Raja Rammohun Roy Mahavidyalaya

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DEPARTMENTOFHISTORY                                   

HISTORYHONOURS

&CourseOutcomeoftheCurriculum&

Thestudentswould beable tounderstand thefollowingonthecompletionofthecourses

CCPaper-IHistoryof IndiaI(FromEarliestTimesto600AD)

CO1:ReconstructingAncient IndianHistoryEarlyIndian notionsofHistory.

CO2:Sources andtoolsof historicalreconstruction.

CO3:Historicalinterpretationswithspecialreferencetogender,environment,technologyandregions.

CO4:PhasesofPre-historicCultures.

CO5:TheHarappancivilizationOrigins;basicfeature,declineandthelate/post-Harappantraditions.Developmentand cultures in postHarappan period.

CO6:Changingpoliticalformations(circa300BCEtocircaCE300):.SocietyEconomyand Culturein EarlyIndia

CCPaper-IISocial Formations&theCulturalPatternoftheAncientWorld

CO1:UnderstandinghowthehumansocietyhadtransformedfromNomadictocivilizedsocietyin ancient historyof theWorld.

CO2:Studentscanacquireknowledgeabouttheorigin,features,natureandclasscompositionof ancient Greek and Polis society.

CO3:GreekCultureandReligion:Sophists,Socrates,Games,Drama,ArtandArchitecture,GreekGods.

CC Paper-IIIHistoryof IndiaII(600 -1206AD)

CO1:UnderstandingEarlyMedievalIndiaHistoricalGeography–Sources:texts,epigraphic and numismatic data Debates on Indian feudalism, rise of the Rajputs and thenatureof thestate.

CO2:Acquire knowledge about the evolution of political structures: North India- Harsha,Sasanka, Pala, Sena and Pratiharas, Rise of Rajputsand: South India –Chalukyas of Badami,Rashtrakutas, Cholas. Legitimization of kingship; brahmanas and temples; royal genealogiesand rituals.

CO3:Arrival of Islam in India Arab conquest of Sindh: nature and impact of the new set-up;Causes and consequences of early Turkish invasions: Mahmud of Ghazni; Shahab-ud-Din ofGhur.

CO4:Agrarian Structure and Social Change Land grants; Agricultural expansion; the feudaldebateProliferation ofcastes; status of untouchables

CO5:UnderstandingInter-regionaltradeMaritimetradeFormsofexchangeProcessofurbanizationand deurbanizationMerchant guildsof SouthIndia.

CO6:ReligiousandCulturalDevelopmentsinancientIndia.

CCPaper-IVSocial FormationandCulturalPatternoftheMedieval World

CO1:Understanding the Roman Republic Its Significance, Constitution, Law, &Society,Agrarian economy, urbanization &trade ,Economy Growth of Slavery & slave society inancientRome.

CO2:Religion,culture,literature andPhilosophyin ancientRome.

CO3:Crisesof theRoman Empire&transitionto Principate.

CO4:Economic developments in Europe (7th to 14th centuries) Feudalism, Organization ofproduction,towns and trade,technological developments. Crisis offeudalism.

CO5:Religionand cultureinmedievalEurope .

CO6:Learn about theSocieties in Central Islamic Lands, the tribal background, ummah,Caliphate state; rise of Sultanates and Religious developments: the origins of shariah, Mihna,SufismUrbanization and trade.

CC Paper-VHistoryofIndiaIII(1206 -1525AD)

CO1: Sources for studying/Interpreting the Delhi Sultanate Survey of sources: Persian tarikhtradition;vernacular histories; epigraphy.

CO2:Acquire knowledge about the Sultanate Political Structures Foundation, expansion andconsolidation of the Sultanate of Delhi; The Khaljis and the Tughluqs; Mongol threat andTimur’sinvasion;TheLodis:ConquestofBahlulandSikandar;IbrahimLodiandthebattleof Panipat. Theories of kingship; Ruling elites; Sufis, ulama and the political authority;imperialmonuments and coinage

CO3:UnderstandingRegionalPoliticalstructuresEmergenceofprovincialdynasties:Bahamanis,VijayanagarandBengalConsolidationofregionalidentities;regionalart,architectureand literature.

CO4:SultanateSocietyandEconomy-1Iqtaandtherevenue-freegrantsAgriculturalproduction;

CO5:SultanateSocietyandEconomy-2Changesinruralsociety;revenuesystemsMonetization;marketregulations;growthofurbancenters;tradeandcommerce;IndianOceantrade.

CO6:. Religion and Culture ; Sufi silsilas: Chishtis and Suhrawardis; doctrines and practices;social roles Bhakti movements and monotheistic traditions in South and North India; WomenBhaktas;Nathpanthis; Kabir, Nanakand the Santtradition

CCPaper-VI Riseof ModernWest–I(15th& 16thCenturies)

CO1:UnderstandingTransitionfromfeudalismtocapitalism:problemsandtheories.

CO2:Earlycolonialexpansion:motives,voyagesandexplorations;theconquestsoftheAmericas:beginningof theeraofcolonization;miningandplantation; the Africanslaves.

CO3:Renaissance: its social roots, city-states of Italy; spread of humanism in Europe; Art.CO4:Origins,courseand resultsof theEuropeanReformation inthe 16th century.

CO5:Economic developments of the sixteenth century: Shift of economic balance from theMediterranean to the Atlantic; Commercial Revolution; Influx of American silver and thePriceRevolution.

CO6:EmergenceofEuropeanstatesystem:Spain;France;England

CCPaper-VIIHistoryof IndiaIII(1526 -1757AD)

CO1: Sources and Historiography Persian literary culture; translations Literature in regionallanguages.

CO2:Establishment of Mughal rule Babur’s invasion of India - Struggle for Empire in NorthIndia –significance of Babar and Humayun’s reign - Significance of Afghan despotism andriseof Sher Shah to power, His administrativeandrevenuereforms`

CO3:Acquire knowledge about theAkbar &Consolodation of Mughal Empire Akbar’sConquests - his Rajput Policy & administrative and religious reforms, Reign of Jahangir,Nurjahan- her role in imperial politics; The Mughals and the North Western frontier andcentralAsia.Making ofanewimperialsystemandadministration,theMughalnobility,Mansaband Jagir.

CO4:UnderstandingtheMughalEmpireUnderAurangazebandtheMughalArt,Architecture &Painting

CO5:Patterns of Regional Politics -Rajput political culture and state formation -Rise ofMarathapowerunderShivaji,&expansionunderthePeshwas-emergenceofregionalpowers – case studies of Maharashtra, Awadh and Bengal; Bengal Nawabs and the rise of theEnglish East India Company in Bengal.Debate of the 18th Century on the decline of theMughalEmpire;

SECPaper-IArchives &MuseumsinIndia

CO1: Understanding the Definition and history of development (with special reference toIndia)

CO2:Understanding the traditions of preservation in India Collection policies, ethics andprocedures Collection: field exploration, excavation, purchase, gift and bequests, loans anddeposits, exchanges, treasure trove confiscationand othersDocumentation: accessioning,indexing,cataloguing,digitaldocumentationandde-accessioningPreservation:curatorialcare,preventiveconservation, chemical preservation andrestoration

CO3:Museum Presentation andExhibition.

CO4:Museums,ArchivesandSociety:(EducationandcommunicationOutreach activities.

CCPaper-VIIIRiseof ModernWest–II(17th&18thCenturies)

CO1:Understanding17th centuryEuropean crisis: economic, social and politicaldimensions.

CO2:TheEnglishRevolution:majorissues;politicalandintellectualcurrents

CO3:UnderstandingabouttheRiseofmodernscienceinrelationtoEuropeansocietyfromthe Renaissanceto the17th century

CO4:.MercantilismandEuropean economics;17thand18thcenturies

CO5;Europeanpoliticsinthe18thcentury:parliamentarymonarchy;patternsofAbsolutisminEuropeand Prelude totheIndustrial Revolution.

 CCPaper-IXHistory of India(1758-1857)

CO1: Understanding the Foundations of Company’sRule; Early contestations between theDutch, French and the British East India Company Bengal Nawabs and the battle of Plassey,Buxar and the grant of Dewani, Anglo Mysore; Anglo Maratha and Anglo Sikh relations.TheSubsidiaryallianceand theDoctrineofLapse.

CO2:Legitimization of Company’s rule in India - Regulating Act; Pitt’s India Act; CharterActsof1813, 1833and 1853Administrative,Military, Police andEducational Reforms.

CO3:Rural Economy and Society Land revenue systems. Permanent settlement, Rayatwariand Mahalwari, Commercialization of agriculture and indebtedness. Rural society:changeandcontinuity,Famines.

CO4:Understanding the De industrialization ,Trade and fiscal policy, Drain of WealthGrowthofmodern industry.

CO5:RenaissanceandReformsBengalRenaissanceandSocio-religiousReforms:RammohanRoy(BrahmaSamaj),YoungBengal,VidyasagarandOthersEducationalReforms initiated bytheCompany

CO6:Popular Resistance Santhal uprising (1856-7); Sanyasi Uprising, Kol Bhumij uprisisng,WahabiFaraizi and Santhal UprisingRevolt of 1857: causesand nature.

CC Paper-XHistoryofIndiaIII(1858-1964)

CO1: Understanding the aftermath of 1857 Queen’s Proclamation; The Indigo rebellion, TheDeccan Riots, The growth of the new middle class; the age of associations, The Aligarhmovement,TheAryaandthe PrarthanaSamaj.

CO2:The early phase of Indian Freedom Movement Historiography of Indian Nationalism;Birth ofIndian NationalCongress,The Moderates and the Extremists, Partition of Bengal,the Swadeshi movement, Muslim League, Morle Minto Reforns; Revolutionaries in India andabroad,theLucknow pact.

CO3:AcquireknowledgeabouttheGandhianeraGandhi’srisetopower,RowlattSatyagraha, Montagu Chelmsford reforms; Khilafat and Non-co-operation movement, TheSwarajyaparty, PoonaPact, CivilDisobedienceMovement,QuitIndiaMovement.

CO4: Towards freedom Government of India Act 1935, The rise of the leftist movements,The Peasant and Working class movements, Cripps Mission, Subhas Bose and INA, RINmutiny;Wavell Plan, CabinetMission; Tebhaga and Telenganamovements;

CO5:Communal Politics Demand for Pakistan; Lahore session of the Muslim League, rise ofHinduMahasabhaand theRSS; Akali Dal, Partitionand its consequences.

CO6:The Nehru era Internal policy between 1947 to 1964- movements for social justice, thenew constitution, integration of the princely states, growth of parliamentary democracy, fiveyearsplan;India’sforeignpolicy–Non alignment,India’srelationwithherneighbours.

.SECPaper-IIUnderstandingPopularCulture

CO1:Introductiona.Definingeliteandpopularcultureb.Differencesintheirforms,contents and patterns of presentations c. Changing traditions of Folk songs, music, literatureanddances.

CO2:Understanding the Visual Expressions a.Folk Art,Calendar Art, Photography b.Audio-visual mode of presentation cinema & television c. Expressions of popular culture indance, drama, films andpainting.

CO3:Performance and Participations a. Theatre, music, folk songs and jatra: b. Identifyingthemes, functionality, anxieties. c. Fairs, Festivals and Rituals, Disentangling mythologicalstories,patronage,regional variations.

 

CO4:.Popular Culture inaglobalizedworldTheimpactoftheinternetandaudio-visualmediaon popularculture

CC Paper-XIHistoryof ModernEuropeI(1789-1870)

CO1:TheFrenchRevolutionanditsEuropeanrepercussionsCrisisofAncienregime-----

Political, social, economic and intellectual background (role of Philosophers) of the FrenchRevolutionTherevolutioninthemaking–theAristocraticRevoltandtheconsolidationofthe Third Estate. The Constituent Assembly; Radicalization of the Revolution; the reign ofTerror and the Thermedorian reaction; social base of the Revolution- Sans culottes, peasantsandwomen; thedirectoryand its achievementsandfailures.

CO2:UnderstandingtheFrenchRevolution,RiseofNapoleon;Napoleonicreforms,Napoleonic Empire and Europe Fall of Napoleon: The Continental System; The SpanishUlcer; The Moscow campaign. Assessment of Napoleon: Character of the French Revolution;ImpactofFrench Revolution on Europeand abroad.

CO3:RestorationandRevolution(1815-1848)ViennaCongress;ConcertofEurope;MetternichsystemGreekWar ofIndependence,Revolution of1830&1848, &their Impact.

CO4: Industrialization and socio economic transformation Industrial Revolution; Definitionand characteristics; Pre Industrial society; Industrial Revolution in Britain; Impact on society,economy and polities . Industrialization in the continents, case study of France, Germany andRussia.Emergenceof workingclass and its movements;earlyUtopian socialist thoughts.

CO5:AgeofNationalismUnificationofItalyandGermanySpecificitiesofeconomicdevelopment, political and administrative re organization – Italy and Germany The secondEmpirein FranceandLouis Napoleon

CO6:TheEasternQuestion TheCrimeanWar; TreatyofParis,BalkanNationalism

CCPaper-XIIStudyingHistoryWriting:Indian&Western

CO1: Understanding about the Time, Space & Human Agency Notion of Time and Space inHistory

CO2:Importance of sources in History Written, Oral, Visual and Archaeological Sources -ClassificationofPrimaryand Secondarysources– Sourcecriticism and authentication.

CO3:Philosophy and Theory of History Facts and Interpretation - Philosophy of History –Hypothesis,argumentationandProblematique-Objectivity/SubjectivityinHistory–HistoricalNarrativeandGeneralization

CO4:Indian&WesternHistoriographyPre-colonialformsofwritingIndianHistory-Different schools of Indian historiography (Cambridge, Nationalists, Marxists, Subaltern) -Different schools of Western historiography (Rationalist, Romantist, Positivist, Marxist andAnnales

CO5: History and other disciplines Relationship between History and Science - History andAnthropology-HistoryandLiterature etc.,

CO6: Research Process in History Different stages and steps involved in the process of doingresearch in History

Paper–I(OR)Historyof theUnitedStateof USA(1776-1864)

CO1: Learn about the land and aborigines of USA and early colonial society and politics.CO2:              Indenturedlabour,likeWhiteandBlack.TheywillgatherknowledgehowtheEuropeansweremadesettlementandstartedcolonization.TheywilllearnhowtheevolutionofAmerican Democracyhad formedaftercolonizationofUSA.

CO3:TheywillacquireknowledgehowtheUSAhadbeendevelopedfromslaverytosuperpowerofthe World.

5DSEPaper-ILife&CultureinPre-ColonialBengal:Prehistorictimestomid18thcentury

CO1:Understandingabout theHistoricalGeography- ancientandmedievaldivisions

CO2:Demographyandethnology–earliestinhabitants;AryanizationofBengal;Lifeofthepeoplepositionof women, dress,foods,gamesandleisure,conveyance.

CO3:Politicaldevelopmentof Bengal-anoverview.

CO4:Economiclife,ReligionsandartinBengalandBengaliliteratureandtraitsofregionalculture.

HISHDSE-IILIFEANDCULTUREINCOLONIALBENGAL

CO1:EvaluatetheimpactofWesterneducationinBengal

CO2:Rejectionandinternalizationofwesternideasincontextofcolonialismandnationalism

CO3:To understand the plebeian and popular/ bhadralok-itarlok dichotomy in social andeconomiclife

CO4:Identify the sites of power loci-its change as power loci shifted-major sites of popularrevolt-urbanization of sites of colonialism especially rise of Calcutta as a metropolis- majorcentres of women education and medical education- sites of deindustrialization- major areasof swadeshi movement and Gandhian movement- identifying partition as a lived memory andas ahereditarymemoryin Bengal

HISHCC-XIIIHISTORYOF MODERNEUROPE II(1871-1945)

CO1:Constant shift of power loci and identifying it as a primary factor that went into themakingof themodern world

CO2:Evaluatingthetrajectoryofideological and diplomatic shiftsleading towarfare

CO3:Identifyingimperialisttendenciesalongsidedemocraticovertures

CO4:IdentifyingthechangingpatternofEuropeanmap-sitesofconflict-riseofnewpowerfulstates likeGermanyandItaly-sites of thetwogreatwars.

HISHCC-XIVMAKINGOFTHE CONTEMPORARYWORLD (1946-2000)

CO1:Contextualizingworldpolitics andrelationswithin theambitofColdWar

CO2:Identifyingthetwo polesand theothers leadingto recastingof thedecolonized world

CO3:Evaluatingthelocal withintheglobal-thebenefitsand thediscrepancies

CO4:Identifying the maps of contested sites- map of polarization- decolonization and thenew mapping of identity and cartography- major associations of defense-timeline of cold warand its proxywars

HISHDSE-IIIHISTORYOFMODERNEASTASIA-1 (1840-1919)

CO1:Analyzingthe pre-colonialworld ofChinaandJapan

CO2:Identifyingtheconflictbetweenpre-modern andmodernnotions

CO3:Contextualizing it within the ambit of Mercantilism and western modernityCO4:Evaluatingthe trajectoryofcolonization ofthe fareasternlands

HISHDSE-IVHISTORYOFCHINA ANDJAPAN(1919-1939)

CO1:Understandingabout theNationalism versuscolonialism

CO2:ExperimentalandalternativeleadershipinChina

CO3:Japaneseexperimentwith Asianism andWestern Modernism

CO4:IdentifyingthetrajectoryandmappingtheriseofCommunistChinaandDemocraticJapan.

DEPARTMENTOFHISTORY                                   

HISTORYGENERAL

Paper–IA:Historyof India(FromEarliest Timesupto300CE)

CO1:UnderstandingaboutthehistoricalSources;PrehistoryandProto-historicculturesSources & Interpretation - A broad survey of Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Cultures,Bronze age civilization - Harappan Civilization -Origin, Extent, dominant features & decline.CO2. The Vedic Period Polity, Society, Economy and Religion, Iron age with reference toPGW&Megaliths.

CO3.JainismandBuddhism Causes,Doctrines, Spread, DeclineandContributions

CO4. Understanding about the Rise of Magadha Emergence and growth of the MagadhanEmpire Conditions for the rise of Mahajanpadas and the Causes of Magadha’s success; TheIranian and MacedonianInvasion

CO5: The Mauryan Empire State and Administration of the Mauryas, Economy, Ashoka’sDhamma,Art&Architecture.

CO6.UnderstandingaboutthePostMauryanPeriodTheSatvahanaPhase:AspectsofPoliticalHistory,MaterialCulture,andAdministration&ReligionTheSangamAge:Samgam Literature, The three Early Kingdoms, Society & the Tamil language The age ofSakasandKushanas:Parthians&Kushanas,AspectsofPolity,Society,Religion,Arts&Crafts,Coins,

B:Historyof India (300to 1206CE )

CO1:. Understanding about the Rise  & Growth of the Guptas Administration,Society,Economy,Religion, Art,Literature, and Science &Technology.

CO2:. Harsha  & His Times Harsha’s Kingdom, Sasanka,Administration,Buddhism&Nalanda

CO3.UnderstandingtowardsEarlyMedieval:NorthIndia-Palas,Senas,PratiharasandtheriseofRajputs .

CO4.TowardsEarlyMedieval:SouthIndiaChalukyas,Pallavas,Rashtrakutas,andtheCholas

CO5.Society,EconomyandCultureinEarlyMedieval:TheFeudalismdebateChangesinSociety,Economyand Culture

CO6.UnderstandingaboutarrivalofIslaminIndiaArabconquestofSindhStruggleforpowerin NorthernIndia&establishment of Sultanate.

 

Paper– IC :HISTORY OFINDIAFROM1206-1707

 

 

CO1:UnderstandingaboutthePoliticalHistoryoftheDelhiSultanateFoundation,Expansion and Consolidation of the Delhi Sultanate—Ilbari Turks, Khaljis and the TughlaqsNatureof theState, nobilityand the Ulema, Economicreforms

CO2:RegionalPoliticalFormationsBengalVijaynagarandtheBahamaniKingdoms

CO3.MughalascendencytillthetimeofAkbar(1605CE)Babar;Mughal-Afganconflict,Akbar

CO4.MughalPowerinthepostAkbarEra(1606-1707CE)MughalempirefromJahangirtoAurangzeb

CO5.EconomyandSocietyrevenueadministrationfromiqta,jagiandmansabdari.inlandandoceanic trade

CO6.UnderstandingabouttheReligion,ArtandArchitectureReligion;-Sufism,andBhaktimovementArt---painting,sculptureandarchitectureliterature—Persianandregional.

 

 

I D :HISTORY OFINDIAFROM1707-1950

 

 

CO1:. Understanding about the Regional States and rise of the Company’s rule Bengal –Battle of Plassey,Buxar and Dewani Marathasand Anglo Maratha relation Mysore andAngloMysorerelation Anglo Sikh relations.

CO2: Land Settlements, peasant and Tribal revolts upto 1857 Permanent settlement andRayatwariTribal and Peasant revolts-Wahabi,Fairazi and Santal

CO3. Understanding about the Socio- Religious Reform Movements in the 19th CenturyRammohanRoy,YoungBengal,Vidyasagar,AryaSamaj,Growthof anew middleclass

 

CO4. Understanding about the 1857 and its aftermath Causes and nature of the 1857 Age ofassociationsand the birthofINC .

CO5. Indian National Movement Moderates and Extremists Partition of Bengal and theSwadeshi movement Rise of Gandhi in Indian politics and Gandhian movements. LeftistmovementsSubhash ChandraBoseand theINA

CO6. Partition Of India and the establishment of Indian Republic Government Of India Act1935 Cripps Mission, Wavell Plan, Cabinet Mission Communal Politics Partition of IndiaConstituent Assemblyand the birth of theRepublic

 

 

 

Paper –I A : SOME ASPECTS OF SOCIETY & ECONOMY OF MODERN EUROPE:15-18 CENTURY

CO1: Understanding about the Political and Economic Structure of the Feudal Era a. OriginsofFeudalismb.NatureofFeudalSociety;RegionalVariationc.CrisisinFeudalism;Transitiondebate

CO2.Renaissance&theRiseofModernEuropea.Origins;Reasonb.Renaissancehumanism;rediscoveryof Classicsc.Italian RenaissanceanditsImpact

CO3.UnderstandingabouttheEuropeanReformationa.Background,natureandimpactb.Martin Luther & Protestant Reformation c. Reformation Movements and European StatesCO4.EuropeanEconomyinthe16thCenturya.EconomicexpansionofEuropeinthe16thCenturyb. Therise ofnew marchantsc. Pricerevolution &AgricultureRevolution

CO5.UnderstandingabouttheScience&Technologya.OriginsoftheModernscienceb.ScientificRevolution c. Origins of Enlightenmen

CO6.TransitionfromFeudalismtoCapitalisma.TransitiontoCapitalismanditsdebates.b.Natureof theCapitalism c. Industrial Revolution inEngland.

 

 

Paper–IA(OR):POLITICALHISTORYOFMODERNEUROPE:15thto18th

Century

 

 

CO1:UnderstandingabouttheEuropeinthe15thCenturyNatureofFeudalSocietyanditsregionalvariations Political dimensionsof feudal crisisEconomiccrisis.

CO2.FromCityStatestoEmergenceofabsolutistStatesTheformationofmodernStateNewMonarchyin England Theempireof CharlesV ofSpain

 

CO3:Constitutionalconflictsin17thCenturyEnglandTheEnglishCivilWarofthe17thCenturyGlorious Revolutionof1688Impact.

CO4.Understandingabout theThirtyYears WarCauses NatureResults.

CO5.Understandingabout theAbsolutist Statein18thCenturyPrussiaRussia England.

CO6.Crisisof theAbsolutist statein Franch.

 

 

 

IIA(Nooptionoffered): SOMEASPECTSOFEUROPEANHISTORY

 

 

CO 1. Understanding about the French Revolution a) France before 1789; Socio- EconomicandPoliticalbackground;BirthofnewideasPhilosophersandPhysiocrats.b)ProgressoftheRevolution;TheConstituentAssembly;ThereignofTerrorc)ImpactofFrenchRevolution onEurope

CO 2: Understanding about the Rise of Napoleon b) Napoleonic reforms; Napoleon andEurope;Fall ofNapoleon, c)ViennaCongress;TheconcertofEurope;Metternich system.

CO3.Understandingabouttherevolutionsof1830and1848a)TheDemocraticandNationalist Aspirations of Europe b) Causes, and Impact of July Revolution of 1830 c) TheFebruaryrevolution of 1848-50.

CO4. Age of Nationalism a) The Cremean War; The Eastern Question; Turkey; Russia’sambitionintheBalkansb)ThesecondEmpireinFranceandLouisNapoleonc.UnificationofItaly& Germany

CO5.Europebetween1914-1939a)OriginoftheFirstWorldWar;RoleofdifferentEuropeanPowers;PeaceofSettlementof1919;TheLeagueofNationsb)PoliticalandEconomicDisorder&Depression,PolicyofAppeasement,SpanishCivilWar;MunichPact’Russo-German Non-Aggression Pact c) Rise of Fascism in Italy and Nazism in GermanyCO6.UnderstandingabouttheSecondworldwara)Originsb)Failureofdisarmamentandthe Leagueof Nations c)Responsibilityof Hitler.

 

Paper–IV(Optionoffered) :ArtAppreciation:AnUnderstandingtoIndianArt

 

 

ThepurposeofthiscourseistointroducestudentstoIndianart,fromancienttocontemporary times, in order to understand andappreciate its diversity and its aestheticrichness.Thecoursewillequipstudentswiththeabilitiestounderstandartasamediumof

 

cultural expression. It will give students direct exposure to Indian art through visuals, andvisitsto sites and museums.

CO1;.Prehistoricandprotohistoricart:_Rockart;Harappanartsandcrafts.

CO2: Indian art (c. 600 BCE – 600 CE): World Heritage Site Managers, UNESCO WorldHeritage Manuals [can be downloaded/ accessed at www.unesco.org] Notions of art andcraft_Canons of Indian paintings_Major developments in stupa, cave, and temple art andarchitectureEarlyIndian sculpture: style and iconography_Numismaticart.

CO3:IndianArt(c.600CE–1200CE):_Templeformsandtheirarchitecturalfeatures_Early illustrated manuscripts and mural painting traditions Early medieval sculpture:styleand iconography_Indian bronzes or metal icons

CO4.Indianartandarchitecture(c.1200CE–1800CE):_SultanateandMughalarchitecture_Miniature painting traditions: Mughal, Rajasthani,Pahari Introduction to fort,palace and haveli Architecture

CO5:. Modern andContemporary Indian art and Architecture: TheColonial Period_Artmovements: Bengal School of Art, Progressive Artists Group, etc. Major artists and theirartworks_Popularart forms (folk art traditions)

 

 

 

Paper – IV (OR) : Orality and Oral Culture in IndiaCO1:Understandingabout theDefiningorality.

CO2. History &Historiography of OralityCO3:.Life Histories: Sociological AspectsCO4.Research Methodologies

CO5.Documentation:Written&Visua