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CP 108: Home Assignment Topics-2021

This document outlines 16 topics for a home assignment on history and culture for students. The topics range from prehistory to modern Indian culture and include the emergence of continents, the Quaternary Ice Age, Bronze Age civilizations, the Indus Valley civilization, Vedic era, Buddhist and Jain traditions, the Gupta era, Mughal contributions, and classical Indian dance forms. Students are instructed to prepare brief write-ups of 4 pages or less for each topic by researching textbooks and the web. They will submit their write-ups in Word and PDF formats after the autumn vacation without knowing which topic they will be assigned until submission.

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CP 108: Home Assignment Topics-2021

This document outlines 16 topics for a home assignment on history and culture for students. The topics range from prehistory to modern Indian culture and include the emergence of continents, the Quaternary Ice Age, Bronze Age civilizations, the Indus Valley civilization, Vedic era, Buddhist and Jain traditions, the Gupta era, Mughal contributions, and classical Indian dance forms. Students are instructed to prepare brief write-ups of 4 pages or less for each topic by researching textbooks and the web. They will submit their write-ups in Word and PDF formats after the autumn vacation without knowing which topic they will be assigned until submission.

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CP 108: Home Assignment Topics- 2021

(a) Define History and Culture.


b) Why knowing history & cultural heritage is important for managers? Do
1 we learn anything in this regard from the British initiative towards giving
shape to modern historiography in India?

Write brief notes on : a) Prehistory and Proto history; b) The emergence of


the continents on Earth c) Quaternary Ice Age and the Meghalayan Era (d)
2 The major Acheulean sites in India [e] Bronze Age and the early
civilizations of the world (f) The major sources of history

Draw a profile of the lives and living of Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers.


3 Discuss how the emergence of settled cultivation paved the way for
transformation of human lives and livelihood?

Assess the antiquity and geographical expanse of Indus Valley civilization.


4 Throw light on the status of industry & trade during the Harappan era.

(a) "The basic foundation of Indian culture took shape in the era of Indus
5 Valley Civilization"- Do you agree to this view? Elaborate your stand.
(b) How were the people in Harappan culture zone being governed? Discuss.

How did the Indus Valley civilization come to an end? Do the more recent
6 archaeological discoveries throw any light on this?

Draw a profile of the livelihood, social organizations and religion of people


7 during the Vedic era? Discuss.

Mention the background of mass-acceptance of the Jain and the Buddhist


8 religious traditions in India in post-Vedic phase. Focus on the salient
features of the two traditions.

Evaluate Asoka as an emperor & as a leader. Assess the relevance of Asokan


9 leadership-style to present-day management.

10 Write notes on (i) Second Urbanization in India (ii) Indo-Roman Trade

The Gupta phase is often seen as a "golden phase" in Indian history. What is
11 your view on the matter? Throw light on the major advances in science,
culture and economy in the Gupta phase.

Examine the contribution of the Mughals to Indian art, architecture &


12 Culture
Examine in brief the rise of Parsi & Marwari Entrepreneurship in Colonial
13 India.

14 Elucidate the salient features of today’s Indian Culture.

List the popular classical dance forms in India along with the states with
15 which these dance forms are generally associated. Write brief notes on any
three of these popular classical dance forms.

Give an outline of the "Rajarshi" (Priest-king) model of administrative


leadership as was prevalent in India during the era of Indus valley
16 civilization. Did the "Rajarshi" model had any bearing on the Trusteeship
model as developed later by Mahatma Gandhi for business leaders?
Discuss.

Instructions for students:


1) All the topics are compulsory for all groups. That means, each group will prepare his
write-ups for all the 16 topics. At the time of submission, lottery method will be
applied to determine which topic is to be submitted by which group. Submission has
be done then and then.

2) Make use of text book and web resources for preparing the write-ups.

3) Write-ups should be brief, preferably having a maximum length of 4 typed pages (for
each topic). Where necessary, maps may be used.

4) Two copies of the same write-up have to be submitted- one in Word format and one in
PDF format.

5) Submission will be arranged immediately after the autumn vacation.

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