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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Ancient India From Earliest Times to 6 Th BCE Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for Ancient India From Earliest Times to 6 th BCE

Major · History · Semester 1 · FY BA · 4 credits · 60 hours

Part of this reading list is printed in Devanagari, which the University's own PDF does not release as reliable text. Those entries are not set here; they are in the document above, as she printed them.

Module 1: Sources of Ancient India

  • a Archaeological Sources
  • b Literary Sources
  • c Foreign Travelers Accounts.

Module 2: Indus Valley Civilization

  • a Social and Economic Life.
  • b Religious Life.
  • c Town Planning and Decline of the Civilization.

Module 3: Vedic Age

  • a Political and social Life
  • b Economic and Religious Life
  • c Janapada- Administation

Module 4: India during 6th Century BCE

  • a 16 Mahajanapadas
  • b Jainism and Buddhism
  • c Persian and Macedonian Invasions

References

  • 1 Agarwal D.P., The Archaeology of India, (Delhi Select Book Services) Syndicate, 1984.
  • 2 Allichin –B-Zidget and F. Raymond, Origin of a Civilization – The History and early Archaeology of South Asia, (Delhi Oxford and IBH), 1994.
  • 3 Ayyanger, S.K., Ancient India and South Indian History Culture, Oriental Book Agency, Pune, 1941.
  • 4 Basham A.L., The Wonder that was India, Rupa& Co., 1998.
  • 5 Bhattacharya N.N., Ancient Indian Rituals and their Social Contents, Manohar Publications, Delhi, 1996.
  • 6 Chakravarty Uma, The Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism, MunshiramManoharlal, Delhi, 1996.
  • 7 Chakravarty, K.C., Ancient Indian Culture and Civilization, Vora and Company, Bombay, 1952.
  • 8 Jha, D.N., Ancient India in Historical Outline, Motilal Banarasidas, New Delhi, 1974
  • 9 Kautilya, The Arthashastra, Penguin Books, 1987.
  • 10 Kulkarni, C. M., Ancient Indian History and Culture, Karnataka Publishing House, Mumbai, 1956.
  • 11 Luniya B.N., Life and Culture in Ancient India, Lakshmi Narain Agarwal, Agra, 1994.
  • 12 Majumdar R.C. and Altekar A.S. ed, The Vakataka- Gupta age, Motilal Banarsidas, Delhi, 1967.
  • 13 Majumdar, R.C, Ancient India, Motilal Banarasidas Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1974.
  • 14 Mookerjee, R.K., Ancient India, Allahabad, Indian Press, 1956.
  • 15 Mukherjee, B.N., Rise and Fall of the Kushan Empire, (Kolkata Firma,KLM), 1988.
  • 16 Nandi R.N., Social Roots of Religion in Ancient India, (Kolkata K.B. Bagchi), 1986.
  • 17 Nilkantha Shastri, A History of South India, Madras, 1979
  • 18 Pannikar K.M., Harsha and His Times, D.B. Taraporewalla Sons and Co. Bombay,1922.
  • 19 Pargitar, F.E., Ancient Indian Historical Tradition, MotilalBanarasidas Publishers Pvt.Ltd. New Delhi, 1962.
  • 20 Pathak, V.S., Historians of India (Ancient India), Asia Publishing, Bombay. 1966.
  • 21 PossellG.L.ed., Ancient Cities of the Indus, Vikas, Delhi, 1979.
  • 22 Sen, S.N., Ancient Indian History and Civilization, Wiley Eastern Pvt.Ltd, New Delhi, 1988.
  • 23 Sharma, L.P., Ancient History of India, Pre- Historic Age to 1200 A.D., Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 1981.
  • 24 Sharma, S.R., Ancient Indian History and Culture, Hind Kitab Ltd., Mumbai 1956.
  • 25 Thapar Romila, Ashoka and Decline Mauryas, Oxford University Press, London, 1961.
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