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2., , 06, , Chauth . | Dyarehy - i, , Hundi ( Bills of Exchange } Federalism, Sarraf Utilitarianism, Polygars Filtration Theory, Jagir Forward Policy, Dastur Doctrine of Lapse, Mansab ( Rank ) Satyagraha, Deshmukh Swadéshi, Nadu Revivalism, Pargana Communalism, Bengal Vaishnavism Orientalism, Alt magha De-industrialisation, Shahna-i-Mandi Subsidiary Alliance, Mercantilism Evangelicalism, Economic Nationalism Bhudan, Indian Renaissance Panchsheel, Economic Drain Mixed Economy, Colonialism Indian Left, Paramountcy Hindu Code Bill, , ' ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY, , Sources :, , Archaeological Sources, , Exploration, excavation, epigraphy, numismatics, monuments, Literary Sources, , Indigenous : Primary and Secondary — problems of dating, myths,, legends, poetry, scientific literature, literature in regional languages,, religious literature., , Foreign accounts : Greek, Chinese and Arab writers., Pre-history and Proto-history, , Man and Environment — geographical factors. Hunting and gathering, ( Paleolithic and Mesolithic ) ; Beginning of agriculture ( Neolithic and, Chalcolithic )., , Indus Valley Civilization — origin, date, extent, characteristics, decline,, survival and significance., , Iron age ; Second urbanisation., , 2

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06, , , , Vedic Period, ' Migrations and settlements ; dating the Vedic, literary and archaeglogical, evidences, evolution of social and political institutions ; religious and, philosophical ideas, rituals and practices., , Period of Mahajanapadas, Formation of States ( Mahajanapadas ) ; Republics and Monarchies ; rise, of urban centres ; trade routes ; economic growth ; introduction of, coinage ; spread of Jainism and Buddhism ; rise of Magadha and, Nandas., , ‘Iranian and Macedonian Invasions and their impact., , Mauryan Empire, Foundation of the Mauryan Empire, Chandragupta, Kautilya and, Arthashastra ; Ashoka ; Concept of Dharma ; Edicts ; Brahmi and, Kharosthi scripts. :, , Administration ; economy ; architecture and sculpture ; external, contacts., Disintegration of the empire ; Sungas and Kanvas., , Post-Mauryan Period ( Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Kushanas, Western Kshatrapas ), Contact with outside world ; growth of urban centres, economy, coinage,, development of religions, Mahayana, social conditions, art and, architecture, literature and science., , Early state and society — in Eastern India, Deccan and South India, , Kharavela, The Satavahanas, Tamil States of the Sangam Age,, , Administration ; economy, land grants, coinage, trade guilds and urban, centres, Buddhist centres, Sangam literature and culture ; art and, , architecture., , Imperial Guptas and Regional States of India, Guptas and Vakatakas, Harsha, Administration, economic conditions,, coinage of the Guptas, land grants, decline of urban centres, Indian, feudalism, caste system, position of women, education and educational, institutions — Nalanda, Vikramshila and Vallabhi, contact with, neighbouring countries —. Central Asia, South-East Asia and China,, Sanskrit literature, scientific literature, art and architecture., , The Kadambas, Gangas, Pallavas and Chalukyas of Badami —, Administration, trade guilds, Sanskrit literature and growth of regional, languages and scripts ; growth of Vaishnava and Saiva religions. Tamil, Bhakti Movement, Shankaracharya — Vedanta ; Institutions of temple, and temple architecture.

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06, , , , Economic Aspects, “Agricultural production — village economy ; peasantry., Urban centres and population., , Industries — cotton textiles, handicrafts, agro-based industries,, organisation, factories, technology., , Trade and commerce — State policies, internal and external trade ;, European trade, trade centres and ports, transport and communication., , Financing trade, commerce and industries ; Hundi ( Bills of Exchange ), and Insurance., , Currency., , Socio-religious Movements, The Sufis — their orders, beliefs and practices, the leading Sufi saints., Bhakti cult — Shaivism and its branches ; Vaishnavism and its branches., , The Saints of the medieval period — north and south — their impact on, . Socio-political and religious life., , The Sikh movement — Guru Nanak Dev and his teachings and practices,, Adi Granth ; the Khalsa., , Society, ‘ Classification — ruling class, major religious groups, the mercantile and, professional classes., , Rural society — petty chieftains, village officials, cultivators and noncultivating classes, artisans., , Position of women., Cultural Life, Systern of Educational and its motivations., Literature — Persian, Sanskrit and Regional languages., Fine Arts — Major schools of painting ; music. ., Architectural developments of North and South India ; Indo-Islamic, architecture., MODERN INDIAN HISTORY, Sources and Historiography :, Archival materials, biographies and memories, newspapers., Oral evidence, creative literature and painting., , Concerns in Modern Indian Historiography. — Imperialist, Nationalist,, Marxist and Subaltern.