B.A. History

·         Religious Development

·         Aspects of Society

·         Age of the Guptas

·         Mauryan and Post-Mauryan Era

·         Vedic Corpus and Transition to Janapadas & Mahajanapadas

·         Harappan Civilization

·         Pre-Historic Hunter-Gatherers

·         Reconstructing Ancient Indian History

·         Institutional Structure (Varna System)

·         Cave Architecture Polity

·         Sanskrit Literature Temple

·         Indian & Oceanic Trade

·         Urban Centres

·         Agricultural Expansion

·         Ghaznavi and Ghori’s Invasion of India

·         The Emergence of Major Political Centres – Peninsular India Arab, Bengal and Kannauj

·         The Mughal Empire – Foundation & Consolidation of Mughal Empire

·         Society, Religion and Culture in Mughal India

·         Crisis of the Mughal Empire

·         Economy in Mughal India

·         Ideology and State in Mughal India

·         Partition of India (1947-1964)

·         Communal Politics

·         Post War Upsurges

·         Pre-War Political Developments

·         New Trends in National Movement

·         The Gandhian Era

·         Indian Nationalism

·         Colonial Intervention and Growth of Modern Education

·         Revolt of 1857

·         Early Resistance to Colonial Rule

·         Rural Economy & Society

·         Socio-Religious Movements in India

·         East India Company – Theory of Rent

·         Political, Sociological and Cultural History of Rome

·         Macedonia Expansion

·         Political History of Greece

·         Major Centres of Ancient Mediterranean World – Persia, Egypt and Mesopotamia

·         Polis in Ancient Greece

·         Slave Society in Ancient Greece

·         Nomadic Groups in Ancient and Central Asia

·         Bronze Age Civilization

·         Paleolithic & Mesolithic Cultures

·         English Civil War of the 17th Century

·         Europe Scientific Revolution

·         Renaissance Humanism Economy of 17th Century

·         Proto-Industrialization Renaissance

·         Economic Expansion of Europe in the 16th Century

·         Economy in the 15th Century

·         Development of National Monarchy

·         Fall of Constantinople

·         Economic Crisis in the 14th Century

·         Crisis of Feudalism

·         Nature of Feudal Society

·         Russian Revolution

·         Anglo-German Antagonism

·         Age of Imperialism

·         The Third Republic, German Reich and Paris Commune

·         Rise of Working-class movements and Socialist thought Art and Culture, Religion, and Science of 18th century Europe

·         Industrialization in Europe

·         France Under the IInd Empire

·         Russian Modernization

·         Unification of Italy and Germany

·         Emergence of Non-Nation States in Central Europe

·         Metternich and the Conservative Order Pattern of Insurrection in France and other Central European Countries

·         The Vienna Congress

·         French Revolution Napoleon Bonaparte – Rise and Fall

·         Understanding the 18th century Europe; Social, Economic and Political background to French Revolution

·         The End of Cold War and Globalization

·         The End of Socialist Regime and the Disintegration of USSR

·         Reunification of Germany

·         The Liberation Struggle of Vietnam

·         India and the Liberation War of Bangladesh

·         Indo-Pakistan Relations

·         The Non-Aligned Movement

·         The Disintegration of European Empires and the Emergence of the Third World

·         Bipolarism and Regional conflicts – War in Korea, Crisis in Cuba, Conflict in the Middle East

·         Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan

·         US foreign policy in the Post War period

·         USSR’s relation with East European Countries

·         Cold War

·         United Nations Organization

·         The Spanish Civil War

·         Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

·         Diplomatic Background of the Second World War – Policy of Appeasement, the Munich Pact

·         Fascism in Italy and Nazism in Germany

·         The Great Depression and its international repercussions

·         The reparation issue and its impact on international relations

·         The League of Nations

·         The Versailles Settlement of 1919

·         Emergence of Japan as an Imperial Power

·         Economic Modernization

·         Popular & Democratic Movements

·         Meiji Restoration

·         Japan – PreResporation Period

·         Nationalism and Communism in China

·         Popular movements in China including the Taiping Revolution Restoration, Reform and Revolution in China

·         Colonial Penetration in China

·         China and Pre-Colonial China

·         Making of the Republic

·         Religious, Cultural and Intellectual Trends

·         Women’s Movements

·         Afro-American Movements

·         U.S Imperialism

·         Civil War Industrial America

·         The Agrarian South AnteBellum Foreign Policy

·         Early Capitalism

·         Evolution of American Democracy

·         The Khruschev Era

·         Planned Industrialization

·         Collectivisation of Soviet Agriculture

·         The Great Debate of Soviet Industrialization

·         The Comintern Formation of USSR

·         Foreign Policy

·         The New Economic Policy

·         Civil War and War Communism

·         The Russian Revolution of 1917 (February & October)

·         Historiography of Africa

·         Rebellion & National Liberation Movements

·         Popular Protests

·         Emergence of New Religious and Cultural Identities

·         Economic Transformation

·         Structures of Colonial Control

·         Patterns of Colonization

·         Commerce and Migration (1500-1900)

·         Assertion of the U.S Hegemony in the 20th Century

·         Bolivar’s Vision and the Emergence of New States in the First Half of 19th Century

·         Economic Transformations

·         Conquest of America and its Repercussions