? UNIT I: POLITICAL STRUCTURES (Pages 7–52)

• 1.1 Sources: Literary Texts and Others

• 1.2 Post-Gupta Politics: Vardhanas, Palas

• 1.3 Pratiharas

• 1.4 Rashtrakutas

• ? Exercise

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? UNIT II: POLITICAL STRUCTURES (Continued) (Pages 53–140)

• 2.1 Chalukyas and Pallavas

• 2.2 Cholas

• 2.3 Arab Conquest of Sindh

• 2.4 Early Turkish Invasions

• ? Exercise

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? UNIT III: AGRARIAN STRUCTURE, TRADE AND URBANISM (Pages 141–174)

• 3.1 Land Grant and Agricultural Expansion

• 3.2 Feudal Economy and Polity in Early Medieval India

  • 3.2.1 The Feudal Debate in Post-Gupta Era

• 3.3 Internal and External Trade, Urban Centres

  • 3.3.1 Urban Centers

• 3.4 Coinage and Money Economy, Merchant Guilds

  • 3.4.1 Merchant Guilds of South India

• ? Exercise

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? UNIT IV: RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS (Pages 175–end)

• 4.1 Growth of Bhakti Philosophy – Alvars and Nayanars

  • 4.1.1 Influence of Bhakti in Post-Gupta Era

  • 4.1.2 Alvars and Nayanars

• 4.2 Islamic Intellectual Traditions – Al-Biruni and Al-Hujwiri

• 4.3 A Survey of Literature

  • (Royal Biographies – Charitas, technical treatises, historical texts like Rajatarangini)

• 4.4 Art and Architecture – Nagara, Dravida, and Vesara Styles

• ? Exercis