History For B.A (Hons.) Ist Semester of Kolhan University  (Hindi, Paperback, Dr. A.K. Mittal, Dr. R. Agarwal)

History of India (up to 300 B.C.) Unit 1 : Nature of Sources a. Archaeology, Epigraphy, Numismatics b. Literary Sources : Religious and Non-Religious c. Foreign Travelers' Accounts Unit 2 : Earliest Human Organisation a. Paleolithic Cultures : Stone Industries and other Technological Developments b. Mesolithic Cultures : New Developments in Technology and Economy c. Neolithic Age : Neolithic Settlements; Farming and Cereals, Pottery d. Chalcolithic Cultures : Chalcolithic Settlements; Importance of Chalcolithic Phase Unit 3 : Harappan Culture a. Extent, Major Sites, Town Planning b. Agriculture, Technology and Crafts, Trade, Religious Practices c. End of the Indus Culture Unit 4 : Vedic Age a. Society, Economy, Polity and Religion in the Early Vedic Age b. Society, Economy, Polity and Religion in the Later Vedic Age Unit 5 : Developments from Sixth to Fourth Centuries B.C. a. New Religious Movements : Jainism, Buddhism, Ajivikas b. Emergence of Urban Centres; Social and Material Life c. Mahajanpads, the Magadh Empire; Gana-Sanghas Core Course–2 History of Europe (c. AD 1789-1871) Unit 1 : The French Revolution a. Ancient Regime b. Role of the Philosophers c. Phases of the French Revolution 1789-99 d. Legacy of the French Revolution Unit 2 : Napoleon Bonaparte a. Emergence of Napoleon Bonaparte b. Reorganisation of France and Europe c. Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte Unit 3 : Restoration and Revolution : c. 1815–1848 a. Congress of Vienna 1815 b. Metternich and the Conservative Order c. Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 Unit 4 : Changes and Developments : c. 1848–1871 a. The Emergence of Nation–States in Central Europe b. Unification of Italy c. Unification of Germany.