FYBA Ancient Indian Culture Sem I II1_1 Syllabus Mumbai University

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AC 11th Oct. 2017
Item No. 4.15

F.Y.B.A. – Sem. I

Title of the Course – INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY

Module I - Introduction to Archaeology

A. Definition, Aims & Objectives
B. Archaeological Chronology
C. Development of Archaeology in India with reference to Europe and America

Module II – Archaeolog y and Sciences
A. Archaeological sciences, Life science,physicla science,quantification methods
B. Archaeology and social science
C. Archaeology and Information Technology – Rmote sensing,G.I.S

Module III – field Archaeolgy
A. Site formation processes/Archaeological records, Data collection
B. Methods of explorations and excavations
C. Introduction to datind methods:Absolute and Relative
D. Under water Archaeology

Module IV – Archaeology and Society : Role & Relevance
A. Archaeology and Epics
B. Public Arc haeology
C. Careers in Archaeology


1. Agrawal, D.P. 1982. Archaeology of India . Copenhagen: Scandinavian Institute of Asian
Studies.
2. Agrawal, D.P. 2000. Ancient Metal Technology and Archaeology of South Asia (A Pan Asian
Perspective) , Aryan Books International, New Delhi
3. Agrawal, D.P. and D.K. Chakrabarti (eds.). 1979. Essays in Indian Protohistory . New Delhi:
D.K Publishers.
4. Allchin, F.R. and B. Allchin 1993. The Birth of Civilization in India. revised ed. New Delhi:
Penguin Books.
5. Allchin, Bridget and Raymond Allchin 1982. Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
6. Childe, V.G. 1951. Man Makes Himself . New York: Mentor.
7. Cohen, Mark. 1977. The Food Crisis in Prehistory . New Haven: Yale Universit y Press.
8. Deo, S.B. 1979. Problem of South Indian Megaliths. Dharwad : Karnataka University.

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9. Deo, S.B. 1985. The Megaliths: Their culture, ecology, economy and technology, in Recent
Advances in Indian Archaeology (S.B. Deo and K. Paddayya eds.), Deccan Col lege, Pune.
10. Dhavalikar, M.K. 1990. First Farmers of the Deccan , Pune: Ravish Publishers.
11. Ghosh, A. 1973. The City in Early Historical India . Simla: Indian Institute for Advanced
Studies.
12. Ghosh, A. 1990. Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology (two volumes). N ew Delhi: Munshiram
Manoharlal.
13. Haimendorf, C. von. F. 1945. "The Problem of Megalithic Cultures in Middle India". Man in
India XXV : 73 86.
14. Lal, B.B. 2000. The Saraswati Flows on . New Delhi: Aryan Books.
15. Lal, Makhan. 1984. Settlement History and the Rise of Civilization in the Ganga Yamuna
Doab . New Delhi: B.R Publishing House.
16. Mohanty,R.K., and S.R. Walimbe, 1993. A Demographic Approach to the
Vidarbha Megalithic Cultures Man and Environment , XVIII (2):93 -103.
17. Mohanty,R.K. and V.Selvakumar,2002. The Archaeology of Megaliths in India:1947 -1997, in
Indian Archaeology in Retrospect ,(S.Settar and R.Korisettar Eds.), New Delhi:Manohar
Publishers.Vol.1:313 -52&479 -81
18. Moorti, U.S. 1994. Megalithic Cultures of South India : Socio Economic Perspectives .
Varan asi: Ganga Kaveri.
19. Paddayya, K. 2001 2002. The Problem of Ashmound of Southern Deccan in the light of
Budihal Excavations. Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute 60 61: 189 225.
20. Paddayya, K. (ed.). 2002. Recent Studies in Indian Archaeology . New Delhi: ICHR and
Munshiram.
21. Possehl, G.L. 1979 (ed.). 1979. Ancient Cities of the Indus . New Delhi: Vikas Publishing
House.
22. Possehl, G.L. (ed.). 1993. Harappan Civilization A Recent Perspective . New Delhi: Oxford and
IBH Publishing Co.
23. Possehl, G. 1999. The Indus Age . New Delhi: Oxford.
24. Roy, T.N. 1983. The Ganges Civilization: A Critical Study of the PGW and NBPW Periods of
Ganga Plains of India . New Delhi: Ramanand Vidya Bhavan.
25. Sankalia, H.D. 1977. Prehistory of India . New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal.
26. Sankalia, H.D. 1974. Pre and Protohistory of India and Pakistan . Pune: Deccan College.
27. Sharma, G.R. et al . 1980. Beginnings of Agriculture . Allahabad: Allahabad University Press.
28. Shinde, Vasant. 1989. New Light on the Origin, Settlement System and Decline o f the Jorwe
Culture of the Deccan , India South Asian Studies 5:60 72
29. Shinde, Vasant. 1990. Settlement pattern of the Savalda culture The first farming
community of Maharashtra. Bulletin of Deccan College Research Institute , vols. 49 50
(Sankalia Memorial Volume) 49: 417 426

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30. Shinde, Vasant. 1991. Craft specialization and social organization in the Chalcolithic Deccan,
India, Antiquity 65(249): 796 807.
31. Shinde, Vasant. 1994. The Deccan Chalcolithic: A Recent Perspective, Man and Environment ,
XIX (1 2): 169 178.
32. Shinde, Vasant. 1998. Early Farming Community in the Central Tapi Basin (Study of
Settlement and Subsistence Patterns) , Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, New Delhi
33. Shinde, Vasant. 2000. Origin and development of Chalcolithic in Central India, Bulletin of
Indo Pacific Prehistory Association , 19: 125 136.
34. Singh, Purushottam. 1991. Neolithic Origins . New Delhi: Agam Kala Prakashan.
35. Tripathi, Vibha. 1976. The Painted Grey Ware: An Iron Age Culture of Northern India . Delhi:
Concept.
36. Tripathy, Vibha. 2001. Age of Iron in South Asia: Legacy and Tradition , Aryan Books
International, New Delhi.
37. Wheeler, R.E.M. 1968. Indus Civilization . (Third Edition). Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.

Marathi and Hindi Reference Books:
38. Agarwal O.P. -Essentials of Conservation & Museology (Marathi Tr.).
39. Bhalerao M., K. Rayarikar, Maharashtrachya Itihasache Sakshidar - Shilalekh ani Tamr apat ;
Diamond Publications, 2010
40. Dhawalikar M. K., Puratattvavidya (Marathi), Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya Ani Sansruti
Mandal, Mumbai, 1980.
41. Dhawalikar M. K., Prachin Bharatiya Nanakashastra , Continental Prakashan, Pune, 2007.
42. Dhavalikar M.K., Kone Eke Kali Sindhu Samskriti, Rajahamsa Prakashan, Pune. 2008
43. Deo S. B., Puratattvavidya (Marathi), Continental Prakashan, P une, Reprint 2007.
44. Deo. S. B., Maharashtratil Utkhanane , Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya Ani Sansruti Mandal,
Mumbai.
45. Gokhale S., Purabhilekhavidya , Continental Prakashan, Pune, 2007.
46. Gokhale S., Bharatiya Abhilekhvidya (Tr. of Indian Epigraphy by D.C. Sircar) - Continental
Prakashan, Pune, 2010
47. Jha Amiteshvar, Bharatiya Sikke , IIRNS, Anjaneri, 2004.
48. Oza G. H., Prachin Bharatiya Lipimala (Marathi Tr.) , Sahitya Academy, Delhi, 1977.
49. Prabhune P ., Maharashtratil Chala nacha Itihas , Diamond Publications, Pune 2007.
50. Sankalia H. D., Puratattva Parichay (Marathi), Deccan College, Pune.
51. Vajpeyi K. D., Aitihasik Bharatiya Abhilekha , Publication Scheme, Jaipur, 1

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F.Y.B.A. – Sem.II

Title of Course - Cultural Heritage of Mumbai (upto 1534)

Module I – Mumbai: Geography and Landscape
A. Geographical Area (Mumbai,Suburbs and Navi Mumbai ) ,Geology of Mumbai and Sea
level changes in North Konkan
B. Fossils in the backyard – Ancient plants and animals in Mumbai and vicissinity
C. Mumbai explored : Human Existence in Mumbai from Pre -history to History

Module II – Mumbai through Ages (7 C.A.D. - 13 C.A.D.)

A. Rise of New Urban Centres : Thana, Mahim nad Marol
B. Cultural Heritage of mumbai during Shilahara Period as seen refelected in inscriptions
ans Literature :
a. Kanheri Cave Inscription of Pullakesakti Year 765
b. Kanheri Cave Inscription of Kapardin Year 775
c. Kanheri Cave Inscription of Kapardin Year 799
d. Than a Plates of Arikesarin Year 939
e. Bhandup Plates of Chhitaraja Year 948
f. Thana Plates of Nagarjuna Year 961
g. Thana Plates of Mummuniraja Year 970
h. Ambarnath Temple Inscription of Mummuniraja Year 982

C. Cultural Heritage of mumbai during Shilahara Period as s een refelected in inscriptions
ans Literature :
a. Vihar Stone Inscription of Anantadeva Year 1003
b. CintraStone Inscription of Aparaditya I Year 1059
c. British Museum Stone Inscription of the reign of Haripaladeva Year 1076
d. Thana Stone Inscription of Aparaditya II Year 1107
e. Parel Stone Inscription of Aparaditya II Year 1108

Module II I – Mumbai through Ages (14 C.A.D. - 16 C.A.D.)
A. Eraly Forts in mumbai : Kanheri, Thane Ghodbundar and Mhaim
B. Archaeological remains in Mumbai of Pre -Portugese Early Medieval Mumbai :
a. Historical Geography and Cultural Ethnography of Pre -Portugese Early Medieval
Mumbai
b. Stray Sculptural Findings fro Elphanta island and Thana
c. Ekasar and Devipada Veergals
d. Inscriptions:
i. Inscriptions of Alu Nakawa,Andheri and Dombivali
ii. B.A.R. C.Inscription of Hambirarao
e. Mahim Durgah
f. Mumbai Under Sultans of Gujarat andBahamani
C. Literature : Mumbadevi Mahatmya,Bimbakhyana

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