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History of India, c. 1200-1700
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
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History of India, c. 1200-1700 (Theory) |
CO13- Examine the origins of the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Dynasty, including the circumstances preceding the Delhi Sultanate's establishment. CO14- Analyze the expansion,administrative policies, innovations, and reforms of Sultanate of Delhi. CO15- Assess the political development in the Mughal empire from Babur to Shahajahan’s reign CO16- Analyze Aurangzeb's policies and elucidate Mughal administration, including the land revenue, Mansabdari, and Jagir systems. 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 |
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
Expansion of Delhi Sultanate under Khilji, Tughlaq and Lodi Sultans
Military, administrative & economic reforms
Bahmani and Vijaynagar Kingdom
Emergence and consolidation of Mughal State from C.16th century to mid 17th century, Religious and Rajput policy, Deccan and North-Western Frontier Policy
Aurangzeb and the decline of the empire
Mughal Central and Provincial administration
Mansabs, Jagirs and Land revenue system
Society, Economy, Art and Architecture under Delhi Sultanate
Society, Economy, Art and Architecture under the Mughals.
· 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
· 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.
E-Resources
Sources of study of Delhi Sultanate and Mughals.
· https://www.historydiscussion.net/history-of-india/historical-sources-of...
· https://www.daudnagarcollege.ac.in/study-material/2133399833MODULE%201%2...
Turkish Invasion and Rajput resistance-Mahmud Ghazni and Mohammad Ghori.
· https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/61926/1/Unit-12.pdf
Reasons for the success of the Turks and its impact
· http://gdckulgam.edu.in/Files/f07ef270-7e91-4716-8825-2966f17cc0f7/Custo...
Qutub-ud-din Aibik
· https://www.historydiscussion.net/history-of-india/rulers-history-of-ind...
Iltutmish and his successors
· https://www.shivajicollege.ac.in/sPanel/uploads/econtent/d2eb440f0987091...
Turk-i-chahilghani
· http://deepak-indianhistory.blogspot.com/2021/01/turkan-i-chahalgani-gro...
Razia
· http://maitreyi.ac.in/Datafiles/cms/2022/samvedena/Jan%2022/E1.pdf
Balban
· http://magadhmahilacollege.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Ghiyasuddin-Ba...
Expansion of Dehli sultanate under Khalji
· https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/summary-on-the-khilji-dynas...
Economic and Administrative Policies of Allauddin Khilji.
· https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/economic-policy-and-adminis....
Ghias–ud-din Tughlaq
· https://www.historydiscussion.net/history-of-india/tughluq-dynasty/ghiya...
Mohammad Bin Tughlaq and his schemes
· https://homeoflearning.in/muhammad-bin-tughlaq-and-his-ambitious-projects/
Firoz Tughlaq: Agrarian reforms and public works
· https://www.historydiscussion.net/articles/bright-and-dark-sides-of-the-...
Rise of provincial Kingdoms – Vijaynagar and Bahamani Kingdom and causes of their decline
· https://www.historydiscussion.net/history-of-india/causes-of-the-downfal...
· https://www.egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/22005/1/Unit-9.pdf
Decline of the Delhi Sultanate
· https://www.shivajicollege.ac.in/sPanel/uploads/econtent/650a9a46d87b7f9...
Social and economic condition during Sultanate period
· https://www.intolegalworld.com/gs?title=administration-economic-and-soci...
Babur
· https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286357509_BABUR'S_CONTRIBUTIONS...
Humayun
· https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/5010548.pdf
Shershah suri
· https://www.gc11.ac.in/uploads/elearning/Sher%20Shah-486270364.pdf
Jahangir, Nurjahan Junta
· http://greenvalleykashmir.com/CMS/Files2/Jahangir.pdf
· http://journals.du.ac.in/humsoc/pdf/TANDON%20Nur%20Jahan.pdf
Shah Jahan- Central Asian Policy, War of succession.
· https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/20217/1/Unit-7.pdf
· https://historum.com/threads/shah-jahans-central-asian-campaign-1645-164...
· https://www.historydiscussion.net/history-of-india/results-and-causes-of...
Expansion of Mughal rule with special reference to Akbar-North Western Frontier
Policy,Rajput Religious and Deccan Policy
· https://www.culturalindia.net/indian-history/akbar.html
· https://www.hansrajcollege.ac.in/hCPanel/uploads/elearning/elearning_doc...
· https://www.historydiscussion.net/history-of-india/mughal-emperors/decca...
· hansrajcollege.ac.in/hCPanel/uploads/elearning/elearning_document/AKBAR’S_RELIGIOUS_POLICY_Combined.pdf
· http://niu.edu.in/sla/Growth_of_mughal_emprire.pdf
Maratha – Mughal relations.
· http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00islamlinks/ikram/part2_15...
Decline of Mughal Empire
· https://new.bhu.ac.in/Content/Syllabus/Syllabus_300620200413052929.pdf
Central and Provincial Administration under Mughals
· http://www.ijstm.com/images/short_pdf/1473320732_400_IJSTM.pdf
· https://www.lkouniv.ac.in/site/writereaddata/siteContent/202004132159500...
Mansab and Jagir
Development of Architecture and Literature- Delhi Sultanate and Mughals
