ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY, KARAIKUDI.
NEW SYLLABUS UNDER CBCS PATTERN ( w.e.f. 2014-15)
B.A., HISTORY PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
Sem / Course / Cr. / Hrs./Week / Marks / Total
Part / Subject
code / Name / Int. / Ext.
I / I / 411T / Tamil/other languages – I / 3 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
II / 412E / English – I / 3 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
III / 4BHI1C1 / Core – I – History of India Upto 1206 A.D. / 4 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BHI1C2 / Core – II – World Civilization / 4 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
Allied–I / 5 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
IV / 4NME1A /
4NME1B /
4NME1C / (1) Non-Major Elective – I –
(a) jkpo; nkhopapd; mbg;gilfs; / (b) ,f;fhy ,yf;fpak; /
(c) Communicative English / 2 / 1 / 25 / 75 / 100
Total / 21 / 30 / -- / -- / 600
II / I / 421T / Tamil/other languages – II / 3 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
II / 422E / English – II / 3 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
III / 4BHI2C1 / Core – III – History of India from 1206 to 1707 A.D. / 4 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BHI2C2 / Core – IV – History of Europe, From 476 to 1453 A.D. / 4 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
Allied – II / 5 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
IV / 4BES2 / (3) Environmental Studies / 2 / 2 / 25 / 75 / 100
Total / 21 / 30 / -- / -- / 600
III / I / 431T / Tamil /other languages – III / 3 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
II / 432E / English – III / 3 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
III / 4BHI3C1 / Core – V – History of India from 1707 to 1947 A.D. / 4 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BHI3C2 / Core – VI – History of Europe from 1453 to 1789 A.D. / 4 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
Allied – III / 5 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
IV / 4NME3A /
4NME3B /
4NME3C / (1) Non-major Elective – II (a),yf;fpaKk; nkhopg; gad;ghLk;/ (b) goe;jkpo; ,yf;fpaq;fSk; ,yf;fpatuyhWk; / (c) Effective Employability Skills / 2 / 1 / 25 / 75 / 100
4SBS3A1/ 4SBS3A2 / (2) Skill Based Subjects – I / 2 / 2 / 25 / 75 / 100
V / 4BEA3 / Extension activities / 1 / - / 100 / -- / 100
Total / 24 / 30 / -- / -- / 800
IV / I / 441T / Tamil /other language – IV / 3 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
II / 442E / English – IV / 3 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
III / 4BHI4C1 / Core – VII – Contemporary India, Since 1947 A.D. / 4 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BHI4C2 / Core – VIII – History of Europe, From 1789 to 1945 A.D. / 4 / 4 / 25 / 75 / 100
Allied – IV / 5 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
IV / 4SBS4B1/ 4SBS4B2 / (2) Skill Based Subjects – II / 2 / 2 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BVE4/ 4BMY4/ 4BWS4 / (4)Value Education / Manavalakalai Yoga / Women’s Studies / 2 / 2 / 25 / 75 / 100
Total / 23 / 30 / -- / -- / 700
V / III / 4BHI5C1 / Core – IX – History of Tamilnadu Upto 1801 A.D. / 4 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BHI5C2 / Core – X – History of the U.S.A from 1776 to 1945 A.D. / 4 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BH15C3 / Core – XI - History of Science and Technology / 4 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BHIE1A/ 4BHIE1B / Elective – I – Journalism(or)
Archaeology / 5 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BHIE2A/ 4BHIE2B / Elective – II – Indian Constitution (or) Panchayat Raj / 5 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
IV / 4SBS5A3/ 4SBS5A4/ 4SBS5A5 / (2) Skill Based Subjects – I / 2 / 2 / 25 / 75 / 100
(2) Skill Based Subjects – I / 2 / 2 / 25 / 75 / 100
Total / 26 / 30 / -- / -- / 700
VI / III / 4BHI6C1 / Core – XII – History of Tamilnadu from 1801 A.D. to the Present day / 4 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BHI6C2 / Core – XIII – International Relations Since 1945 A.D. / 4 / 6 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BHI6C3 / Core – XIV – Introduction to Historiography / 4 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BH16C4 / Core – XV – History of Russia, From Peter the Great to 1991 A.D. / 4 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
4BHIE3A/ 4BHIE3B / Elective – III – Social Reformers of India (or) Women Studies / 5 / 5 / 25 / 75 / 100
IV / 4SBS6B3/ 4SBS6B4/ 4SBS6B5 / (2) Skill Based Subjects – II / 2 / 2 / 25 / 75 / 100
(2) Skill Based Subjects – II / 2 / 2 / 25 / 75 / 100
Total / 25 / 30 / -- / -- / 700
Grand Total / 140 / 180 / -- / -- / 4100
I YEAR – I SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 4BHI1C1
CORE COURSE I – HISTORY OF INDIA UPTO 1206 A.D.
Unit I
Geographical Features of India – Unity in Diversity – Sources – The Stone Age. Indus Valley Civilization –Extent – Features – Causes of decline – Dravidian Civilization – Tamil culture.
Unit II
The Early Vedic Age ––Later Vedic Age – Rise of Jainism and Buddhism –Persian and Greek Invasions- Alexander, the Great Impacts.
Unit III
The Mauryas – Chandra Gupta Maurya – Asoka the Great Contribution to Buddhism – Mauryan Administration – The Sungas – The Kushan’s- Kanishka– Gandara School of Art.
Unit IV
The Gupta Age – Chandra Gupta I- Samudra Gupta- Chandra Gupta II- Gupta Administaration – The Golden Age – Causes of Decline
Unit V
Harsha Vardhara– Visit of Heiun Tsang – Contribution to Buddhism- Nalanda University- The Chalukyas - The Sathavahanas – The Rajputs – Rashtrakutas –The Bhakticult – Conquest of Sind Mohammed of Gazhni- Mohammed of Ghor.
Map Study
1. Important sites of the Indus Valley Civilization.
2. Asoka’s Empire
3. Kanishka’s Empire.
4. The Gupta Empire.
5. Harsha’s Empire.
Books for Reference
1. Basham, A.L. – The Wonder That Was India.
2. Koasambi, D.D. – The Culture and Civilization of Ancient India: In Historical Outline.
3. Majundar, R.C (ed) – History and Culture of Indian People.
4. Thapar, Romila – Ancient India’s Social History.
5. Sharma, R.S. – Aspects of Political Ideas and institutions in Ancient India.
6. Sharma, R.S. – Indian Feudalism.
7. Mahajan, V.D. – Ancient India
8. Sathianatha Iyer - History of South India
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I YEAR – I SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 4BHI1C2
CORE COURSE II – WORLD CIVILIZATION
Unit I
Rise and growth of civilizations – The Stone Age Culture- The Metal Age
Unit II
River Valley civilizations – Nile – Mesopotomia – Hwang Ho – Their Legacies
Unit III
Greece – City States – Political Experiments – Age of Pericles – Legacy of Greece.
Unit IV
Origin and Growth of Rome – The Augustan Age – Contribution of Rome to the World Civilizations
Unit V
Rise and Growth of major religions – Confucianism – Zoarstrianism – Christianity – Islam
Books for Reference
1. James Edgar Swain – The World Civilizations
2. Wall bank Taylor – History of World Civilizations
3. W. Watson – Early civilization in China
4. H.A.L. Fisher – A History of Europe, Vol. I.
5. Arnold J. Toynbee: – A Study of History.
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I YEAR – II SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 4BHI2C1
CORE COURSE III – HISTORY OF INDIA, FROM 1206 to 1707 A.D.
Unit I
Foundation of Delhi Sultanate – Qubuddin Aibak - The Slave dynasty – Khilji dynasty –Tughluq Dynasty – Syed Dynasty –Lodi Dynasty – Sultanate Administration – Socio –economic condition – Sultanate Art – Bhakti Movement.
Unit II
The Vijayanagar Empire – Krishnadevaraya – Vijayanagar Administration – Art and Architecture – The Bahmini Kingdom -The Hoysalas.
Unit III
The Mughal Empire in India – Sources - Condition of India on the eve of Babur’s - invasion– Humayun invasion – Sher Shah - Administration – Akbar – Jahangir – Shah Jahan - Aurangazeb.
Unit IV
The Mughal Administration – Mughal Art and Architecture – Disintegration of the Mughal Empire
Unit V
Rise of Marathas – Shivaji – Administration – rise of the Sikhs – Guru Nanak.
Maps
1. Empire of Alauddin Khilji.
2. Akbar’s empire.
3. Aurangazeb’s empire.
4. Vijayanagar empire under Krishnadevaraya.
5. Maratha empire under Shivaji.
Books for Reference
1. Ishwari Prasad – A Short History of the Muslim Rule.
2. Habib, Irfan(ed) – Researches in the History of India, 1200-1750 (Delhi).
3. Habib Irfan (ed) – Agrarian system of the Mughal India.
4. Majumbar, R.C (ed) – History and culture of Indian People (Bombay, Bharatiya Bhavan, 1960), Relevant.
5. Srivatsava – The Mughal empire 1526 – 1803 A.D.
6. Sathianatha Iyer – Political and cultural History of India, Volume – I & II
7. Basham, A.L. – The wonder that was India.
8. Tarachand – State and society in Manual period
9. Venkatraman, T.R. – Mughals of Indian History Volume – I
10. Sharma, S.R – Mughal Rule in India.
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I YEAR – II SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 4BHI2C2
CORE COURSE IV – HISTORY OF EUROPE, FROM 476 TO 1453 A.D.
Unit I
Causes for the Fall of the Western Roman Empire – Legacy of Rome - Occupation of Western Europe by the Franks, Goths, Vandals and Anglo-Saxons.
Unit II
The Byzantine Empire – Justinian I – The Frankish Kingdom –Charlemagne – Break up of the Carolingian dynasty – Carolingian Renaissance.
Unit III
The Holy Roman Empire – Henry, the Fowler – Otto, the Great – The Struggle between the Empire and Papacy.
Unit IV
Rise and Spread of Christianity – Papacy – Monasticism - Spread of Islam - The Crusades.
Unit V
The Capetian Kings of France – Feudalism – Manorial System - The Hundreds’ Year War- Life and Society at the end of Middle Ages.
Books for Reference:
1. R. H. C. Davis – A History of Medieval Europe
2. Marc Bloch – Fedual Society
3. Georges Duby – The Early Growth of the European 4. Economy
4. Henri Pirenne – Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe
5. Joseph R. Strayer & Dana C. Munro– The Middle Ages, 295-1500
6. Martin Scott – The Medieval Europe
7. Sidney Painter – A History of the Middle Ages, 284-1500
8. Wallace K.Ferguson
& Geoffrey Brum – Survey of European Civilization.
9. Robert S. Hoyt &
Stanley Chodorow, – Europe in the Middle Ages
10. Stewart C. Easton &
Helene Wieruszowski – The Era of Charlemagne
11. Hasan - History of Europe
12. Hayer - History of Europe
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II YEAR – III SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 4BHI3C1
CORE COURSE V – HISTORY OF INDIA, FROM 1707 TO 1947 A.D.
Unit I
The Advent of the Europeans –– Robert Clive – Warren Hastings – Lord Wellesley – Lord Hastings.
Unit II
Lord Willian Bentinck – The Anglo-Mysore wars – Anglo-Maratha wars – Anglo – Burmese wars – Annexation of Sindh – Ranjit Singh – Anglo-Sikhs wars – Anglo – Afghan wars.
Unit III
Lord Cornwallis - Permanent Revenue Settlement – Reforms – Lord Dalhousie and his reforms – Lord Ripon & Local Self Government – Lord Curson and his Reforms.
Unit IV
Socio – Religious Reforms Movements in the 19th century – Brahma Samaj – Prarthana Samaj – Arya Samaj –Aligarh Movement – Theosophical Societies – Ramakrishna Mission – Impacts - Press Act and Lord Lytton.
Unit V
Indian National Movement –Rise and Growth Indian National Congress – Swadeshi Movement – Moderate & Extremists - Home Rule Movement – Non – Co-operation Movement – Civil Disobedience Movement – Quit India Movement – Netaji and Indian National Army – Attainment of Freedom.
Books for Reference
1. Chhabra, G.S. – Advance study of the History of Modern India.
Vol.I, II & III.
2. Desai, A.R. – Social Background of Indian Nationalism.
3. Grover, B.L., – A New Look on Modern Indian History.
4. Majumdar, R.C,
Raychandhri &
Kalkudan Datta – An Advance History of India.
5. Wanda, B.R. & Josh, V.C – Studies in Modern Indian History.
6. Roberts, P.E. – History of British India.
7. Spear, Percival – The Oxford History of Modern India, 1740-1975.
8. Sumit Sarkar – Modern India, 1885-1947.
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II YEAR – III SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 4BHI3C2
CORE COURSE VI – HISTORY OF EUROPE FROM 1453 TO 1789 A.D.
Unit I
Geographical Discoveries – The Renaissance - Causes – Renaissance in literature- Art and Architecture- Science and Politics – results.
Unit II
The Reformation: causes and effects – Reformation in Germany- Switzerland, France and England – The Counter Reformation Causes – Course and effects – Rise of Nation States – Charles V.
Unit III
Enlightened Despotism in Europe - Louis XIV –Frederick, the Great–Maria Theresa-Joseph II – Their domestic and foreign Policies.
Unit IV
Gustavus Adolphus – Thirty Year’s War – Causes – Course and Results – Treaty of Westphalia - Charles XII of Sweden.
Unit V
Rise of Russia – Peter, the great – Catherine, the Great –Partition of Poland .
Books for Reference
1. A. Grant – History of Europe.
2. H.A.L. Fisher – History of Europe.
3. South gate – A Text Book of Modern European History.
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II YEAR – IV SEMESTER
COURSE CODE: 4BHI4C1
CORE COURSE VII – CONTEMPORARY INDIA, SINCE 1947 A.D.
Unit I
India on the eve of Independence – Partition of India – Integration of Indian States – Sardar Vallabai Patel – Features of the Indian Constitution – Reorganization of States on Linguistic basis.
Unit II
Nehru Era – Internal and External policy – Lal Bahadur Shastri – Indira Gandhi – Emergence of Janata Party and Morarji Desai .
Unit III
Rajiv Gandhi – Internal and External Reforms - V.P. Singh and Mandal Commission. Administration of Narasimha Rao – Emergence of BJP – A.B.Vajpayee – Manmohan Singh- Narendra Modi
Unit IV
Planning Commission – Five Year Plans – Industrial Development – Development of Science and Technology – Green revolution – White revolution – Blue revolution.