CHS Courses

ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY

M.A. Ist Semester Lecture Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Teacher Name
M 11401	4	Ancient Society (Compulsory Course)	RM
M 21421	4	State Power & Legitimacy in Anc. India: The Gupta Dynasty	KC
M 21422	4	Economic History of Early India	RC/RM
M 61401	4	Devotion and Dissent in Indian History	VR

M.A. IIIrd Semester Lecture Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
M 11403	4	Capitalism & Colonialism (Compulsory Course)	JN&AM
M 11404	4	Historical Method (Compulsory Course)	NB
M 61401	4	Devotion and Dissent in Indian History	VB
M 23201	2	Introductory Sanskrit	HT

Non-Indian History Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
M 44416	4	Medicine and Colonialism (Post-1800 CE)	BC

All students have to do two non-Indian history courses (8 credits) over the four semesters of their M.A. You are advised to opt for one in this semester.

M.Phil Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
P 12201	2	Historiography (Compulsory for JNU M.A. doing M.Phil)
P 11204	2	Historical Methods (Compulsory for Non JNU M.A. doing M.Phil)	NB

M.Phil Seminar Courses

P 22405	4	Society & Economic in Early India	RC
P 22406	4	Religion and Society in Early India	RM
P 22411	4	Aspects of Economic History	VR
P 22414	4	Historical Archaeology	SV
P 22416	4	Mythology & Cosmology in Early India	KC

M.Phil Lecture Courses

P 11201	2	Ancient Society	RM
P 11203	2	Capitalism & Colonialism	JN&AM
P 21221	2	State Power & Legitimacy in Anc. India: The Gupta Dynasty	KC
P 21222	2	Economic History of Early India	RC/RM
P 61201	2	Devotion and Dissent in Indian History	VR

M.Phil SLanguage Courses

P 23201	2	Introductory Sanskrit	HT
P 23203	2	Advanced Sanskrit-I	HT

 

MEDIEVAL INDIAN HISTORY

M.A. Ist Semester Lecture Courses

All courses listed below are compulsory

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
M 11401	4	Ancient Society	RM
M 31405	4	Rural Society in Medieval India	RD
M 31406	4	State in Medieval India-I	NH
M 31407	4	State in Medieval India-II	UK

M.A. IIIrd Semester Lecture Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
M 11403	4	Capitalism & Colonialism (Compulsory Course)	JN & AM
M 11404	4	Historical Method (Compulsory Course)	NB
M 31412	4	Towns, Town Life and Urbanization in Med. India	PM
M 31421	4	Gender and Society: Women in Medieval India 13th to 18th Centuries	JP
M 33201	2	Introductory Persian (Optional)	CH

Non-Indian History Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
M 44416	4	Medicine and Colonialism (Post-1800 CE)	BC

All students have to do two non-Indian history courses (8 credits) over the four semesters of their M.A. You are advised to opt for one in this semester.

M.Phil Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
P 12201	2	Historiography (Compulsory for JNU M.A. doing M.Phil)
P 11204	2	Historical Methods (Compulsory for Non JNU M.A. doing M.Phil)	NB

M.Phil Seminar Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
P 32405	4	Trade & Commerce in Medieval India	YS
P 32406	4	Selected Documents of Mughal India	NH
P 32407	4	Political History of a Limited Period or Region	JP
P 32409	4	Social Structure of a Region	RD
P 32413	4	Problems of Urbanization 1600-1750	PM
P 32415	4	Aspects of Social Ideology of Med. India	UK

M.Phil Lecture Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
P 11203	2	Capitalism & Colonialism	JN & AM
P 11201	2	Ancient Society	RM
P 31201	2	Rural Society in Medieval India	RD
P 31206	2	State in Medieval India-I	NH
P 31207	2	State in Medieval India-II	UK
P 31212	2	Towns, Townlife and Urbanization in Med. India	PM

M.Phil Language Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
P 33201	2	Introductory Persian (Compulsory Course)	CH
P 33203	2	Advanced Persian (Compulsory Course)	CH

 

MODERN INDIAN HISTORY

M.A. Ist Semester Lecture Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
M 11401	4	Ancient Society (Compulsory Course)	RM
M 41403	4	Indian National Movement 1858-1905	MM
M 41409	4	Growth of Indian Capitalism	AM
M 41414	4	The Colonial State: 1857-1947	IK
M 41423	4	Women in Colonial India	JA

M.A. IIIrd Semester Lecture Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
M 11403	4	Capitalism & Colonialism (Compulsory Course)	JN&AM
M 11404	4	Historical Method (Compulsory Course)	NB
M 41411	4	Communist Movement in India 1920-1972	BJ
M 41423	4	Women in Colonial India	JA
M 43202	2	Introductory Bengali	SG

Non-Indian History Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
M 44416	4	Medicine and Colonialism (Post-1800 CE)	BC

All students have to do two non-Indian history courses (8 credits) over the four semesters of their M.A. You are advised to opt for one in this semester.

M.Phil Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
P 12201	2	Historiography (Compulsory for JNU M.A. doing M.Phil)
P 11204	2	Historical Methods (Compulsory for Non JNU M.A. doing M.Phil)	NB

M.Phil Seminar Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
P 42401	4	Problems in Economic History of Modern India – I	JN
P 42403	4	Problems in Intellectual History Modern India-I	JA
P 42405	4	Aspects of Colonial Policies-I	BC
P 42407	4	Aspects of Indian National Movement-I	MM
P 42409	4	Problems in Social Change in Modern India-I	IK
P 42411	4	Problems of Modern Agrarian History of India-I	SD
P 42417	4	Popular Protest and Politics 1919-1947	SM
P 42418	4	Religion, Politics and State in 20th Century India	BJ
P 42419	4	Political Economy of India up to 1947	AM
P 45403	4	Aspects of Historical Studies	NB

M.Phil Lecture Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
P 11203	2	Capitalism & Colonialism	JN & AM
P 11201	2	Ancient Society	RM
P 41203	2	Indian National Movement 1858-1905	MM
P 41209	2	Growth of Indian Capitalism	AM
P 41211	2	Communist Movement in India 1920-1972	BJ
P 41219	2	Women in Colonial India	JA
P 44213	2	Medicine and Colonialism (Post-1800 CE)	BC

M.Phil Lecture Courses

Course No.	Credit	Title	Course Instructor
P 43209	2	Introductory Bengali	SG
P 43211	2	Advanced Bengali	SG
P 43202	2	Introductory Bengali	SG

 

1. Archaeology of Early South Asia
2. Theories, Methods and Practices in Archaeology
3. Households in Ancient Societies
4. Aspects of Ancient Indian Social History
5. Social History of Early India
6. Source of Early Indian History
7. Historical Geography
8. Seminar Course: Historical Geography
9. Ancient Society
10. Art and Architecture
11. Texts and Traditions of Early India
12. Religion and Society in Early India
13. Aspects of Early Sri Lankan History, c. 3rd century BCE – 13th century CE
14. The CŌḺA STATE
15. State and Society in the Central Islamic Lands
16. History of Early Indian Philosophical Ideas
17. Society, Economy and Polity: 18thCentury India
18. Catholic Religious Frontiers in India and Asia (16th-18thcenturies)
19. Gender and Society: Women in Medieval India, 13th to 18thCenturies
20. Memory, History and Narratives: Medieval India
21. Trade and Commerce in Medieval India (Seminar paper)
22. State in Medieval India I
23. State in Medieval India-II
24. Cultural Development and Architecture and Painting
25. Culture and Festivity (Seminar Course)
26. Religion and Society in Medieval India
27. The Modern City: Sites of Accumulation, Planning, and Citizenship
28. Aspects of Social History
29. Crime, law and order in colonial India (1765-1924)
30. Medicine and Colonialism
31. Movement and Migration from empire to nation states
32. Women in Colonial India
33. Women in Ireland: Reforms, Movements and Revolutions (1840-1930)
34. Tribes’ and History: Categories, Communities and Practices (19th and 20th Century)
35. Crime, law and order incolonial India
36. Capitalism and Colonialism
37. Work, Culture and Politics