History of India1 3600-7-IN1-HI1
1. The implications of South Asia’s geographical conditions for its political and economic history; the Indus Valley civilisation.
2. The Aryas and their eastward expansion.
3. The second urbanisation of India and the emergence of early states. Magadha. Alexander the Great in India.
4. Maurya Empire; Asoka.
5. The states of northern India from the end of the first millennium BC to the middle of the first millennium AD.
6. Gupta dynasty, expansion, the system of government. The Harsha state, the system of government.
7. South India from the end of the millenium BC till the end of the first millennium AD; Cholas and India’s contacts with South-East Asia.
8. The arrival of Islam-professing people in India: Arabs on the Malabar coast and in Sindh, the first Turkish invasions.
9. The Delhi sultanate.
10. The Deccan sultanates and Vijayanagar.
11. The birth and rise of the Mughal empire.
12. Marathas and the ideology of Shivaji. The fall of the Mughal empire.
13. The spice trade and the European powers in early modern India.
14. The expansion of the East India Company in India.
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
K_W04
has basic knowledge in the range of theory of humanities (literary studies or linguistics or history) necessary to understand chosen cultural aspects
K_W06
has detailed and organized knowledge of history of South Asia
K_W08
has detailed and organized knowledge of art and aesthetics in South Asia
K_W11
has organized knowledge of natural, geopolitical and economic environment and their importance for the historical and contemporary situation of South Asia
K_U04
can use the knowledge of history of South Asia to analyze and interpret events taking place in the modern world
K_U05
can appropriately place South Asia in the context of circumstances pertinent to natural, geopolitical and economic environment
K_K05
has awareness of the cultural distinctness and its religious, philosophical, traditional and historical roots and its significance for understanding modern world
K_K06
sees the need of dialogue between cultures
K_K07
is aware of significance the culture of South Asia has for the culture of the world
Assessment criteria
Final written test
Bibliography
Kulke, Hermann; Rothermund, Dietmar: A History of India. Routledge, London-New York 2016, 6th ed.
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Kulke, Hermann; Rothermund, Dietmar: A History of India. Routledge, London-New York 2016, 6th ed. |
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