History of India, c. 1200-1700

Paper Code:

24CHIS 301

Credits:

Contact Hours:

90.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

Objective:

Course Objectives:

This course provides students with a thorough exploration of early Medieval India, highlighting key transitions, changes, and developments such as the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal rule. Students will also gain insights into the contributions of the Vijayanagar and Bahamani kingdoms to Medieval Indian History. Additionally, they will evaluate the origin, evolution, and decline of the Mughal Empire, examining aspects such as imperial administration, land revenue policies, and societal, religious, economic, artistic, and cultural developments during the Medieval Period

Course Outcomes:

Course Outcomes (CO)

Course

Learning outcomes (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24CHIS 301

History of India, c. 1200-1700

CO13- Examine the study sources of the Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Dynasty, and the circumstances preceding the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate.

CO14- Analyze the political history of Delhi's ruling dynasties, including their administrative policies, innovations, and reforms..

CO15- Assess the political development in the Mughal empire from Babur to Shahajahan’s reign

CO16- Determine the policies of Aurangzeb and explain the Mughal administration as well as Land Revenue, Mansabdari and Jagir system

CO17-Analyze the socio-economic and cultural developments during the Sultanate and the Mughal Period

CO18-Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks.

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

18.00

Unit I:

The Delhi Sultanate and the Mughals

Sources of study of Delhi Sultanate and Mughals.

Establishment and consolidation of Delhi Sultanate till the rule of Slave Sultans, Iqta system, administrative reforms.

Contemporary political powers.

Emergence of Delhi Sultanate: Qutub-ud-din Aibak, Iltutmish and Balban

18.00

Unit II:

Expansion of Delhi Sultanate

Expansion of Delhi Sultanate under Khilji, Tughlaq and Lodi Sultans

Military, administrative & economic reforms

Bahmani and Vijaynagar Kingdom.

18.00

Unit III:

The Mughal Empire

Emergence and consolidation of Mughal State from C.16th century to mid 17th century, Religious and Rajput policy, Deccan and North-Western Frontier Policy

18.00

Unit IV:

The Mughal Empire: Decline, Administrative System

Aurangzeb and the decline of the empire

Mughal Central and Provincial administration

Mansabs, Jagirs and Land revenue system

18.00

Unit V:

Delhi Sultanate and Mughals: Development of Art, Society and Economy

Society, Economy, Art and Architecture under Delhi Sultanate

Society, Economy, Art and Architecture under the Mughals

Essential Readings:

Essential Readings

Chandra, S. History of Medieval India (800-1700).Delhi: Orient Longmam, 2007
Sarkar Jadunath, Mughal Administration, Published by Patna University, 1920.
Singh Upinder, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12 th Century, Pearson Longman, New Delhi, 2009
Banerjee A. C. New History of Medieval India, S. Chand & Company, New Delhi, 1990

References:

Suggested Readings:

Alam, M.,and S. Subrahmanayam. The Mughal State 1526-1750. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Burton Stein, New Cambridge History of India: Vijayanagara, Cambridge University Press,New Delhi, 1993
Chitanis K. N., Socio-Economic History of Medieval India, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi 1990
Iswari Prasad, History of Medieval India, The Indian Press Ltd, Allahabad, 1952.
Jackson, P. The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Koch, E. Mughal Architecture: An Outline of its History and Development (1526-1858) Prestel, 1991.
Kumar, S. The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate. Delhi: Permanent Black, 2007.
Lane Pool, Stanley, Life and Culture in Medieval India, Kamal Prakashan, Indore, 1978
Mahajan V.D., History of Medieval India, S. Chand & Company, New Delhi, 1992.
Mahalingam T. V., Administration and Social Life under Vijaynagar; University of Madras, 1975
Moosvi, S. The Economy of the Mughal Empire c.1595:A Statistical Study. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1987.
Moreland, W. H., From Akbar to Aurangzeb - A Study of Indian Economic History, Macmillan & Co., Ltd, London, 1923
Pande A. B., Society and Government in Medieval India, Central Book Depot, Allahabad, 1965.
Ray Chaudhuri, T and I. Habib., ed. The Cambridge Economic History of India,
Vol.1:c1200-1750. Delhi: Orient Longman, 1982.
Richards, J F. The Mughal Empire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Qureshi I. H., the Administration of Sultanate of Delhi, (IInd ed.), The Hague,Karachi, 1958.
Sarkar Jadunath, Mughal Administration, Published by Patna University, 1920.
Sarkar Jadunath, Shivaji and his Times, IInd ed., Longman, Green & Co, London, 1920
Sharma S.R., Mughal Government and Administration, Hind Kitab, Bombay, 1951
Sharma S.R., Mughal Empire in India,Karnataka Printing Press, Bombay, 1934.
Shrivastava A.L., The Sultanate of Delhi (711 A.D – 1526), 5th ed, Shiv Lal Agrawala, Agra, 1966.
Shrivastava M.P., Society and Culture in Medieval India (1206 A.D. 17007 A. D., Chugh Publishers, Allahabad, 1975.
Singh Upinder, A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12 th Century, Pearson Longman, New Delhi, 2009
Sreenivasa Murty H.V., Ramkrishna R. History of Karnataka, S. Chand & Company, New Delhi, 1992.