Unit-I : Some Topics of Indian History 1. Bricks, Beads and Bones : The Harappan Civilisation (The Story of the First Cities : Harappan Archaeology) 2. Kings, Farmers and Towns : Early States and Economies (C. 600 BCE to 600 CE) (Political and Economic History from the Mauryan to Gupta Period) 3. Kinship, Caste and Class Early Societies (C. 600 BCE to 600 CE) (Social History : With Special Reference to Mahabharata) 4. Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings : Cultural Developments (C.600 BCE to 600 CE) (History of Ancient Indian Religions with Special Reference to Buddhism and Sanchi Stupa) Unit-II Some Topics of Indian History 5. Through the Eyes of Travellers : Perceptions of Society (Tenth to Seventeenth Centuries) (Medieval Society through Foreign Travellers Accounts) 6. Bhakti-Sufi Traditions : Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (Eight to Eighteen Centuries) (Religious History : The Bhakti-Sufi Tradition) 7. An Imperial Capital : Vijayanagara (C. Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century) (Architecture of Hampi (Vijaynagar) 8. Peasants, Zamindars and the State : Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (C 16th-17th CE)(The Ain-i-Akbari : Agrarian Relations) 8A. Kings and Chronicles : The Mughal Courts (C Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries) The Mughal Court : Reconstructing History through Chronical Unit-