Syllabus
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Course Code: 16/20AIH101 Course Name: Political History of Ancient India (From earliest time to c. A.D. 319) |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Geographical Study of Ancient India: Mountains, Rivers, Plains, Plateaus& Seas 2. Sources: Literary and Archaeological. |
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| 2 | 3. Harppan Civilization 4. Vedic Age: Rig Vedic and Later Vedic political condition 5. Emergence of the Mahajanapadas and the political condition of the sixth century B.C. 6. Rise and growth of the Magadhan Empire |
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| 3 | 7. Towards Mauryas: Genealogy of Mauryan Period, Extension of Mauryan Empire: ChandraguptaMaurya and Bindusara; Ashoka and his successors.Decline of Maurya’s dynasty 8. The Indo-Greeks, the Saka and Pahlavas. 9. Sakas and Satavahans |
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| 4 | 10. Rise and fall of the Kushana’s Empire : Genealogical Study of Kushana’sDynasty 11. Political History of South India: Sangam age |
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