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History of India (1206-1550)

By Dr. Tinni Goswami   |   St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata, Raghabpur Campus
Learners enrolled: 1153

This particular course is based on the CBCS Syllabus of History of India (c.1206-1550).  It deals with the various facets of the Delhi Sultanate starting from the historiography to politics, economy, society, religion and culture with minute details. This course will help the students to have a deeper understanding of the discourses on Delhi Sultanate and to apprehend the historical continuity as depicted through the ages. The lectures as designed for this course are informative and analytical. This particular attempt is definitely a dedicated endeavour for student –friendly learning and knowledge gathering. 

Summary
Course Status : Ongoing
Course Type : Core
Language for course content : English
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points : 5
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 15 Jul 2024
End Date : 31 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends : 31 Aug 2024
Exam Date : 14 Dec 2024 IST
Exam Schedule :

Shift 2

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 Module Course Title
1 1 Literary and Inscriptional sources of the Delhi Sultanate 
  2 Early Medieval Period – Historiography and Debates
  3 Sources of Early Medieval Indian History 
  4 Arab, Ghaznavid and Ghorid Invasions of India 
     
2 5 Coinage and Currency System of Delhi Sultanate  
  6 Arab Conquest of Sindh - Nature and Impact 
  7 Turkish Invasions: Mahmud of Ghazna/Shahab-ud-Din of Ghur  
  8 Political developments of the Early Medieval India 
     
3 9 Economy during early medieval period 
  10 Urban Economy of Early Medieval India 
  11 The rise and growth of regional languages between 650 and 1200AD 
  12 Indian Art and architecture between 650 & AD 1200 AD 
     
4 13 Overview of Religion and Culture
  14 Schools of Philosophy & Religious cults
  15 Influence of Shakti Cult and Mother Goddess Worship 
  16 Puranic Traditions and other Popular Religious Cults 
     
5 17 Tantrism in Early Medieval India  
  18 Buddhism in Early Medieval India  
  19 Science and Technology in early Medieval India 
  20 Caste structure in Early Medieval Period
     
6 21 Gender Relations in Early Medieval Indian Society
  22 The Mongol Threat and Timur’s invasion of India 
  23 Sources of History for Delhi Sultanate 
  24 Political Structure of the Delhi Sultanate 13th & 14th Centuries
     
7 25 The Administrative System of The Delhi Sultanate 
  26 Political Structure of Delhi Sultanate 15th & 16th Centuries
  27 Military technology and its application in the Sultanate period 
  28 Theories of Kingship 
     
8 29 Female Rulers in India  
  30 The Tughluq Dynasty 
  31 The Lodi Dynasty 
  32 Slavery in India during the Sultanate period 
     
9 33 India on the eve of Babur’s invasion and military technology 
  34 Humayun’s Struggle for Empire 
  35 Sher Shah – The Afghan Sultan
  36 The Kakatiya dynasty of Warangal 
     
10 37 Agriculture and Rural Revenue System during the Delhi Sultanate
  38 Urban Economy and Technology during the Delhi Sultanate 
  39 Market Regulations and Indian Ocean Trade during the Delhi Sultanate
  40 Sufism during the Delhi Sultanate 
     
11 41 The Bhakti Movement In India 
  42 The Rise of Vaishnava devotionalism in Early Medieval and Medieval India 
  43 Sultanate Architecture
  44 Morphology of Delhi as a medieval city 
  45 Architecture of the Bahmani Sultanate and Vijaynagara 
  46 The Architecture of the Ma’bar Sultanate 
     
12 47 Development of Language & Literature 
  48 Persian Literature during the Delhi Sultanate Period
  49 Socio Political Formations and the Economy of Rajasthan
  50 Socio Political Formations and the economy of the Deccan
  51 Socio-economic and Political formations of the Vijayanagar Empire
  52 Regional Architecture during the Delhi Sultanate Period

Books and references

·        KA Nizami, On History and historians of Medieval India, Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1983

 

·        Peter Hardy, Historians of Medieval India, Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal, 1997.

 

·        Brajadulal Chattopadhyay, Representing the Other? Sanskrit Sources and the Muslims (Eighth to Fourteenth Century), Delhi: Manohar, 1998.

 

·        Jagadish Narayan Sarkar, History of Historr Writing in Medieval India: Contemporary Historians, Calcutta: Ratna Prakashan, 1977.


Instructor bio

Dr. Tinni Goswami

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

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.

Course certificate

30% for in course Assessment & 70% of end term Proctored Exam. Securing 40% in both separately is mandatory to pass the course and get Credit Certificate.


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