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- Sources of Ancient Indian History: Archaeological, Literary Sources, Foreign Accounts & Modern Historians of Ancient India.
- Pre-Historic Cultures: Division of Ancient, the Neolithic, Chalcolithic Age, Megalithic Culture or Iron Age & Historical Age
- Indus Valley Civilisation: Origin, Phases, Cities, Important Sites, Economic & Social Conditions in Indus Valley. Art and Craft & Religious Practices, Decline & Contribution of Indus Valley Civilisation
- The Vedic Age: Advent of the Aryans in India. Vedic Literature, Vedic Age & Later Vedic Age.
- Religious Movements: Rise of New Religious Sects, Jainism, Buddhism, Other Heterodox and Religious Movements, Bhagwatism & New Dynamic Force.
- Mahajanapadas: The Mahajanapadas were sixteen kingdoms and aristocratic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE, during the second urbanisation period.
- Mauryan Empire: Sources & Rulers of Mauryan Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusara, Ashoka, Mauryan Administration, Art and Architecture. Decline of Mauryan Empire
- Post-Mauryan Period: Indigenous Kingdoms, Shunga, Kanvas & Satavahana Dynasty. Foreign Kingdom & Post-Mauryan Administration
- The Age of the Guptas: Gupta Empire, Rulers of Gupta Empire, Society and Administration in Gupta Empire. Decline of the Gupta Empire
- Post-Gupta Era: Harshavardhana Spread of Civilisation in Eastern India, Kamarupa Kingdom, Pala, Gurjara Pratihara & Rashtrakuta Dynasty. Economic Life & Art and Architecture in Post-Gupta Era
- History of South India: Sangam Age, Megalith Culture in South India, Three Early Kingdoms. Organisation of New Kingdoms in Deccan & Imperial Cholas
- Arab and Turk Conquest in India: Arabs in India, Turkish Conquest & Effects of Turkish Invasion in India
- Delhi Sultanate: Establishment of Delhi Sultanate & Mongol Invasion in Delhi Sultanate
- Administration, Society and Arts: Administration, Economy, Social Life, Literary Works & Architecture of Sultanate Period
- Vijayanagara and Bahmani Empire: Vijayanagara Empire, Sangama Dynasty, Tuluva Dynasty, Aravidu Dynasty, Vijayanagara and Administration, Bahmani Kingdom & Decline of Bahmani Empire.
- Rise of Provincial Kingdoms: Reasons for the Rise of Provincial Kingdoms, Provincial Kingdoms of Eastern & Western India, Provincial Kingdoms of North-West and North India
- Bhakti and Sufi Movements
- The Mughal Empire: The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries.
- Decline of Mughal Empire: The Mughal Empire began to decline in the 18th century, during the reign of Muhạmmad Shah (1719–48). Much of its territory fell under the control of the Marathas and then the British.
- Society, Economy and Arts: The Mughal nobles were paid well, each noble had a large number of servants, horses, elephants, and so on. Wealthy people dressed in silk and cotton, while the poor dressed simply. Pulses, millets, and rice were staple foods for the common people
- Rise of Maratha Empire: The Maratha Empire was an early modern Indian confederation that rose to dominate much of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century. Maratha rule formally began in 1674 with the coronation of Shivaji of the Bhonsle Dynasty as the Chhatrapati.
- Decline of Maratha Empire: In 1802, Peshwa Baji Rao II accepted subsidiary alliance by signing Treaty of Bassein. This marked the downfall of Maratha Empire. By 1818 the Maratha power was finally crushed and the great chiefs that represented it in central India submitted and accepted the over lordship of the East India Company.
- Later Mughal Empire: The period between c. 1707 CE and c. 1761 CE (the time of Aurangzeb’s death to the period when the Third Battle of Panipat took place.
- Arrival of Europeans in India: The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in India and the last to leave. In 1498 CE, Vasco da Gama of Portugal discovered a new sea route from Europe to India.
- Rise of New & Autonomous States: The Rise of Autonomous states like the Jats, Sikhs, and Marathas revolted under Aurangzeb’s rule. They challenged the Mughal state’s authority Policies under British Rule Amid social issues like Sati, Child Marriages, Infanticides; ideas like Liberty, Equality, Freedom, and Human Rights were brought by the British. To improve the condition of women in society, various legal measures were introduced.
- Civil Uprisings & Movements: The Civil Uprisings before 1857 mostly refers to uprisings led by deposed rulers or their descendants, uprooted and impoverished zamindars, landlords, and
- Socio-Religious Reforms
- Education & Press during British: Development of Education under East India Company, Development of Education under Crown Rule, and Development of Press in India,
- The Revolt of 1857: The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned on behalf of the British Crown.
- Indian National Movement: I – The first phase was known as the phase of Moderates. The emergence of moderates marked beginning of organized national movement of India.
- Indian National Movement: II – Second phase of Indian national movement – Extremist phase. The petitions of the congress brought no charge in the policies and administration of the British in India.
- Indian National Movement: III -The third and final phase of the Nationalist Movement [1919-1947] is known as the Gandhian era.
- Governor-Generals and Viceroys
- Newly Independent India
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