Syllabus (HISTORY)

Course Type: MAJ-3

Semester: 3

Course Code: BHISMAJ03T

Course Title: Consolidation of Gupta Empire: 187BC – 650 CE

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: Consolidation of Gupta Empire: 187BC – 650 CE

Learning Outcome: Consolidation of Gupta Empire: 187BC – 650 CE

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THIRD SEMESTER

BHISMT 301

Consolidation of Gupta Empire: 187BC – 650 CE

UNIT-I: Sources

I: Literary Sources: Indian and Foreign Evidences, Archaeological sources

II: Biography and Inscriptions – 10 Classes

UNIT-II: Political Scenario of Guptas

I. Changing political formations: age of imperial unity; rise of Guptas – 10 Classes

II. The Gupta empire: nature and bases; polity and administrations-Decline of the Guptas- the causes of urban decline and its historical interpretations– 10 Classes

UNIT-III: Society and Economy

I. Age of Guptas: agrarian expansion; changing production relations;society and economy

II. Development of Science and Technology during Gupta periods – 10 Classes

UNIT-IV: Foreign Invasions

I. Post-Guptas developments: foreign invasions and their impacts; post-Guptas policies with special reference to Kushanas and Satavahanas - 10 Classes

UNIT-V: Other Dynasties

Different facets of other contemporary dynasties - Maitrakas- Maukharies- Chalukyas, Pallavas- Pandyas- 10 Classes

Reading References:

R. Thapar, Asoka and the Decline of the Mauryas, OUP; The Mauryas Revisited, Calcutta

Ashvini Agrawala, The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Guptas, Motilal Banarsidas

Ranabir Chakraborti, Bharat-ItihaaserAadiparva (Vol. I), Kolkata

R. Thapar, Interpreting Early India, OUP

R.C. Majumdar (ed), The History and Culture of the Indian People: Vol. 2, 3 & 4, Bharati Vidyabhavan

Niharranjan Ray, Bangalir Itihaas Adi Parva, Kolkata

R.S. Sharma, Perspectives in the Social and Economic History of Early India, Munshiram

Manoharlal