Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar ( M.P.)

Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar ( M.P.)

(CentralUniversity)

School of Humanities and Social Sciences ( HSS 20)

Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology (AIH 21)

The Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology was established during the session 1958-59 at Dr. Hari Singh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar ( Formerly University of Saugar) under the headship of Prof. K.D. Bajpai, a distinguished scholar of Archaeology.

The department has adequate facilities for Under Graduate, Post Graduate, M.Phil. and Ph. D. Programmes. Apart from teaching and research the department has a well equipped excavation and exploration wing. A good number of antiquities acquired in excavations, coins, sculptures, inscriptions and paintings are housed in the departmental museum.

2009-10

Syllabus

Session: 2009-10

Under Graduate Programme: B.A. I Semester

Course name: Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology

Credit-6

PAPER Code / NAME OF PAPER / L / T / P / C
P-1 / AIH C 111 / Political History of India (Harappan Culture to Second Century B.C.) / 3 / 0 / 0 / 3
P-2 / AIH C 112 / Ancient Indian Social Institutions / 3 / 0 / 0 / 3

Abbreviations

AIH C 111 is the Paper Code in which:

AIH is the department’s code

C indicates that this is a Core Course

111is the course number where first digit stands for Semester, second digit is

the level of the Programme (i.e. U.G. Programme in this case) and third

digit denotes serial number of the course.

L, T and P indicate the weight ( credits) attached to lectures, tutorials and practical

work respectively.

C indicates the total number of credits that the course carries.

PAPER Code / NAME OF PAPER / L / T / P / C
P-1 / AIH C 111 / Political History of India (Harappan Culture to Second Century B.C.) / 3 / 0 / 0 / 3

Unit - I 1. Sources of Ancient Indian History

1.1 Literary Sources

1.2 Archaeological Sources

2. Harappan Culture

2.1Name and Extent

2.2 Town Planning

2.3 Religious Beliefs

Unit - II 1. The Vedic Age

1.1 Early Vedic Culture

1.2 Later Vedic Culture

2. The Mahajanapada period

1.1The Sixteen Mahajanapadas

1.2The Republican States

Unit - III 1. Rise of Magadh Empire

1.1Haryanka Dynasty

1.2Nand Dynasty

Unit - IV 1. Invasion of Alexander and its effects

2. Achaemenian (Persian) Invasion and its effects

Unit - V 1. Rise and Fall of the Mauryan Empire

1.1Chandra Gupta Maurya’s achievements and extent of his empire

1.2Bindusar: General Introduction

1.3Ashoka: Early life, Kalinga War and his Dhamma

1.4Causes for the decline of Mauryan Empire

Indo-Greek

2.1 Indo-Greek invasion and its effects

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

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11 H. C. Roychoudhary : Political History of Ancient India

12 R.C. Majumdar (Ed.) : The Age of Imperial Unity

13 Romlia Thaper : History of India

14 K.A. Nialkantha Shastri: History of South India

PAPER Code / NAME OF PAPER / L / T / P / C
P-2 / AIH C 112 / ANCIENT INDIAN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS / 3 / 0 / 0 / 3

Unit – I(1) Varna system – Origin and Development

(2) Ashram system – Forms and Importance

Unit – II(1) Purushartha – concept and Importance

(2) Panch Mahayagya – concept and importance

Unit – III (1) Sanskaras – Main sanskaras and importance

(2) Marriage – Forms and importance

Unit – IV(1) Family – Origin and importance

(2) Position of women

Unit – V(1) Education – Main features and educational centres

(2) Women Education

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17 P. N. Prabhu : Hindu Social Organization.

18 S. K. Maity : The Economic Life of Northern India in the

Gupta Period.

19 L. Gopal : Economic Life of Northern India.

20 D.R.Das : Economic History of the Deccan.