PUC Lecturers recruitment 2012 CET syllabus for History
History (Subject
Code - 06)
PAPER-I
Section - A: History of India
i. The Indus Civilization
Origins : Extent; Characteristic features, Major
cities. Trade and contacts, causes
of decline, Survival and continuity.
Vedic literature, Geographical area known to Vedic
Texts, Differences and
similarities between Indus
civilization and Vedic culture, Political, Social and
Economic patterns, Major religious ideas and rituals.
iii The Pre-Maurya
Period
Religious movements (Jainism, Buddhism and other
sects), Social and economic
conditions, Republics and growth of Magadha
iv The Maurya
Empire
Sources, Rise, Extent and fall of the empire; Administration.
Social and economic
conditions, Ashoka’s policy and reforms.
v. The Post-Maurya
period (200 B.C. - 300 A.D.)
Principal dynasties in Northern and Sourthem India
Sanskrit, Prakrit and Tamil, Religion (Rise of
Mahayana and Theitic cults), Art
(Gandhara, Mathura and
other schools), Contacts with Central Asia .
vi. The Gupta Age
Rise and fall of the Gupta Empire, the vakatakas, Administration,
Soceity,
Economic, literature, art and religion, Contacts with
South East Asia .
vii. Post Gupta Period (500 - 750 A.D.)
Pushyabhutis, The Mukharis, The later Guptas, Harsha
Vardhana and his times,
Chalukyas of Badami, The Pallavas; Society
administration and art. The Arab
conquest.
viii. General
review of science and technology, education and learning.Section -B : Medieval
India - India
i. Political and Social conditions; the Rajputs, their
polity and social structure, Land
structure, and its impact on Society.
ii. Trade and Commerce
iii. Art, Religion and philosophy, Shankaracharya.
iv. Maritime Activities; contacts with the Arabs, Mutual
cultural impacts.
v. Rashtrakutas, their role in History - Contribution
to art and culture, the Chola
Empire-Local Self Government, features of the Indian
village system; Society;
economy, art and learning in the South.
vi. Indian Society on the eve of Mohmud of Ghanzni’s
Compaigns; AI-Baruni’s
observations.
vii. Foundation of the Delhi Sulthanate in Northern India ; causes and circumstances;
its impact on the Indian Society.
viii. Khilji Imperialism; significance and
implications, Administrative and economic
regulations and their impact on State and the people.
ix. New Orientation of State Policies and
administrative principles under Muhammed
bin Tughlaq; Religious policy and public works of
Firoz shah.
x. Disintegration of the Delhi Sulthanate; causes and
its effects on the Indian Polity
and society.
xi. Nature and character of state; political ideas
and institutions, Agrarian structure
and relations, growth of urban centers, Trade and
commerce, condtion of artisans
and peasants, new crafts, industry and technology, Indian
Medicines.
xii. Influence of Islam on Indian culture, Muslim
mystic movements; nature and
significance of Bhakti saints, Maharashtra Dharma, Role
of Vaisnava revivalist
movement; social and religious significance of the
chaitanya Movement, impact
of Hindu Society on Muslim Social life.
xiii. The Vijayanagar Empire; its origin and growth; contribution
to art, literature and
culture, social and economic conditions; system of
administration; break-up of
the Vijayanagar Empire.
xiv. Sources of History; Important chronicles, Inscriptions
and Travellers Accounts.
xv. Establishment of Mughal Empire in Northern India , Political and Social conditions
in Hindustan on the eve of the Babur invasion; Babur
and Humanyun, Establishment of the Portuguese control in the Indian
ocean , its political and economic consequences.xvi. Sur
Administration; political; revenue and military administration.
xvii. Expansion of the Mughal Empire under Akbar; political
unification; new concept of monarchy under Akbar, Akbar’s religo-political
outlook; Relations with the nonMuslims.
xvii. Growth of regional languages and literature
during the medieval period,
Development of art and architecture.
xix. Political Ideas and Institutions, Nature of the Mughal State
Administration; the Manasabdari and the Jagirdari
systems, the land structure
and the role of Zamindars, agraraian relations, the
military organization.
xx. Aurangzeb’s religious policy; expansion of the
Mughal Empire in Deccan , Revolts against
Aurangzeb-Character and consequences.
xxi. Growth of urban centres; industrial, economy-urban
and rural; Foreign Trade and Commerce, The Mughals and the European trading
companies.
xxii. Hindu-Muslim relations; trends of integration; composite
culture (16th to 18th
centuries)
xxiii.Rise of Shivaji, his conflict with the Mughals;
administration of Shivaji; expansion
of the Maratha power under the peshwas (1707-1761); Maratha
Political structure
under the First three Peshwas; Chauth and
Sardeshmukhi; Third Battle of Panipat,
causes and effects; emergence of the Maratha
confederacy; its structure and
role.
xxiv.Disintegration of the Mughal Empire, Emergence
of the new Regional States.
PAPER - II
Section - A: Modern India
1. Historical Forces and Factors which led to the
British conquest of India
reference to Bengal, Maharashtra and Sind ; Resistance of Indian powers and
causes of their failure, Emergence of Hyder and Tipu
on Political scene, of Mysore
-Anglo Mysore and Mysore Nizam relations.
2. Evolution of British Paramountcy over princely
States, Restoration of Odeyar rule
at Mysore
3. Stages of colonialism and changes in
Administrative structure and policies,
Revenue, Judicial and Social and Educational and
their Linkages with British
colonial interests.
4. British economic policies and their impact: Commercialisation
of agriculture, Rural
indebtedness, Growth of agricultural labour, Destruction
of handicraft industries,
Drain of wealth, Growth of modern industry and rise
of a capitalist class. Activities
of the Christian Missions.5. Effects at regeneration
of Indian society - Socio-religious movements; social,
religious, political and economic ideas of the
reformers of 19th Century
‘Renaissance’, caste movements in general with
special reference to South India
and Maharashtra; tribal revolts specially in Central
and Eastern India .
6. Civil rebellions, Revolt of 1857, civil Rebellions
and peasant Revolts with special
reference to Indigo revolt, Deccan
riots and Mapplla Uprising.
7. Rise and growth of Indian National Movement; Social
basis of Indian nationalism,
policies and programme of the early nationalist and militant
nationalists, militant
revolutionary group terrorists, Rise and Growth of
communalism, Emergence of
Gandhiji in Indian politics and his techniques of
mass mobilization; Non-cooperation, Civil disobedience and Quit India Movement;
Trade Union and peasant
movements State (s) People movements; Rise and growth
of Left-wing within the
congress-The Congress Socialists and Communists; British
official response to
National Movement. Attitude of the Congress to
Constitutional changes, 1909-
1935; Indian National Army. Naval Mutiny of 1946; The
partition of India
Achievement of Freedom.
8. Annexation and rendition of Mysore ,
The Diwans of Mysore, Independence
movement in Mysore and
Mysore
Movement. State re-organisation Commission; Literary
movement in Karnataka;
Backward Class Movement; Havanur report and its
implications.
Section - B : World Hlstoy -1500 to Present
1. The Foundations of the modern world, The legacy of
classical antiquity and the
middle ages, Impact of the renaissance and
reformation, Commercial revolution,
Failure of the Spanish empire, Westphalia
as a ‘turning point’.
2. The age of absolutism; Break-up of the feudal
system, Louis XIV and Colbertism,
The Ideal of grand monarchy, Failure of absolutism in
England
Parssoa Austria
war of the Spanish Succession, the diplomatic
revolution and the seven years
war, Partition of Poland, Absolutism in Eastern Europe , Peter the Great and
Catherine-ll.
3. The New Society, Merchantalism and Laissez-faire, the
rise of the middle class,
new trends in literature and arts, scientific
revolution, Newton
thought of Hobbes and Lock, the widening horizon of
Western Civilisation, contacts
with the African, Asiatic and American Worlds.
4. The beginning of Enlightement, The idea of
progress, Voltaire and the Environment
of Reason, Rousseau and Montesquieu, Diderot and the
Encyclopedia, Burke
and Be Maistre. The French Philosophers, the
academies, and journals and the
dissemination of knowledge, the character of
enlightenment.5. The American and French revolutions, Their significance and
message, the Vienna
settlement and the age of reaction, Romantic revival,
Hegel and German Idealism,
The Victorian era in England
6. The industrial revolution, Growth of the factory
system, The classical economist
and utilitarian philosophers, the revolutions of 1830/32
and 1848 Utopian-socialism,
Karl marx’s scientific socialism, Working class
movements, and social legislations,
Nationalism in Europe, Unification of Italy and Germany , Civil war in America
Colonialism in Afro-Asian countries, Cases of China and Japan
empire.
7. Neo-lmperialism in Europe ,
The Eastern question, Partition of Africa, The formation
of the Triple Alliance, The welding of the Entente
Europe in two camps.
8. The First World War, Paris
peace conference , League of Nations ; New
trends in
cultural fields, Darwin, Einstein and Froud, Philosophical
Reflections of the theories
of evolution, relativity and quantum mechanics, New
trends in literature.
9. The Russian revolution, Socialism in one country, Fascism
in Italy
11. U.N.O. Cold war, Afro - Asian resurgence, Detente,
The Contemporary scene. Star Wars, Gorbachev, Glasnost and Perestroika, Collapse
of U.S.S.R. and process of Globalization.
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