Mughal India (1550-1605)

By Dr. Tinni Goswami | St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata,

Learners enrolled: 1290

This course will introduce some important aspects of early Mughal India to the students such as sources and Historiography, Establishment of the Mughal Rule, Rural society and economy, Political and religious ideals as well as the Mughal Rule under Akbar etc.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	13 Jan 2020
End Date :	03 Apr 2020
Enrollment Ends :	08 Mar 2020
Exam Date :	10 May 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:

Historiography and Sources-1
Historiography and Sources-2

Historiography and Sources-3

Week 2:

Historiography and Sources-4,
India on the eve of Babur’s invasion and military technology
Humayun's struggle for empire

Week 3:

Sher Shah – The Afghan Sultan
Mansabdari System-1
Mansabdari System-2

Week 4:

Jagirdari System-1
Jagirdari System-2
Akbar’s religious ideas

Week 5:

Mughal Administration and Social Systems
Rajput Polity-1
Rajput Polity-2

Week 6:

Rajput Polity-3,
Regional Polities-Maharashtra-1
Regional Polities-Maharashtra-2

Week 7:

Regional Polities-Maharashtra-3
North-West frontier
Gujarat & the Deccan Conquest of Bengal

Week 8:

Zamindari System-1
Zamindari System-2
Forest and Agricultural Zone in Mughal India

Week 9:

Agricultural production-1
Agricultural production-2
Agrarian Structure-1

Week 10:

Agrarian Structure-2
Markets and Internal trade
Foreign Trade-1

Week 11:

Foreign Trade-2
Mughal Monetary System
Sufism During the Mughal Period

Week 12:

Bhakti Movement and Sanyasi Cult
Shikhism During the Mughal Period
Kabirpanthis and Dadupanthis

Books and references

1. Ahmed , Nizamuddin

Tabaqat – i – Akbari (tr. From the Persian by B.De). Calcutta, 1936

2. Ali, M.Athar

Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb, Bombay , 1966

3. Badauni , Abdul Qader

Muntakhab – ul – Twarikh (tr. by W.H.Lowe) , rev. ed. Patna, 1973

Instructor bio

Dr. Tinni Goswami

St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata,

Dr. Tinni Goswami has done her Masters and PhD from Jadavpur University and her thesis has been published in 2011 from New Delhi. She has numerous national and international publications and toured Europe and the other Asian countries to present her research papers in various international conferences. She was a JRF of Indian Council of Historical Research from 2006-2008 and the Fellow of The Asiatic Society from 2010-2013. Dr. Goswami was a UGC Research Associate at Women’s Studies Research centre, University of Calcutta from 2013-2014. At present she is an Assistant Professor and the HOD of History, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata, Raghabpur Campus. She is also working as a Part-Time Faculty at the PG Department (Evening) of History, Jadavpur University. Her areas of research interests are history of gender, cultural and regional history, history of science, technology and religions, history of public health and education in West Bengal.