UNDERSTANDING INDIA

 SYLLABUS

UNIT I

i. Physical Features of India: Landscape, Mountains and Rivers

ii. Population, its growth, distribution and migration

iii. People and Culture of India: Major Festivals, Culinary traditions and Costumes

 

UNIT II

i. Religious Tradition of India: Vedic Age, Buddhism, Jainism, Bhakti, Sufi, Social

Reform Movement and Revivalism

ii. Art and Architecture of India: Indus Town Planning, Rock Cut Architecture, Styles of Temple of Temple Architecture, Indo-Islamic Architecture, Colonial Architecture,

Ajanta Painting and Bengal School of Art

 

UNIT III

i. Freedom Struggle: Revolt of 1857, Formation of Indian National Congress, Swadeshi Movement, Gandhian Movements, Subhas Chandra Bose and INA, Independence and Partition of India

 

UNIT IV

Constitution of India

i. Preamble

ii. Salient Features

iii. Fundamental Rights

iv. Fundamental Duties

 

UNIT V

Indian Economy

i. Mixed Economy

ii. Planning Commission

iii. Liberalization after 1991

 

 

Suggested Readings

Basham, A.L. A Wonder That Was India. New Delhi: Rupa, 1994.

 

Basu, Durga Das. Introduction to the Constitution of India. New Delhi: Lexis Nexis, 2012.

 

Chandra, Bipan, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee, K.M. Panikkar, and Sucheta Mahajan.

 

India’s Struggle for Independence. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 1989.

 

Chandra, Satish. History of Medieval India. New Delhi: Orient Black Swan, 2009.

 

Dutt, R., and Sundharam. Indian Economy. New Delhi: S. Chand & Company Ltd., 2018.

 

Hussain, Majid. Geography of India. Edited by Tasawwur Husain Zaidi. Noida: McGraw Hill,

2022.

Lahiri, Nayanjot. Marshaling the Past: Ancient India and Its Modern Histories. New Delhi:

Permanent Black, 2012.

Ray, Tirthankar. The Economic History of India 1857-1947. New Delhi: Oxford University Press,

2006.

Sharma, R.S. India’s Ancient Past. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Thapar, Romila. The Penguin History of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300. New Delhi:

Penguin India, 2003.