India, OUP, Delhi, 1994.
10. Eaton, Richard, The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontiers, OUP, Delhi, 1997.
11. Jha,D.N.,Feudal Social Formation in Early India, Chanakya, Delhi,1988.
12. Jha,D.N.,Economy and Society in Early India: Issues and Paradigms, Chanakya, Delhi,1988.
13. Koshambi,D.D., An Introduction to the Study of Indian History, popular Prakashan, Mumbai,
1975.
14. Majumdar,R.C.,et.al.,History and Culture of the Indian people,Vols-I,II & III,Mumbai, 1974.
15. Raychoudhury,H.C.,Political History of Ancient India (Rev.ed. with commentary by B.N.
Mukherjee, Delhi, 1996.
16. Sastri,K.A.N.,ed, History of South India, OUP,Delhi, 1966.
17. Sharma, R.S., Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, Matilal
Banarasidas, Delhi, 1991.
……..Indian Feudalism, Macmillan, Delhi, 1981.
………Material Culture and Social Formations in Ancient India, Macmillan, Delhi,
1983.
………. Shudras in Ancient India, Matilal Banarasidas, Delhi, 1980.
……….India’s Ancient Past, OUP, New Delhi, 2007.
………..Looking for the Aryas, Orient Lomgman Publishers, delhi, 1995.
 …………..Urban Decay in India CE 300-CE1000, Munshiram Manoharlal, Delhi,
1980.
18. Thapar,R., Ancient Indian Social History: Some Interpretations, Orient Lomgman Publishers,
delhi, 1984.
…………..Early India From the Beginnings to 1300, London, 2002.
……………Recent Perspectives of Early Indian History, Popular Prakashan, Mumbai,
1995.
19. Nizami,K.A.,and Habib,M.,Comprehensive History of India, vol-V
20. Habib,I.,Economic History pf Medieval India, Tulika, Delhi.
21. Habib,M., Sultan Mashmud.
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Generic Elective(GE) -1 Making of Contemporary India.

Unit 1: Towards Independence and Emergence of the New State:
a. Government of India Act 1935
b. Working of the Government of India Act
c. Negotiations for Independence and Popular Movements; Partition; Riots and
Rehabilitation.
Unit 2: Making of the Republic:
a. The Constituent Assembly and its functions.
b. Drafting of the Constitution and its implement.
c. Integration of Princely States in Indian Union.
Unit 3: Indian Democracy at Work 1950- 1970s:
a. Language, Region, Caste and Religion.
b. separatist movements ; ethnic and linguistic problem and agitation; state re-organization
issues,
c. Electoral Politics and the Changing Party System; Regional Experiences India and the
World.
Unit 4: Economy Society and Culture c 1950-1970s :
a. The Land Question; Planned Economy; Industry and Labour Science and Education
b. The Women’s Question: Movements and Legislation
c. Cultural Trends: Institutions and Ideas, Literature, Media, Arts.
Unit 5: India and the Neighboring Countries :
a. India and third world countries; non-alignment movement and Nehru.
b. Foreign policy; Panchasheel; co-operation and aids.
c. SAARC and India; India and neighboring countries.

ESSENTIAL READINGS
1. Granville Austin, Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, New Edition, OUP, 2011
2. Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy, 1947-2004, New Delhi: Oxford University Press,
2006.
3. Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1994.
4. Ram Chandra Guha, India after Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy,
New Delhi: Picador, 2007
5. Bipan Chandra, et al (ed) India after Independence, New Delhi: Penguin Books, 1999
6. Appadurai, Domestic Roots of India's Foreign Policy 1947-1972. New Delhi: Oxford
University Press, 1979.
7. Rajni Kothari, Politics in India, New Delhi: Orient Longman, 1970.
8. Joya Chatterji, The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947- 67, Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2007.
9. Sunil Khilnani, The Idea of India, Penguin Books, New Delhi, 2004 T 50 Paper-IV: Delhi:
10. Dipesh Chakraborty, From the Colonial to the Postcolonial: India and Pakistan in Transition.
OUP, India, 2007.
11. Bipan Chandra, India Since Independence, Paperback, 2008.
12. D.D.Basu, Introduction To The Constitution Of India , Paperback,2015.
13. B. R. Ambedkar (Author), Arundhati Roy (Illustrator), Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated
Critical Edition, Paperback.Navayana,(2015).
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Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC)-1: Environment Studies

(UGC Syllabus)
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B.A. HONOURS IN HISTORY: 2 SEMESTER

Course Course Title Course type (L-T- Credit Marks

Code P)
History of India up to 650 A.D.(Age C-3 5-1-0 06 50
of Maurya to Post Gupta Period)
History of India A.D.650 to C-4 5-1-0 06 50
1526A.D.( Sultanate Period-1206-
1526)
History of Kamata-Koch kingdom GE-2/(for 5-1-0 06 50
other
stream)
English AECC-2 2-0-0 02 50
SEMESTER TOTAL CREDIT 20 200

Core Course-3: History of India up to 650 A.D.(Age of Maurya to Post Gupta Period
Unit 1: The Mauryan Empire
Empire - its nature and bases; political and cultural relations with special reference to Sri Lanka and
West Asia; Ashoka's dhamma- its nature and propagation; society and economy; art and architecture
are to be studied in detail.
Unit 2: Post-Mauryan developments (c. 200 BC- c. 300 AD)
a. Invasions and their impact: Bactrian Greeks; Scythians; Kushanas.
b. Polity, Economy, Society, Religion and Culture.
i. Polity: Post Mauryan politics with special reference to the Kushanas and Satavahans;
Tamil Chieftaincies - Chera, Chola, Pandya.
ii. Economy: Land grants and agricultural expansion; urban growth; craft production; trade
and trade routes; coinage and currency; Indo-Roman trade.
iii. Society: peasanization of tribes; assimilation of incoming people.
iv. Religion: spread of Jainism and Buddhism: emergence of Mahayana Buddhism;
Vaisnava and Saiva forms of worship.
v. Culture : art and architecture; sculpture; literature;
vi. Sangam Age: Society, language and literature, Megaliths, Tamilagam.
Unit 3: Age of the Guptas
a. State and administrative institutions.
b. Social and economic change with special reference to urban patterns; Agrarian structure;
land grants; coinage and currency system; trade.
c. Cultural developments : art; architecture; sculpture; painting; literature; religion;
Sanskrit theatre
d. Culture Contracts with Central Asia.
e. Maukharis, Vakatakas, Sasanka and later Guptas.
Unit 4: Post-Gupta period
a. Harshavardhana: political system and administrative institutions.
b. Peninsular India: Chalukyas, Pallavas; polity, society and economy. Culture developments
with special reference to art and religion.

Core Course-4: History of India A.D.650 to 1526A.D.( Sultanate Period-1206-1526)

Full Marks-50
Unit 1: Sultanate
i. Historiography and Sources.
ii. Political Structure: 1206-1290, 1290-1450, and 1450-1526.
Ruling elites; central structure and military organization; iqta; territorial changes; Mongol
Threat; relations with rural intermediaries; legitimation of political authority; theories of
Kingship; symbols and rituals of sovereignty; relations with autonomous chieftains; Sufis,
Bhaktas and political authority.
b. Society and economy in north India
i. Environmental context; agricultural production; technology.
ii. Rural society: revenue system.
iii. Urbanization, technology and agricultural production.
iv. Monetization, market regulations; and trade.
c. Religion and Culture:
i. Sufism: doctrines Silsilas; and practices.
ii. Bhakti movements: Nathpanthis; Kabir; Nanak; and the Sant tradition.
iii. Sultanate architecture.
iv. Literature: Persian and indigenous.
Unit 2: Regions
a. Historiographical issues: sources: regional chronicles; bardic narratives; Sufi and Bhakti
texts; and travelogues.
b. Societies and Political Formations: A Regional Perspective:-
i. Bengal: Bengal under the Delhi Sultans -- emergence as an independent Kingdom - the
rule of the Illius Sahi dynasty and the Hussain Sahi dynasty with special reference to
society, economic and culture of the region.
ii. Vijayanagar & Bahamanii.
iii. Warfare and Society.
c. Society and Economy; a regional Perspective:-
i. Vijayanagar.
ii. Vaisnabism in Bengal and its impact on the Bengal society- the nature of the Hindu-
Muslim understanding during the Sultanate period- an assessment. ii.

iii. Trade and urbanization with special reference to South India.

iv. Indian Ocean Trade.
d. Religion, Culture and Regional Identities:-
i. Religious Cults.: Vaishnavite movements in eastern India
ii. Regional art and architectural forms; regional literature. (Eastern India).

Suggested Readings:

HISTORY OF INDIA UP TO MAURYA TO 1526

1. Agarwal, D. P., The Archeology of India (Delhi, Select Book Services Syndicate, 1984)
2. Agarwala, V. S., Indian Art, Vol. - 1 (Varanasi, Prithvi Prakashan, 1972.)
All chin, Bridget and F. Raymond, Origins of a Civilization: The Pre- History and Early
Archaeology of South Asia (Delhi, Oxford and IBH, 1994).
3. ................................, the Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan (Delhi, Select book Service
Syndicate, 1983).
4. All chin, F. R., The Archaeology of Early Historic South Asia, The Emergence of Cities and States
(Cambridge, 1995)
5. Bashan, A. L., The Wonder That was India (Mumbai, Rupa, 1971)
6. Bhattacharya, N. N., Ancient Indian Rituals and their Social Contents, IInd Edition (Delhi,
Manohar,
1996)
7. Chakraborty, D. K., India and Archaeological History Paleolithic Beginnings to Early Historic
Foundations (Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1999). (Now available as an Oxford India Paperback)
8. ------ DO ------ The, Archaeology of Ancient Indian Cities (Delhi, OUP 1. 997)
9. Chakraborty, Uma., The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism (Delhi, Munshiram. Manoharlal,
1996)
10. Champakalakshmi, R., Trade, Ideology and Urbanization: South India 300 B. C. - A.D 1300
(Delhi,
OUP, 1996)
11. Chanana, Dev Raj, Slavery in Ancient India (Delhi, PPH, 1960)
12. Chattopadhyaya, B. D., A Survey of Historical Geography of Ancient India (Kolkata, Manisha,
1984)
13. ------ DO ------ The Making of'Early Medieval India (Delhi, OUP, 1994)
14. ................................, History of Science and Technology in Ancient India (Kolkata, Firma KLM,
1986).
15. Eaton, Richard, The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontiers, 12041760 (Delhi, OUP, 1997)
16. Gupta, P. L., Coins, 41h edn. (Delhi, 1996)
17. Harie, J. C., The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent (Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1987).
18. Hiriyanna, M., Essentials of Indian Philosophy (Delhi, Motilal Banarasidass, 1995)
19. Huntington, S. and John C. Huntington. The Art of India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain (New York,
Weatherhill, 1985)
20. Jha, D. N. (Ed.) Feudal Social. Formation in Early India (Delhi, Chanakya, 1988)
21. ................................, Economy and society in Early India: Issues and Paradigms
22. Karishma, N., South Indian History and Society, (Studies from Inscriptions AD 850 (Delhi OUP,
1993)
23. Kosambi, D. D., An Introduction to the Study of Indian History (Mumbai, Popular Prakashan,
1975)
24. Lal, B. B. & Gupta, S. P. (Ed.), Frontiers of the Indus Valley Civilization (Delhi, Books and
Books,
1984).
25. Ludden, David, Peasant Society in South India (Princeton, 1985)
26. Maity, S. K., Economic Life in Northern India in The Gupta Period, 300 AD - 55 AD (Delhi,
Motilal
Banarsidass, 1970)
27. Majumdar, R. C. et. al. (Eds.), History and Culture of the Indian People, Vols;. 1, 11 & III
(Mumbai,
1974)
28. Mukherjee, B. N., Rise and Fall of the Kushan Empire (Kolkata, Firma KLM, 1988)
29. Nandi, R. N., Social Roots of Religion in Ancient India, (Kolkata, K. B. Baghchi, 1986)
30. Parasher Sen, Aloke (Ed.), Social and. Economic History of the Early Deccan (Delhi, Manohar,
1993)
31. Possehl, G. K. (Ed.), Ancient Cities of the Indus (Delhi, Vikash, 1979)
32. ................................, (Ed.), Harappan Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective Delhi Oxford
and IBH,
1993)
33. Ramaswamy, Vijaya, Walking Naked: Women, Society, Spirituality in South India (Simla, IIAS,
1997)
34. Ratnagar, S., Enquiries into the Political Organization of Harappan Society, (Pune, 1991)
35. Ray, Hiamanshu Prabha, The Winds of change (Delhi, OUP, 1994)
36. Raychaudhuri H. C., Political History of Ancient India (Rev. edn. with commentary by B. N.
Mukherjee) (Delhi, 1996)
37. Raychaudhuri, Tapan and Irfan Habib (Eds.), Cambridge Economic History of hidia,Vol. I c.
1200-c.
1750 (Delhi, S. Chand, 1984)
38. Sahu, B. P. (Ed.), Land System and Rural Society in Early India (Delhi, Manohar, 1997)
39. Sahu, B. P. (Ed.), From Hunters to Breeders (Delhi, Anamika Prakashan, 1988)
40. Sastri, K. A. N. (Ed.), A Comprehensive History of India, Vol. IL with an updated bibliography
(Delhi, PPH, 1987).
41. ................................, (Ed.), A History of South India, edn. 4 (Channai OUP, 1983)
42. Schwartzberg, J., (Ed.), Historical Atlas of South Asia (Chicago, 1978, Oxford, 1992)
43. Sharma, R. S., Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India, (Delhi, Motilal
Banarsidass, 1991).
44. ................................, Indian Feudalism Ed. 2 (Delhi, Macmillan, 1981)
45. ................................, Material Culture and Social Formations in Ancient India (Delhi, Macmillan,
1983)
46. ................................, Perspectives in Social and economic History of Early India ed. 2 (Delhi,
Munshiram ManoharIaL 1995).
47. ................................, Shudras in Ancient India, rev. edn, Il (Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass,1980)
48. ................................, Urban Decay in India c. 300 - 1000 (Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal, 1987)
49. Stein, Burton, Peasant, State and Society in Medieval South India (Delhi OUP, 1980).
50. Thapar, Rokila (Ed.) Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas (Delhi, OUP, 1997)
51. ................................, From Lineage to State: Social Formations in the Mid-First
52. Millennium BC in the Ganga Valley (Delhi, OUP, 1984)
53. ................................, Recent perspectives of Early Indian History (Mumbai, Popular
Prakashan,1995)
54. Thaper, Romila, Ancient Indian Social History - Some Interpretations (Delhi, Orient Longman,
1984).
55. Valuthat, Kesavan, The Political Structure of Early Medieval South India (Delhi, Orient
Longman,
1993).
56. Winternitz, M., History of Indian Literature, 3 Vols. ( Indian reprint) , (Delhi, Motilal
Banarsidass,
1985, 1988,1996)
57. Yadava, B. N. S. Society and Culture of Northern India in the Twelfth Century (Allahabad,
Central
book depot, 1973).
58. Nizami K. A. and M. Habib (Ed.), Comprehensive History of India Vol. V.
59. Prasad Iswari - A Short History of Muslim Rule in India.
60. Habibullah A. B. M. - Foundation of Muslim Rule in India.
61. Habib Mohammed - Sultan Mahmud
62. Habib Irfan - Economic History of Medieval India, Survey (Tulika, Delhi)
63. Roy Chowdhury Tapan, Habib Irfan (Ed.) Cambridge Economic History of India (Vol. I) Orient
Longman.
64. Eaton, Richard - The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier. (De. Eaton, Richards., Essays on
Islam
and Indian History, (Delhi, OUP)
66. lqbal Hussain., Rise and Decline of the Ruhela Chieftains.
67. Jackson, P., The Delhi Sultanate (Cambridge University Press)
68. N. Karashima, Towards a new formation: South Indian Society under Vijayanagar.(Delhi.OUP)
69. Moreland, W. H., Agrarian System of Moslem India (Manohar)
70. Chandra Satish - Histriography Religion and State in Medieval India (Delhi HarAnand)
71. Chandra Satish From Sultanate to Mughals, Part I (Delhi, liar Anand)
72. Stein Burton, New Cambridge History of India: Vijaynagar (Cambridge University Press)
73. Stein Burton, Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India

Generic Elective (GE)-2: History of Kamata Koch Kingdom (from

12th Century to 1773 A.D)
Full Marks-50
Unit-I: Sources of the History of Kamata -Koch Kingdom
Unit II: a. Political Condition of the Teesta- Brahamaputra Valley on the eve of the emergence to
the Kamrupa- Kamata Koch Kingdom
b. Rise and Fall of the Khen Kingdom
Unit-III: a. Advent of the Koches in the Teesta-Brahamaputra Region
b. The Birth of the Koch Kingdom and Territorial expansion under Narayana
c. Internal Dissension and the division of the Kingdom-Empire
d. Muslim Invasions and Koch Resistance
e. The Trade, Commerce and Industrial Cavas
f. Art, Architecture and Literature
Unit-IV: a. Circumstances leading to the Anglo- Koch Treaty and the extinction of the
Independent Koch Kingdom, Beginnings of Subjugation and subordination.
b. Foundation and consolidation of the Company’s rule : conflict and confrontation.
Selected Reading:
1. NN Acharya, the History of Medieval Assam (From 13th to 17th Century)
2. Rupkumar Barman, From Tribalism to State
3. S. N. Bhattacharya, Mughal North East Frontier Policy
4. R.M. Lahiri, The Annexation of Assam
5. Ripunjan Das, Rajvamsavali
6. Munshi Jaynath Ghosh, Rajopakhyan
7. Khan Chaoudhury Amanatullah Khan, Cooch Behaharer Itihas(Bengali) Vol. I
8. K.L. Baroah, Early History and Kamrupa: From Earliest times to the end of the 16th
Century
 9. Harendra Narayan Choudhury, The Cooch Behar State and Its Land Revenue Settlements
10. Arabinda Dey, Bhutan and India:A Study in Frontier Political Relations(1772-1865)
11. Surajit Sinha (ed) ,Tribal Politics and State Systems in pre colonial Eastern and North
Eastern India
12. D. Natth, History of Koch Kingdom(C1515- 1645)
13. Ratna Roy Sanyal, The Raj and the Princely State of Cooch Behar _A Study of Anglo-
Koch Relation from 1772-1839
14. S.K. Chatterjee, Kirat, The Mongolaids: Their Contribution to the History and Culture of
India
15. P. K. Bhattacharya, The Kingdom of Kamata in Historical Perspective
16. S.C. Ghosal, A History of Cooch Behar
17. E.A. Gait, The Koch Kings of Kamrupa
18. B.N. Mukherjee and P.K. Bhattacharya(ed) ,Early Historical Perspective of North Bengal
19. David Field Rennie, Bhutan and the story of the Doars War
20. Arun Bhusan Majumdar, Bhutan : Past and Present
Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC)-2: English (UGC Syllabus)
RD
B.A. HONOURS IN HISTORY: 3 SEMESTER

Course Course Title Course (L-T- Credit Marks

Code type P)
History of India 1526- C-5 5-1-0 06 50
1757A.D.(Historiography ,Sources and
Polity)
History of India 1526-1757A.D. C-6 5-1-0 06 50
( Society, Economy,Culture and
emergence of Regional States)
History of India 1757-1857A.D. Polity C-7 5-1-0 06
and Economy.
Modern History of Bengal (Colonial & GE- 5-1-0 06 50
Post Colonial) 3/(for
other
stream)
Art, Architecture & Culture of India SEC-1 5-1-0 02 50
Sultanate to Mughal Period
 SEMESTER TOTAL CREDIT 26 250

Core Course 05 : History of India 1526-1757A.D.(Historiography ,Sources

and Polity)
I. Sources and Historiography (In the time of the Mughals ):
a) Historiography ; Different approaches
b) An overview of sources including : Abul Fazal , Badauni, Abdul Hamid Lahori, Bernier
c) Biography as Sources : Tuzuk-i-Babari ; Humayunnama; Tuzuk –i- Jahangiri

II. Establishment of Mughal rule:

(a) India on the eve of Babur’s invasion
(b) Fire arms, military technology and warfare
(c) Humayun’s struggle for empire
(d) Sher Shah and his administrative and revenue reforms

III. Consolidation of Mughal rule under Akbar, Zahangir , Shahjahan & Aurangzeb:
(a) Campaigns and conquests;
(b) Evolution of administrative institutions: mansab, jagir, madad-i-maash,
Zaminders;
(c) Formation and evolution of the Mughal ruling class,

IV. Expansion and Integration:

(a) Incorporation of Rajputs and other indigenous groups in Mughal nobility
(b) Policy of North-West frontier, Central Asian policy and the Deccan Policy

V. Patterns of Regional Polity : a) Bengal , b) Maharastra

VI. Decline of the Mughal Empire :

(a) Crisis of the Mughal Empire,
(b) Parties and Politics at the Mughal Court,
(c) Administrative and economic causes of the Mughal decline.

Selected Readings
 Ali, M. Athar‐ i) Mughal India: Studies in Polity, Ideas, society and Culture.

ii) The Mughal Nobility under Aurangzeb.

 Alam, Muzaffar& Subhramanyam,Sanjay (ed.)-The Mughal state.
 Bashir, Ahmed‐ Akbar, the Mughal Emperor.
 Bernier, F.‐ Travels in Mughal India.
 Chandra, Satish- i) A History of Medieval India (part II)

ii) Historiography, Religion and State in Medieval India

iii) Parties and Politics at the Mughal Court 1707-1740.
iv) The 18th century in India: Its economy and the Role of the
Marathas,the Jats and the Sikhs and the Afghans and Supplement
(K.P.Bagchi)
v)Mughal Religious Policies, the Rajputs and the Deccan.
 Habib Irfan(ed.)-i) Medieval India

ii)The Agrarian System of Mughal India(1556-1707).

 Mishra, Satish -Rise of Muslim Power in Gujrat( part I)
 Raychoudhuri T.K. & Habib I. (eds.)-The Cambridge Economic History of India vol.1
 Richards J.F. –The Mughal Empire
 Gordon S.-The Marathas 16oo-1818
 Hasan S. Nurul-Thoughts on Agrarian Relations in Mughal India
 Kulke, H.(ed.)The State in India 1000-1700.
 Alavi,Seema (ed.)-The Eighteenth Century in India
 Alam, Muzaffar& Subhramanyam, sanjay (ed.)-The Mughal state.
 Alam ,Muzaffar-The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North india:Awadh and Punjab-1707-
1748.
 Ali,M.Athar- i) The Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb,
ii)Mughal India: Studies in Polity, Ideas, society and Culture.
 Arasaratnam,S.:Maratime India in the 17th century.
 Barnett,R.B-North India between Empires: Awadh, the Mughals and the British.
 Bandopadhyay, S- From Plassey to Partition
 Bayly,C.A. (i)-Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire;
ii) Rulers,Townsmen &Bazaars, North India in the age of British Expansion
1770-1870.
 Bayly, Susan-Caste, Society and Politics in India from the 18th century to the modern
age.
 Chaudhuri, K.N.-Trade & Civilization: An Economic History from the Rise of Islam to
1750.
 Eaton, R.M.-i)The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier 1204-1760;
ii) The Sufis of Bijapur
 Fukuzawa ,H.-The Medieval Deccan: Peasants, Social systems and States 16th to 18th
centuries.
 Gordon S.-The Marathas 16oo-1818
 Grewal J.S.-The Sikhs of the Punjab
 Habib Irfan- Resistance & Modernization under Haider Ali & Tipu Sultan
 Marshall P.J.i)-East Indian Fortunes: the British in Bengal in the 18th cent.
ii) Bengal the British Bridgehead
iii) (Edited) - The Eighteenth century in Indian history: Evolution or
revolution

 Nizami K.A.-i) Some Aspects of Religion and Politics in India in the 13th century ,
ii) (ed.) Politics and society during the early Medieval Period : The collected
Works of Prof. Md. Habib (2 vols.)
 Sarkar, Sir J.N.-i) History of Aurangzeb 5 vols.;
ii) The Fall of the Mughal Empire (4 vols.)
 Stein, Burton –i)Vijayanagara ii)History of Deccan iii) Eighteenth Century in India:
Another view (Studies in History, No.I, 1989) iv) Peasant, State and society in Medieval
South India (OUP)
 Tripathi R.P.-i) The Rise & Fall of the Mughal Empire ii) Some Aspects of Muslim
Administration
 Wink, Andre- Land and Sovereignty in India: Agrarian society and politics under the
eighteenth century Maratha Swarajya.
 Hj.Bb¡l.B¢m, BJl‰­S­hl pj­u j¤Om A¢iS¡a ­nËZ£, (The Mughal Nobility under
Aurangzeb) ­L
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 ­N±aj iâ, j¤Om k¤­N L«¢o AbÑe£¢a J L«oL ¢h­â¡q, p¤hZ­Ñ lM¡, LmL¡a¡, 1983
 pa£n Q¾c,Ê j¤Om clh¡­l cm J l¡Se£¢a, (Parties and Politics at the Mughal Court
1707- 1740), ­L ¢f, h¡N¢Q Hä ­L¡w, LmL¡a¡, 1978.
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 Clg¡e q¡¢hh, j¤Om p¡jË¡SÉ J a¡l fae: HL¢V pj£r¡, f¢ÕQjh‰ C¢aq¡p pwpc, 2000
 Cpm¡j, ¢pl¡S¥m- h¡wm¡l C¢aq¡p Kf¢e­h¢nL n¡peL¡W¡­j¡ ,Qu¢eL¡, Y¡L¡, 2002
 q£­l¾ceÊ ¡b j­¤ M¡f¡dÉ¡u, i¡lah­oÑl C¢aq¡p (2u Mä) (j¤Om J ¢h¢Ë Vn i¡la), f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ f¤Ù¹L foÑv ,
LmL¡a¡, 1998
 jªZ¡m Qœ²haÑ£, ¢pl¡S-EcÚ-­c±m¡ , f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ f¤Ù¹L foÑv, LmL¡a¡, 1981.
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 ¤ £ - fm¡n£l AS¡e¡ L¡¢qe£, Be¾c f¡h¢mn¡pÑ,LmL¡a¡z
p¤n£m ­Q±dl
Core Course 06 : History of India 1526-1757A.D.
(Society, Economy, Culture and Regional Development)

I. Society in Mughal India‐ structure and growth

Rural society and agrarian relations: i) land ownership and nature of land rights,
ii)zamindars and peasantry; iii) rural tensions
Urban society: i) towns and town life, ii) Urban Social Structure, merchant
communities, artisans, bankers, craftsman and labourers.

II. Rural and Urban Economy

(a) Environmental context, forests and agricultural zones;

(b) Extension of agriculture; agricultural production; crop patterns, agricultural technology;
growth of cash nexus and rural credits
(c) Water resources and water management
(c) Trade routes and patterns of internal commerce; overseas trade;
(d) Markets ; monetory system
(e) Urban economy, industries, organisation of production, imperial karkhanas
III. Political and religious ideals:
(a) Inclusive political ideas: theory and practice
(b) Religious tolerance and sulh-i-kul; Sufi mystical and intellectual interventions
(c) Formation of religious identities, Sikh; Kabirpathis and Dadupanthis

IV. Cultural Developments:

a. Languages and Literatures with special reference to the Bengali Literature.
b. Architectures
c. Visual and Performing arts

Selected Readings:

 Ali, M. Athar‐ i) Mughal India: Studies in Polity, Ideas, society and Culture.
 Alam, Muzaffar& Subhramanyam,Sanjay (ed.)-The Mughal state.
 Bernier, F.‐ Travels in Mughal India.
 Chandra, Satish- i) A History of Medieval India (part II)

ii) Historiography, Religion and State in Medieval India

 iii) Parties and Politics at the Mughal Court 1707-1740.
iv) Mughal Religious Policies, the Rajputs and the Deccan.
 Habib Irfan(ed.)-i) Medieval India
ii)The Agrarian System of Mughal India(1556-1707).
 Raychoudhuri T.K. & Habib I. (eds.)-The Cambridge Economic History of India vol.1
 Hasan S. Nurul-Thoughts on Agrarian Relations in Mughal India
 Alavi,Seema (ed.)-The Eighteenth Century in India
 Alam, Muzaffar& Subhramanyam, sanjay (ed.)-The Mughal state.
 Ali,M.Athar- i) The Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb,
ii)Mughal India: Studies in Polity, Ideas, society and Culture.
 Bayly,C.A. (i)-Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire;
ii) Rulers,Townsmen &Bazaars, North India in the age of British Expansion
1770-1870.
 Bayly, Susan-Caste, Society and Politics in India from the 18th century to the modern
age.
 Chaudhuri, K.N.-Trade & Civilization: An Economic History from the Rise of Islam to
1750.
 Eaton, R.M.-i)The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier 1204-1760;
 Fukuzawa ,H.-The Medieval Deccan: Peasants, Social systems and States 16th to 18th
centuries.
 Rizvi S.A.A.-i) The Wonder that was India (vol.2);
ii) A History of Sufism in India
 Stein, Burton –i) Eighteenth Century in India: Another view (Studies in History, No.I,
1989) ii) Peasant, State and society in Medieval South India (OUP)
 Hj.Bb¡l.B¢m, BJl‰­S­hl pj­u j¤Om A¢iS¡a ­nËZ£, (The Mughal Nobility under
Aurangzeb) ­L
¢f, h¡N¢Q Hä ­L¡w, LmL¡a¡.
 ­nMl h­¾cÉ¡f¡dÉ¡u, Aø¡cn na­Ll j¤Om pwLV J Bd¤¢eL C¢aq¡p ¢Q¿¹¡, p¤hZÑ­lM¡, LmL¡a¡, 1983.
 ­N±aj iâ, j¤Om k¤­N L«¢o AbÑe£¢a J L«oL ¢h­â¡q, p¤hZÑ­lM¡, LmL¡a¡, 1983
 pa£n Q¾c,Ê j¤Om clh¡­l cm J l¡Se£¢a, (Parties and Politics at the Mughal Court
1707- 1740), ­L ¢f, h¡N¢Q Hä ­L¡w, LmL¡a¡, 1978.
 ¢heu i¨oZ ­Q±dl
¤ £ , Kf¢e­h¢nL Bj­m h¡wm¡l L«¢o C¢aq¡p, ­L ¢f, h¡N¢Q Hä ­L¡w, LmL¡a¡
 ¢heu i¨oZ ­Q±dl
¤ £ J AeÉ¡eÉl ¡, h¡wm¡l L«¢o pj¡­Sl NWe, ­L ¢f, h¡N¢Q Hä ­L¡w, LmL¡a¡
 Clg¡e q¡¢hh, jdÉL¡m£e i¡la, M™ 1 - 4 , ­L ¢f, h¡N¢Q Hä ­L¡w, LmL¡a¡
 laÀ¡hm£ Q­–¡f¡dÉ¡u - jO¤ m k¤­Nl clh¡¢l ¢QœLm¡
 Clg¡e q¡¢hh j¤Om i¡l­al L«¢o hÉhÙÛ¡, (The Agrarian System of Mughal India (1556-
1707)), ­L
¢f, h¡N¢Q Hä ­L¡w, LmL¡a¡
 Clg¡e q¡¢hh , jdÉk¤­Nl i¡l­al AbÑ°e¢aL C¢aq¡p, (Economic History of Medieval
India: A Survey),fË­NË¢pi f¡h¢mn¡p,Ñ LmL¡a¡, 2009
  Clg¡e q¡¢hh, i¡l­al C¢aq¡p fËp‰: j¡LÑp£u ­Qae¡l B­m¡­L, (Essays in Indian History:
Towards a Marxist Perception) eÉ¡ne¡m h¤L H­S¢¾p, LmL¡a¡, 1999
 A¢el¦Ü l¡u - jdÉk¤­Nl i¡l­al AbÑ°e¢aL C¢aq¡p, 1200-1757, fË­NË¢pi f¡h¢mn¡pÑ, LmL¡a¡
 A¢el¦Ü l¡u - j¤Om k¤­Nl AbÑ°e¢aL C¢aq¡p, ­L ¢f, h¡N¢Q Hä ­L¡w, LmL¡a¡
 SNc£n e¡l¡uZ plL¡l, j¤Om AbÑe£¢a : pwNWe Hhw L¡kÑœ²j, (Mughal Economy: Organisation
and Working) f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ f¤Ù¹L foÑc, LmL¡a¡, 1991.
 ¢p¢Ÿ¢L- j¤Omk¤­Nl i¨¢jl¡SühÉhÙÛ¡, f¡mÑ f¡h¢mn¡pÑ, LmL¡a¡
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Core Course 07: History of India 1757-1857A.D.

Polity and Economy:

I. Sources and Historiography

II. India in the mid 18th Century; Economy, Polity; Different views and interpretations
III. Ideology of the Company Rule.

IV. Expansion and Consolidation of colonial Power: [a] Mercantilism, foreign trade and
early forms of exactions from Bengal. [b] Dynamics of expansion, with special reference
to Bengal, Mysore, Western India, Awadh, Punjab, and Sindh.

V. Colonial State and Ideology: [a] Arms of the colonial state: army, police, law.
[b] Ideologies of the Raj and racial attitudes.
[c] Orientalism, Utilitarianism, Evangalicalism,

VI. Rural Economy [a] Land revenue systems and forest policy.
[b] Commercialization of agriculture and rural
indebtedness.

[c] Famines.
[d] Pastoral economy and shifting cultivation.
VII. Trade and Industry [a] De industrialization
[b] Trade and fiscal policy
[c] Drain of Wealth
[d] Growth of modern industry – Cotton, Jute, Steel
[e] Introduction of Railways in India and its impact.

VIII. Popular Resistance: (a) Sanyasi and Fakir uprising. (b) Wahabi and Faraji movement (c)
Santhal uprising (1857); (d) Revolt of 1857

Selected Readings:
 C. A. Bayly, Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire, New Cambridge
History of India.
 Bipan Chandra, Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India.
 Suhash Chakravarty, The Raj Syndrome: A Study in Imperial Perceptions, 1989.
 J.S. Grewal, The Sikhs of the Punjab, New Cambridge History of India
 Ranajit Guha, ed., A Subaltern Studies Reader.
 Dharma Kumar and Tapan Raychaudhuri, eds., The Cambridge Economic History of
India, Vol. II.
 P.J. Marshall, Bengal: The British Bridgehead, New Cambridge History of India.
 R.C. Majumdar, ed., History and Culture of Indian People, Vols. IX and X.
 - British Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance.
 Rajat K. Ray, ed., Entrepreneurship and Industry in India, 18001947, Oxford In India
Readings.
 Eric Stokes, English Utilitarians and India.
 David Arnold and Ramchandra Guha, eds, Nature, Culture and Imperialism.
 Amiya Bagchi, Private Investment in India.
 Bipan Chandra, K.N. Panikkar,
 Mridula Mukherjee, Sucheta Mahajan and Aditya Mukherjee, India’s Struggles for
Independence.
 A.R. Desai, Peasant Struggles in India.
 R.P. Dutt, India today.
 M.J. Fisher, ed., Politics of Annexation (Oxford in India Readings).
 Ranajit Guha, Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India (1983).
 P.C. Joshi, Rebellion 1857: A Symposium.
 J.Krishnamurti, Women in Colonial India.
 Dadabhai Naroji, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.
 Banerjee, Sekhar, From Plassey to Partition, Orient Longman.
 Sinha, N.K., (ed.) History of Bengal 1757‐1905.
 Stokes, Eric, Peasants and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in
Colonial India.
 Tomlinson,B.R. The Economy of Modern India
 phÉp¡Q£ i–¡Q¡kÑ, Kf¢e­h¢nL i¡l­al AbÑe£¢a, Be¾c f¡h¢mn¡pÑ, LmL¡a¡.
 ¢heu io¨ Z ­Q±d¤l£, Kf¢e­h¢nL Bj­m h¡wm¡l L«¢o C¢aq¡p
 Al¦Z c¡n…ç pÇf¡¢ca, Ah¢nÒf¡ue ¢haLÑ

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  p¤e£m ­pe, i¡l­a L«¢opÇfLÑ (1793-1947) (Agrarian Relations in
India (1793-1947)), f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ f¤Ù¹L foÑv, fËL¡nL¡m : S¥m¡C 1985.
 q£­l¾cÊe¡b j¤­M¡f¡dÉ¡u, i¡lah­oÑl C¢aq¡p (2u m J ¢hË¢Vn i¡la) f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ f¤Ù¹ L
Mä) (jO¤j¤âZ : e­iðl 1998. foÑv, 4bÑ
 p¤­n¡ie plL¡l, h¡wm¡l ­ly­ep¡p, (Notes on Bengal Renaissance)c£f¡ue, LmL¡a¡
 ­nMl h­¾cÉ¡f¡dÉ¡u, fm¡¢n ­b­L f¢VÑn¡e (From Plassey to Partition,), J¢l­u¾V mwjÉ¡e
 L¡¢¿f¹ pË æ ­pe…ç Bd¤¢eL i¡la (1765-1858)(3u Mä) f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ f¤Ù¹L foÑv, fËL¡nL¡m : ­j
1993.
 pjl L¥j¡l j¢õL , Bd¤¢eL i¡l­al ­csn hRl , LmL¡a¡
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COURSE: Generic Elective (GE)- 3: Modern History of Bengal (Colonial and

Post- Colonial)
I. The making of the colonial expansion in Bengal : Plassey to Dewani

II. Impact of Western Ideas and the new Intelligentsia:

[a] Impact of Western Education and its Response

[b] Renaissance and Reformation.
(i) Raja Rammohan Roy
(ii) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(iii) Dirozeo

III. Political Scenario of Colonial Bengal : Nationalism and National

Movements in Colonial Bengal ; Muslim Politics and question of
Nationalism; Rise of Left Parties ; Caste Identity and Politics –
Namasudra and Rajbanshi ‘Kshatriya’ Identity Movements; Partition
of Bengal (1947)

IV. Bengal after Partition : Migration Problem and rehabilitation Process;

Workers‘ and Peasants‘ Movements – Tebhaga movement and its
impact; Naxalbari Movement.

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 Suggested Readings :

Sushil Chaudhury, From Prosperity to Decline, Eighteenth-Century

Bengal, Delhi, 1995
K. K. Datta, Studies in the History of the Bengal Subah, Vol. I, Calcutta,
1936
P.J. Marshall, East Indian Fortunes: The British in Bengal in the
Eighteenth Century, Oxford, 1976.
JayaChatterjee, Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and Partition 1932‐
1947, O.U.P, 1994,
Ratnalekha Ray, Change in Bengal Agrarian Society, 1760-1850, Delhi,
1979
Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Caste, Politics and the Raj, Bengal 1872-1937,
K.P Bagchi & Company, Calcutta, 1990
Sekhar Bandyopadhyay,Caste, Protest and Identity in Colonial India: The
Namasudras of Bengal, 1972–1947, Richmond Surrey, Curzon Press,
New York, 1997
-Caste, Culture and Hegemony – Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal,
Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2004
Swaraj Basu, Dynamics of a Caste Movement – The Rajbansis of North
Bengal, 1910–1947, Manohar, New Delhi, 2003
C. Palit, Tensions in Bengal Rural Society.
C. Palit, Perspectives on Agrarian Bengal
Dipesh Chakrabarty, Rethinking Working Class History: Bengal 1890-
1940
Ranajit Guha, A Rule of Property for Bengal
Brass, Paul R., The politics of India since Independence, Cambridge
University Press, 1992

Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC)-1: Art, Architecture & Culture of India

( From Delhi Sultanate to Mughal Period)
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to Indian art,from ancient to
contemporary times, in order to understand andappreciate its diversity and its aesthetic
richness. The course willequip students with the abilities to understand art as a
medium ofcultural expression. It will give students direct exposure to Indianart
through visuals, and visits to sites and museums.

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I. Indian Art in Early Medieval Period: Early medieval sculpture: style and
iconography Indian bronzes or metal icons
II. Indian Art and Architecture in the Delhi Sultanate:
a. Architecture,
b.Fine arts,
c.Literature- Sanskrit, Arabic ,Persian and Regional Language,
d.Music
III.Indian art and architecture in the Mughal Period:
a. Architecture
b . Pa i n t i n g: E a r l y Mugh a l P aintin g, N ew Tradition
und e r J ahan gir , Re gion a l Centre s
c. Music and Major Musicians at Mughal Court
d. Literature:- Arabic, Bengali, Persian, Hindi, Sanskrit, Regional

Essential Readings
1. Goswamy, B.N., Essence of Indian Art, Asian Art Museum of SanFrancisco, 1986
2. Huntington, Susan, The Art of Ancient India: Hindu, Buddhist, Jain,Weatherhill,
1985
3. Guha-Thakurta, Tapati, The making of a new modern Indian art:Aesthetics and
nationalism in Bengal, 1850-1920, CambridgeUniversity Press, 1992
4. Mitter, Partha, Indian Art, Oxford History of Art series, OxfordUniversity Press, 2001
Dhar, Parul Pandya, ed., 2011, Indian ArtHistory Changing Perspectives, New Delhi:
D.K.Printworld and National Museum Institute (Introduction).
5. Beach, M.C., The New Cambridge History of India I: 3, Mughal andRajput Painting,
Cambridge University Press, 1992.
6. Ray, Niharranjan, An Approach to Indian Art, Calcutta, 1970
7. Studies in North Indian Languages, London,1938
8. A.Ghani, A History of Persian Language and Literature at the Mughal Court,
Allahabad,1929-30
9. A. Bhattacharya , Bangla Mongal Kabyer Itihas, Calcutta, 1957(BS)
10. Asan San Qaizar, Indian Response to European Culture
11. U.A.Pope, Persian Archiecture,London,1965
12. S.M Dimund, A Handbook of Muhammedan Art, New Yark,1961
13. Percy Brown, Indian Islamic Architecture,Bombay,1964
14. J.Fergussion, History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, Vol.2 London, 1910
15. S. K. Saraswati, Glimpses of Mughal Architecture, Calcutta
16. P. Brown, Indian Painting under the Mughal,1550-1750,Oxford,1924
17. A.M. Chagtai, Paintingduring the Sultanate Period, Lahore,1963

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 18. R.C.Majumdar, (ed) The Delhi Sultanate
19.-------------------(ed) The Mughal Empire,Delhi,1994
20.Satish Chandra, Medieval India,New Delhi, Third Edition,2004

TH
B.A. HONOURS IN HISTORY : 4 SEMESTER

Course Course Title Course (L-T-P) Credit Marks

Code type
History of India-1757-1857A.D (Society, C-8 5-1-0 06 50
Culture and constitutional development)

History of India 1858- 1950A.D. C-9 5-1-0 06 50

( Nationalism and its Historiography,
Revolutionary & Nationalist Movements,
Society, Economy and cultural Development
under the Raj
History of India 1858-1950 C-10 5-1-0 06 50
A.D.(Constitutional Change and response,
Communal Politics and Partition and India -
1947-1950)
Environmental issues in India GE-4 5-1-0 06 50

Research Methodology in History SEC-2 2-0-0 02 50

(Theory & Practice)
SEMESTER TOTAL CREDIT 26 250

CORE COURSE-8: History of India (1757-1857 A.D): Society, Culture and

Constitutional Development.

I. Constitutional Development up to 1857: Regulating Act 1772, Pit’s India Act 1793,
Charter Act 1813, Wood’s Despatch, 1854.
II. Society: Change and Continuity- Caste and class, position of women,
III. Education, Press and its Impact on society and culture: Indigenous education, Western
education, Role of the Missionaries, Anglicists Vs Orientalists.
IV. Religion and culture: Different religions organizations and their activities.
V. Social reform movements: Raja Rammohan Roy, Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, Derozio
VI. Renaissance: Its impact and debates.

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ESSENTIAL READINGS
C. A. Bayly, Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire,New Cambridge
History of India.
Bipan Chandra, Rise and Growth of Economic Nationalism in India.Suhash Chakravarty,
The Raj Syndrome: A Study in ImperialPerceptions, 1989.J.S. Grewal, The Sikhs
of the Punjab, New Cambridge History of India
Ranajit Guha, ed., A Subaltern Studies Reader.
Dharma Kumar and Tapan Raychaudhuri, eds., The CambridgeEconomic History of
India, Vol. II.
P.J. Marshall, Bengal: The British Bridgehead, New CambridgeHistory of India.
R.C. Majumdar, ed., History and Culture of Indian People, Vols. IXand X. British
Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance.
Rajat K. Ray, ed., Entrepreneurship and Industry in India, 1800-1947, Oxford In India
Readings.
Eric Stokes, English Utilitarians and India
Ram Lakhan Shukla, ed., Adhunik Bharat ka Itihas.
David Arnold and Ramchandra Guha, eds, Nature, Culture and Imperialism.
Amiya Bagchi, Private Investment in India.
Bipan Chandra, K.N. Panikkar, Mridula Mukherjee, Sucheta Mahajanand Aditya
Mukherjee, India’s Struggles for Independence.
A.R. Desai, Peasant Struggles in India
.R.P. Dutt, India today.
M.J. Fisher, ed., Politics of Annexation (Oxford in India Readings).Ranajit Guha,
Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in ColonialIndia (1983).
P.C. Joshi, Rebellion 1857: A Symposium.J.Krishnamurti,
Women in Colonial India.
Dadabhai Naroji, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.
phÉp¡Q£ i–¡Q¡kÑ, Kf¢e­h¢nL i¡l­al AbÑe£¢a, Be¾c f¡h¢mn¡pÑ, LmL¡a¡.
¢heu io¨ Z ­Q±d¤l£, Kf¢e­h¢nL Bj­m h¡wm¡l L«¢o
C¢aq¡p Al¦Z c¡n…ç pÇf¡¢ca, Ah¢nÒf¡ue ¢haLÑ
p¤e£m ­pe, i¡l­a L«¢opÇfLÑ (1793-1947) (Agrarian Relations in India (1793-1947)),
f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ f¤Ù¹L foÑv, fËL¡nL¡m : S¥m¡C 1985.

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CORE COURSE-9: History of India(1858-1950 A.D)

I. Cultural changes and Social and Religious Reform Movements:

[a] The advent of printing and its implications
[b] Reform and Revival: Brahmo Samaj, Prarthna Samaj, andRamakrishna and
Vivekananda, Arya Samaj, Wahabi, Deoband,Aligarh and Singh Sabha
Movements.
[c] Debates around gender
[d] Making of religious and linguistic identities
[e] Caste: sanskritising and anti Brahminical trends
II. Nationalism: Trends up to 1919:
[a] Political ideology and organizations, formation of INC
[b] Moderates and extremists.
[c] Swedish movement
[d] Revolutionaries
III. Gandhian nationalism after 1919: Ideas and Movements:
[a] Mahatma Gandhi: his Perspectives and Methods
[b] (i) Impact of the First World War
(ii) Rowlett Satyagraha and Jallianwala Bagh
(iii)Non- Cooperative and Civil Disobedience(iv)Provincial
Autonomy, Quit India and INA
[c] Left Wing Movements
[d] Princely India: States’ People Movements
[e] Nationalism and Culture: literature and art

CORE COURSE-10: History of India(1858-1950 A.D )

I Nationalism and Social Groups: Interfaces:

[a] Landlords, Professionals and Middle Classes

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[b] Peasants,[c] Tribal,[d] Labour, [e] Dalits, [f] Women,[g] Business groups
II Communalism: Ideologies and practices, Muslim League, Hindu MahaSabha, RSS
III Independence and Partition
[a] Negotiations for independence, and partition,[b] Popular movements
[c] Migration problems.
VII. Emergence of a New State:
[a] Making of the Constitution [b]Integration
of princely states

ESSENTIAL READINGS ( History of India 1858-1950)

Judith Brown, Gandhi’s rise to Power, 1915-22.

Paul Brass, The Politics of India Since Independence, OUP, 1990.Bipan Chandra,
Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India, 1979.Bipan Chandra, Rise and Growth of
Economic Nationalism in India.Mohandas K. Gandhi, An Autobiography or The
Story of MyExperiments with Truth.
Ranajit Guha, ed., A Subaltern Studies Reader.Peter Hardy,
Muslims of British India.
Mushirul Hasan, ed., India’s Partition, Oxford in India Readings.D.A. Low, ed.,
Congress and the Raj.
John R. McLane, Indian Nationalism and the Early Congress.
Jawaharlal Nehru, An Autobiography.
Gyanendra Pandey, The Construction of Communalism in colonialnorth India.
Sumit Sarkar, Modern India, 1885-1947. AnilSeal,
Emergence of Indian Nationalism.
Ram Lakhan Shukla (ed.), Adhunik Bharat ka Itihas.
Eleanor Zelliot, From Untouchable to Dalit: Essays on the Ambedkar Movement.
Judith Brown, Gandhi: (et al) A Prisoner of Hope.
Bipan Chandra, Communalism in Modern India, 2nd ed., 1987.
Bipan Chandra, K.N. Panikkar, Mridula Mukherjee, Sucheta Mahajanand Aditya
Mukherjee, India’s, Struggles for Independence.
A.R. Desai, Social Background of Indian Nationalism.A.R. Desai,
Peasant Struggles in India.
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Francine Frankel, India’s Political Economy, 1947-77.
Ranajit Guha, and G.C. Spivak, eds. Select Subaltern Studies.Charles Heimsath,
Indian Nationalism and Hindu Social Reform.F. Hutchins, Illusion of Permanence.
F. Hutchins, Spontaneous Revolution.
V.C. Joshi (ed.), Rammohan Roy and the process of Modernizationin India.
J.Krishnamurti, Women in Colonial India
­nMl h­¾cÉ¡f¡dÉ¡u, fm¡¢n ­b­L f¢VÑn¡e (From Plassey to Partition,), J¢l­u¾V mwjÉ¡e,
¢hf¡e Q¾cÊ Hhw AeÉ¡eÉ, i¡l ­al ü¡d£ea¡ pwNË¡j,( India’s Struggle for Independence.)
­L ¢f, h¡N¢Q Hä ­L¡w, LmL¡a¡
¢hf¡e Q¾cÊ Hhw AeÉ¡eÉ, . i¡lahoÑ : ü¡d£ea¡l f­l,( India after Independence),
Be¾c f¡h¢mn¡pÑ, LmL¡a¡.
H.Bl.­cn¡C, i¡la£u S¡a£ua¡h¡­cl p¡j¡¢SL fVi¨¢j, (Social Background to Indian
Nationalism) ­L
¢f, h¡N¢Q Hä ­L¡w, LmL¡a¡.
p¤¢¤ ja plL¡l, Bd¤¢eL i¡la, (Modern India 1885 to 1947) ­L ¢f, h¡N¢Q Hä ­L¡w, LmL¡a¡
Su¡ QÉ¡V¡S£Ñ , h¡wm¡ i¡N ­q¡m : ¢q¾c¥ p¡ÇfËc¡¢uLa¡ J ­cn-¢hi¡N, 1932-1947,
(Bengal Divided: Hindu Communalism and Partition 1932-1947) Hm Bmj¡
f¡h¢m­Lnep, LmL¡a¡, 2003
lSe£ f¡j cš, B¢SL¡l i¡la (India Today)
p¤­¤ n¡ie plL¡l, h¡wm¡l ­ly­ep¡p, (Notes on Bengal Renaissance )c£f¡ue, LmL¡a¡ .
Aj­mn ¢œf¡W£, i¡l­al j¤¢š²pwNË¡­j Qljf¿Û£ fhÑ, (The Extremist Challenge) Be¾c f¡h¢mn¡pÑ,
LmL¡a¡.
q£­l¾cÊe¡b j¤­M¡f¡dÉ¡u, i¡lah­oÑl C¢aq¡p (2u m J ¢h¢Ë Vn i¡la) f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ f¤ Ù¹L foÑv, 4bÑ j¤âZ
Mä) (jO¤e­iðl 1998. :
e¢Mm p¤¤l, i¡la£u S¡a£ua¡h¡c£ B­¾c¡m­el fVi¨¢j, f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ f¤Ù¹L foÑv, fËL¡nL¡m : S¥m¡C
1989. fËZhL¥j¡l Q­–¡f¡dÉ¡u, Bd¤¢eL i¡la (1858-1920)(1j Mä) f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ f¤Ù¹L foÑv, 4bÑ
pwúlZ : S¥m¡C 1998 fËZhL¥j¡l Q­–¡f¡dÉ¡u, Bd¤¢eL i¡la (1920-1947)(2u Mä) f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ f¤Ù¹L
foÑv, 4bÑ pwúlZ : S¥m¡C 1999. Aj­m¾c ¥­c, h¡P¡m£ h¤¢ÜS£h£ J ¢h¢μRæa¡h¡c - Aj­m¾c ­¥ c, f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ
f¤Ù¹L foÑv, foÑv pwúl­Zl ¢àa£u j¤âZ : S¥m¡C 1991.
L¡¢¿f ¹ Ëpæ ­pe…ç Bd¢¤ eL i¡la (1765-1858)(3u Mä) f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ fÙ¤ ¹ L foÑv, fËL¡nL¡m : ­j
1993.
Aj­mn ¢œf¡W£, ü¡d£ea¡ pwNË¡­j i¡l­al S¡a£u Lw­NËp, Be¾c f¡h¢mn¡p,Ñ LmL¡a¡. Bd¤¢eL i¡la:
¢hf¡e Q¾c,ÊKf¢e­h¢nLa¡h¡c J S¡a£ua¡h¡c, ­L ¢f, h¡N¢Q Hä ­L¡w, LmL¡a¡

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COURSE: GENERIC ELECTIVE (GE)-4: Environmental Issues in India

I. The importance of Environment.

2. Colonialism and developments in the Environment

-New Regimes of land, Forests, Water and Irrigation
-Resistance: Peasants, Tribals and Pastoralists.
3. Environmental Issues in Independent India
-Forests, Dams, Displacement, Pollution, Degradation.
4.Environmental Movements in Independent India
-Forests, Dams, Displacement, Pollution.

Suggested Readings
Mahesh Rangarajan, et al, Environmental Issues in India
Anil Agarwal, et al, The State of India’s Environment, The Second
Citizens’ Report, Delhi, 1985
Madhav Gadgil & Ramchandran Guha, This Fissured Land, AnEcological History of
India, Delhi, OUP,1990
-------Ecology and Equity, the use &abuse of nature incontemporary India,
1995
David Arnold & Ramchandran Guha,eds, Nature,
Culture,Imperiaism,Delhi,OUP,1995
Salim Ali, The Fall of a Sparrow, 1985

COURSE:SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE(SEC)-2: Research

Methodology in History( Theory and Practices)
I [a] Meaning and Nature of History, Time and space
[b] Sources as authority and sources in context: written, oral,visual,
archaeological,Primary and Secondary
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[c] Facts and historical facts; interpretation and meaning
[d] Hypothesis, a n d argumentation
[e] Objectivity, Subjectivity, historical imagination
[f] Narrative and history

II History as interdisciplinary practice: [a] History andArchaeology [b] History

and Anthropology [c] History and Psychology [d] Historyand Literature

III Historians at work:

Representative writings of any two major historians are to be critically evaluated on

the parameters of the research methodologywith an emphasis on the use of the
sources, methodology,arguments and conclusion.
(a) Western Historians: E.H.Carr, Marc Bloch,

(b) Indian Historians: Sir J. N. Sarkar, Ranajit Guha.

Selected Readings:

1. E. H. Carr, What is History, Penguin, 2008 (also in Bengali) MarcBloch, The

Historian’s Craft (Introduction and Chapter I: History,Men and Time), Manchester
UniversityPress, 1992.(also in Hindi)
2. R.G. Collinwood, Idea of History,OUP,1946
3. E. Sreedharan, A Text-book of Historiography 500 BC to AD 2000,Orient Longman,
2004 (also in Hindi) Suggested Readings:
4. Arthur Marwick, New Nature of History: Knowledge, Evidence,Language (Chapter V:
The Historian at work: Forget ‘facts’,Foreground Sources), Lyceum Books Incorporated,
2001.
5. Habib, Irfan. Interpreting Indian History. Northeastern HillUniversity
Publications, Shillong, 1988
6. Arthur Marwick, The Nature of History (Chapter IV: History, Scienceand Social
Science),London: Macmillan, 1989
7. R.C. Majumder, Historiography of Modern India, Asia Pub house, 1967
8. Ranajit Guha(ed.) Subaltern Studies, Vol-1/2/3/4, OUP,1982
9. Aj­mn ¢œf¡W£, C¢aq¡p J I¢aq¡¢pL, f¢ÕQjh‰ l¡SÉ f¤Ù¹L foÑv, LmL¡a¡, 3u pwúlZ: ¢X­pðl 1995

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B.A. HONOURS IN HISTORY: 5 SEMESTER

Course Course Title Course type (L-T- Credit Marks

Code P)
Renaissance and Reformation in C-11 5-1-0 06 50
Europe
Mid Eighteen Century to 1871 C- 12 5-1-0 06 50
Europe
Modern China & Modern Japan DSE-1 5-1-0 06 50
History of North Bengal (Colonial DSE-2 5-1-0 06 50
Period)
SEMESTER TOTAL CREDIT 24 200

Core Course- 11:Renaissance and Reformation in Europe

Unit –I : Renaissance: its social roots, city-states of Italy; spread of humanism in Europe; Art and
Literature
Unit- II : Origins, course and results of the European Reformation in the 16th century
Uinit-III: Economic developments of the sixteenth century: Shift of economic balance from the
Mediterranean to the Atlantic; the Price Revolution, Transition Debate- Feudalism to Capitalism.
Unit-IV: Rise of modern science in relation to European society from the Renaissance to the 17th
century

SELECTED READINGS
Meenaxi Phukan, Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic
History of Early Modern Europe.

J. H. Parry, The Age of Reconnaissance.

J. R. Hale, Renaissance Europe.

R. Hall, From Galileo to Newton.

H. Butterfield, The Origins of Modern Science.

Ralph Davis, The Rise of the Atlantic Economics.

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

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

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

1600.
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Charles A. Nauert, Humanism and the Culture of the Renaissance
(1996).
The New Cambridge Modern History of Europe, Vols. I -VII.

F. Rice, The Foundations of Early Modern Europe.

Core Course -12: Mid 18th Century to 1871 Europe

Unit-I: Mercantilism and European economics; 17th and 18th
Unit-II: Political and economic issues in the American Revolution.
Unit-III: The Industrial Revolution and its Impact.
Unit-IV: The French Revolution and its European repercussions, Intellectual currents, Social
classes and emerging gender relations, Phases of the French Revolution 1789 – 99
Unit-V: Napoleonic consolidation - reform and empire.
Unit-VI: Restoration and Revolution: c. 1815 - 1848:
Unit-VII: Varieties of Nationalism and the Remaking of States in the 19th National identities in
Germany, Italy
SELECTED READINGS
The Cambridge Economic History of Europe. Vol. I - VI.

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

Thomson, David.: Europe Since Napoleon

Meenaxi Phukan, Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic

History of Early Modern Europe.

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

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

Europe.
T.S. Hamerow: Restoration, Revolution and Reaction: Economics and Politics in
Germany [1815 - 1871].
E.J. Hobsbawn: The Age of Revolution.
Lynn Hunt: Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution.
James Joll, Europe Since 1870.
David Landes: Prometheus Unbound.
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George Lefebvre, Coming of the French Revolution.
Peter Mathias, First Industrial Revolution.

Aston. T. S.: The Industrial Revolution(1760-1830), 1948.

Toynbee, Arnold.: The Industrial Revolution in England,1884.

H. Mukhia Ed. French Studies in History, Vol. I (1989).

Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)-1: Modern China & Modern Japan

China
Unit-I: Pre-modern Social Structure of China and the Canton commercial system.
Unit-II:The transformation of China into an informal colony; the Opium Wars; the Unequal
Treaties; the Open Door policy.
Unit-III: Agrarian and Popular Movements: Taiping and Boxer Movement
Attempts at Self-Strengthening (Tzu-chiang): Reforms of 1860- 95; 1898
Unit-IV: The Revolution of 1911:; Sun Yat-sen and his contribution; the formation of the
Republic; Yuan Shih Kai; Warlordism.
Unit-V: May Fourth Movement of 1919: Nature and significance Formation of CCP; and the
Kuomintang (National Party of KMT)
Unit-VI: The Communist Movement (1938-1949) and the rise of Mao Tse Tung
Japan
Unit-I: Meiji Restoration : Its nature and Significance
Unit-II:Meiji Constitution
Unit-III: Japanese Imperialism and Second World War

SELECTED READINGS

George Allen, A Short Economic History of Japan.

Jean Chesneaux, et al, China from Opium War to 1911 Revolution.
Jean Chesneaux, et al, China from the 1911 Revolution to Liberation.
Tan Chung, Triton and Dragon: Studies on the Nineteenth Century China and Imperialisms.
John K. Fairbank, et al., and East Asia: Modern Transformation
Y. Immanuel Hsu, The Rise of Modern China.
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Chalmers A Johnson, Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power:
The Emergence of Red China, 1937 - 1945.
Nathaniel Peffer, The Far East: A Modern History.

George M. Beckmann, Modernization of China and Japan.

George M. Beckmann, The Making of the Meiji Constitution.
Lucien Bianco, Origins of the Chinese Revolution, 1915 -1949.
Jean Chesneaux, Peasant Revolts in China, 1840 û 1949.
Tan Chung, China and the Brave New World: A Study of the Origins
of the Opium War, 1840 û 42.
Wolfgang Franke, A Century of Chinese Revolution.
John W. Hall, Japan From Prehistory to Modern Times.
History of Modern China Series: The Opium War, The Taiping
Revolution, The Reform Movement (1898).

G. Beasley, The Modern History of Japan.

Mikiso Hane, Modern Japan: A Historical Survey.

Norman, Japan’s Emergence as a Modern

State. Nathaniel Peffer, The Far East: A
Modern History. Kenneth B. Pyle, The
Making of Modern Japan.

Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)-- 2 :History of North Bengal (Colonial

Period)
1. Pre-colonial North Bengal; North Bengal and Sub-Himalayan
Region-adjoining areas; Ethno Socio-Religious confluence.
2. Colonial penetration; Colonial administration; Re-organisation of North Bengal.
3. History of the Cooch Behar Raj since 1772: Cultural Response and Reaction.
4. Introduction of colonial Economy: Land Revenue Settlement; Plantation Economy;
Forestry; Commercialization of Agriculture
5. : Saga of National Movement and North Bengal
6. Protest Movement: Peasant movement; Plantation worker movement
7. Social Movement with special reference to Rai Saheb Panchanan Barma

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B.A. HONOURS IN HISTORY: 6 SEMESTER

Course Course Title Course type (L-T-P) Credit Marks

Code
Europe from 1871 to 1919 A.D. C-13 5-1-0 06 50
Europe from 1919 up to Cold War C-14 5-1--0 06 50
Contemporary World DSE - 3 5-1-0 06 50
History of North Bengal (Post- DSE-4 06 50
Colonial Period)
SEMESTER TOTAL CREDIT 24 200

GRAND TOTAL CREDIT 142 1300

CORE COURSE-13: Europe from 1871 to 1919 A.D.

Unit-I: Early socialist thought; Marxian Socialism
Unit-II: Revolutions of 1905; the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
Unit-III: Theories and mechanisms of imperialism; growth of Militarism; Power blocks and
alliances: expansion of European empires – War of 1914 – 1918,
Unit-IV: Peace Settlement of 1919

SELECTED READINGS
Brandenberg:From Bismark to the World War,1927
George Lichtheim : A Short History of Socialism.
Cole,G. D. H.: A History of Socialist Thought, 1953-63
Laidler, H. W.: History of Socialist Thought,1927
Lightheim, George: Marxism,1961
Laski, Harold J.: Karl Marx, 1922.
Gooch,G.P.: History of Modern Europe(1978-1919)
N.V. Riasanovsky: A History of Russia.
J.M. Robert, Europe 1880 - 1985.
J.J. Roth (ed.), World War I: A Turning Point in Modern History.

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

J.M. Robert, Europe 1880 - 1985.
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J.J. Roth (ed.), World War I: A Turning Point in Modern History.
Mansergh, N. : The Coming of the First World War (1871-1914). 1949
Taylor, A. J. P.: The Struggle for Mastery in Europe (1848-1918), 1954

CORE COURSE -14: Europe from 1919 up to Cold War

Unit-I: League of Nations and Collective Security
Unit-II: The post 1919 World Order: economic crisis, the Great Depression and Recovery.
Unit-III: Fascism and Nazism.
Unit-IV: The Spanish Civil War.
Unit-V: Origins of the Second World War.
Unit-VI: Process of Decolonization
Unit-VII: UNO(Formation and its Objectives)

SELECTED READINGS
Peers, E.A.: The Spanish Tragedy, 1930-1936 (1936)
Thomas, A.M.M.: The Spanish Civil War, New York,1963
Carr, E. H.: International Relations between the two World Wars 1919-1939.
Fraser, L.: Germany between Two Wars.
Jarman, T.L.: The Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany, 1956.
Pollock, F.: The League of Nations.
Knudson, J.I.: A History of the League Of Nations,1938.
Walter, F.P.: A History of the League Of Nations,1952.
King, B. Fascism in Italy, 1931.
Ebenstein, W.:Fascist Italy,1939.
Taylor, A. J. P.: The Origin of the Second World War, London, 1963.
Langsam, W. C. : World Since 1914
Hardy, G. M. Gathon.: A Short History of International Affairs.
Sen, Asit Kumar.: International Relations since World War I.
Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)-3: Contemporary World after Cold War
Unit-I: Origin of Cold war, Power Blocks NATO, SEATO, Warsaw Pact , Bipolarism
Unit-II : De-statinisation and its effects
Unit-III: NAM and Third World
Unit-IV: Korean Crisis, Vietnam Issue,Suez Crisis,Cuban crisis
Unit-V: Détente, Glasnost and Perestroika
Unit-VI: Aparthied
Unit-VII: Globalization and its impact
Unit-VIII: Human Rights

SELECTED READINGS
Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes, 1914 – 1991, New York:
Vintage, 1996 Langsam, W. C. : World Since 1914
Sen, Asit Kumar.: International Relations since World War I.
Fleming, D.S.: TheCold War and its Origins.
Lippmann, Walter: The Cold War, 1947
Calvocoressi, P.: World Politics Since 1945.
Bhattacharya , D. C.: International Relations in the Twentieth Century, Kolkata, !998.
James, Paul.: Globalization and Violence.
Krishnan, Gopal,: Non-Allignment and Power Politics
Daud, K.Y.: Non-Alligned Movement: Belgrade to Durban
Lynch, M.: Stalin and Khrushchev
Morgenthau, Hans J.: Politics among Nations
Sakwa, R.: Gorbachev and his Reforms 1985-1990.
Nayyar Deepak.: Governing Globalization, Issues and Institutions.
Lowe, Norman.: Mastering Modern World History.
Carter V. Findley and John Rothay, Twentieth-Century World,. Boston:
Houghton-Mifflin, 5Th edition 2003
Discipline Specific Elective (DSE)- 4 :History of North Bengal ( Post- Colonial
Period)
Unit-I: History of Migration : Demographic Changes : New Social Structure
Unit-II: Post Colonial Re-organisation of North Bengal.
Unit-III: Post Colonial Ethno-Political Movements in North Bengal
Unit-IV: Political Senerio of the Hill area of North Bengal:The All India Gorkha League, The
Gorkha National Liberation Front, The foundation of the Gorkha Autonomous District Hill
Council

Selected Reading of Course- DSE-2 and DSE-4:

1. Romit Bagchi, Gorkhaland : Crisis of State

2. Madhab Chandra Adhikary, Rajbanshi Samaj O Manisi Panchanan Barma
3. Subhajyoti Roy, Transformation of the Bengal Frontier: Jalpaiguri, 1765-1948
4. Ranjit Dasgupta, Economy, Society and Politics in Bengal: Jalpaiguri 1869-1947
5. Malay Shankar Bhattacharjee and Ananda Gopal Ghosh , Studies in History and
Archeology.
6. Sarit Bhowmick, Class Formation in the Plantation System.
7. Chittabrata Palit, Perspectives on Agrarian Bengal.
8. S.P.Sen (ed) Modern Bengal :A Socio- Economic Survey
9. -------------(ed) Social and Religious Reforms Movement in the Nineteenth and Twentienth
centuries.
10. Sugata Bose, Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital: Rural Bengal Since 1770
11. Peter Custer, Women in Tebhaga Uprising.
12. Sunil Sen, Agrarian Struggles in Bengal,1946-47
13. N.K.Sinha (ed) ,History of Bengal, Vol. II
14. Sekhar Bandopadhya, Caste, Politics and the Raj : Bengal 1872-1937
15. H.N. Choudhury, The Cooch Behar State and its Land Revenue Settlements 1903
16. R.M. Lahiri (ed) Jalpaiguri Zilla Centenary Volume
17. AKM Museum, North Bengal University, Archaeological History of North Bengal
18. B.N.Mukherjee and P.K.Bhattacharya (ed) Historical Perspective of North Bengal
19. B.C. Ghosh, The Development of Tea Industry in the District of Jalpaiguri
20. Ganadhar Banerjee and Sreejeeta Banerjee, Darjeeling Tea : The Golden Brew
21. Biswanath Das and Subhendu Majumder, Princely Cooch Behar: A Documentary Study
on Letters
22. M. Chakraborty, A Summary of the Changes in the Jurisdiction of District in Bengal,
1757-1916
23. P. Griffiths, The History of the Indian Tea Industry.
24. S.K. Chaube (ed) The Himalayas: Profiles of Modernization and Adaptation
25. ………………….Hill Politics in North East India
26. Barendra Anchaler Itihas, Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner Bangladesh
27. Prabhat Chatterjee, The Present History of West Bengal
28. Amalendu Guha, Planter Raj to Swaraj
29. Upendra Nath Barman, Uttar Banger Sekal O Amar Jiban Smriti
30. T.B. Subba, A.C. Sinha, G.S. Nepal ,D R Nepal(ed), Indian Nepalies
31. Khan Choudhury Amanatullah Khan, Cooch Beharer Itihas, Vol. I
32. S.C. Ghoshal, A History of Cooch Behar
33. Sukhabilash Barma (ed),Socio-Political Movement in North Bengal Vol.I & Vol. II
34. Sailen Debnath(ed) ,Social and Political Tensions in North Bengal(Since 1947)
35. Dhirendra Nath Das , Regional Movements Ethnicity and Politics
36. Dhananjoy Roy (ed), Tebhaga Andolan(Bengali)
37. Kunal Chattapadhyaya , Tebhaga Andoloner Itihas(Bengali)
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UNIVERSITY

SYLLABUS FOR B. A. PROGRAMME IN HISTORY

(6 Semesters Pattern)
(With effect from 2017-2018 academic Sessions and onwards)

There will be six semesters in the three- year B.A Programme in History. The Curriculum consists of
12 Core Courses (C), of which 4 core courses are to be taken from Discipline 1(the programme in the
subject selected by the candidate): 4 core courses are to be taken from Discipline 2( any subject other
than discipline 1) and 4 core courses are to be taken AECC-Core. Apart from this, 2 Generic Elective
Courses (GE) [to be taken from the pool of Generic Elective courses], 2 Ability Enhancement
 Compulsory Courses (AECC-Elective), 4 Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) (from the programme in
the subject selected by the candidate) and 2 Discipline Specific Elective Courses(DSE) from Discipline
1 and 2 such courses from Discipline 2 are to be taken. Each paper is of 50 marks. L stands for Lecture
Hour, T for Tutorial Hour and P for Practical Hour.

ST
B.A. PROGRAMME IN HISTORY: 1 SEMESTER

Course Code Course Title Course type (L-T-P) Credit Marks

Ancient Indian History C-1 5-1-0 06 50

Discipline -2(core 1) C-2 5-1-0 06 50

MIL AECC- 5-1-0 06 50

1 (Core)
Environmental Studies AECC- 4-0-0 04 50
1(Elective)

SEMESTER TOTAL CREDIT 22 200

CORE COURSE-1 : S e l e c ted History of Ancient India

I. Sources & Interpretation
II. Harappan Civilization ;Origin, Extent, dominantfeatures &decline,
III. The Vedic Period: Polity, Society, Economy andReligion
IV. Territorial States and the rise of Magadha,Conditions for the rise of Mahajanpadas and the
Causes of Magadha’s success
V. Jainism and Buddhism: Causes, Doctrines, Spread,Decline and Contributions
VI. The Satvahanas Phase:Aspects of Political History

VII. Rise and Fall of Mauryan Empire;State, Administration, Ashoka’s Dhamma

VIII. The Sangam Age: Samgam Literature
IX. The age of Kushanas :Aspects ofPolity, Society, Religion and Art
X: The rise of the Imperial Guptas- administration; art and architecture; literature; science and
technology.
XI.: Post-Gupta period:

a. Harshavardhana and Shasanka

bTripartite struggle among the Rasthakuatas, Palas and Pratiharas
Selected Reading:
1. Adhya, G. L. - Early Indian Economics (Kolkata, Asia Publishing House, 1960).
2. Allchin, B and Allchin, F. R. - Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan (Delhi, Select Book
Service Syndicate, 1983 ),
3............................. - Origins of Civilization (Delh, Viking,1997).
4. Basham, A. L., - The Wonder that was India. (Mumbai Rupa, 1971).
5 Brown, Percy. - Indian Architecture, Vol.1 (Mumbai,Taraporevala,1984)
6. Chakrabarty, D. K. - India: An Archaeological History, Paleolithic Beginnings to
Early Historical Foundation (Delhi, OUP, 1999). Now Available
in paperback.
7. Chattopadhyaya, D. P., - Indian Philosophy (New Delhi, Popular Publishing House,
8................Conprehensive History of India Vols 11,Orient Longman
1952,TV Delhi, PPH (1992) -
Longman, 1952), TV Delhi PPH, 1992).
9. Dani, A. H. - Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Pakistan (Paris,
UNESCO, 1988).
10. Gopal, L. - Economic History of Northern India, 750-1200 (Varanasi,
Motilal Banarasidass, 1965).
11. Gupta, P. L. & T. S. Hardekar - Indian Silver Punch marked Coins (Nasik, Indian Institute of
Research in Numismatic Studies, 1985).
12. Gupta, P. L. - Coins: India, the Land and People (New Delhi, NBT,1969).
13. Harte, J. C., - Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent
(Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1986).
14. Hiriyanna, M. - Essentials of Indian Philosophy (Delhi, MotilalBanarasidas,
1995).
13. Jha, D. N. & Shrimali K. M. - Prachin Bharat Ka Itihas (Delhi, Hindi Directorate, 1990).
16. Krishna Deva - Temples of North India (Delhi, NBT, 1969
17. Kulke, H. and D. Rothemund - History of India (London, Rout ledge, 1998
18. Majumdar, R. C.et al., - History and Culture of the Indian People, Vols. 11, 111, IV and
V (Mumbai, Bharatiya Vidya Bhaban Series,1970, 1979, 1980).
19. Munshi, V. K. M. &
R. R. Diwakar, - Bharatiya Vidya Bhaban Series - Indian Inheritance, 3
Vols. (Mumbai Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan,1965,1970).
20. Nilkanta Sastri, K. A. - A History of South India from Pre-historic times to the fall of
Vijaynagar Chennai, OUP, 1983 ).
21. Sharma, R. S., - Aspects of Political Ideas and institutions in Ancient India
(Delhi, Motilal Banarasidas, 1991 ).
22. Srinivasan, K. R. - Temples of South India ( Delhi, NBT, 1972
23. Stein, Burton, - Peasant State and Society in Medieval South India (Delhi, OUP,
1980).
24. Thapar, B. K. - Recent Archaeological Discoveries in India ( Paris, UNESCO,
1985).
25. Thapar, Romila - A History of India, Vol. I (Pelican, 1966, Penguin,
Harmondsworth
26. Ghosal, U. N. - Agrarian System of Ancient India (Calcutta University).
27. Bose, A. N. - Social and Rural Economy of Northern India in 600 BC -
200AD. (Firma KLM)
Further References:

Agrawal, D.P. The Archaeology of India

Basham, A.L. The Wonder That was India
Chakrabarti, D.K. Archaeology of Ancient Indian CitiesJaiswal, Suvira Caste: Origin,
Function and DimensionsSubramanian, N. Sangam Polity
Thapar, Romila History of Early India
Allchin, F.R. and B Origins of a Civilization: The Prehistoryand 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 IndiaRay, H.P. Monastery and Guild India in Historical OutlineSastri,
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 inAncient India (1991 edn.)
Thapar, Romila Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas(1997 edn
Yazdani, G. Early History of DeccanAspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in
Ancient India (1991 edn.)Thapar, Romila Ashoka and the Decline of the Mauryas(1997 ednYazdani,
G. Early History of Deccan
COURSE- 2: FROM DISCIPLINE -2
Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC Core ) -1 MAJOR INDIAN
LANGUAGE(MIL)(UGC Syllabus)
Ability Enhancement Compulsory Courses (AECC Elective)-1: Environment Studies (UGC
Syllabus)

ND
B.A. PROGRAMME IN HISTORY: 2 SEMESTER

Course Course Title Course type (L-T- Credit Marks

Code P)
Medieval Indian History C-3 5-1-0 06 50
Discipline -2(core -3) C-4 5-1-0 06 50

English -I AECC- 5-1-0 06 50

2(Core)
English/MIL AECC- 2-0-0 02 50
2(Elective)
SEMESTER TOTAL CREDIT 20 200
Core Course-3: Selected History of Medieval India
Unit I: Arabs invasion- Sindh; Arab conquest; nature and impact.
Unit II: Expansion &consolidation of the DelhiSultanate
Unit-III: .Miltary, administrative & economic reforms under theKhiljis
Unit-IV; .Bhakti &Sufi Movements
Unit-V: .Provincial kingdoms: Bengal and Vijaynagara
Unit-VI. Mughal Empire up to 1707: Relations with Rajputs, Sikhs, Deccan Kingdom; Marathas;
Persia and Central Asia.
Unit-VII: Mughal Administration: Land Revenue System; Mansabdari and Jaigirdary system.
Unit-VIII: Region and Culture: Religious policies of Akbar and Aurangzeb, art and architecture

Selected Readings
1. 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,
2. Shireen Moosvi: The Economy of the Mughal Empire

3. S.A.A.Rizvi: Muslim Revivalist Movements in Northern India during

16th and 17th Centuries

4. 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

5. P.J. Marshall: The Eighteenth Century in Indian History.Stewart

Gordon, : The Marathas 1600-1818
6. Percy Brown, : Islamic Architecture
7. R. S. Sharma: Indian Feudalism-India’s Ancient Past
8. B. D. Chattopadhaya: Making of Early Medieval India
9. Derryl N. Maclean: Religion and Society in Arab Sindh
10. K. M. Ashraf: Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan
11. M. Habib and K.A. Nizami: A Comprehensive History of India Vol.V
12. Tapan Ray Chaudhary and Irfan Habib (ed.): The Cambridge Economic
History of India, Vol.I
13. Peter Jackson: Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History
14. Tara Chand: Influence of Islam on Indian Culture
15. Satish Chandra: A History of Medieval India, 2 Volumes

COURES -4 : FROM DISCIPLINE -2

English-1 AECC-2(Core): UGC Syllabus

English/ MIL AECC-2(Elective) UGC Syllabus

 RD
B.A. PROGRAMME IN HISTORY: 3 SEMESTER

Course Course Title Course type (L-T- Credit Marks

Code P)
History of India ( From 1707 to C-5 5-1-0 06 50
1857 )
Discipline -2(Core-5) C-6 5-1-0 06 50

Indian History & Culture SEC-1 5-1-0 02 50

Or
Tradition and Culture(Part-I) SEC-I
MIL-II AECC- 5-1-0 06 50
3(Core)
SEMESTER TOTAL CREDIT 20 200

CORE COURSE -5: History of India; 1707-1857.

I.Interpreting the 18th Century:India in the mid 18th Century; Society,

Economy, Polity; Different views and interpretations

II. Emergence of Independent States & establishment ofColonial power.

Ideology of the British Raj

III. Expansion and Consolidation of Colonial Power up to 1857:

[a] Mercantilism, foreign trade and early forms of exactions from Bengal.
[b] Dynamics of expansion, with special reference to Bengal, Mysore, Western India, Awadh,
Punjab, and Sindh.

IV. Colonial State and Ideology: [a] Arms of the colonial state: army, police, law.
[b] Ideologies of the Raj and racial attitudes.
[c] Orientalism, Utilitarianism, Evangalicalism,
[c] Education: indigenous and modern.
V.Rural Economy and Society: [a] Land revenue systems and forest policy.
[b] Commercialization of agriculture and rural
indebtedness.
[c] Rural society: change and continuity.
[d] Famines.
[e] Pastoral economy and shifting cultivation.
COURES-6 : FROM DISCIPLINE -2
 SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SEC)-1:

IDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE:

Unit-I. Environment; Culture, Tradition &Practices:

-Historical overview
-Oral &codified information on medicinal Plants
-Water & Water Bodies
-Fieldwork
Unit-II. Urbanization &Urbanism:
-Issues of settlements & Landscapes
-Social differentiations
-Communication networks
Unit-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
V. Cultural Forms &Cultural Expressions:
- Performing Arts
-Fairs &Festivals
-Fieldwork

References:
1. Indu Banga, ed. The City in Indian History: Urban Demography,Society &
Polity, Delhi, Manohar,,1991
2. Koch, E. Mughal Art & Imperial Ideology
 3. Radha Kumar, History of Doing: An Illustrated Account ofMovements
for Women’s Rights &Feminism in India 1880-1990,Zubaan, 2007
4. V.Vasudev, Fairs &Festivals, Incredible India Series, 2007
5. V.Singh, The Human Footprint on Environment: Issues in India,New Delhi,
and Macmillan, 2012
6. B. Parikh, Composite Culture in a multicultural Society, Delhi, NBT,
2007
7. N. Mehta, Introduction: Satellite Television, Identity &Globalization
in Contemporary India in N.Mehta, ED, Television inIndia, New York,
Routledge, 2008
8. R.C. Thakran & Sheo Dutt, ed Bhartiya Upmahaduip ki Sanskritiyan,University
of Delhi
Or
Tradition and Culture
(Part-I)
Unit: I Concepts and Terminologies 25
i. Concepts of Tradition and Culture: Indian context
ii. The concept of Parampara in ancient India
iii. Samskriti, Culture and Kultur
iv. Puranetihas in the concept of time frame in Indian tradition
v. Parallel cultures in India: Aryan, Non-Aryan: Elite and Folk, Popular

Unit: II Traditional Knowledge System 25

i. Concept of Vidya in different schools of thought in ancient India: Vedas, Puranas,
Smritis, Arthashastra, Kamashastras
ii. An overview of traditional Aryan Scientific and technical literature: Vedangas, Ganita,
Jyotisha, Jyotirvijnana, Vastushastras , Ayurvedas
iii. Traditional Dravidian Knowledge system
Suggested Readings :
1) History of Indian Literature, Vol.I-VI, Jan Gonda, Otto Harrassowitz,Wiesbaden,1973-81
2) History of Indian Music,Swami Prajnanananda,Vol.I&II,Ramakrisna Vedanta
Math,Culcutta,1963
3) Indian Classical Dance:Tradition & Transition, Leela Venkataraman
4) Cultural Heritage of India,Vol I-IX, Ramakrisna Mission Institute of Culture,Calcutta
5) Understanding Indian Civilisation: A Framework of Enquiry,S.C.Malik,Indian Institute
of Advnced Study,Simla,1975
6) Foundations of Indian Culture,Govind Chandra Pandey, Books and Books, New
Delhi,1984
 AECC-3(Core): MIL-II (UGC SYLLABUS)

TH
B.A. PROGRAMME IN HISTORY : 4 SEMESTER

Course Course Title Course (L-T- Credit Marks

Code type P)
History of India ( From 1857 to C-7 5-1-0 06 50
1950 )
Discipline -2(core-7) C-8 5-1-0 06 50

Museum and Archives SEC-2 2-0-0 02 50

Or
Tradition and Culture(Part- II) SEC-2
English-II AECC- 5-1-0 06 50
4(Core)
SEMESTER TOTAL CREDIT 20 200

CORE CORSE-7: HISTORY OF INDIA (FROM 1857 TO 1950

1. Revolt of 1857: Causes, Nature and Aftermath.

2. Emergence of Organized Nationalism
3. Political associations and the Indian National Congress: Moderates; Extremists and
Revolutionaries.
4. Emerging Communal Trends.
5. Impact of the First World War.
6. Rise of Gandhi and the Nature of Gandhian Movements.
7. Revolutionary Left Wing movements: Peasants’ and Workers’ Movements, Depressed
Class Movements.
8. Indian Polity from 1939 to 1945, Subhash Chandra Bose and INA.
9. Communal Politics and Partition.
10. India during 1947-1950: Integration of Princely States, Making of the Constitution and
Foreign Policy.

Selected Readings: ( History of India from 1707 -1950 A.D.)

1. Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal: Modern South Asia: History,

Culture,Political Economy, New Delhi, 1998
2. Sekhar Bandyopadhyay From Plassey to Partition
3. Barbara D Metcalf andT.R. Metcalf A Concise History of India,
Cambridge, 2002
4. C.A. Bayly: An Illustrated History of Modern India 1600 - 1947,
London 1990
5. Sumit Sarkar Modern India 1885 ñ 1947, Mamillan, 1983
 6. Mushirul Hasan John Company to the Republic: A story of Modern
India
7. R.P. Dutt, India Today.
8. Thomas Metcalf Ideologies of the Raj.
9. R. Jeffery, J Masseloss, From Rebellion to the Republic.Bipan
Chandra: Nationalism and Colonialis
10. Urvashi Butalia The Other side of Silence.
11. Francine Frankel Indiaís Political Economy 1947- 1977.
12. Parul Brass The Politics of India since Independence.
13. Lloyd and Susan Rudolph In Pursuit of Laxmi: the Political
Economyof the Indian State, Chicago, 1987
14. Bipan Chandra, Aditya Mukherjee, India After Independence,
Viking,1999
15. Gail Omvedt Dalits and Democratic Revolution.Ramachandra
Guha The Fissured Land.
16. K.G. Subramanian The Living Tradition: Perspectives on Modern
Indian Art.
17. Radha Kumar A History of Doing

COURSE -8 ( FROM DISCIPLINE -2 (core-7)

Skill Enhancement Course(SEC) -2 :

MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

Unit-I: Defination:
Unit-II: History of setting up of Museums and Archives : Some Cases
Unit-III: Historical Ruines of North Bengal with Special Reference to Cooch Behar
Unit-IV: Growth and Development of Museums in North Bengal
Unit-V: History of Architecture in Colonial North Bengal

Reference:

Akshaya Kumar Maitra Museum, University of North Bengal

Cooch Behar Palace Museum
Local and National Museums, Delhi and Kolkata
G. Edson and Dean David, Hand Book for Museum ,London, Routhless,1986
John Ridener, From Folder to Post Modernism: A Concise History of Archival Theory, 2009
 Or

Tradition and Culture

(Part-II)

Unit: I Traditional Schools of Performing and Fine Arts in India through Ages 25

i. Music
ii. Painting
iii. Drama
iv. Dance
v. Indigenous participation in making of traditional Indian Culture

Unit: II Indian Traditional Culture and Abroad 25

i. Causes, significance and mode of cultural exchange through Traders, Teachers,
Emissaries, Missionaries etc.
ii. Concept of Indian Cultural Colonization in South East Asia: Ideas of Suniti Kumar
Chatterjee and Kalidas Nag
iii. Indian Culture and Central Asia
iv. India and Europe: Cultural Exchange
Suggested Readings :
7) History of Indian Literature, Vol.I-VI, Jan Gonda, Otto Harrassowitz,Wiesbaden,1973-81
8) History of Indian Music,Swami Prajnanananda,Vol.I&II,Ramakrisna Vedanta
Math,Culcutta,1963
9) Indian Classical Dance:Tradition & Transition, Leela Venkataraman
10) Cultural Heritage of India,Vol I-IX, Ramakrisna Mission Institute of Culture,Calcutta
11) Understanding Indian Civilisation: A Framework of Enquiry,S.C.Malik,Indian Institute
of Advnced Study,Simla,1975
12) Foundations of Indian Culture,Govind Chandra Pandey, Books and Books, New
Delhi,198

English II -AECC-4 (Core) UGC Syllabus

 TH
B.A. PROGRAMME IN HISTORY: 5 SEMESTER

Course Course Title Course (L-T-P) Credit Marks

Code type
DSE Discipline 1 DSE-1 5-1-0 06 50
Some Aspect of European History
(Up to 1871)
DSE Discipline 2 DSE-2 5-1-0 06 50
GE GE-1 5-1-0 06 50
Women Studies in India
SEC
Orality and Oral Culture in India SEC-3 4-0-0 02

SEMESTER TOTAL CREDIT 20 200

DICIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVES (DSE)-1: Some Aspect of European

History (Up to 1871)
1. Decline of Feudalism and the rise of the modern era: Renaissance and Reformation.
2. Economic Origins of the Modern Europe: Mercantilism and Commercial Revolution-
Beginnings of Colonialism.
3. Rise of the Absolutist State: France, Spain and Britain.
4. Scientific Revolution, Agricultural Revolution, Industrial Revolution and Emergence of
new social classes.
5. Glorious Revolution (1688): Causes and Effects.
6. American Revolution (1776): Causes, Effect and Significance.
7. French Revolution (1789): Crisis, Roots of War, Effects and Significance.
8. Liberalism in England, American Civil War, Socialist and Marxist Thought.
9. Nationalism in Europe: Germany and Italian Unification (1871).

Selected Readings

1. Arvind Sinha, Europe in Transition, Delhi, 2010 (also in Hindi)

2. Rodney Hilton, The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism, Delhi, 2006.
3. Perry Anderson, Lineages of the Absolutist State, Verso, London 2013
4. John Merriman, A History of Modern Europe, New York, 2010
5. E.J. Hobsbawn: The Age of Revolution.
6. Lynn Hunt: Politics, Culture and Class in the French Revolution.
7. J H Plumb, The Pelican Book of the Renaissance, Penguin, 1982
8. G. R. Elton, Reformation Europe 1517,1559, Wiley, 1999
9. Ralph Davis, The Rise of the Atlantic Economies, New York, 1973
10. David Thomson, Europe since Napoleon (Penguin)

DICIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVES (DSE)-2 : From Discipline -2

COURSE: (GENERIC ELECTIVE) GE-1: Women Studies in India

1. Basic Concepts &Theories: Defining Gender, Patriarchy-Ideology &Practice,

Relationship between Gender, Caste, Class, Religion &Politics
2. Emergence of Women Studies in India
3. Gender & Social History: Family &Marriage, Women’s Question in the 19th
century.
4. Women’Movement in Colonial &Post Colonial in India
5. Gender, Law & Politics: Political participation of Women
6. Violence against women &Preventive laws
7. Gender, Development & Culture: Issues of labour &Health, Access to
resources, Gender audit

SELECTED READINGS

1. Kamla Bhasin, Understanding Gender

2. Kamla Bhasin, What is Patriarchy?
3. Madhu Vij, et al, Women Studies in India, A journey of 25 Years, Rawat, 2014
4. Kumkum Sangari& Sudesh Vaid, Recasting Women, Essay in Colonial History, Kali for
women, Reprint, 2006
5. Sushila Kaushik, Panchayati Raj in Action: Challenges to Women’s Role, Delhi, 1996
6. Nivedita Menon, Gender & Politics in India, New Delhi, OUP, 1999
7. Women in Print –The change over the last half century in reporting on women &Gender
Issues in Indian newspapers, A study byUNIFEM,by Shri Venkatram,2003

SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SEC)-3: Orality and Oral Culture in India

I. Defining orality
II. History & Historiography of Orality
III. Life Histories: Sociological Aspects
IV. Research Methodologies
V. History of Oral Tradition: Culture and Heritage

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

TH
B.A. PROGRAMME IN HISTORY: 6 SEMESTER

Course Course Title Course type (L-T-P) Credit Marks

Code
DSE Discipline 1 DSE-3 5-1-0 06 50
Some Aspect of European History
(From 1871 to 1939)
DSE Discipline 2 DSE-4 5-1-0 06 50
GE GE-2 5-1-0 06 50
Political History of North Bengal
(Colonial and Post Colonial)
SEC SEC-4
Understanding Popular Culture ( 4-0-0 02 50
In Bengal Perspective)
SEMESTER TOTAL CREDIT 20 200

GRAND TOTAL CREDIT 122 1200

COURSE : DICIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE (DSE)-3: Some Aspect of

European History (From 1871to 1939)
1. Social and economic Changes: From 1871 to 1914
2. Rise of New Imperialism, Imperialist Conflicts and Beginning of World War- I
3. Peace Settlements of 1919
4. Russian Revolution (1917), Civil War and Dictatorship.
5. Economic and Social Crisis in the Inter-war Period (1919-1939).
6. Emergence of new Ideologies: Rise of Fascism and Nazism.
7. Origin of World War-II.

SELECTED READINGS:

1. David Thomson, Europe since Napoleon(Penguin)

2. G.C. Craig, Europe since 1815
3. A.J.P. Taylor, Europe Grandeur and Decline
 4. Hays, Europe After 1870
5. Eric Eyck, Bismark and German Empire
6. J.M. Roberts, Europe 1880‐1945
7. Andrew Porter, European Imperialism, 1860‐1914
8. E.H. Carr, Twenty Years Crisis
9. Langsham, World Since 1919
10. A.J.P. taylor, The Origins of the Second World War

COURSE : DICIPLINE SPECIFIC ELECTIVE (DSE)-4: From Discipline -2

COURSE: (GENERIC ELECTIVE) GE-2: Political History of North Bengal

(Colonial and Post Colonial)

1. Advent of Colonial Rule in North Bengal

2. Resistance to Colonial Rule: Different uprisings
3. History of the Cooch Behar Raj since 1772: Anglo-Koch Relation
4. History of Migration
5. National Movement in North Bengal
6. Partition and refugee rehabilitation
7. Integration of Princely State of Cooch Behar
8. Post Colonial Re-organization of North Bengal.
9. Post Colonial Movements in North Bengal up to the foundation of KPP(Kamatapur
People’s Party)

SELECTED READINGS:

1. Romit Bagchi, Gorkhaland : Crisis of State

2. Subhajyoti Roy, Transformation of the Bengal Frontier: Jalpaiguri, 1765-1948
3. Ranjit Dasgupta, Economy, Society and Politics in Bengal: Jalpaiguri 1869-1947
4. Malay Shankar Bhattacharjee and Ananda Gopal Ghosh , Studies in History and
Archeology.
5. Sarit Bhowmick, Class Formation in the Plantation System.
6. Chittabrata Palit, Perspectives on Agrarian Bengal.
7. S.P.Sen (ed) Modern Bengal :A Socio- Economic Survey
8. -------------(ed) Social and Religious Reforms Movement in the Nineteenth and
Twentienth centuries.
9. Sugata Bose, Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital: Rural Bengal Since 1770
10. Peter Custer, Women in Tebhaga Uprising.
11. Sunil Sen, Agrarian Struggles in Bengal,1946-47
12. N.K.Sinha (ed) ,History of Bengal, Vol. II
13. Sekhar Bandopadhya, Caste, Politics and the Raj : Bengal 1872-1937
14. H.N. Choudhury, The Cooch Behar State and its Land Revenue Settlements 1903
 15. R.M. Lahiri (ed) Jalpaiguri Zilla Centenary Volume
16. AKM Museum, North Bengal University, Archaeological History of North Bengal
17. B.N.Mukherjee and P.K.Bhattacharya (ed) Historical Perspective of North Bengal
18. B.C. Ghosh, The Development of Tea Industry in the District of Jalpaiguri
19. Ganadhar Banerjee and Sreejeeta Banerjee, Darjeeling Tea : The Golden Brew
20. Biswanath Das and Subhendu Majumder, Princely Cooch Behar: A Documentary Study
on Letters
21. M. Chakraborty, A Summary of the Changes in the Jurisdiction of District in Bengal,
1757-1916
22. P. Griffiths, The History of the Indian Tea Industry.
23. S.K. Chaube (ed) The Himalayas: Profiles of Modernization and Adaptation
24. ………………….Hill Politics in North East India
25. Barendra Anchaler Itihas, Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner Bangladesh
26. Prabhat Chatterjee, The Present History of West Bengal
27. Amalendu Guha, Planter Raj to Swaraj
28. Upendra Nath Barman, Uttar Banger Sekal O Amar Jiban Smriti
29. T.B. Subba, A.C. Sinha, G.S. Nepal ,D R Nepal(ed), Indian Nepalies
30. Khan Choudhury Amanatullah Khan, Cooch Beharer Itihas, Vol. I
31. S.C. Ghoshal, A History of Cooch Behar
32. Sukhabilash Barma (ed),Socio-Political Movement in North Bengal Vol.I & Vol. II
33. Sailen Debnath(ed) ,Social and Political Tensions in North Bengal(Since 1947)
34. Dhirendra Nath Das , Regional Movements Ethnicity and Politics
35. Dhananjoy Roy (ed), Tebhaga Andolan(Bengali)
36. Kunal Chattapadhyaya , Tebhaga Andoloner Itihas(Bengali)

COURSE: SKILL ENHANCEMENT COURSE (SEC)-3: Understanding

Popular Culture ( In Bengal Perspective)

1. Introduction: Defining popular culture and understanding it historically.

2. Folk Lore and Oral tradition of Kathas, narratives, legends and proverbs,
and literary traditions in Bengal
3. Performance: Theatre; music; folk tales/songs/swang
4. Different Ethnic Cultures in Bengal: Originality, Borrowing, Assimilation .
5. Documentary films Expressions of popular culture.
6. Fairs, Festivals and Rituals
7. Popular culture in a globalized world: The impact of the Internet and audio-
visual media in Bengal

SELECTED READINGS:
1. Dissanayake, W. and K. M. Gokul Singh, Indian Popular Cinema, Trentham Book, London,
2004
2. John Storey, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, London, 2001_
3. Oberoi, Patricia, Freedom and Destiny: Gender, Family and Popular Culture in India, Delhi,
2009
4. Christopher Princy, Camera Indica: The Social Life of Indian Photographs, Chicago, 1998
5. Singh, Lata (ed.), Theatre in Colonial India: Playhouse of Power, New Delhi, 2009