History of India – III

Sources: Texts, Epigraphic and Numismatic Data Debates on Indian Feudalism

Rise of the Rajputs and the nature of the State

Rashtrakkutas, Palas, Pratiharas

b) Rajputs

c) The Cholas Empire

(b) Legitimization of kingship; Brahmanas and Temples; Royal Genealogies and Rituals

(c) Arab conquest of Sindh: nature and impact of the new set-up; Ismaili dawah

(d) Causes and consequences of early Turkish invasions: Mahmud of Ghazna; Shahab-ud-Din of Ghaur

(b) Landlords and Peasants

(c) Proliferation of Castes; status of Untouchables

(d) Debates on Indian Feudalism

(b) Maritime Trade

(c) Forms of Exchange

(d) Process of Urbanization

(e) Merchant guilds of South India

(b) Islamic intellectual traditions: Al-Biruni; Al-Hujwiri

(c) Regional Languages and Literature

(d) Art and Architecture: Evolution of Regional Styles

(e) Culture and Civilisation of India During 650-1200 A D

(f) Religious Condition of India during 650-1200 A D

(g) Progress of Literature in India during 650 – 1200 A.D.