UGC NET Paper 2 · Subject code 06

History Syllabus

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10 units

Complete unit breakdown

1

Sources and Early Indian History

  • Archaeological and literary sources
  • dating
  • pastoralism
  • food production
  • Indus civilization
  • Vedic society
  • megaliths
  • state formation
  • religious traditions and early art.
2

State, Empire and Regional Powers

  • Magadha
  • Alexander
  • Mauryas
  • Ashoka
  • post-Mauryan states
  • Sangam age
  • Guptas
  • Vakatakas
  • polity
  • economy
  • society
  • religion
  • science and art.
3

Early Medieval India

  • Regional kingdoms across the Deccan
  • South
  • East
  • West and North
  • agrarian expansion
  • trade
  • urbanization
  • social structure
  • religion
  • literature
  • art and architecture.
4

Medieval India: Sources and Political Developments

  • Medieval sources
  • Delhi Sultanate
  • Vijayanagara and Bahmani kingdoms
  • regional powers
  • the Mughals
  • Marathas
  • Sikh power and political institutions.
5

Medieval Administration and Economy

  • Sultanate and Mughal administration
  • succession
  • Sher Shah's reforms
  • mansabdari and jagirdari
  • Deccan systems
  • land revenue
  • agriculture
  • trade
  • currency and urban centres.
6

Medieval Society and Culture

  • Social organization
  • Sufi orders
  • Bhakti traditions
  • saints
  • Sikh movement
  • education
  • language and literature
  • art
  • architecture
  • painting
  • music
  • science and technology.
7

Sources and Rise of British Power

  • Sources of modern history
  • European traders
  • expansion of British rule
  • administration
  • constitutional developments
  • princely states
  • colonial ideology and education.
8

Colonial Economy and Society

  • Trade and agriculture
  • land settlements
  • deindustrialization
  • economic drain
  • famines
  • tribal and peasant movements
  • social reform
  • caste
  • women
  • education and press.
9

Indian Nationalism and Freedom

  • Origins of nationalism
  • Congress phases
  • Swadeshi
  • Gandhian movements
  • revolutionaries
  • constitutional negotiations
  • Subhas Bose and INA
  • partition and independence.
10

Historical Method and Historiography

  • Scope and objectivity
  • sources and criticism
  • causation
  • auxiliary sciences
  • research methodology and major traditions of ancient
  • medieval
  • modern and contemporary historiography.