Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Early Medieval Period Mid 350 BCE to 1200 CE Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for Early medieval period mid 350 BCE to 1200 CE

Major · History · Semester 2 · 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: Mauryan and Post Mauryan Period (322 BCE to 320 CE)

a Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka
b Mauryan Administration
c Post Mauryan Dynasties- Shunga, Kushana and Satavahana

Module 2: Gupta Age (320 CE to 600 CE)

a Imperial Expansion: Chandragupta I, Samudragupta and Chandragupta II
b Administration.
c Debate of ‘Classical Age’

Module 3: Post Gupta Period (600 CE to 1000 CE)

a The Age of Harshavardhana
b The Rise of Rajputs States
c Arab Invasion of Sindh

Module 4: Major Dynasties of Deccan and South India

a Pallavas and Cholas
b Chalukyas of Vatapi, Rashtrakutas and Chalukyas of Kalyani
c Spread of Indian Culture in South-East Asia

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, Munshiram Manoharlal, 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, Chidambara, 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., Ancient India, MotilalBanarasidas 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, Motilal Banarasidas 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 ThaparRomila, Ashoka and decline Mauryas, Oxford University Press, London, 1961.

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