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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Concepts and Terms in Ancient India Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

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Major · History · Semester 1 · FY BA · 2 credits · 30 hours

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Syllabus for Concepts and Terms in Ancient India

Major · History · Semester 1 · FY BA · 2 credits · 30 hours

Practise with the Semester 1 past papers. Papers in the subject folders were set on this syllabus. The year folders hold older papers, so check each topic against this one.

Module 1

  • 1. Terms and a) Bharatvarsha, Sabha, Samiti, Varnasrama, Vedanta, 15
  • concepts: Purusharthas, Rin, Yajna, Ganrajya, Samskaras, b) Bodhisattva / Tirthankara, Alvars / Nayanars, Dharmavijaya
  • Social- c) Janapada, Doctrine of Karma, Dandaniti / Arthasastra /
  • Religion, Saptanga, Dharmavijaya

Module 2

  • 2. Terms and A) Architecture: Stupa / Chaitya/ Vihara, 15 B) Nagara / Dravida / Vesara, Memorial Stones
  • concepts:
  • Architecture, C) Economics: Sreni, Bhumi-chidra-vidhana-nyaya, Kara-bhoga-
  • Economics bhaga, Vishti, Stridhana, Agraharas

Reference

  • 1 Agrawal, Ashavini, Rise and fall of the Imperial Guptas, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1989
  • 2 Agrawal, D.P., The Indus Civilization: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. Aryan Book International, New Delhi, 2007
  • 3 Allchin, B. & F.R., Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan, Foundation Bks. Delhi, 1999
  • 4 Avari, B. India: The Ancient Past: A History of the Indian Sub-continent from C. 7000 BC to AD 1200. London: Routledge, 2007
  • 5 Bakker, H. (eds.), The Vakataka Heritage: Indian Culture at the Crossroads. Groningen: Egbert Forsten, 2004
  • 6 Basham, A. L., Papers on the Date of Kanishka. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1968
  • 7 Benjamin, C.G. R, The Yuezhi. Turnhout: Brepols, 2007
  • 8 Bhandarkar, D. R., Asoka. Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 1925
  • 9 Chakravarti, R., Exploring Early India up to c. AD 1300, Primus Books, New Delhi, 2016
  • 10 Chattopadhyay, B., Kushāṇa State and Indian Society: A Study in Post-Mauryan polity & Society, Punthi Pustak, Calcutta, 1975
  • 11 Choudhary, R., Kautilya's Political Ideas and Institutions. Vol. 73, Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, New Delhi, 1971
  • 12 Devahuti, D., Harsha- A Political Study, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1983
  • 13 Dikshitar, V. R., The Gupta Polity, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1993
  • 14 Kher, N.N., Agrarian and Fiscal Economy in the Mauryan and Post Mauryan Age (cir. 324 B.C.-320 A.D.), Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1973
  • 15 Kosambi, D. D., The Culture and Civilisation of Ancient India in Historical Outline, Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd., 1994
  • 16 Kumar, A., The Kushanas Revisited, Commonwealth Publishers, New Delhi, 2015
  • 17 Lahiri N., Ashoka in Ancient India, Orient Blackswan Private Limited., New Delhi, 2015
  • 18 Lal, B. B. and S. P. Gupta. (eds.), Frontiers of the Indus Civilization, Books & Books, New Delhi, 1984
  • 19 Lal, B. B., The Homeland of the Aryans, Aryan Book International, New Delhi, 2005
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