University Department of History

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L.N.MITHILAUNIVERSITY

KAMESHWARNAGAR, DARBHANGA

POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME

(COURSES OF STUDY)

FOR

M.A. (HISTORY) EXAMINATION

UNDER SEMESTER SYSTEM

W.E.F. ACADEMIC SESSION 2014-16

UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

L.N. MITHILA UNIVERSITY

Kameshwarnagar, Darbhanga

Post Graduate Programme

(Courses of Study)

For

M.A. (History) Examination

Under Semester System w.e.f. Academic Session 2014-16

1.General Outline

1.1The Programme (Course of Study) of P.G. History will be of two years duration divided into two academic sessions called MA Previous and MA Final respectively. Each academic session shall consists of two Semesters, having 15 weeks of teaching schedule for each Semester. First and Second Semester shall cover the Previous year whereas Third and Fourth Semester shall be extended over the Final year consecutively .

1.2There shall be sixteen papers in PG History Programme comprising four papers/ courses in each Semester . The courses/ papers shall be of two categories -(a) Compulsory/ Core Courses and (b) Specialized / Elective Courses . Number of papers of Compulsory/ Core Courses shall be twelve and Specialised / Elective courses shall consist of four papers including the last sixteenth paper of project work .

1.3In First , Second and Third Semesters all twelve papers shall be core courses whereas in Fourth Semester there shall be three specialized courses and a project work related to specialised group , in which a student shall compulsorily undertaken a project work leading to dissertation .

1.4The students shall be required to study any one of the following Specialised / Elective courses of their choice in the Fourth Semester :

Group A : Ancient Indian History

Group B : Medieval Indian History

Group C : Modern Indian History

1.5The syllabus shall be covered by 84 credits (teaching hours) , i.e. an average of 21 credits for each Semester , for which at least 90 days teaching schedule shall be provided for each Semester .

1.6 Students shall have to study two Foundation Courses of 100 marks each which will be taught in First and Second Semesters respectively and shall have to obtain minimum 45 marks . Less than 45 marks will be considered as fail for the purpose of grading . The Foundation Course in mandatory , but Grade Points will not be considered as part of SGPA or CGPA.

2. Components of Evaluation :

Apart from a project work each paper shall carry 100 marks out of which at least two Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA) of 30 marks shall be conducted and external (University) examination of 70 marks shall be held towards the end of each Semester called the End Semester Evaluation (ESE) . The Components of CIA and ESE shall be as follows :

I. CIA :

a. Two mid - Semester Written Tests 15 Marks

of one hour duration each

b. Seminar / Quiz 05 Marks

c. Assignments 05 Marks

d. Regularity , Punctuality and conduct 05 Marks

Total-30 Marks

The concerned teacher of the Course/ Paper shall be responsible for conducting and evaluating the mid- Semester Test and for assessment of other components of the paper concerned . The answer scripts of First mid- Semester Test shall be shown to students of the class .

II. ESE :

End Semester Examination of each Semester shall be conducted by the University . Except project work (Paper XVI of Fourth Semester), syllabus for each paper shall be divided into 5 units consisting four topics in each unit and the question pattern of these papers shall be as follows :

Part A : Ten objective type questions 10x02 = 20 Marks

(Two questions from each unit)

Part B : Five short answered questions, in which 4x5 =20 Marks

four to be answered in 160 words each

(one question from each unit shall be asked)

Part C: Five long answered questions,in which three 3x10=30 Marks

to be answered in 600 words each

(one question from each unit shall be asked)

Total -70 Marks

b. In paper XVI (HIS 550 ), a research project shall be carried on by each student, which shall be assessed at the time of ESE of Fourth Semester and the division of marks of research project shall be as below .

a. Project Report (Dissertation ) 50 Marks

b. Viva -voce 50 Marks

Total-100Marks

c. Normally ESE of First and Third Semesters shall be held in the month of November- December whereas the ESE of Second and Fourth Semesters shall be conducted in the month of April- May .

d. Only those students who have appeared in mid semester written tests and have completed 75% of the delivered lectures shall be obliged for appearing at the ESE . However, Head of the Department / Principal may condone 5% and the Vice- Chancellor 10% attendance of any student on the basis of medical certificate after having satisfaction in the medical report , submitted by the student .

3. Passing of Examination and Promotion Rules :

3.1 To be declared passed in End Semester Examination, a student will have to secure at least 40% marks in each paper separately both in CIA as well as in ESE and a minimum of 45 % of the grand total . However,

i.If a student passes in at least two papers, in First , Second and Third Semester Examinations, shall be promoted to the next higher Semester. But in the case of promotion from Third to Fourth Semester, it shall be required to clear all the four papers of First Semester by the student concerned .

ii.Promoted students will have to clear all the backlog papers in the next End Semester Examination of that Semester (backlog) whenever it is available .

iii.Even if a student is promoted to Fourth Semester, the final result of that student shall be declared only after the clearance of all backlog papers .

iv.Promoted students who has failed to secure minimum 40% of any paper in CIA , will have to repeat the CIA along with students of the same semester and reappear in the ESE of that paper of the same Semester of next available academic session .

v.But a promoted student, who has passed in any paper of CIA but has failed to secure minimum marks of that paper in ESE will retain the marks of CIA and will have to reappear only in the ESE of that paper of the same semester of next available academic session .

vi.The name of the promoted students will not be included in the merit list .

3.2 The Final result shall be published on the basis of students' performance in all the 16 papers spread over four Semesters .

3.3 There shall be no supplementary examination in any Semester .

3.4 A failed students in a Semester shall have to repeat the Semester on

payment of Semester fee .

4. Grading

4.1.Since it is a continuous evaluation programme, students shall be awarded Grade Point (GP) at the end of each Semester Examination and Commulative Grade Point (CGP) at the end of Final End Semester Examination in 10 point scoring system .

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Post Graduate Programme

M.A. (History)

PAPER / SUBJECT / MARKS ESE+CIA / Cr. Hr. CR(T+P) / PAPER
CODE
SEMESTER-I
Paper-I / Theories of History / 70+30 / 6(6+0) / HIS 511
Paper-II / Ancient World / 70+30 / 4(4+0) / HIS 512
Paper-III / Medieval Europe / 70+30 / 5(5+0) / HIS 513
Paper-IV / Medieval Islamic World / 70+30 / 5(5+0) / HIS 514
Total / 400 / 20(20+0)
SEMESTER-II
Paper-V / Modern World (1900-1945) / 70+30 / 6(6+0) / HIS 521
Paper-VI / Contemporary World (1945-2000) / 70+30 / 6(6+0) / HIS 522
Paper-VII / History of Bihar and Mithila Upto 1750 / 70+30 / 4(4+0) / HIS 523
Paper-VIII / Indian Nationalism and Freedom Movement / 70+30 / 4(4+0) / HIS 524
Total - / 400 / 20(20+0)
SEMESTER-III
Paper-IX / History of Modern Ideas / 70+30 / 6(6+0) / HIS 531
Paper-X / Methods of History / 70+30 / 5(5+0) / HIS 532
Paper-XI / History of Modern Bihar and Mithila (1750-1950) / 70+30 / 4(4+0) / HIS 533
Paper-XII / Women in Indian History / 70+30 / 5(5+0) / HIS 534
Total- / 400 / 20(20+0)
SEMESTER-IV
Paper-XIII / Society in Ancient India upto 1200 AD (Elective -A) / 70+30 / 5(5+0) / HIS 541
Society in Medieval India (1200-1750) (Elective-B / 70+30 / 5(5+0) / HIS 542
Society in Modern India (1750-1950)
(Elective -C) / 70+30 / 5(5+0) / HIS 543
Paper-XIV / Ancient Indian Economy Upto 1200AD (Elective -A) / 70+30 / 6(6+0) / HIS 544
Medieval Indian Economy (1200-1750)
(Elective-B) / 70+30 / 6(6+0) / HIS 545
Modern Indian Economy (1750-1950)
(Elective -C) / 70+30 / 6(6+0) / HIS 546
Paper-XV / Ancient Indian Culture Upto 1200 AD (Elective-A) / 70+30 / 5(5+0) / HIS 547
Medieval Indian Culture (1200-1750)
(Elective-B) / 70+30 / 5(5+0) / HIS 548
Modern Indian Culture (1750-1950)
(Elective-C) / 70+30 / 5(5+0) / HIS 549
Paper-XVI / Project Topic assigned by the Department / 50+50 / 4(0+4) / HIS 550
Total - / 400 / 20(16+4)
Total P.G. Programme / 1600 / 80(76+4)

The following grading system has been used:

Letter Grade / Percentage Range / Numerical of Letter Grade / Description of Grade
A / 100-90 / 10 / Outstanding
B / 80-89 / 9 / Excellent
C / 70-79 / 8 / Very Good
D / 60-79 / 7 / Good
E / 50-59 / 6 / Average
P / 45-49 / 5 / Pass
F / Less than 45 / Less than 5 / Fail

Core Course

First Semester

PaperI (HIS 511) : Theories of History

Unit I : Introduction

1. Meaning of History
2. Nature of History
3. Scope of History
4. Value of History : Uses and Misuses

Unit II : Relations with Other Disciplines

1. Relations with Science
2. Relations with Sociology,Anthropology and Political Science
3. Relations with Economics and Statistics
4. Relations with Geography and Psychology

Unit III : Fundamentals of History

1. Subject Matter
2. Sources and Evidence
3. Historical Facts and the Historian
4. Explanation and Interpretation.

Unit IV : Theories of History

1. Causation
2. Historicism
3. Generalization
4. History and Theory : Conceptualization in Writing History

Unit V : Problems of History

1. Objectivity
2. Historical Inevitability and Determinism
3. Society and Individual in History
4. Idea of Progress in History

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Suggested Readings:

1. A. Marwich, Nature of History
2. A. L. Rowse, The Use of History, London, 1963
3. B. K.Sarkar, The Science of History and Hope of Mankind, Kolkata, 1912
4. D.D. Kosambi, History and Society,Mumbai, 1983
5. E. H. Carr, What is History, New York, 1962
6. L. B. Verma, Understanding History, Allahabad, 1995
7. P. Gardner, I. Theories of History, Illinois, 1959

II. Nature of Historical Explanation, London, 1961

1. Peter Burke, History and Social Theory, Cambridge, 1992
2. P. Thompson, The Voice of Past, London, 1978
3. S. R. Tikekar, On Historians, Mumbai, 1964
4. Sheik Ali, History,Its Theory and Methods, Madras, 1978
5. T. R. Venugopalan (Ed.), History and Theory, Thrissur, Kerala, 1997
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Core Course

First Semester

Paper II (HIS 512) : Ancient World Societies

Unit I : Ancient Egypt

1. Old Kingdom: Culture
2. Middle Kingdom: As a Classification Age
3. Impact of Hyksos Invasion
4. Age of Imperialism : Salient Features

Unit II : Ancient Mesopotamia

1. Sumeria: Cultural Contributions
2. Babylonia : Hammurabi
3. Kassite Rule in Balylonia
4. Assyria : Salient Fatures of the Civilization

Unit III : Ancient China

1. Shang Dynasty : A Brief History
2. Chou Dynasty: A Brief History
3. Confucius
4. Cultural Contributions

Unit IV : Ancient Greece

1. Homeric Age
2. Sparta : Socio- Economic and Political Setup
3. Athens : Perecleam Age
4. Cultural Contributions

Unit V : Ancient Rome

1. Republican Age : Political Structure
2. Age of Imperialism : Cultural Contributions
3. Emergence and Growth of Christianity
4. Decline and Fall

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Suggested Readings :

1. Moret,The Nile and the Egyptian Civilization
2. Breasted, History of Egypt and Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt
3. Mowat, Nile Valley Civilization
4. E. Bille De Mot, The age of Akhnaton
5. Margaret Murray,Splendour that was Egypt
6. H.C. Rawlinson, History of Ancient Egypt (2 Vols.)
7. T. A. Wilson, The Burden of Egypt
8. Allen Gardiner,The Land of the Pharaoh
9. W.C. Hayes,The Most Ancient Egypt
10. Breasted,Ancient Records of Egypt : Historical Docoments from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquests (5 Vols)
11. Hall,Ancient History of the Near East
12. C. W. Bishop,Origin of the Far Eastern Civilization
13. H. C. Creel , (i) Birth of China (ii) Chinese Thought
14. James Mellart ,Earliest Civilization of the Near East
15. Hewi Frankfort,The Birth of Civilization in Mesopotamia
16. Lenord Wolley,The Sumerians
17. G. Contenan, Everyyday-Life in Babylonia and Assyira
18. Mallowah,Early Mesopotamia and Iran
19. Saggs, The Greatness that was Babylone
20. S. Smith, Early History of Assyria
21. Ohmsland, A History of Babylone
22. I. W. King , A History of Babylone
23. R. Turner,Great Cultural Tradition (Two Vols.)
24. Omsland ,History of Greece
25. Bury, History of Greece
26. H.D.F. Ketto , The Greeks
27. Gibbon ,Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
28. F.F. Abbot, Society and Politics in Ancient Rome
29. Wells & Barrow , A Short History of the Roman Empire
30. G. P. Beeker,Constantine the Great and the Christian Religion
31. H. Butterfield, Christianity and History
32. Swain , The Ancient World (Vols. I & II)
33. Wallbank & Taylor, Past and Present
34. Roninson, Ancient History
35. Cambridge,Ancient History (Vol. I)
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Core Course

First Semester

PaperIII (HIS 513) : Medieval Europe

Unit I : Emergence of the Empire : Charlemagne

1. Career and Achievements
2. Administration
3. Coronation
4. Carolingian Renaissance

Unit II : Revival of the Empire

1. Otto I
2. Fredrick Barbarossa
3. Fredrick II
4. The Empire and the Papacy : Causes of Conflict

Unit III : Growth of Papacy

1. Pope Gregory VII
2. Pope Innocent III
3. Monasticism
4. Nature of the Investiture Contest

Unit IV : Feudalism

1. Origin and Growth
2. Nature
3. Chivalry
4. Decay

Unit V : Cultural Aspects

1. Medieval Towns
2. Medieval Universities
3. 12th Century Renaissance
4. Crusades : Nature

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Suggested Readings :

1. Adams, Civilization during the Middle Ages
2. Byrce, The Holy Roman Empire, London, 1906
3. Bemont and Monod, Medieval Europe
4. Thompson and Johnson, An Introduction to Medieval Europ
5. J. W. Thompson, An Economic and Social History of the Middle Ages (2 Vols.)
6. Frietdrich Heer, The Medieval world
7. Myers, A Short History of Ancient, Medieval and Modern Times, Vol. II
8. Orton, Outlines of Medieval History
9. ...... , The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History
10. Souther, The Making of the Middle Ages
11. K. C. Choudhary, The Middle Ages, Calcutta, 1970
12. Thatcher, The Medieval Period
13. Thatcher and Schwell, The Middle Ages
14. Tout, The Empire and Papacy
15. Gorden Left, Medieval Thought
16. F. F. Gunshot, Feudalism
17. H. A. L. Fisher, The Medieval Empire, 2 Vols
18. F. P. Pickering, Literature and Arts in the Middle Ages
19. C. C. Crump and E. F. Jacob (ed), The Legacy of the Middle Ages
20. J. B. Bury, The Cambridge Medieval History
21. Kirachner Walther, Western Civilization up to 1500
22. Hallam, The Middle Ages
23. Oman, The Dark Ages
24. Stephenson, Medieval History
25. G. Barrchlough, History in a Challenging World
26. S. Runcimah, The History of Crusades
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Core Course

First Semester

PaperIV (HIS 514) : Medieval Islamic World

Unit I : Background and Emergence of Islam

1. Pre-Islamic Condition of Arabia
2. Prophet Muhammad and Islam
3. Expansion of Islam under Orthodox Caliphs : Abu Bakar and Omer
4. The Orthodox Caliphate : Islamic State Structure

Unit II : The Umayyads

1. Muowia : Consolidation of Islamic Power
2. State Structure : Admisstration
3. Society and Economy
4. Cultural Achievements

Unit III : The Abbasids

1. Upsurge of Abbasid Power : Harun-al- Rasid
2. State Structure : Administration
3. Society and Economy
4. Cultural Achievements

Unit IV : Post Abbasid Islamic World

1. Disintegration of the Empire in Main Islamic Land
2. Fatmids of Egypt : A Brief History
3. Muslim Spain : Cultural Achievements
4. Rise of Seljuq Turks

Unit V : Cultural Developments

1. Religion and Philosophy
2. Science and Technology
3. Language and Literature
4. Arts and Architecture

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Suggested Readings :

1. Von Kramer, Contribution of Islamic Civilization
2. Greneblaum, Medieval Islam
3. P. K. Hitti, A Short History of the Arabs
4. Ameer Ali, Short History of Saracenes
5. B. Lewis, Arabs in History
6. W. Muir, The Calipahate : Its' Rise and Fall
7. Montgomery Watt, Islamic Surveys
8. T. W. Arnold, The Caliphate
9. S. Khud Buk, Contribution to the History of Islamic Civilization
10. Hussain, The Arab Administration
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Core Course

Second Semester

PaperV (HIS 521) : Modern World (1900-1945)

Unit I : Origins of the World War I

1. Triple Entente
2. Triple Alliance
3. Moroccan Crisis
4. Bosnian Crisis

Unit II : Coming of the World War I

1. Anglo-German Naval Rivalry
2. Agadir Crisis, 1911
3. Balkan Wars, 1912-13
4. Causes and Extent of the World WarI

Unit III : Consequences of the World WarI

1. Paris Peace Settlement
2. The Reparation Problem
3. The Depression
4. The League of Nations : Achievement's and Failure

Unit IV : Between the Wars

1. East Asia : Washington Conference and Manchurian Crisis
2. West Asia : Rise of Kamal Pasha and Foreign Policy of Turkish Republic
3. Europe: French Search for Security and British Policy of Appeasement
4. USA : Foreign Policy

Unit V : Towards the World War II

1. Rise of Fascism in Italy
2. Rise of Nazism in Germany
3. Japanese Militarism
4. Causes and Extent of the World War II.

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Suggested Readings :

1. A. W. Ward (ed), Cambridge Modern History
2. S. B. Fay, The Origins of the World War
3. Brandenburg, From Bismarck to the World War
4. L. Albertini, The Origins of the World War 1914 (Vol. I)
5. N. Mansergh, The Coming of the First World War
6. Vinacke, History of the Far East
7. R. R. Palmer, A History of Modern World
8. S. F. Benis, A Diplomatic History of the United States
9. G. F. Kennan, American Diplomacy, 1900-1950
10. E. H. Carr, The Bolshevik Revolution, 3 Vols.
11. ...... , Socialism in one Country, 2 Vols.
12. H. J. Ellison, History of Russia
13. C. J. Hayes, Contemporary Europe since 1870
14. B. K. Gokhale, History of Modern World
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18. Lipman, Origins of the Second World War
19. Langsam, World since 1914
20. Gathorne Hardy, Short History of International Affairs since 1919
21. Lenezowski, Middle East in World Affairs
22. H.C. Palmer and Howard C. Perkins, International Relations : The World Community in Transition
23. E. H. Carr, The Twenty Year's Crisis, 1919-1939
24. Hans J. Morgenthau, The Purpose of American Politics
25. ...... , Politics Among Nations
26. Harry Sichrovsky, Non-alignment, Basics, History and Prospects
27. Peter Calvocoressi, World and New States
28. Ruhl J. Bartlett, The League to Enforce Peace
29. Toynbee, Survey of International Affairs
30. Robert Cecil, The Great Experiment
31. W. W. Kulski, The International Politics in the Revolutionary Age

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Core Course

Second Semester

Paper VI (HIS 522) : Contemporary World (1945-2000)

Unit I : Post War Weakening of the Imperialism

1. Reorganisation of Europe : Economic Recovery and Integration of Europe
2. Decolonisation in Asia : Resurgence of Asia
3. Decolonisation in Africa: Emergence of New States in Africa
4. Communist Revolution in China

Unit II : Post War World Systems

1. UNO and the World Peace
2. The Cold War : A Brief History
3. Non-Aligned Movement : A Brief History
4. The New World Order

Unit III : Select Conflicts and Crisis

1. Palestine Problem and Arab-Israel Conflict
2. Oil Diplomacy and Gulf Crisis
3. Korean Crisis
4. Kashmir Problem and Indo-Pakistan Conflict

Unit IV : International Issues and Movements

1. Feminism and Gender Issues
2. Human Rights
3. World Agenda of Environment
4. International Terrorism

Unit V : Contemporary World Order