Course Structure
| Units | Topic | Marks |
| Units 1 – 4 | Themes in Indian History Part – I | 25 |
| Units 5 – 9 | Themes in Indian History Part – II | 25 |
| Units 10 – 15 | Themes in Indian History Part – III | 25 |
| Unit 16 | Map Work | 5 |
| Project work | 20 | |
| Total | 100 |
Themes in Indian History Part-I
- 1. The Story of the First Cities: Harappan Archaeology
- 2. Political and Economic History: How Inscriptions tell a story
- 3. Social Histories: Using the Mahabharata
- 4. A History of Buddhism: Sanchi Stupa
Themes in Indian History Part-II
- 5. Agrarian Relations: The Ain-i- Akbari
- 6. The Mughal Court: Reconstructing Histories through Chronicles
- 7. New Architecture: Hampi
- 8. Religious Histories: The Bhakti-Sufi tradition
- 9. Medieval Society Through Travellers’ Accounts
Themes in Indian History Part-III
- 10. Colonialism and-Rural Society: Evidence from Official Reports
- 11. Representations of 1857
- 12. Colonialism and Indian Towns: Town Plans and Municipal Reports
- 13. Mahatma Gandhi through Contemporary Eyes
- 14. Partition through Oral Sources
- 15. The Making of the Constitution