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Abstract
BA Programme in History (Pattern I and II) - CUCBCSS UG 2014 - Scheme and Syllabus - Approved
- Implemented with effect from 2014 Admissions-Orders issued.
G & A - IV - B
U.O.No. 7474/2014/Admn Dated, Calicut University.P.O, 01.08.2014
Read:-1. U.O. No. 3797/2013/CU, dated 07.09.2013 (CBCSS UG Modified Regulations

(File.ref.no. 13752/GA IV J SO/2013/CU).
2. U.O. No. 5180/2014/Admn, dated 29.05.2014 (CBCSS UG Revised Regulations)
(File.ref.no. 13752/GA IV J SO/2013/CU).
3. Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Studies in History(UG) held on 23- 07- 2014
( item No.1)
4. Letter dated 31-07-2014 from the Dean, Faculty of Humanities
5. Orders of Vice Chancellor in the file of even No. dated 01-08-2014
ORDER
Vide paper read as first above, the Modified Regulations of Choice Based Credit Semester
System for UG Curriculum with effect from 2014 was implemented in the University of Calicut.
Vide paper read as second above, the revised CUCBCSS UG Regulations has been implemented
with effect from 2014 admission, for all UG programmes under CUCBCSS in the University,
Vide paper read third above, the meeting of the Board of Studies in History (UG) held on 23- 07-
2014 vide item No.1 resolved to approve the syllabus of BA Programme in History in tune with
CUCBCSS with effect from 2014-15 admission onwards.
Vide paper read fourth above, the Dean, Faculty of Humanities has remarked that
considering the urgency, item No.1 of the Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Studies in History
(UG) held on 23-07- 2014 be approved.
Vide paper read fifth above, the Vice Chancellor, considering the exigency, and exercising
the powers of the Academic Council, has approved item No. 1 of the Minutes of the meeting of the
Board of Studies in History (UG) held on 23-07- 2014 , subject to ratification by the Academic
Council.
Sanction has, therefore, been accorded to implement the Scheme and Syllabus of BA
Programme in History (Pattern I and II) under CUCBCSS Regulations with effect from 2014
Admission onwards.
Orders are issued accordingly.
The Syllabus is uploaded in the University website.
Muhammed S
Deputy Registrar
To
The Principals of all affiliated Colleges
Copy to:CE/ Ex Section/ EG Section/ DR and AR BA Branch/ EX IV/Director, SDE/SDE
Exam Wing/ Tabulation Section / System Administrator with a request to upload the
Syllabus in the University website/ GA I F Section/ Library/ SF/ FC/DF
Forwarded / By Order
Section Officer
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
SYLLABUS OF B.A. HISTORY PROGRAMME
About the Course:
The structure of BA programme in History is as follows:
Common courses: In general every under graduate student shall undergo
10 common courses (Total 38 credits) chosen from a group of 14 common
courses listed below, for completing the programme:
1. Common English course I
2. Common English course II
3. Common English course III
4. Common English course IV
5. Common English course V
6. Common English course V I
7. Additional language course I
8. Additional language course II
9. Additional language course III
10. Additional language course IV
Common courses 1-6 shall be taught by English teachers and 7-10 by teachers
of additional languages.
Common courses Semester wise
No. Semester Semester II Semester III Semester IV
I
1 1,2,7 3,4,8 5,9 6,10
Core courses: Core courses are the courses in the major (Core) subject of the
degree programme chosen by the student. Core courses are offered by the parent
department. The number of core courses offered to the students of History is 15,
including a project work.
Complementary courses: Complementary courses cover one or two disciplines
that are related to the core subject and are distributed in the first four semesters.
Open Courses: There shall be one open course in core subjects in the fifth
semester. The Open course shall be open to all the students except the students of
parent discipline. (They can choose an open course from a different discipline). Each
department/discipline can decide the open course from a pool of three courses offered
by the University.
Credits: Each course shall have certain credits. For passing the degree
programme the student shall be required to achieve a minimum of 120 credits of which
38(22 for common [English] courses +16 for common languages other than English)
credit shall be from common courses, a minimum of 2 credits for project and 2 credits
for the open course. Minimum credits required for core, complementary and open
courses put together are 82. However the credits to be set apart for the core and
complementary courses shall be decided by the faculty concerned. The maximum
credits for a course shall not exceed 5. Honours and dual core programmes are having
separate credit distribution.
Attendance: A student shall be permitted to appear for the semester
examination, only if he/she secures not less than 75% attendance in each semester.
Attendance shall be maintained by the concerned Department. Condonation of shortage
of attendance to a maximum of 9 days in a semester subject to a maximum of two times
during the whole period of a Degree Programme may be granted by the University.
Benefits of attendance may be granted to students who attend the approved activities
of college/university with prior concurrence of the Head of the institution. Participation
In such activities may be treated as presence in lieu of their absence on production
of participation / attendance certificate in curricular/extracurricular activities. It should
be limited 9 days in a semester. The condonation of shortage of attendance shall be
granted according to the existing prescribed norms.
If a student registered in first semester of the UG degree programme is continuously
absent from the classes for more than 14 working days at the beginning of the semester
without informing the authorities the matter shall immediately be brought to the notice
of the Registrar of the university. The names of such students shall be removed from
the rolls.
Admission to repeat courses should be within the sanctioned strength.
However if more candidates are there, the candidates who have suffered serious health
problems, on production of a medical certificate issued by a physician not below the
rank of a Civil Surgeon in Government service, may be permitted to repeat the course,
with a written order issued by the Registrar, Calicut University (by considering his/her
SGPA/CGPA and percentage of attendance). The number of such candidates should
not exceed two.
Grace marks: Grace Marks may be awarded to a student for meritorious
achievements in co-curricular activities (in Sports/Arts/ NSS/NCC/ Student
Entrepreneurship) carried out besides the regular class hours. Such a benefit is
applicable and limited to a maximum of 8 courses in an academic year spreading over
two semesters. No credit shall be assigned for such activities.
Project: Every student of a UG degree programme shall have to work on a
project of not less than2 credits under the supervision of a faculty member as per the
curriculum. Details and time schedule is provided.
Study Tour: Compulsory study tour to destinations of architectural,
archaeological, historical and cultural importance is to be conducted either in 5th or in 6th
semesters
Extension activities: Compulsory social service (CSS) for a period of 15 days
is essential for the successful completion of a U.G. programme.
History Syllabus: A Short Introduction
Examination: There shall be University examinations at the end of each
semester. External Viva-voce will be conducted along with the project evaluation.
Project evaluation shall be conducted at the end of sixth semester. 20 % of marks
are awarded through internal assessment. In the (CUCBCSSUG 2014 scheme) -
UG pattern, the common course IV will cover the whole aspects of the syllabi for
Environmental studies. So there is no need of conducting a separate examination in
Environmental studies for the students of CUCBCSSUG 2014 scheme.
Improvement Course: Improvement of a particular semester can be done only
once. The student shall avail the improvement chance in the succeeding year after
the successful completion of the semester concerned. The internal marks already
obtained will be carried forward to determine the new grade/mark in the improvement-
examination. If the candidate fails to appear for the improvement examination after
registration, or if there is no change in the results of the improved examination,
the mark/grade obtained in the first appearance will be retained. Improvement and
Supplementary examinations cannot be done simultaneously.
EVALUATION AND GRADING: Mark system is followed instead of direct grading for
each question. For each course in the semester letter grade, grade point and % of
marks are introduced in 7- point indirect grading system.
Seven Point Indirect Grading System
Grade
% of Marks point Range of
Grade Interpretation Class
(IA+ESE) Average ( grade points
G)
90 and above A+ Outstanding 6 5.5 -6 First
class with
80 to below90 A Excellent 5 4.5 -5.49 Distinction
70 to below80 B Very good 4 3.5 -4.49

First class
60 to below 70 C Good 3 2.5 -3.49
Second
50 To below 60 D Satisfactory 2 1.5 -2.49
class
40 to below 50 E Pass/Adequate 1 0.5 -1.49 Pass
Below 40 F Failure 0 0 - 0.49 Fail

Course Evaluation: The evaluation scheme for each course shall contain two
parts (1) Internal assessment (2) external evaluation. 20% weight shall be given to the
internal assessment. The remaining 80% weight shall be for the external evaluation.
Internal Assessment: 20% of the total marks in each course are for internal
examinations. The marks secured for internal examination only need be sent to
university by the colleges concerned. The internal assessment shall be based on a
predetermined transparent system involving written test, assignments, seminars and
attendance in respect of theory courses and lab test/records/viva and attendance in
respect of practical courses. Internal assessment of the project will be based on its
content, method of presentation, final conclusion and orientation to research aptitude.
Components with percentage of marks of Internal Evaluation of Theory Courses are-
Attendance 25 %, Assignment/ Seminar/Viva 25 % and Test paper 50%. (If a fraction
appears in internal marks, nearest whole number is to be taken)
Attendance of each course will be evaluated as below-
Above 90% 100% marks allotted for
attendance - attendance
85 to 89% 80%
80 to 84 % 60%
76 to 79 % 40%
75 % 20%
To ensure transparency of the evaluation process, the internal assessment
marks awarded to the students in each course in a semester shall be notified on the
notice board at least one week before the commencement of external examination.
There shall not be any chance for improvement for internal marks. The course
teacher(s) shall maintain the academic record of each student registered for the course,
which shall be forwarded to the University by the college Principal after obtaining the
signature of both course teacher and HOD)
External Evaluation: External evaluation carries 80 % of marks. External evaluation of
Even (2, 4, 6) semesters will be conducted in centralized valuation camps immediately
after the examination. Answer scripts of Odd Semester (1, 3, and 5) examinations will
be evaluated by home valuation. All question papers shall be set by the university. The
external examination in theory courses is to be conducted with question papers set
by external experts. The evaluation of the answer scripts shall be done by examiners
based on a well-defined Scheme of valuation and answer keys shall be provided by the
University.
History Courses:
The syllabus appended herewith is a thoroughly restructured and reformed
one in accordance with the proposed changes in curriculum. The opinions of veteran
scholars and teachers as well as young scholars have been incorporated in to the new
syllabus. Opinions of teachers were pooled in and the syllabus is prepared giving due
importance to these opinions.
The syllabus reconstituted here primarily aims at introducing the fundamentals
of historical knowledge in a wider range so as to equip the students with better
understanding of Society and Historical processes. It also aims at exposing the spirit of
research, analysis, criticism, innovation and invention among the students.
The present syllabus consists of 46 courses - fifteen core courses, twelve
complementary courses, three open courses and four elective courses.
. DETAILS OF THE COURSES
1. 15 core courses including the Project, all compulsory (in the place of the main
papers), each having 4 credits. Code of the course - B.
2. 24 complementary courses. Thus there are six groups of complementary courses
-Modern Indian History (1857 to the Present), Modern World History from AD
1500 ,Social and Cultural History of Britain, West Asian Studies, Archaeology in India
and History of Journalism . Each group consists of four courses. Only one group is
to be opted. The group opted for the first semester must be continued in the other
semesters also. For example if the group opted by a college is on Modern Indian History
(1857 to the Present), the courses offered on it must be taught in all the semesters.
i.e., HIS1C01, HIS2C01, HIS3C01 and HIS 4C01 for the first, second, third and fourth
semesters respectively. Each course has 2 credits. Code of the course - C.
3. One open course with 4 credits, to be selected from the 2 courses offered. This
course is to be offered to the students of other disciplines. Code of the course - D.
4. One Elective course with 2 credits (to be selected from the 4 courses offered) Code
of the course - E.
ABOUT ALPHA- NUMERICAL CODE
The code of the programme of B.A. History is HIS. The number following HIS in the code
of each course denotes the semester. The letter following the number of the semester denotes
the course and the number following this letter denotes the serial number of the course. Thus
the code HIS1B01 means core paper one meant for the first semester in the programme of BA
History. Each of the core course, open course and elective course is numbered in ascending order
from the beginning to the end. Complementary courses for each semester are shown as a group.
Select only one course from a group.
I. CORE COURSES
(15 courses including project work)
Sl. Code Name of the Courses Credit Contact Sem
No. Hours/week
1 HIS1B01 THE TRENDS IN HISTORIOGRAPHY 4 6 I
2 HIS2B02 HISTORY OF THE EARLY WORLD 4 6 II
3 HIS3B03 INFORMATICS AND HISTORY 4 4 III
4 HIS3B04 HISTORY OF EARLY INDIA 4 5 III
5 HIS4B05 HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD 4 5 IV
6 HIS4B06 METHODLOGY OF HISTORICAL WRITING 4 5 IV
7 HIS5B07 KERALA SOCIETY AND CULTURE: 4 5 V
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL
8 HIS5B08 HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL INDIA 4 5 V
9 HIS5B09 HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA 4 5 V
10 HIS5B10 HISTORY OF MODERN WORLD 4 5 V
11 HIS6B11 HISTORY OF MODERN KERALA 4 5 VI
12 HIS6B12 HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY INDIA 4 5 VI
13 HIS6B13 CONTEMPORARY KERALA 4 5 VI
14 HIS6B14 GENDER STUDIES 4 5 VI
15 HIS6B15 COURSE WORK- DISSERTATION 4 2 Hours each VI
in 5TH and 6th
Semesters
2. COMPLEMENTARY COURSES
(24 courses)
No. Hours/week
1 HIS1C01 Modern Indian History (1857 to the 2 3 I
Present):
India Under Colonial Rule and Early
Resistances (1857- 1885)
2 HIS1C02 Modern World History from AD 2 3 I
1500:
Modern World In Transition- From A.D
1500
3 HIS1C03 Social and Cultural History of 2 3 I

Britain:
Social and Cultural History of Britain
(Ancient And Medieval Period)
4 HIS1C04 West Asian Studies 2 3 I

West Asia In Transition
5 HIS1C05 Archaeology In India 2 3 I
Principles And Methods Of
Archaeology
6 HIS1C06 History Of Journalism 2 3 I
Early History Of Journalism
7 HIS2C01 Modern Indian History (1857 to the 2 3 II
Present):
Indian National Movement - First
Phase (1885- 1917)
8 HIS2C02 Modern World History from AD 2 3 II
1500:
Consolidation of The Modern World
9 HIS2C03 Social and Cultural History of 2 3 II

Britain:
History of Tudors and Stuarts
10 HIS2C04 West Asian Studies 2 3 II

Emergence of Modern West Asia
11 HIS2C05 Archaeology In India 2 3 II
History of Archaeology
12 HIS2C06 History Of Journalism 2 3 II
History of Journalism in India
13 HIS3C01 Modern Indian History (1857 to the 2 3 III
Present):
Indian National Movement –
Gandhian Phase (1917- 1947)
14 HIS3C02 Modern World History from AD 2 3 III
1500:
Imperialist Onslaughts and
Resistance Movements
15 HIS3C03 Social and Cultural History of 2 3 III

Britain:
History of Revolutions and Era of
Colonialism
16 HIS3C04 West Asian Studies 2 3 III
West Asia In Crises
17 HIS3C05 Archaeology In India 2 3 III
Archaeological Excavations in India
18 HIS3C06 History Of Journalism 2 3 III
Journalism in Kerala
19 HIS4C01 Modern Indian History (1857 to the 2 3 IV
Present):
Selected Themes in Contemporary
India
20 HIS4C02 Modern World History from AD 2 3 IV

1500:
Neo-Colonialism: Challenges and
Responses
21 HIS4C03 Social and Cultural History of 2 3 IV

Britain:
History of Victorian and Post-Colonial
Developments
22 HIS4C04 West Asian Studies 2 3 IV
Contemporary West Asia
23 HIS4C05 Archaeology In India 2 3 IV
Modern Techniques in Archaeology
24 HIS4C06 History Of Journalism 2 3 IV
Journalism in the Contemporary
World
3. OPEN COURSES
(2 courses)
No. Hours/week
1 HIS5D01 Heritage Studies 2 3 V
2 HIS5D02 Historical Tourism 2 3 V
3. ELECTIVE COURSES
(4 courses)
No. Hours/week
1 HIS6E01 Principles and Methods of 2 3 VI
Archaeology
2 HIS6E02 Indian Epigraphy 2 3 VI
3 HIS6E03 Indian Numismatics 2 3 VI
4 HIS6E04 History of Human Rights 2 3 VI
DOUBLE MAIN
For Double Main Programmes , there should be 10 mandatory Core Courses ,1 Elective
Course, to be selected from 3 Courses offered,and 1 Open Course to be selected from
3 Courses offered . HYD is the code for History Double Main. The code of the Open
and Elective Courses is as Detailed below. There are no Complementary Courses for
Double Main.

No Hours/week
.
1 HYD1B01 THE TRENDS IN HISTORIOGRAPHY 4 6 I
2 HYD2B02 HISTORY OF THE EARLY INDIA 4 6 II
3 HYD3B03 INFORMATICS AND HISTORY 4 4 III
4 HYD4B04 HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL INDIA 4 5 IV
5 HYD4B05 METHODLOGY OF HISTORICAL WRITING 4 5 IV
6 HYD5B06 HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA 4 5 V
7 HYD5B07 HISTORY OF MODERN WORLD 4 5 V
8 HYD6B08 KERALA SOCIETY AND CULTURE: 4 5 VI
ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL
9 HYD6B09 HISTORY OF MODERN KERALA 4 5 VI
10 HYD6B10 COURSE WORK-PROJECT 2 4 VI
3. OPEN COURSES
(2 courses)
No. Hours/week
1 HYD5D01 Heritage Studies 2 3 V
2 HYD5D02 Historical Tourism 2 3 V
3. ELECTIVE COURSES
(4 courses)
No. Hours/week
1 HYD6E01 Principles and Methods of 2 3 VI
Archaeology
2 HYD6E02 Indian Epigraphy 2 3 VI
3 HYD6E03 Indian Numismatics 2 3 VI
4 HYD6E04 History of Human Rights 2 3 VI
Core Courses
HIS1BO1 THE TRENDS IN HISTORIOGRAPHY
Module I EVOLUTION OF HISTORY AS A DISCIPLINE
Meaning of Historiography – Quasi History
Herodotus – Thucydides
St: Augustine – Ibn Khaldun
Vico and New science – Positivism and Auguste Comte – Ranke and Duty of
Historian
Module II STREAMS OF MODERN HISTORIOGRAPHY

Marx and Historical Materialism
A J Toynbee and the Study of Civilizations
J B Bury and the conceptualization of the Idea of Progress
The Annales – Marc Bloch and Fernand Braudal
E H Carr and the Causative analysis
Subaltern Studies – Ranajit Guha
Post Modernism – Keith Jenkins
Module III CONCEPTUALISING HISTORY

Gender– Gerda Lerner
Sexuality– Michael Foucault
Food History – Felipe Fernandez- Armesto
Module IV HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN PRE COLONIAL INDIA
Itihasa - Purana Tradition
Court Histories– Charitas – Vamsa Charitas – Musakavamsa
Kalhana – Barani – Abul Fazal – Ferishta
Romila Thapar’s view on Historical Consciousness in Early India
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
1. R G Collingwood, The Idea of History
2. Arthur Marwick, The Nature of History
Module II
1. R G Collingwood, The Idea of History
3. Arthur Marwick, The New Nature of History
4. Ranajit Guha (ed.) The Subaltern Studies, Vol, I
5. E H Carr, What is History
Module III
2. Arthur Marwick, The New Nature of History
3. Felipe Fernandez- Armesto, Near a Thousand Tables: A History of Food
Module IV
1. Romila Thapar, Past and Prejudice
2. Romila Thapar, Ancient Indian Social History
3. Romila Thapar, Time as Metaphor of History: Early India
4. S A A Rizwi, The Wonder that was India , Vol II
HIS2BO2 HISTORY OF THE EARLY WORLD
Module I Pre History
Nature of Pre Historic Societies Paleolithic Age – Features
Mesolithic Age Neolithic Age – Changes
Module II Bronze Age Civilizations

Features of Civilizations – Gordon V Childe
Mesopotamia Egypt
Module III Iron Age Civilizations

Hellenic, Hellenistic Civilizations - Legacies
Roman Civilizations - Legacies
Module IV Decline of the Ancient World

Decline of the Roman Empire – Changing Social Scapes
Impact of Christianity
Transition to Medieval
Map Study
1. Distribution of Important Paleolithic and Neolithic Settlements-
2. Important Bronze age Cities
3. Important Iron Age Centres
4. Early Trade Routes
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
1. Thomas Walter Wallbank & Alastair MacDonald Taylor, Civilization: Past and
Present
2. Peter Bogucki & Pam J. Crabtree, Ancient Europe 8000 B.C.–A.D. 1000:
Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World
Module II
Present
2. Charles Freeman, Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of Ancient
Mediterranean
3. Lynn Hunt et.al.,(ed.), The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures
4. Gordon V Childe, Man Makes Himself
Module III
Present
Module IV
Present
HIS3BO3 INFORMATICS AND HISTORY
Module I OVERVIEW OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Technology and Society – Print Culture to Information Technology
History of Computers – Features of Modern personal Computers and Peripherals –
Hard Ware and Soft ware
Operating Systems – DOS – Windows – Open Source – Linux –
Module II NETWORK OF COMPUTERS
Computer Networks – Types – LAN, MAN, WAN, PAN – Cellular Wireless networks
The Internet and Access methods – DSL, ISDN, Wi-Fi, FIOS
Satellite Internet Access – MODEM, Web Browsers- Search Engines – Email –
Chatting
Mobile Phone Technology
Mobile Computing – SMS, MMS –Wireless Applications – Blue Tooth, Global
Positioning System
Module III SOCIAL INFORMATICS
Meaning and Scope of IT – Data, Information, Knowledge
IT and Society- E-Governance- New Issues and Concerns – Digital Divide
Cyber Ethics – Cyber Crimes – Cyber Laws
Free and Open Source Software Debate
Basic Concepts of IPR – Copy Rights and Patents
Social Media – Blogging – Online Activism
Module IV DIGITAL RESOURCES FOR LEARNING AND RESEARCH
Introduction to the use of IT in Teaching and Learning – in History – Digital Resources
– Merits and Demerits
Academic Services – E –learning – Educational Software –Courseware- E-books
– E-journals –Open Access Publishing – EDUSAT – VICTERS – Digital Libraries –
INFLIBNET- NICNRT- BRNET
I T in Historical Studies – Quantification and Analysis – Indus Script
Digitalizing Archives –Virtual Tour to Historical Sites – Spanish Caves
Google Earth and Google Mapping – JSTORE- ASI Site – keralahistory.ac.in- KCHR
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
Alan Evans, Kendal Martin (et.al.,)Technology in Action, Pearson Prentice Hall
Peter Norton; Introduction to Computers, Indian Adapted Edition
Module II
Alan Evans, Kendal Martin (et.al.)Technology in Action, Pearson Prentice Hall
Leon Alexes and Mathews Lewon, Computer Today, Leon Vikas
Rajaramanan.V; Introduction to Information Technology, Pearson Prentice Hall
Module III
Alan Evans, Kendal Martin (et.al.,)Technology in Action, Pearson Prentice Hall
Leon Alexes and Mathews Lewon, Computer Today , Leon Vikas
Module IV
Rajaramanan. V; Fundamentals of Computers, Pearson Prentice Hall
Web Resources
http://computer.howstuffworks.com
http://www.technopark.org
http://www.computer.org/history/timeline
http://www.learnthenet.co Web Primer
http:/www. Studentworkzone.com/question.php?/ID=96
http://www.keralaitmission.org
http://computerhistory.org
http://www. Igta.org Office on-line lessons
HIS3BO4 HISTORY OF EARLY INDIA
Module 1: Prehistory and Protohistory
Stone Age in India

Palaeolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Metal Age in India
Chalcolithic cultures
Bronze Age- Indus civilization – Major sites – features of urbanization – decline
Module II: Vedic Age

Sources
Vedic literature
Archaeological evidences
PGW sites
Rig Vedic
Eastward Movements of Vedic People- Later Vedic phases
Iron Age in north India
Society – Varna -- Polity – Gana – Vidatha – Sabha – Samiti
Economy – Pastoralism – Gavishti
Religion
Module III: Urbanisation in the Gangetic Basin

Buddhism and Jainism
16 Mhajanapadas – Monarchy and Ganasamghas
Second urbanisation – features
Rise of Magadha
Mauryan Rule – Arthasastra- Asoka and Dhamma
Satavahanas – Land Grants
Legacies of the Guptas – Art – Architecture – Religion – Science – Literature –
Philosophy- Transitions in Varna and Jati
Post Gupta developments – Harsha – Rashtrakutas -- Palas – Arabs in Sind
Module IV: Early Tamilakam

Megaliths
Early Tamil literature– Tinai concept
Muventar
Roman Trade
Alvars – Nayanars.
Maps
1. Important Indus sites- Mohenjo- Daro, Harappa, Kalibangan, Lothal, Rupar,
Dholavira, Rupar, Alamgirpur,
2. Important PGW sites- Ahichchatra, Athranjikhera, Mathura, Barnawa,
Kurukshethra, Ujjain, Hastinapura, Bhagwanpura, Besnagar.
3. Sixteen Mahajanapadhas
4. Major centers of Asokan Inscriptions- Dhauli, Sanchi, Sarnath, Barabar Caves,
Junagad, Girnar, Junagadh, Maski, Kandahar, Lumbini
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
1. Bridgett and Raymond Allchin, The Birth of Indian Civilization: India and Pakistan
before 500 B.C.
2. A L Basham, The Wonder that was India
3. Romila Thapar, Early India: From the Origins to AD1300
4. Shereen Ratnagar, Understanding Harappa, Civilization in the Greater Indus
Valley
Module II
2. D. D. Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History
4. Romila Thapar, From Lineage to State: Social Formations in the Mid- First
Millennium B.C. in the Ganga Valley
5. R. S. Sharma, Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India
6. R. S. Sharma, Material Culture and Social Formations in Ancient India
7. D. N Jha, Ancient India: In Historical Outline
Module III
2. D. D. Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History
3. Romila Thapar, The History of India Volume 1
4. Romila Thapar, From Lineage to State: Social Formations in the Mid- First
Millennium B.C. in the Ganga Valley
6. R. S. Sharma, Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India
7. R. S. Sharma, Material Culture and Social Formations in Ancient India
8. Uma Chakravarti, The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism
9. D. N Jha, Ancient India: In Historical Outline
10. Kumkum Roy, The Emergence of Monarchy in North India: Eighth to Fourth
Centuries BC- As Reflected in the Brahmanical Tradition
Module IV
2. Rajan Gurukkal, Social Formations of Early South India
3. K A N Sastri, A History of South India
4. K. Kailasapathy, Tamil Heroic Poetry
5. V. Kanakasabhai, The Tamils Eighteen Hundred Years Ago
6. N. Subrahmanyam, Sangam Polity
7. R. Champakalakshmi, Trade Ideology and Urbanization: South India 300 BC to
AD 1300
8. R. Champakalakshmi, Religion Tradition and Ideology: Pre- Colonial South India
9. Dr. M R Raghava Varier; Charithrathile India (Malayalam )
HIS4BO5 HISTORY OF THE MEDIEVAL WORLD
Module I Medieval Europe
Nature of Medieval European Society – Feudalism
Manorialism – Monastic orders
Guilds – Towns – Universities
Papacy – Evolution of Roman Catholic Church
Module II Byzantine Era

Background – Byzantine Empire – Administration
Cultural Achievements – Literature – Art and Architecture – Styles
Religion and Greek Orthodox Church
Module III Arab Civilisation

Birth of Islam – Caliphate
Islamic Empire – Umayyads – Abbasids – Harun Al Rashid
The safavids of Persia – Shah Abbas – The Ottoman Turks – Sulaiman the
Magnificent
Arab Science – Philosophy – Trade – Art and Architecture – Literature
Module IV Transformation of the Medieval World

Crusades – Causes and Results
Trade – Urbanization
Changes in Agriculture
Black Death – Eastern Contacts –China under the Mings
Map Study
1. Important Medieval European Towns -
2. Important Centres of Medieval Arab World
3. Important Cultural Centres –
4. Important Centres of Education
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
Present
Module II
Present
Module III
Present
3. Philip Khuri Hitti, The Arabs: A Short History
Module IV
Present
HIS4BO6 METHODLOGY OF HISTORICAL WRITING
Module I Writing Of History
Identification of a Historical Problem
Sources and Ancillary Disciplines – Archaeology - Epigraphy- Numismatics - Folklore
– Place Names – Literature – Archival Studies
Hypotheses and Drafting synopsis – Bibliography
Module II History as Scientific Discipline
Collection of Data – Written and Oral
Verification and Authenticity of Data – Internal and External Criticism
Facts and their Synthesis – Generalisations
Module III Forms of Writing and Documentation
Research Paper – Thesis – Oral History – Local History – Micro History
Module IV Techniques of Historical Writing
Notes – Footnotes – Endnotes – Text notes
Style of Footnoting and Text noting – Ibid. – Op.cit.- pp.
Style of Bibliography
Appendices – Charts – Tables – Diagrams – Photos – Maps – Glossary –
Abbreviations – Index
NB: Each student should identify and submit the Problem and Preliminary
Bibliography for the dissertation at the end of the Semester.
BOOKS FOR STUDY
Module I
1. Arthur Marwick, The new nature of History
2. E. H. Carr, What is History
3. Elton G.R., The Practice of History
4. Sharron Sorenson, How to write Research Paper
Module II
2. G.R.Elton, The Practice of History
4. E. H. Carr, What is History
5. Gottschalk L., Generalisation in the writing of History
Module III
Module IV
2. Joseph Gibaldy, MLA Handbook for the writers of Research papers
HIS5B07 KERALA SOCIETY AND CULTURE: ANCIENT AND
MEDIEVAL
Module-I Kerala’s Physiographical Features and Early History of the Region
Geographical features-rivers-mountains-passes-lagoons-sea coast-monsoon
Early human settlements-Peleolithic, Neolithic Periods
Iron Age in Kerala-Megalithic Culture-Megalithic sites
Kerala as a part Tamilakam
Sangam Literature: Pathittupathu, Akananuru and Purananuru
Kerala’a maritime contacts-Pattanams (trade centres)-internal trade mechanisms
Module-II Polity and Society in the Perumal Era

Sources
Inscriptions- Terisapalli Copper Plate
Literature-Sanakaranarayaneeyam- Tamil Bhakti Literature- Arab Chinese
accounts
Monuments-Tiruvanchikulam temple- Cheraman Masjid
Brahmin Migration to Kerala
Perumals of Mahadayapuram
Features of administration
Trade guilds and land grants –Anchuvannam –Manigramam -Valanchiyar,-
Nannadeshikal- Nuttuvar- Uralar, Karalar.
Bhakti saints- Alwars and Nayanars
Proliferation of temples-Devadasi system
Sankaracharya
Disintegration of Perumal kingdom
Module-III Age of Naduvazhis

Formation of Nadus and Swarupams- Venad
Expansion of agriculture
Emergence of village communities
Sanketams
Manipravalam Literature
Sandeshakavyas- Unnineeli Snadesham
Charitam-Unniyadi Charitam
Champu- Bhasha Naishadham Champu
Lilathilakam
Chinese trade- Arab trade- Medieval Angadies.
ModuleIV Advent of Europeans

Situation of Kerala at the time of the coming of Portuguese
Zamorin- Kunjali Marakkar
The Dutch- Hortus Malabaricus- Martanda Varma
The French
The English-
Mysorean Interlude
Subsidiary Alliance
Malavalam Bhakthi Literature and Structuring of Malayalam Language
Thunchathu Ezhuthachan- Kilippattu
Kunchan Nambiar- Thullal
Poonthanam- Jnanappana
Maps
1. Important Centres of Megalithic Culture
2. Distribution of the Inscriptions of Perumals
3. Important Nadus
4. Centres of Colonial Settlements
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
1. A. Sreedhara Menon, A Survey of Kerala History
2. M. G. S. Narayanan, Foundations of South Indian Society and Culture
3. Elamkulam P. N. Kunjan Pillai, Studies in Kerala history
4. Rajan Gurukkal and Raghava Warrier, Kerala Charitram
5. K. N. Ganesh, Keralatthinte Innalekal
6. M. R. Raghava Warrier, Keraleeyatha Charithramanangal
7. Cherian, P.J.,(ed.), Perspectives on Kerala History, Trivandrum, 1999.
Module II
1. M. G. S. Narayanan, Foundations of South Indian Society and Culture
2. M. G. S. Narayanan, Cultural Symbiosis in Kerala
3. M. G. S. Narayanan, Perumals of Kerala
4. Elamkulam P. N. Kunjan Pillai, Studies in Kerala history
7. P.J. Cherian (ed.), Perspectives on Kerala History, Trivandrum, 1999.
8. Kesavan Veluthatt, Brahmin Settlements in Kerala
Module III
1. Elamkulam P. N. Kunjan Pillai, Unnuneelisandesham Charithradrushtiyiloode
4. M. R. Raghava Warrier, Madhyakaala Keralam
5. Cherian, P.J.,(ed.), Perspectives on Kerala History, Trivandrum, 1999.
Module III
1. Rajan Gurukkal and Raghava Warrier, Kerala Charitram(Part II)
3. K. N. Ganesh, Kunchan Nambiyar: Vakkum Samoohavum
4. K. M. Panikkar, History of Kerala
HIS5BO8 HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL INDIA
Module I: Delhi Sultanate
Ghorid invasion – Battle of Tarain – Prithviraj Chauhan
Delhi as the centre of power – Iltutmish- Balban- Alauddhin Khalji – Mohammed bin
Tuglaq – Feroz Shah Tuglaq
Nature of State – administration
Economic reforms - Iqta – Muqti – revenue reforms – market regulations
Module II: The Mughals

Establishment of Mughal rule in India – Babur – Shershah – Cultural Synthesis under
Akbar- Shahjahan – Aurangazeb Administration – Features – Rajput policy
Mansabdari system – Jagirdari system
Marathas – Sivaji – Ashtapradhan
Module III: Cultural Synthesis
Sufism and Bhakti movement

Kabir – Merabai – Surdas – Guru Nanak
Art and Architecture
Indo-Saracenic art – Qutb Minar
Indo-Persian art – Taj Mahal – Agra fort
Sharqui architecture
Literature – Amir Khusrau – Dara shikoh – Tuzuk i Babari
Module IV: Medieval South India

Pallavas – Cholas – Pandyas
Chola administration – Uttaramerur inscription – Kudavolai system
Vijayanagar and Bahmani kingdoms – Raichur doab
Architectural developments
Pallavas – Mahabalipuram
Cholas – Tanjore – Gangaikondacholapuram
Vijayanagar – Hampi ruins
Bahmini-- Gol Gumbuz.
Maps
1. Important Centres of Delhi Sultanate
2. Mughal Empire under Akbar
3. Mughal Empire under Aurangzeb
4. Major Chola sites- Tanjore, Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Darasuram,
Nagapattinam, Kanchipuram, Vengai, Uttaramerur, Chidambaram
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
1. S. A. A. Rizvi, The Wonder That was India Part II
2. Tapan Raychaudhuri et.al., The Cambridge Economic History of India
3. K. A. Nizami, State and Culture in Medieval India
4. Mohammad Habib and K. A Nizami (eds.), A Comprehensive History of India:
The Delhi Sultanate (AD 1206- 1526)
5. Satish Chandra, Medieval India: From Sultanate to the Mughals (1206- 1526)
Module II
2. Tapan Raychaudhuri et.al., The Cambridge Economic History of India
5. Irfan Habib, The Agrarian System of Mughal India: 1556- 1707
6. Harbans Mukhia, The Mughals of India
Module III
Module IV
1. K A N Sastri, A History of South India
4. Burton Stein, Peasant State and Society in Early Medieval South India
5. Kesavan Veluthat, Political Structure of Early Medieval South India
6. Kesavan Veluthat, Political Structure of Early Medieval South India
HIS5BO9 HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA
Module I: Consolidation of English Power in India
Advent of the Europeans – Plassey – Buxar

Consolidation of English political power – Carnatic wars – Maratha wars
Subsidiary alliance – Native States – Doctrine of Lapse
Economic policies of the British – Permanent Settlement – Ryotwari
Railways – roads – forest policy
Early resistance against the British – Sanyasi rebellion – Santhal, Kol uprisings
1857 – Causes and results – Queen’s proclamation
Indigo strike
Administrative changes after 1858
Module II: Social and Political Consciousness in India

Socio-religious movements
Brahmo Samaj
Arya Samaj
Ramakrishna Mission
Aligarh movement
Satyasodhak movement
Pandita Ramabai
Political associations
East India Association
Indian National Congress
Rise of nationalism – causes
Module III: Nationalist Movement – Pre-Gandhian Era

Economic critique of colonialism – Dadabai Naoroji – Poverty and Un British rule in
India
Programmes and Policies of Moderates – Gokhale
Partition of Bengal
Swadeshi and Boycott movement – Lajpat Rai
Home rule movement – Annie Besant – Tilak
Lucknow Pact
Module IV: Indian National Movement – Gandhian Era

Gandhian programmes – Satyagraha – Ahimsa – Hartal
Early struggles – Champaran – Ahammedabad mill strike – Kheda
Rowlatt Act – Jalian Walla Bagh
Khilafat – Non-Coperation movement – causes and results
Civil disobedience movement– Gandhi-Irwin Pact- Khan Abdul Gafra Khan
Round Table Conferences – Poona Pact
Constructive Programmes – Khadi – Caste eradication programmes – Temple entry
programmes
Critique of Gandhian programmes by Ambedkar
Working class movements
Socialist movements
Indian National Army
Separatist movements –Hindu Mahasabha – All India Muslim League- Mohammad Ali
Jinnah
Quit India movement – Do or die
Mountbatten Plan and partition
Maps
1. Major Sites of 1857 Mutiny: Jhansi, Meerut, Aarah, Delhi, Gwalior, Lucknow,
Calcutta, Agra, Allahabad, Ambala, Bulandshahr, Kanpur
2. British India and Princely States in 1858
3. Major Sites of Annual sessions of Indian National Congress- Pune, Bombay,
Calcutta, Banaras, Madras, Surat, kakkinada, Lahore, Karachi, Allahabad,
Lucknow, Gaya, Belgam, Haripura, Tripura, Meerut, jaipur
4. Major Sites of Civil Disobedience Movement- Ahmadabad, Dandi, Midnapur,
Peshwar, Vedaranyam, Dharasana, Allahabad, Kanpur, Payyannur
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
1. Percival Spear, The History India, Vol 2
2. Percival Spear, Oxford History of Modern India 1740- 1947
3. Sekhara Bandyopadhyaya, From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern India
4. A. R, Desai, Social Background of Indian Nationalism
Module II
4. Bipan Chandra et.al., India’s Struggle for Independence
Module III
5. Sumit Sarkar, Modern India 1885- 1947
Module IV
HIS5B10 HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD
Module I Rise of the Modern World
’ Renaissance’ in Italy – Influence of the Asian World – Literature- Science – Art and
Architecture - Political Thought
Reformation and Counter Reformation – Martin Luther
Geographical Explorations
Rise of nation states
Module II Growth of Capitalism

Scientific Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Plunder of Colonies – Imperialism
Module III Development of Democracy

English Revolution – John Locke
American Revolution – Thomas Jefferson
French Revolution – Enlightenment Thinkers
Abolition of Slavery in the U S
Process of Unifications – Germany and Italy – Herder and Mazzini
Module IV 20th Century World

20th Century World- I World War – Causes and Results
Russian Revolution –Background, Ideology and Impact
League of Nations – Great Depression – Nazism and Fascism
II World war - UNO
Map Study
1. Important Oceanic Explorations
2. Europe in 1815
3. Important stages of World War I
4. Important Centres of International Treaties inand after World war II
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
Present
Module II
Present
Module III
Present
Module IV
Present
HIS6B11 HISTORY OF MODERN KERALA
Module-I Early Resistance against British East India Company and Consolidation
of Power by the Company
Resistance Movements against the company rule

Pazhassiraja
Veluthampi Dalawa
Kurichiya Revolt
Agrarian unrest of 19th century in Malabar
Colonel Munroe as Resident- Diwan in Travancore and Cochin
Reforms of H. V. Canolly in Malabar
Module-II Socio Religious Movements and Reforms in Kerala Society
Printing, Press and Education- The role of Missionaries
Socio-religious movements
Nature of movements
Spread of education
Changes in family structure
Changes in the System of inheritance
Marriage reforms
Demand for opportunities
Sree Narayana Guru
Aruvippuram Prathishta
SNDP Movement
Educational institutions
Kumaranasan
Chattampi swamikal- Vedadhikara Niroopanam
Ayyankali- Sadhujana Paripalana Yogam
Pandit Karuppan- Jathikkummi, Vala Mahasabha
Vagabhatananata
Poykayil Yohannan- Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha
Makti Thangal
Vakkom Abdul Khadar Moulavi
V. T. Bhattathirippad- Adukkalayil Ninnu Arangathekku
Chavara Achan- Educational Institutions
Arya Pallam- Parvathi Nenminimangalam
Kallumala Samaram
P. K. Varier and the rejuvenation of Ayurvedic Traditions in Kerala
Memorials
Malayali Memorial- G. K. Pillai, C. V. Raman Pillai.
Ezhava Memorial- Dr. Palpu,
O.Chandu Menon and K. P. Padmanabha Menon- Marumakkathayam Reports
Module-III
Early Political and Cultural Activities in Kerala
Early leaders of Indian National congress from Kerala
Political conferences- Ottapalam, Manjeri, Palakkad and Vadakara
Khilafat- Malabar Rebellion
Vaikom Satyagraha
Non-co-operation movement- Salt Satyagraha
Guruvayur Satyagraha
Temple Entry Proclamation
Quit India Movement- Keezhariyur bomb case
Module-IV Aikya Kerala Movement
Impact of Vaikkom and Guruvayur Satyagraha Jathas

Role of K. P. Kesava Menon and K. Kelappan
Tiru Kochi Merger
Aikya Kerala Movement
Sir. C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar’s American Model and Punnapra Vayalar Struggle
Kerala in 1947
General elections-1952
Formation of Kerala as a linguistic state
Map Study
1. Important Centres of Early Resistances
2. Important Centres of Early Political Activities in Kerala
3. Important Centres of Gandhian Programmes in Kerala
4. Important Centres of Aikya Kerala movement
BOOKS FOR STUDY
Module I
1. P. Bhaskaranunni, Pathonpathaam Noottandile Keralam
3. Panikkar, K.N., Against Lord and State
4. Kurup, K. K. N., Pazhassi Samarangal
5. William Logan, Malabar manual
Module II
1. P. Bhaskaranunni, Pathonpathaam Noottandile Keralam
2. P. Bhaskaranunni, Keralam Irupathaam Noottandinte Arambhathil
4. P. K. Gopalakrishnan, Keralathinte Samskarikacharithram
5. Robin Jeffery,The Decline of Nair Dominance: Society and Politics in Travancore
6. K. N. Panikkar, Culture, Ideology and Hegemony: Intellectuals and Social
Consciousness in Colonial India
Module III
1. P. K. K. Menon, History of Freedom Movement in Kerala, Vol-I and II
2. P. Bhaskaranunni, Keralam Irupathaam Noottandinte Arambhathil
4. A. Sreedhara Menon, Kerala and Freedom Struggle
6. G. K. Pillai, Congressum Keralavum
7. Gopalankutty, K., Malabar Padanaghal
8. K. K. N. Kurup, Quit India Samaram Keralathil
Module IV
1. P. K. K. Menon, History of Freedom Movement in Kerala, Vol-I and II
3. A. Sreedhara Menon, Kerala and Freedom Struggle
5. R. Ramakrishnan Nair, Constitutional Experiments in Kerala
HIS6B12 HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY INDIA
Module I: India: The Republic
Salient Features of Indian Constitution

Patel and Integration Process
Nehruvian era -- Concept of development – Mixed economy -- Large scale
industrialization – Big Dams- Green Revolution – principle of unity in diversity – India in
the era of cold war.
Module II: Changes in the Indian Economy
Indira Gandhi – Nationalisation of banks – central PSUs
Rajiv Gandhi – Technological Innovations
Narasimha Rao – Liberalisation, Privatisation, Globalisation (LPG) – Manmohan
Singh
Module III: Challenges within the Nation
Partition and its scars
Naxalbari – Maoist movements
Emergency in India- Causes and Resistance
Secessionism – Kashmir – Punjab – Assam
V. P. Singh and Mandal Commission Report- Anti Mandal Agitation
Communalism and Violence– Delhi Riots- Babri Masjid issue – Gujarat carnage
Inter-state water disputes – Cauveri – Mullapperiyar
Development paradigms and social issues -Chipko movement – Narmada Bachao
Andolan – Dalit, Adivasi struggles – Minority rights issues
Anti-globalisation movements
Module IV: Democratic Culture in India
Indian democracy in practice – elections – RTI – food safety bill – right to education –
Democratic expressions in art, literature, films – Mallika Sarabha – Mahasweta Devi –
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyaya—Satyajit Rai – Ritwik Ghattak – Girish Kasaravalli
Maps
1. Major Dams and river Projects built in Post Independent India- Bhakra- Nangal
dam, Hirakud dam, Damodar Valley Project area, Tilaiya Dam, Maithon Dam,
Panchet dam, Nagarjunasagar dam, Sardar Sarovar dam, Tehri dam
2. Major Stages of environmental Movements- Garhwal Himalayas, Silent Valley,
Singhbhum, Plachimada, Baliyapal
3. Major Stages of Struggles against MNCs on Land Acquisition, Environmental
and Pollution Issues- Bhopal, Kasaragod, Gobindpur, Plachimada, Sivaganga,
Vidarbha
4. Major Stages of Communal Violence: Hyderabad, Moradabad, Mandi, Nellie,
Delhi, Bhagalpur, Kashmir, Bombay, Babri Masjid, Godhra, Ahmadabad, Naroda,
Marad, Kandhmal, Muzaffarnagar
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
1. Bipan Chandra et. al., India Since Independence
2. Ramachandra Guha, India after Gandhi: The History of World’s Largest
democracy
3. S. Anand, Thought and Vision of Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Aparna Bharadwaj, Nehru’s Vision to Empower Indian Economy
5. Anil Kumar Thakur and Debes Mukhopadhyay, Economic Philosophy of
Jawaharlal Nehru
6. Vandana Shiva, Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Survival in India
7. Vandana Shiva, The Violence of Green Revolution
Module II
democracy
3. T T Ram Mohan, Privatisation in India: Challenging the Economic Orthodoxy
4. Ramanuj Ganguli, Globalisation in India: New Frontiers and Emerging
Challenges
Module III
2. Bipan Chandra, In the Name of Democracy: JP Movement and the Emergency
3. K. N. Panikkar, Communal Threat, secular Challenge
4. K N Panikkar, Before the Night Falls: Forebodings of Fascism in India
5. K N Panikkar, The Concerned India’s Guide to Communalism
democracy
7. Ramachandra Guha, The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant
Resistance in the Himalaya
8. Ramachandra Guha & Madhav Gadgil, This Fissured Land
11. Uma Chakravarti and Nandita Haksar, The Delhi Riots: Three Days in the life of a
Nation
12. P. Sainath, Everybody loves a Good Drought: Stories from India’s Poorest
districts
13. Gail Omvedt, Dalit Visions
14. Ashis Nandy et al., Creating a Nationality: Ramajanmabhumi Movement and the
Fear of the Self
15. Amartya Sen, The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and
Identity
Module II
democracy
3. Amartya Sen, The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and
Identity
HIS6B13 CONTEMPORARY KERALA
Module-I Political Experiences
First elections
Ministry under E M S Nambbodiripad
Major areas of reforms-Education-land-Liberation struggle
Coalition politics
Liberation Struggle
Emergency and Kerala experiences
Formation of political fronts- LDF and UDF
Module-II Kerala Economy
Addressing the land issues-Agriculture
Internal Migration-Agrarian Migration of peasant from Travancore to Malabar- Effects
External Migration- Gulf and European Countries- Effects
Development of Service Sector- Kerala Development model- Advantages and
disadvantages
Economic development and its critique
Module-III Development Model and Discontents
Local Development and issues
Silent valley issue
Struggle against Mavoor Rayons
Endosulfan Problem in Kasargod
Plachimada struggle
National Highway Expansion and People’s Protests
Western Ghats- Madhav Gadgil & Kastoorirangan Reports
Social realities- Gender issues- Women in public spaces- Women and child
trafficking- Suryanelli Case
Politicing caste and religion-SRP and NDP
Adivasi land rights- Muthanga Incident
Dalit Struggles-Chengara
Module-IV Kerala Culture
Institutionalization of Culture- Kerala Kalamandalam
Malayalam Literature in National Stage- G. Sankara Kurup, S. K. Pottakkad, Thakazhi
Sivasankara Pillai, M. T. Vasudevan Nair, ONV Kurup
Development in Cinema- Neelakkuyil, Chemmeen, Nirmalyam- Ramu Kariyat
Aravindan, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Padmarajan
Development of Electronic media- News Channels.
Map Study
1. Important Centres of Early Resistances
2. Important Centres of Early Political Activities in Kerala
3. Important Centres of Gandhian Programmes in Kerala
4. Important Centres of Aikya Kerala movement
BOOKS and ARTICLES FOR STUDY

Module I
2. Thomas Johnson Nossiter, Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation
3. Georges Kristoffel Lieten, The First Communist Ministry in Kerala: 1957-59
4. P. Radhakrishnan, Peasant struggles, Land Reforms and Social Change:
Malabar 1836- 1982
5. M. A. Oomman, A Study of Land Reforms in Kerala
Module II
1. Joshy Mathew, Tradition Migration and Transformation: Agrarian Migration to
Wayanad-a Socio-Historical Perspective 1928-2000
2. M. A. Oomman, A Study of Land Reforms in Kerala
3. K. S. Mathew, Mahavir Singh and Joy Varkey, Migration in South India
4. P.K.Michael Tharakan, Dimensions and Characteristics of Migration of Farmers
from Travancore to Malabar, 1930-1950, Journal of Kerala Studies, Vol.5, Part-2,
1978.
5. Leela Gulati, In the Absence of Their Men: The Impact of Male Migration on
Women
6. Zachariah, K. C. and S. Irudaya Rajan, Migration and Development The Kerala
Experience
7. K. C. Zachariah, K. P. Kannan and S. IrudayaRajan, Kerala’s Gulf Connection
8. K. N. Ganesh, Kerala Samooha Padanangal
Module III
1. K.N.Nair & Vineetha Menon, Social Change in Kerala: Insights from Micro Level
Studies
2. Bijoy C. R., K. Ravi Raman, Muthanga-Real Story: Adivasi Movement to Recover
Land, Economic and Political weekly (EPW), Vol. 38, No.20, 2003
3. K. Ravi Raman, Breaking New Grounds: Adivasi Land Struggle in Kerala,
Economic and Political weekly (EPW), Vol. 37, No.10, 2002
4. Gabriela Wass, Corporate Activity and Human Rights in India
5. K. T. Rammohan & K. Ravi Raman, Kerala Worker Rises against Indian Big
Capital- a Report Unfinished on Rayon Workers Struggle, Economic and Political
weekly, July 1988, pp. 1359- 1364
6. K. T. Rammohan & K. Ravi Raman, Mavoor rayons Accord: Kerala Government
on its Knees, Economic and Political weekly, 7 January 1989, pp. 16- 17
7. K. Ravi Raman, Development, Democracy and the State: Critiquing the Kerala
Model Development
8. K. Ravi Raman, Global Capital and Peripheral Labour: The History and Political
Economy of Plantation Workers in India
9. Vandana Shiva, Globalization’s New Wars: Seed, Water and Life Forms
10. K. N. Ganesh, Kerala Samoohapadanangal
Module IV
1. Renu saran, History of Indian Cinema
2. R. Raman Nair (ed.), Information Technology for Participatory Development
3. K.M.George, Sahitya Charitram Prasthanaghalilude,
HIS6B14 GENDER STUDIES
Module I Key Concepts and Terminologies
Sex –Sexuality
Gender – Gendering – Parenting
Patriarchy – Matriarchy – Matriliny – Patriliny
Domestic Violence – Household management
Wife – Widow
Rape- Trafficking- Prostitution
Third Gender- Cross Dressers- LGBT
Module II Gender Studies As A Discipline

Gerda Lerner – The Creation of patriarchy
Simon de Bouver – The Second Sex
Problem of Invisibility and Marginalisation
Women as property of Men
Module III Gender Studies – The Indian Scenario

Altekarian Paradigm – Critique of Altekarian Paradigm – Brahmanical Patriarchy-
Uma Chakravarty
Seed and Earth- Leela Dube
Food and Caste- Leela Dube
Ecological Feminism – Women as creators of Life- Green Revolution and destabilizing
the life of Women– Contributions of Vandana Shiva
The Subaltern Cannot Speak- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Rights over Land– Bina Aggarwal
Nature of Rape Trials- Pratiksha Baxi
Module IV Indian Society through Gender Perspective

Brahmanical Patriarchy – Widowhood
Three fold Oppression of Dalit Women
Bhakti and Sainthood
Caste and Gender
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
1. V. Geetha, Gender
2. V. Geetha, Patriarchy
3. Uma Chakravarti, Gendering Caste through a Feminist Lens
4. Richard Ekins and Dave King, Blending Genders: Social Aspects of Cross Dressing
and Sex Changing
Module II
1. Gerda Lerner, Creation of Patriarchy

2. Simon de Bouver – The Second Sex
3. Stephanie Coontz and Peta Henderson (eds.), Women’s Work, Men’s Property:
The Origins of Gender and Class
Module III
1. A. S. Altekar, The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization: From Pre- Historic

Times to the Present Day
3. Uma Chakravarti, Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories: Beyond the Kings and
Brahmanas of ‘Ancient India’
4. Vandana Shiva, Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development
6. M. N. Srinivas (ed.), Caste: Its Twentieth Century Avatar
7. Leela Dube, Anthropological Explorations in Gender
8. C. Nelson, L. Grossberg (eds.), Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture
9. Bina Agarwal, A Field of One’s Own: Gender and Land Rights in South Asia
10. Pratiksha Baxi, Public Secrets of Law: Rape Trials in India
Module IV

2. Uma Chakravarti, Everyday Lives, Everyday Histories: Beyond the Kings and
Brahmanas of ‘Ancient India’
3. Sharmila Rege, Writing Caste/ Writing Gender: Reading dalit Women’s
Testimonies
4. Sharmila Rege, Dalit Women Talk Differently: A Critique of 'Difference' and
Towards a Dalit FeministStandpoint Position, Economic and Political Weekly,
Vol. 33, No. 44 (Oct. 31 - Nov. 6, 1998), pp. WS39-WS46
5. Gopal guru, Dalit women Talk Differently, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol.
30, No. 41/42 (Oct. 14-21, 1995), pp. 2548-2550
6. Vijaya Ramaswamy, Walking Naked: Women, Society and Spirituality in South
India
HIS6B15 COURSE WORK- DISSERTATION
Aim of the Course: The course aims to see the understanding of techniques and
methods of presentation in History by the Students.
The projects may be on regional or Local History. It may be on local culture, economy,
local struggles, land relations, cultural institutions including Folk and the influence of
such institutions on society, local movements, institutions having relations with socio-
religious movements which have influenced and shaped society deeply, etc. Individual
projects should be prepared by the students. The dissertations should follow the writing
methodology of History under the guidance of a teacher. The dissertations should
have 30-35 pages length, written in Malayalam or in English. The time schedule for
preparation of dissertations is given below, which should be maintained.
Identification of Topic, preparation of preliminary bibliography and list of persons to be

interviewed- By the end of IV Semester
Collection of Data, Interviews, etc. and Preparation of detailed Synopsis: By the end of
V Semester
Presentation of findings, Drafting the Dissertation, Internal Assessment and evaluation:

VI Semester
The final evaluation by external examiner will be held after the end of VI Semester
Complementary Courses
MODERN INDIAN HISTORY (1857 TO THE PRESENT):
HIS1CO1 INDIA UNDER COLONIAL RULE AND EARLY
RESISTANCES (1857- 1885)
Module I India as a Political Entity

Consolidation of Power by the British – Plassey, Buxar – Carnatic- Maratta – Mysore
Subsidiary Alliance – Doctrine of Lapse
Economic Settlements
Module II Early Resistances
Sanyasi- Fakir- Santhal– Pazhzssi Raja
Revolt from native States – Travancore – Veluthampi
Module III Revolt of 1857
Causes – Results – Nature
Queen’s Proclamation – Significance
Module IV Socio- Religious Movements
Background – Brahmo samaj – Arya Samaj– Aligarh Movement- Satyasodhak
Samaj– Pandita Rama Bhai– Ramakrishna Mission- Sree Narayana Guru
Emergence of Nationalism
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
Module II
Module III
Module IV
6. Uma Chakravarti, Rewriting History: The Life and Times of Pandita Ramabai
HIS2CO1 INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT - FIRST PHASE
(1885- 1917)
Module I Emergence of Early Political Organisations
Surendranath Bannerjee and the East India Association
Indian National Congress
Module II Economic Critiques
Drain Theory
Moderate Phase- Prayer – Petition – Protest
G K Gokhale
Module III Swedeshi Programmes
Partition of Bengal – Swedeshi and Boycott Movements
Surat Split – Lal– Bal – Pal
Minto- Morley Reforms 1909
Revolutionary Activities – Madam Bhikaji Kama
Module IV Home Rule Movements
Annie Beasant – Tilak – Role of Newspapers
Identification of Cultural Icons and Programmes
Lucknow pact
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
Module II
Module III
Module IV
6. Sekhara Bandyopadhyaya, From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern
India
HIS3CO1 INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT – GANDHIAN
PHASE (1917- 1947)
Module I Gandhian Tools and Early Struggles
Gandhian Ideology – Satyagraha – Ahimsa
Champaran – Ahmadabad Mill Strike – Kheda
Rowlatt Act – Hartal – Jallian Walla Bagh
Montague- Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
Module II Gandhian Political Programmes
Non Co operation – Khilafat
Civil Disobedience Movement – Salt satyagraha
Poona Pact
Quit India – Do Or Die
Module III Gandhian Constructive Programmes
Anti Caste Movements – Temple Entry Programmes
Khadi and Village industries
Anti Communal Programmes
Hindswaraj
Module IV Critique of Gandhi
Tagore
Ambedkar and His programmes
Subash Chandra Bose and His ‘Mission’
Jawaharlal Nehru – Congress socialists
BOOKS FOR STUDY
Module I
Module II
Module III
Module IV
6. Sekhara Bandyopadhyaya, From Plassey to Partition: A History of Modern
India
HIS4CO1 SELECTED THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY INDIA
Module I INDIA: The Republic
Indian constitution – Act of 1935- Rights and Duties
Federal Structure – Re- Organisation of Linguistic states
Emergency
Module II Mixed Economy to Liberalization
Mixed economy – Nehruvian Economics
Green Revolution Strategies – Problem of Development
Violence against Nature– Soil – Women
New Economic Zones – Land Grabbing - Developments in Technology – Science
Liberalisation –Privatisation –Globalisation –Narasimha Rao – Man Mohan Singh
Module III Critique of Development Programme
Dalit – Adivasi Uprisings – Chipko Movement- Narmada Bachao Andolan – Struggle
against MNCs – Plachimada
Anti Land Acquisition Movements
Module IV Communal Politics and Secular Response
Delhi Riots- Rama Janma Bhoomi issue- Gujarat – Marad
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
1. Bipan Chandra et.al., India after Independence
3. Bipan Chandra, In the Name of Democracy: JP Movement and the Emergency
democracy
Module II
1. Bipan Chandra et.al., India after Independence
democracy
3. S. Anand, Thought and Vision of Jawaharlal Nehru
4. Aparna Bharadwaj, Nehru’s Vision to Empower Indian Economy
7. T T Ram Mohan, Privatisation in India: Challenging the Economic Orthodoxy
8. Ramanuj Ganguli, Globalisation in India: New Frontiers and Emerging
Challenges
Module III
democracy
18. Ramachandra Guha, The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant
Resistance in the Himalaya
19. Ramachandra Guha & Madhav Gadgil, This Fissured Land
22. P. Sainath, Everybody loves a Good Drought: Stories from India’s Poorest
districts
23. Gail Omvedt, Dalit Visions
Module IV
10. Achin Vanaik, The Furies of Indian Communalism: Religion, Modernity and
Secularization
11. K. N. Panikkar, Before the Night Falls: Forebodings of Fascism in India
12. Ashis Nandy, Creating a Nationality: The Ramajanmabhumi Movement and Fear
of the Self
13. Uma Chakravarti, Nandita Haksar, The Delhi Riots: Three Days in the Life of a
Nation
14. Asgharali Engineer, The Gujarat Carnage
15. Siddharth Varadarajan (ed.), Gujarat: The Making of a Tragedy
MODERN WORLD HISTORY FROM AD 1500:
HIS1C02 MODERN WORLD IN TRANSITION- FROM 1500 A.D
MOdule I Transitions from Medieval to Modern
Decline of Feudalism– Growth of trade and towns– development of science and
technology– emergence of national consciousness
Renaissance– causes- humanism– features– Influence on science, literature, art,
architecture
Reformation– Lutheranism– Anglicanism– Counter-Reformation
Geographical Explorations– major explorations– Impact on world politics, economy and
culture
Module II Developments in Politics and Economy

Growth of nation-states– development of absolute monarchies– divine right theory of
kingship- Louis XIV
European trading Companies in the East and Americas– Mercantilism–Commercial
Revolution
MOdule III: Dawn of Rationalism and Democracy

The English Revolution of 1688 – The Bill of Rights
The Enlightenment movement – Francis Bacon – Locke
The American Revolution – Declaration of Independence
Books for Reading

Module I
1. Michael Beard, A History of Capitalism
2. Wallbank and Taylor, Civilization: Past and Present
3. C D M Ketelby, A History of Modern Times
4. Wallerstain Emmanuel, The Modern World System
5. Mark Ferrow, Colonialism: A World History
Module II
6. E. J. Hobsbaum, The Age of Capital
7. E. J. Hobsbaum, Nation and Nationalism Since 1780
Module III
HIS2C02 CONSOLIDATION OF THE MODERN WORLD
Module I Intellectual Foundations of Modern Era
The French Revolution – Intellectuals - Rousseau – Montesquieu – Voltaire – Diderot –
Declaration of the Rights of Man – End of Feudalism
Napoleon Bonaparte – His Wars – Civilian Works
Vienna Congress
Module II Emergence of Political and National Unification Movements

Parliamentary Reforms in England
Civil War in America – Causes – Emancipation Proclamation
Unification of Italy – Mazini – Garibaldi – Cavour – Charles Albert
Unification of Germany – Blood and Iron policy – Bismark
Module III Economic Revolutions and Colonial Plunder

The Industrial Revolution– Growth of factory system– Inventions in textiles industries,
transport and power– Impact on European economy and society
The Agrarian Revolution- the agricultural capitalism- Colonial Plunder and accumulation
of wealth
New trends and Ideas: Laissez-faire, Socialism, Communism, and Chartism
Books for Reading

Module I
6. George Rude, The Crowd in History: A Study of Popular Disturbances in France
and England- 1730- 1848
8. George Rude, The French revolution
Module II
Module III
HIS3C02 IMPERIALIST ONSLAUGHTS AND RESISTANCE
MOVEMENTS
Module I Afro- Asian Experiences
Colonialism in India – Anti Colonial Struggles- The Revolt of 1857 – Indian National
Congress – Gandhi and freedom struggle
Western encroachments in China – Opium Wars – Boxer Rebellion – Tai-ping Rebellion
– The Revolt of 1911
The Scramble for Africa
Module II The First World War and Peace Processes
The First World War – Political Crises – course – Wilson’s Points – the Paris Peace
Conference
The League of Nations – Structure – Functions – Achievements and Failures
The Russian Revolution – establishment of the U.S.S.R – Lenin – N.E.P – Stalin
Module III The Second World War and Peace Processes
Fascism in Italy – Nazism in Germany – Socio-political changes
The Second World War – course – Impact – Destruction of Colonial powers
The U.N.O – structure – Functions – Achievements and Failures – Specialized agencies
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
Module II
7. E. J. Hobsbaum, The age of Revolutions
Module III
6. E. J. Hobsbaum, The age of Revolutions
HIS4C02 NEO-COLONIALISM: CHALLENGES AND
RESPONSES
Module I Post War Developments
The Super Powers – Cold War – containment of Communism – Marshal Plan – Truman
Doctrine – Warsaw Pact
Military Alliances – NATO – SEATO – Baghdad Pact – Cominform
Berlin after 1945 – the importance of Berlin Wall – Re-unification
Module II Contemporary South Asia
Neo-colonialism in South-Asian countries – Korean War – Vietnam War
The Political Unrest in West Asia – the creation of Israel – Arab- Israeli wars – Suez
crisis – P.L.O – al-Fatah – Hamas
The Gulf Wars – Iran- Iraq War of 1980 – The Kuwait War of 1990 – Attack on World
Trade Centre in U.S.A – Occupation of Afghanistan
Module III Changing World
Emergence of People’s Republic of China – Mao-Tse-Tung
Nationalist movement in Africa – Egypt – Nasar – Algeria – Congo – Forces against
African Unity – African National Congress – Mandela – Struggle against Apartheid
Globalization – Multi National Companies
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
4. Arrighi, The Long 20th Century
5. Peter Calvorressi, World Politics Since 1945
6. D F Fleming, Cold Wars and Origins
7. L J Halle, The Cold war as History
8. E J Hobsbaum , The Age of Extremes
Module II
Module III
9. Harold M Vinacke, A History of Far East in Modern Times
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN:
HIS1C03 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN

(ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD)
Module I – Early History
British Isles - Geographical features – Early invasions and settlements – Cultural relics
– Roman conquest – Advent of Christianity
Formation of England: Anglo-Saxon period – Society, culture, literature – advent of the
Danes – Norman conquest – Anglo-Norman government – Church – Norman brand of
feudalism – Oath of Salisbury – Doomsday Book – Earldom
Module II- Medieval History

Medieval social formations – Manorial system – Church mechanism – Magna Carta –
Crusades – Hundred Years War – Decline of Feudalism
New social changes – Black Death – Peasant’s Revolt – Development of trade – its
impact
Module III – New Trends in Medieval England

Intellectual development – role of Universities – anti-clerical movements – John Wycliffe
Middle English language and literature – John Gower – Chaucer – William Langland
Epic and Romance – courtly literature – lyrics – spiritual writings – secular prose –
Recardian poetry
Books for Reading

Module I
1. G. M. Travelyan, A Social History of England, Vol. I
2. G. M. Travelyan, Illustrated English Social History
3. Carter and Mears, A History of England
4. H. A. L. Fischer, History of Europe
Module II
5. Will Durant, Age of Faith
Module III
HIS2C03 HISTORY OF TUDORS AND STUARTS
Module I Transition from Medieval period to Modern Age
Establishment of Tudor monarchy – features – Rise and growth of new middle classes
– Elizabethan Era – Oversees trade – Spanish Armada – Mercantilism – Trading
Companies –
Module II Age of Reformation and Renaissance
Reformation – Humanism – Thomas More – Francis Bacon – University Wits –

Marlowe – Ben Johnson – John Lyle – William Shakespeare – Roger Ascham – Philip
Sydney – Edmund Spencer – Walter Raleigh – Development of Science – Isaac Newton
Module III England under Stuarts
Growth of Royal absolutism – Civil War – Puritan Revolt – Oliver Cromwell – Puritan
Literature – Milton – Bunyan – Metaphysical Poets – John Donne – Cowley – Rpbert
Burton – Thomas Browne
Restoration – Theatre – Satire – Political pamphleteering – John Dryden – Joseph
Addison – Steele – Jonathan Swift – Alexander Pope – John Gay – Daniel Defoe
Books for Reading

Module I
Module II
Module III
HIS3C03 HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONS AND ERA OF
COLONIALISM
Module I Era of Revolutions
Glorious Revolution – the philosophy of Locke – constitutional monarchy – Hanoverian

Succession – The American Revolution – Thomas Paine – Neo Classicism – Dr.
Johnson – Oliver Goldsmith – Impact of French Revolution – Edmund Burke – Thomas
Carlyle – Romantic Revival – William Blake – Wordsworth – Coleridge – Lord Byron –
Shelley – John Keats – Charles Lamb – Walter Scot – Jane Austen
Module II The Consolidation of the British Empire
Colonialism and Imperialism – Ideology and Implementation – Major trends and Writings
– Oriental Despotism – Mission of Civiliatris – Whiteman’s Burden – Manifest Destiny
– Orientalism – Utilitarianism – Jeremy Bentham – J.S.Mill – Evangelicals – Rudyard
Kipling – Asiatic Society of Bengal – William Joans
Module III Age of Industrialism
New technology – Agrarian, Industrial and Commercial Revolutions – Factory

System – William Pitt – Trade Unionism - Robert Owen – Chartism – Development
of party system – the co-operative movement – Laissez-faire – English Economists
– Methodism – Corn Laws – Gladstone and the Liberal policy – Disraeli and
Conservativism
Books for Reading
Module I
Module II
5. E J Hobsbaum, Age of Capital
6. E J Hobsbaum, Age of Empire
Module III
3. E J Hobsbaum, Age of Capital
5. G. B. Adams, Constitutional History of England
HIS4C03 HISTORY OF VICTORIAN AND POST-COLONIAL
DEVELOPMENTS
Module I The Victorian Age: society, culture and achievements
Nature of Victorian society – Religion – Impact of Social Darwinism – Literary
developments – John Ruskin – John Newman – John Clare – Alfred Tennyson –
Robert Browning – Mathew Arnold – Oxford Movement – Liberalism – A.C.Swinburne
– Charles Dickens – Thackeray – George Eliot – Late Victorian Literature – Thomas
Hardy – Henry James – Aestheticism – Walter Pater – Oscar Wilde – G.B.Shaw
Module II Age of Socialism

Socialist movement – Ideology and practice – Christian socialism Marxian socialism
– Fabian socialism – Communism – Impact – Liberal party – Labour Party – England
after the World Wars – Nationalism – War poetry – De-colonization – Post-war socio-
economic problems – Concept of welfare state – Important thinkers and writers: Russel,
Huxley, H.G.Wells, E.M.Foster, Toyenbee, W.B.Yeats Modernism – D.H. Lawrence
– James Joyce – T.S.Eliot – W.H.Auden – George Orwell – Dylan Thomas – Samuel
Becket – the context of postmodernism – Aspects of contemperory culture and society
– popular culture – Globalization – New World order – Terrorism – Feminism – Gender
issues
Module III Britain and the World

The concept of British Commonwealth – foundation and history – Introduction of
western education in India – Educational controversies – Mecaulay’s Minutes – Woods
Despatch – Impact – Rise and growth of Middle class Intelligentsia – Raja Ram Mohan
Roy – The beginning of Indian Writing in English – Toru Dutt – R.C.Dutt – Sri Aurobindo
– Rabindranath Tagore – Mahatma Gandhi – Nehru – Sarojini Naidu – Mulkraj Anand –
R.K.Narayan – Kamala Das
Books for Reading

Module I
Module II
6. E J Hobsbaum, Age of Revolutions
Module III
6. E J Hobsbaum, Age of Revolutions
7. Bipan Chandra, et. al., India’s Struggle for Independence
9. Shekhar Bandhyapadhyaya, From Plassey to Partition
WEST ASIAN STUDIES
HIS1C04 WEST ASIA IN TRANSITION
Module PHYSICAL FEATURES
Nomenclature – Middle East – West Asia
Geography – Resources
Historic and Strategic Importance
Importance of Regional Studies
Major Countries
Module II 19TH CENTURY –THE PERIOD OF RESURGENCE
Islamic Resurgence Movements
Wahabi Movement
Jamaludhin Afghani- Pan Islamic Movement
Rashid Ridha, Mohammed Abdu
Module III PERIOD OF EUROPEAN IMPERIALISM
Construction of Suez Canal
Revolt of Arabi Pasha in Egypt
Turkey –the Sick man Of Europe
Young Turk Movement and the Revolution of 1908
Impact of W W I on Turkey –Khilafat Movement

Musthafa Kamal Pasha – Reform Movements in Turkey
British Occupation of Palestine – Impact and Rebellions
Mandatory System in Palestine
READINGS
Module I
Majeed Akhtar; West Asia –An introduction
Lowis Bernard ; The Middle east and the West
Fisher S N ; Middle east: A History
H. Albert ; A History of the Arab People
Cleveland W L; A History of the Modern Middle East
Module II
Ahmad Talmiz ; Reform in the Arab World
Armajani Yahya ; Middle east : Past and Present
Binder Leonard ; The Ideological revolution in the Middle East
Sharbi Hisham ; Nationalism and revolution in the Arab World
Module III
Peretz Don ; The Middle East Today
Hiro Dilip ; Inside the Middle East
Brown Laniel ; Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought
Esposito J L; Voices of Resurgent Islam
Mac Donald D; Palestine and Israel

WEST ASIAN STUDIES
HIS2C04 EMERGENCE OF MODERN WEST ASIA
Module I EMERGENCE OF ARAB NATIONALISM
Emergence of Arab Nationalism –Ai-Fatah – Arab National Congress
Emergence of nation states –Iraq- Intrusion of Western Powers – Conquest

by Britain – British Mandate –Anti British Agitations –Establishment of Arab
Government
Accession of Amir Faisal and Complete Independence of Iraq
Iran –Persia becomes Iran – Accession of Rasa Khan Shah to Power –Influence
of Occident – Reforms of 1923 – Mohammed Rasa Pahalavi – Tehran Conference
Problems of Kurds – Kurd Republic in 1946
Module II JEWISH NATIONAL MOVEMENT
Problem of Jews – Origin – Flight of Jews from Palestine from 1st Century AD
onwards – Islamic Govt. in Palestine – Turkish Rule in Palestine
Growth of Anti Semitic Feelings among European Countries – Political Zionism –

World Zionist Conference (1897) –Theodor Herzl – Support from USA
Emigration of Jews into Palestine – Stages – British Attitude towards Jews
Module III FORMATION OF ISRAEL
Balfour Declaration – Response of Palestine – Jewish Agency
Chim Wizmann – Jewish Investments in Palestine –Arab Protest and

Marginalisation of the Arabs –British attitudes and Policies
Anti Jewish Rebellion and Haj Amin – Suppression by Britain

Royal Commission – William Peel
Zionist Terrorists- Activities and Problems –End of Mandates- Intervention of

UN – UNSCOP –Plan for Partition
W W II and the Formation of the state of Israel
READINGS
Module I
Agwani MS; Contemporary West Asia
Antonio George ; The Arab Awakening
Majeed Akhtar; Encyclopaedia of West Asia
Agwani MS; Politics in the Gulf
Module II
Cobban H; Palestine Liberation Organisation
Said Edward; The Question of Palestine
Leonard B ; The Study of the Middle East
Module III
Lenczowiski George ; The Political Awakening in the Middle East

WEST ASIAN STUDIES
HIS3C04WEST ASIA IN CRISES
Module I ARAB NATIONAL MOVEMENT

Egypt – Free Officers and the Revolution of 1952 –Establishment of Egyptian
Republic
Gamal Abdul Nazar and his Reforms – Nationalisation of Suez Canal
Baa’thism in Iraq and Syria
Arab Socialism – Communist Movements in West Asia
Cold War and West Asia – Arms Race
Organisation of Al –Fatah – PLO
turkey and the NATO
Iraq Becomes a Republic – General Abdul Kareem Kasim
Module II ARAB –ISRAELI CONFLICT
Background of the Conflicts – Yasar Arafat and PLO
War of 1948 – Intervention of UNO – Development of Fidayeen
The Arab Israeli War of 1956 – Decline of British influence in West Asia
The Six Day War of 1967 – Baath Party
New Govt. in Iraq – Influence of Baath under Al Becker – Socialist Republic in

Iraq – Saddam Hussein becomes the President
Arab –Israeli War of 1973
Module III ERA OF NEGOTIATIONS

Camp David Agreement – Black September – Intifadah
Reagan Plan
Madrid Negotiations
Oslo Peace Process – Gaza – Jericho Fast
Mediatory Efforts of Bill Clinton –George Bush – Towards a Palestine State
READINGS
Module I
Agwani MS; Contemporary West Asia
Antonio George ; The Arab Awakening
Module II
Guandt W B; Camp Dard and Politics
Mac Donald D; Palestine and Israel
Peretz Don; The Middle East Today
Hiro Dilip; Inside the Middle east
Module III
Lenczowiski George ; The Political Awakening in the Middle East

Ahmad Talmiz; Reform in the Arab World
WEST ASIAN STUDIES

HIS4C04 CONTEMPORARY WEST ASIA
Module I CHANGING WEST ASIA
Nationalisation of Oil Companies – Saudi Arabia- OAPEC
Formation of Gulf Co operation Council – Muslim World League
Islamic Revolution in Iran – Ayatollah Khomeini – Resurgence of Islam
Iranian Oil Industry after Revolution
Module II AGE OF CRISES
Iran –Iraq war
Gulf war of Kuwait - Intervention of the US
Gulf War of Iraq – Fall of Saddam Hussein
Taliban in Afghanistan
Module III INDIA AND WEST ASIA
India and the Palestine Question
Indian Labour force In the Gulf Nations
Migration Trends and Remittances
Impacts of Gulf Money on the Society, Economy, Culture and History of Kerala
READINGS
Module I

Lenczowiski George; The Political Awakening in the Middle East
Ahmad Talmiz; Reform in the Arab World
Module II
Peretz Don; The Middle East Today
Hiro Dilip; Inside the Middle east
Module III
B A Prakash ; Kerala economy and

ARCHAEOLOGY IN INDIA
HIS1CO5 PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Module I INTRODUCTION
Definition – Scope, importance and Theme
Nature – Interdisciplinary – Relation with History, Anthropology, Heritage

Studies etc – Archaeology as a source of History
Relation with Biological Sciences and Physical Sciences- Dependence on Physics

and Chemistry
Archaeology and Auxiliary Sciences - Epigraphy and Numismatics
Module II BASIC CONCEPTS
Artefacts – Assemblage – Industry – Culture – Tell – Stratigraphy - Layer –

Trenching
Fossils
Field Laboratory - Conservation
Module III METHODS OF EXPLORATION AND EXCAVATION
Identification of Site –Field Survey and Sampling Techniques –Application of

Scientific Methods
Methods of Excavation – Vertical and Horizontal –Trenching – Gridding –

Excavation of Pits – Stone Walls – Unit Method and Locus Method – Site and Off
Site
Readings
Module I
Rajan K; Archaeology: Principles and Methods
Raman K.V; Principles and Methods in Archaeology
Chakrabarthi D.K; Theoretical Perspectives in Indian Archaeology
Module II
Basker P; Techniques of Archaeological Excavation
Module III
Atkinson RJC; Field Archaeology

HIS2CO5 HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Module I BEGINNINGS OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Beginnings – King Nabonidus
Antiquarianism – Medieval Attitudes to Antiquity
Excavation in Indian Mounts in Virginia by Thomas Jefferson
Exploration connected with Napoleonic wars in Egypt
Influence of Humanism – Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
Module II DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC ARCHAEOLOGY
Development of Scientific Techniques
Achievements of Early Scientific Archaeology – Discovery of Stone Age Cultures

of the World
Discovery of Ancient Civilisations – Flinders Petrie and Pitt Rivers –Excavation

in Egypt – Henreich Schliemann – Excavation of Troy –Robert Bruce Foote –South
Indian Excavations –Leonard Wolley and Rawlinson –Mesopotamian Cities –
Gordon V Childe
Module III SPECIALISED AREAS OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Ethno Archaeology
Salvage Archaeology
Marine Archaeology
Concept of New Archaeology

Processual Archaeology
Cognitive Archaeology
Readings
Module I
Rajan K; Archaeology, Principles and Methods
Raman K V; Principles and Methods in Archaeology
Himanshu P.Ray; Colonial Archaeology in South Asia
Module II
Agarwal D P ; Archaeology in India
Chakrabarti D K ; A history of Indian Archaeology
Module III
Ghosh A ;Encyclopedia of Indian Archaeology
Basker P;Technique of Archaeological Excavations
Aiken M J ; Science Based Dating in Archaeology

HIS3CO5 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN INDIA
Module I BEGINNINGS OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN INDIA
Colonial Mode of understanding India -Surveys – Mckenzie Collections – Survey

of Ancient Monuments – Cunningham
Asiatic Society of Bengal and Its Functioning
Treasure Trove Act
Module II ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA
Establishment and early Activities
Accidental Discovery of Harappan Civilisation – Explorations of Dayaram Sahni –

R D Banerjee –John Marshall
Excavations of Mackay
Mortimer Wheeler and Discovery of Graeco- Roman Contacts – Arecamedu
Pre historic Cultures in India – Palaeolithic Culture – Mesolithic Culture –

Neolithic Culture – Chacolithic Cultures – Bronze Age and the Indus Civilisation
Megalithic Culture in south India
Module III ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AND EXPLORATIONS IN KERALA
Excavations under the Department of Archaeology , Cochin State - Find Spots

of Roman Coins – Excavations of B K Thapar Megalithic Sites – Faucett and
Edakkal Caves – Recent Excavations at Pattanam – Excavation at Anakkara
READINGS
Module I
Agarwal D P ; Archaeology in India
H D Sankalia ; Indian Archaeology Today
Module II
H D Sankalia ; Indian Archaeology Today
Allchin Bridget and Raymond Allchin;Rise of Civilisation in India and Pakistan
Module III
Ghosh A; Encyclopedia of Indian Archaeology
Atkinson RJC ; Field Archaeology
Suart Piggot; Pre Historic india

HIS4CO5 MODERN TECHNIQUES IN ARCHAEOLOGY
Module I DATING TECHNIQUES IN ARCHAEOLOGY
Relative Techniques – Stratigraphy
Absolute Dating Methods – Carbon 14 –Fluorine – Potassium Argon –

Limitations of Carbon 14
Dendrochronology – Pollen Analysis – Petrology
Thermo luminescence
Typology –Terracotta, Metallic, Stone, Sarcophagi
Module II POST EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES
Collection and Classification of Artefacts
Field Laboratory
Services of Curator
Preservation of the Finds
Preparation and Publication of Archaeological Report
Conservation and Exhibition of Artefacts –Methods of Conservation –Organic

Objects –Various kinds of Metallic objects – Need and Importance
Archaeological Museums of India
Module III RECENT TRENDS IN INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

Underwater Archaeology – S R Rao –Indian Institute of Oceanography , Goa –
Recovery of submerged Sites – Dwaraka
Environmental Archaeology
READINGS
Module I
Module II
Module III
Chakrabarti D K ; Theoretical Perspectives in Indian Archaeology

HISTORY OF JOURNALISM
HISC06 EARLY HISTORY OF JOURNALISM
Module I INTRODUCTION
Journalism Defined – Nature and Scope – Principles and functions
Journalism and Mass Communication Media
Concept of Fourth Estate
Democracy and the Press – Freedom of Press
Early Forms of Mass Communication – Use of Symbols and Signs – Messengers

– Dutas – Proclamations – Use of animals and birds – Use of Writing – Edicts of
Asoka – Twelve Tables
Primitive Types of Journalism – Practices in Rome and Ancient China –War

Reports under the Mughals – Manuscript
Newspapers under Akbar – Bulletins on the newly discovered regions – Bulletin of

Venice
Module II EMERGENCE OF MODERN JOURNALISM
Print Media – Printing in China –Significance of Print Revolution – Beginning in

Strassburg – in Britain and Holland
Early Newspapers – Relation from Strassburg
Early Newspapers in Britain – Weekly News of England (1622) –Work of

Nicholas Burne – Milton and freedom of Press
Early Newspapers in USA

Genesis of Modern Indian Press – Printing – Portuguese Machineries –
Beginnings of the Press in Bengal- James Hicky – Buckingham – Raja ram Mohun
Roy
Module III DEVELOPMENT OF POPULAR PRESS
Development of Education during the last decades of the 19th Century
Newspapers in the West –Joseph Pulitzer – William Randolf Herst –Lord North
Cliff
Intervention of the Press in Specific Historical Context – American revolution

and French Revolution
Popular Newspapers –Working Class Newspapers – Herald – London Times –

Guardian – Advertising and Journals – Cost of Production – Purchasing power of
Laymen
Newspaper Magnates – Corporate Bodies –New York Times
Collection of News – Early Modes –Telegraphic Communication –Morse Code –

Radio – Electronic Revolution – Online Journalism
READINGS
Module I
Agee.Ault &Emery;Introduction to Mass Communication
Asa Briggs; A Social History of Media From Gutenberg to the Internet
Gardiner Lambert; A History of Media
Module II
Kamath M V ; Professional Journalism

Module III
Keval J.Kumar; Mass Communication In India

HIS2C06 HISTORY OF JOURNALISM IN INDIA
Module I BEGINNINGS OF MODERN INDIAN PRESS
Pioneering Attempts – James Hicky – Bengal Gazette – Early Publications from

Bengal – Calcutta Gazette – Bengal Journal – Oriental Magazine and Calcutta
Chronicle
James Silk Buckingham and the Calcutta Journal – Contents of the Early English
Journals
Freedom of Press – Attitude of English East India Company – Measures Against

Hicky and Buckingham – Anti Indian Press Regulation of Lord John Adams –
Critique by Ram Mohun Roy – Repeal of the Regulation by Charles Metcalf
Ram Mohun Roy and the Indian Press – Brahmanical Magazine , Persian
Weekly, Sambad Kaumudi – Aspects of Acculturation
Beginnings of Newspapers in Indian Languages - Gangadhar Bhattacharya

- Works of Serampur Missionaries – The Dig Darsan –Bombay Samachar in
Gujarati –Sayyad Un Akbar in Urdu – Rast Gofthar – Madras Courier – Kannada
Newspapers from Bangalore
Aims and Objectives of the early Newspapers
Role of Press in the 19th Century Social reform Movements and Anti British
Struggles – Press and the Revolt of 1857 – Impact of the Revolt on the Press- Press
Censorship of Lord Canning – The Hindoo Patriot and the Peasant Movements
Module II DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY

New Publications from Bombay – Calcutta – Allahabad and Madras
Repressive Measures of the Colonial Govt. – Vernacular Press Act of Lord

Lytton- Repeal of the Act by Lord Ripon
Impact of Technological Development – Telegraph – Roeter Telegrams –

Establishment of the Associated Press of India – Free Press of India – New Agency
– United Press of India
Module III PRESS AND THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT
Nationalist Press – Cultural Awakening – Media as Agency and the Instrumrnt of

Propaganda – Social Change – Pamphlets –Journals – Newspapers – Role Played
by Libraries and Clubs
Important Newspapers – Kesari and MARATHA OF Tilak – Spectator – The Press

and the Partition of Bengal – Annie Beasant and the Common Wheel - Gandhiji
and the Press – Harijan and Young India – Leader – Bombay Chronicle – Hindustan
Times – Swarat – Matrubhumi and Bhaji Bharatam from Kerala
Indian Press Act od 1931 – Hindustan Standard and Yugandhar – Revolutionary

Terrorists
Nehru and the National Herald
Quit India Movement and the Press
READINGS
Module I
Natarajan S ; A History of the Press in India
Module II
Raghavan G NS ;The Press in India
Raghavan G NS; Broadcasting in India
Rivers William ;Mass Media and Society
Vijayan K P; Patrangal Vichitrangal
Module III
Venugopalan T ;Patralokam
Mehta D S; Mass Communication and Journalism in India
Krishnamurthy Nadig ; Indian Journalism
Herman Edward and Noam Chomsky; The Political Economy of Mass Media
HIS3C06 JOURNALISM IN KERALA
Module IBEGINNINGS OF MODERN JOURNALISM IN KERALA
Introduction of Printing
Early Journals of Kerala – Basel Evangelical Missionaries – Rajya samacharam –

Pascchimodayam – Herman B Gundert
First Magazine – Jnana Nikshepam from Kottayam – CMS Missionaries –

Benjamin Bailey – Objectives of early Journalism
Development in the 19th Century – Western Star, the First English Newspaper –
Malabar Spectator and West Coast Express
Malayalam Dailies – Santishta Vadi – Travancore Herald – Satyananda Kahalam

and the Criticism of Travancore Govt. – Kerala Mitram - Devji Bhimji –Kerala
Patrika and C Kunhirama Menon – Kerala Kesari and Poovadan Ravunni –
Malayali- K Ramakrishna Pillai – K G Sankar – E Krishna Pillai and Kerala Sanchari –
Vidya Vilasini – Sujana Nandini
Malayala Manorama and Kandathil Varughese Mappilai
The Press and the Development of Language and Literature
Module II NATIONALIST MOVEMENT AND THE PRESS IN KERALA
Development of English Education –Nationalist Movement
Freedom of Press – Swadesabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai – Vakkom Abdul

Khadar Moulavi – Moorkoth Kumaran and Mitavadi – C V Kunhuraman and Kerala
Kaumudi – T K madhavan and Desabhimani – Al –Ameen and Muhammad Abdu
Rahiman
Impact of New trends in Society – Samadarsi –Vivekodayam –Prabhatam

– Matrubhumi – K P Kesava Menon – Gomati – Kesari Balakrishna Pillai –
Desabhimani – Chandrika – Ideologies and the Press
Library Movement and the Press
Press and Progressive Movement in Kerala – Nambootiri Yogakshema Sabha

– Yogakshemam – Unni Nambootiri – Vagbhatananada and Atmavidyakahalam-
Nayar – Service
Women magazines
Press and National Agitation – Lokamanyam –Swarat –Matrubhumi –Ai-Ameen

–Bhaje Bharatam
Press regulation in Tiruvitamkur -1926
K G Sankar and Malayala Rajyam- Express and Navajeevan from Thrissur
Module III KERALA PRESS TODAY
Press and Day today Life in Kerala – Role in Literacy
Establishment of Press Academy
Increasing Circulation – Competition
Important Journals, Weeklies and Newspapers
Editionalising
Advertising
READINGS
Module I
Menon SK; Swale

Raghavan Puthupally; Malayala Patraprvarthana Charitram
Sam N; Malayala Patrapravarthanam Pathompatam Nuttandil
Module II
Krishnamurthy Nadig; Indian Journalism
Natarajan S; A History of Press in India
Raghavan Puthupally; Malayala Patraprvarthana Charitram
Module III
Ramakrishna Pillai K; Vritanta Patrapravarthanam
Menon S K;Swale

HIS4C06 JOURNALISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD
Module I INDEPENDENCE AND CHANGING PRESS
Changes in the Outlook of the Press
Political Changes and the Changes in the Ownership of Press
Press Commission of 1947
Report of the Commission
Module II DEVELOPMENT OF PRESS IN THE POST INDEPENDENT PERIOD
Constitution and the Freedom of the Press – Limitations of the Freedom of the
Press – Organisational Aspects –Indian Federation of Working Journalists- Indian
Newspaper Society
Press Acts – Working Journals Act of 1955 –Delivery of Books and Newspapers
Act etc
Indian Language Newspaper Association
Press Council of India -1966- Aims and Objectives
Nehruvian Era and the Strengthening of the Freedom of the Press
Major New Establishments
Module III RECENT TRENDS
Press during the Emergency

Development in the Post Emergency – Investigative Journalism – Social
Journals – Exposive Journalism – Role of Periodicals –Full time News Channels –
Commercialisation –Sensationalisation – Networking – Media sensitivity Issues –
Communal Violence , Terrorism etc
Newspaper Magnates –Corporate Bodies – New York Times
News Agencies – International Agencies – Reuters – AP, UPI, AFP,Shinghua –

Indian News Agencies –PTI, UNI, Hindustan Samachar, Samachar Bharati etc
Changes in the Editionalising of Newspapers
Changes in Printing Techniques –Offset – DTP – Digitalisation
READINGS
Module I
Asa Briggs ; A Social History of Media from Gutenberg to the Internet
Herman Edward and Nom Chomsky ; The Political Economy of Mass Media
Module II
Keval J.Kumar; Commuication and Journalism in India
Raghavan G.N.S; The Press In India
Module III
Mudhukar J P;Press Laws
Keval J.Kumar; Commuication and Journalism in India

Raghavan G.N.S; The Press In India
Raghavan Puthupalli ;Malayala Patrapravarthana Charitram
Raghavan N S; Broadcasting in India
Ramakrishna Pillai K;Vritanta Patrapravarthanam
Rivers Williams; Mass Media and Society

Open Courses
HIS5D01 HERITAGE STUDIES
Module I INTRODUCING HERITAGE STUDIES
Meaning and Definition of Heritage
Types of Heritage – Natural and Cultural – Tangible and Intangible
Conservation of Heritage – Archaeology – Museology – Archives – Folklore – Fine
Arts
Cultural Tourism
Module II HERITAGE AND LAW

Law against Vandalism and Plunder
Archaeological Survey of India
Rescue and salvage Archaeology
International Organisation for Preserving Heritage- Role of UNESCO – ICOMOS –
ICOM- ICCROM – State Departments- International Organisations – Smuggling and
Antiquities
Module III INDIAN HERITAGE

Indian Heritage defined – Perspectives from Above and Perspectives from Below –
Locating Folk and Tribal Culture
Module IV HERITAGE DESTINATIONS OF INDIA

Selected World Heritage Monuments of India – Ajanta – Ellora –Taj Mahal – Badami –
Fatehpur Sikri – Sanchi – Mahabalipuram and Hampi
Pilgrim Centres
Archaeological Sites – Nagarjuni Konda – Lothal – Arikamedu – Bhimbetka – Edakkal
– Pattanam
Important Museums of India
Heritage Destinations of Kerala – Natural Heritage – Bekal Fort – Jain Temple,
Sulthan Bathery – Palakkad Fort – Jewish Synagogue ,Mattanchery – Dutch Palace –
Mural Paintings of Siva Temple, Kottakkal
Book list
Module I:
1. Henry Cleere (ed.), Approaches to Archaeological Heritage
2. S P Gupta, Cultural Tourism
Module II
1. Henry Cleere (ed.), Approaches to Archaeological Heritage
2. H Sarkar, Museums and Protection of Monuments and Antiquities in India
3. UNESCO; Museums and Monuments – Organisation of Museums: Practical
Advise
4. Michael A Fopp, Managing Museums and Galleries
Module III
1. UNESCO; Museums and Monuments – Organisation of Museums: Practical
Advise
2. Michael A Fopp, Managing Museums and Galleries
Module IV
1. Rajan Gurukkal and M R Raghava Varier (ed.), Cultural History of Kerala, Vol.I
2. A Sreedhara Menon, Cultural Heritage of Kerala
HIS5D02 HISTORICAL TOURISM
Module I Historicising Travel in India

Travelogues – Ancient – Megasthanese- Pliny – Fa –Hsien
Medieval – Marcopolo – Ibn Batuta-
Modern – Ralf Fitch –Buchanan
Module II Emergence of Destinations
Religious Destinations – Puri, Haridwar, Ajmir ,Sabarimala , Sravanabelgola,
Malayattur
Cultural Destinations – Santinekethan , Wardha, Thunchan Paramba
Historical Destinations – Udayagiri, Khandagiri Caves , Mahabalipuram, Hampi,
Ajanta Ellora
Fesival Destinations – Prayag, Thrissur, Kannur
Landscape Destinations – Shimla, Ooty, Alappuzha
Sanctuary Destinations – Vedantangal, Gir, Silent Valley
Module III Tourism as Industry
Components of Tourism – Locale- Accommodation- Transport- Homestay – Food –
Hospitality
Varieties of Tourism
Eco Tourism
Module IV Kerala and Her Tourist Potential
Natural and Cultural heritage – Hill Stations – Sanctuaries
Thiruvananthapuram – Pathanamthitta- Calicut – Malappuram
Book list
Module I:
1. Viswanath Ghosh, Tourism and Travel Management
2. S.P Gupta, Cultural Tourism
Module II
1. Ratan Deep Singh, Infrastructure Tourism in India
2. Salini Modi, Tourism and Society
Module III
1. Ratan Deep Singh, Dynamics of Modern Tourism
2. Kunol Chattopadhyaya, Tourism Today- Structure, Marketing and Profile
Module IV
1. Ratan Deep Singh, Economic Impact of Tourism development: An Indian
Experience
2. A Sreedhara Menon, Cultural Heritage of Kerala
Elective Courses
HIS6E01 PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF ARCHAEOLOGY
Module I: Phases in the Evolution Of Archaeology

Definitions
Antiquarianism – Discoveries of civilizations – Scientific archaeology – New/
Processual archaeology – post processual archaeology – Indian archaeology in colonial
era – Indian archaeology in independent India
Pitt Rivers – Flinders Petrie -- Gordon Childe – Cunningham – John Marshall –
Sankhalia -- Mortimer Wheeler- Bridget and Raymond Allchins- S. R Rao – David L
Clarke – Lewis R Binford – Colin Renfrew -- Ian Hodder – Trigger – Michael Schiffer
Module II: Terms and Concepts in Archaeology (Not for Essay Questions)
Site – Site formation process– on-site – off-site -deposit – Tells – Mounds – artefact –
assemblage – industry –culture-features-cultural process-cultural evolution
Kinds of archaeology- Ethno archaeology- Settlement archaeology and special
analysis- Salvage /rescue archaeology – Environmental archaeology – Gender
archaeology – Marxist Archaeology -- Geo archaeology – Behavioural archaeology
-- Industrial archaeology – Experimental archaeology – Symbolic archaeology –
Contextual archaeology – Cognitive archaeology – Under water Archaeology
Module III: Archaeological Exploration

Identification of a site
Field walking and survey
Aerial photography
sampling techniques
Instruments used in exploration
Module IV: Excavation and Dating Techniques

Excavation of mounds – excavation of burials – open-area excavation- Grid
excavation – Quartering – Trench excavation- Sieving –– stripping- stratigraphy
and law of superposition–-- Mapping of sites- Excavation reports – Interpretation
of archaeological data – Preservation and conservation of archaeological sites and
materials -- archaeological museums.
Absolute and relative dating techniques – Dendro chronology – Radio carbon dating
- Luminescence dating -- Electro spin resonance dating – fission track – Amino acid
racemization – obsidian (glass) hydration – flourine, Uranium, nitrogen dating – varve
analysis -- superposition – seriation -- Archaeo-magnetic dating –– Uranium series
dating
Map Study
1. Important Paleolitic and Neolithic Sites
2. Major NPW Sites
3. Major Buddhist Centres of India
4. Important Megalithic Centres of South India
Books for Reading

Module I
1. Rajan K, Archaeology, Principles and Methods
2. Raman K V., Principles and Methods in Archaeology
3. Ghosh A., Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology
4. Agarwal. D. P., Archaeology in India
5. Dilip K. Chakrabarthi, Theoretical Perspectives in Indian Archaeology
Module II
Module III
1. R. J. C. Atkinson, Field Archaeology
6. M. J. Aiken, Science Based Dating in Archaeology
7. P. Basker, Techniques of Archaeological Excavation
Module IV
5. M. J. Aiken, Science Based Dating in Archaeology
6. P. Basker, Techniques of Archaeological Excavation
HIS6E02 INDIAN EPIGRAPHY

MODULE I: EVOLUTION OF INDIAN EPIGRAPHIC STUDIES
Definitions
Key concepts – epigraphy – palaeography – scripts – era – decipherment – bi-lingual
inscriptions
James Princep – Decipherment of Asokan inscriptions
Indus script – Heras – Iravatham Mahadevan -- Asko Parpola
Collections of inscriptions during Colonial Period
Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum
Epigraphia Indica
Indian Antiquary
South Indian inscriptions
Travancore Archaeological Series
Ramavarma Research Institute Bulletin
MODULE II: ASPECTS OF INSCRIPTIONS

Scripts- Brahmi – Kharoshti – Vattezhuttu – Kolezhuttu – Grantha
Eras – Kali era – Saka era – Vikrama era – Kollam era
Medium of inscriptions – Bhurjapatra – palm leaves – copper plates – silver – walls of
caves
Nature of inscriptions – Memorials- Labels- land grants – prasastis – renovation works
MODULE III: Epigraphic Study- Methodology

Presentation of Text
Translation and Interpretation
Authentication
Dating
MODULE IV: Inscriptions- Specific studies

Asokan inscriptions – Major Rockedict 13
Uttaramerur
Tarisappalli copper plate
Map Study
1. Important Centres of Memorial Inscriptions
2. Important Centres of Prasastis
3. Important Centres of inscriptions related to Renovation Works
4. Distribution of Chola inscriptions
BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I
1. D. C. Sarkar, Indian Epigraphy
2. Georg Buhler, Indian Paleography, From about B C 350 to about AD 1300
3. Richard Solomon, Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Sanskrit, Prakrit and
other Indo Aryan Languages
4. Shereen Ratnagar, Understanding Harappa
5. A. C. Burnell, An Introduction to the Study of South Indian Inscriptions and MSS
6. K V Subrahmanya Aiyar, Travancore Archaeological series, Vol I
Module II
Module III
Module IV
1. Romila Thapar, Asoka and the Decline of Mauryas
2. M. R. Raghava Warier, Asokante Shasanangal
3. Alexander Cunningham, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol I- Inscriptions of
Asoka
4. K. A. N. Sastri, The Cholas
5. M. G. S. Narayanan, Cultural Symbiosis
6. Raghava Warrier & Kesavan Veluthat, Tarisappalli Chepped
HIS6E03 INDIAN NUMISMATICS
Module I Relevance and Key Concepts
Significance in the Study of History – Kosambi– P L Gupta
Numismatics – Medallions –Minting- Obverse- Reverse – Legends
Module II Early Coins
Early Coins – Literary references in the Vedas
Trade guilds and Punch marked Coins
Cut Coins– Satavahana Coins
Central Asian Coins- Indo Bactrian Coins – Kushana Coins –Indo Greeks
Gupta Coins – The Myth of Golden Age
Chera, Cola, Pandya and Pallava Coins
Module III Medieval Coins
Delhi Sultanate – Coins of Iltutmish – Ala-ud-din Khalji- Drarya Pareeksha
Token Currency – Muhammad Bin Tughluq –Reasons for failure
Mughal Coins – Dinars- Tanka
Coins if Bahmani Sultans –Vijayanagara Coins
Kerala Dynastic Coins – Puthan - Chakram – Rasi
Module IV Coins As Evidence for Foreign Contacts
Roman Coins –Roman Trade
Arab and Chinese Coins
European Coins –Portuguese-Dutch –French –English
Map Study
1. Distribution of Punch marked coins
2. Distribution of Roman Coins
3. Distribution of Satavahana and Indo Greek Coins
4. Distribution of Gupta Coins
Book List
Module I
1. Philip Grierson, Numismatics
2. D. D. Kosambi, Indian Numismatics
3. P. L. Gupta, Early Coins of Kerala
Module II
1. A. Cunningham, Coins of Ancient India from the Earliest Times down to the 7th
Century A.D
2. J. Allan, Catalogue of the Coins of Ancient India
3. D R Bhandarkar, Lectures on Ancient Indian Numismatics
4. D C Sircar, Studies in Indian Coins
5. D D Kosambi., Indian Numismatics
6. P L Gupta, Early Coins of Kerala
7. Prashant Srivastava, Aspects of Ancient Indian Numismatics
8. David William MacDowall, Savita Sharma, Sanjay Garg (ed.), Indian
Numismatics: History, Art, and Culture
Module III
1. S A A Rizvi, The Wonder That Was India, Vol: II
2. Leo Ary Mayer, Bibliography of Moslem Numismatics
3. David William MacDowall, Savita Sharma, Sanjay Garg (ed.), Indian
Numismatics: History, Art, and Culture
4. V. K. Narasimha Murthy, Coins and Currency System in Vijayanagara Empire
5. Dr. Girijapathy, The Coinage and History of Vijayanagara
6. P L Gupta, Early Coins of Kerala
Module I
1. M. G. S Narayanan, Foundations of the South Indian Society and Culture

2. Philip Grierson, Numismatics
3. Arthur L. Friedberg & Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World: From Ancient
Times to the Present
4. D C Sircar, Studies in Indian Coins
5. David R Sear, Roman Coins and their Values (2 Volumes)
6. Zander H Clawans, Reading and Dating Roman Imperial Coins
7. Stanley Lane- Pool, Cataloge of Arabic Glass weights in British Museum
HIS6E04 HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Module I: Basic Concepts and Origin of the of Human Rights
1. Basic Concepts- Human Rights – human rights culture- Crimes against

humanity- Genocide– Racism – Slavery– Apartheid—Torture- Right to food,
education, health, housing, work – Discrimination- Equality– Trafficking – Migrant
workers – Death penalty- Displacement
2. Magna Carta – The Bill of Rights, 1689 – John Locke’s Second Treatise of
Government, 1690 – The Social Contract, 1762– United States Declaration of
Independence, 1776– Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789
– Thomas Paine and The Rights of Man, 1791– Vindication of the Rights of
Woman, 1792.
Module II: World Wars and the Historical Development of International Human
Rights
1. Fight for Right Movement, 1915 – Fourteen points of President Wilson, 1918-
League of Nations – League Covenant
2. H G Wells and the Rights of Man, 1940— Charter of the United Nations,
1945-- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 – UN Human Rights
Commission – International treaties and measures for the protection of human
rights- Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a Dream’
Module III: Human Rights in Practices and Major Incidents of Violation
1. Legal restrictions on freedom– Limitations on politics and expression– Amnesty

International– Human Rights Watch
2. Abu Gharib prison- Privacy of the individual –Human rights violations in Sri
Lanka.
Module IV: Human Rights Situation in India
1. Indian constitution- Fundamental Rights

2. Discrimination on the grounds of caste– minority rights issues– Delhi Riots-
Gujarat carnage- Teesta Setalwad- Irom Sharmila- Displacement due to the
process of development- Adivasis’ plight.
Book list
Module I:
1. Andrew Clapham, Human Rights A Very short introduction, Oxford, 2007 (for the
first three chapters)
2. Andrew Fagan, Human Rights: Confronting Myths and Misunderstandings
3. Andrew Fagan, The Atlas of Human Rights: Mapping Violations of Freedom
around the Globe
4. Bertrand G. Ramcharan, Contemporary Human Rights Ideas, Routledge, 2008
5. Brayan S Turner, Vulnerability and Human Rights: Essays on Human Rights
6. Charles R Beitz, The Idea of Human Rights
7. Robert F Gorman & Edward S. Mihalkanin, Historical Dictionary of Human Rights
and Humanitarian Organizations
Module II:
2. Andrew Fagan, Human Rights: Confronting Myths and Misunderstandings
around the Globe
4. Bertrand G. Ramcharan, Contemporary Human Rights Ideas, Routledge, 2008
6. Charles R Beitz, The Idea of Human Rights
8. Roger Hormand and Sarah Zaidi, Human Rights at the UN: The Political History
of Universal Justice
Module III:
around the Globe
5. Thomas G. Weiss et. al.,(eds.), Wars on Terrorism and Iraq: Human Rights,
Unilateralism and US Foreign Policy
Module IV:
1. A.R.Desai(ed.), Violations of Democratic Rights in India

2. Teesta Setalvad, Gujarat: Behind the Mirage
3. V. B. Mishra, Evolution of the Constitutional History of India (1773- 1947)
4. Ashis Nandy, et.al., Creating a Nationality: Ramjanmabhumi Movement and the
fear of the Self
5. Asghar Ali Engineer(ed.), The Gujarat Carnage
6. Harsh Mander, Cry, My Beloved Country: Reflections on the Gujarat Carnage
2002 and its Aftermath
7. Uma Chakravarti, Nandita Haksar, The Delhi Riots: Three Days in the Life of a
Nation
8. Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Burning Bright: Irom Sharmila and the Struggle for Peace
in Manipur
9. Sanjukta Das Gupta, Raj Sekhar Nasu (eds.), Narratives from the Margins:
Aspects of Adivasi History in India
10.Daniel Rycroft, Sangeeta Dasgupta (eds.), The Politics of Belonging in India:
Becoming Adivasi

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Module II STREAMS OF MODERN HISTORIOGRAPHY

Module III CONCEPTUALISING HISTORY

BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module II Bronze Age Civilizations

Module III Iron Age Civilizations

Module IV Decline of the Ancient World

BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module I OVERVIEW OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

BOOKS FOR STUDY

Alan Evans, Kendal Martin (et.al.)Technology in Action, Pearson Prentice Hall

Leon Alexes and Mathews Lewon, Computer Today, Leon Vikas

Rajaramanan.V; Introduction to Information Technology, Pearson Prentice Hall

Alan Evans, Kendal Martin (et.al.,)Technology in Action, Pearson Prentice Hall

Leon Alexes and Mathews Lewon, Computer Today , Leon Vikas

Rajaramanan.V; Introduction to Information Technology, Pearson Prentice Hall

Rajaramanan.V; Introduction to Information Technology, Pearson Prentice Hall

Rajaramanan. V; Fundamentals of Computers, Pearson Prentice Hall

Stone Age in India

Module II: Vedic Age

Module III: Urbanisation in the Gangetic Basin

Module IV: Early Tamilakam

BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module II Byzantine Era

Module III Arab Civilisation

Module IV Transformation of the Medieval World

BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module-II Polity and Society in the Perumal Era

Module-III Age of Naduvazhis

ModuleIV Advent of Europeans

BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module II: The Mughals

Module III: Cultural Synthesis

Sufism and Bhakti movement

Module IV: Medieval South India

BOOKS FOR STUDY

Advent of the Europeans – Plassey – Buxar

Module II: Social and Political Consciousness in India

Module III: Nationalist Movement – Pre-Gandhian Era

Module IV: Indian National Movement – Gandhian Era

BOOKS FOR STUDY

Module II Growth of Capitalism

Module III Development of Democracy

Module IV 20th Century World

BOOKS FOR STUDY

Resistance Movements against the company rule

Module-IV Aikya Kerala Movement