About the course

Description:

Prepare for the IGNOU BAG-BHIC 131 & 132 History exam with comprehensive study materials, including notes and assignment solutions. This course covers the key topics and concepts required for the exam, allowing you to revise effectively and enhance your knowledge and understanding of history.

Key Highlights:

• Comprehensive study materials
• Notes and assignment solutions
• Key topics and concepts
• Effective exam revision
• Enhancing history knowledge and understanding
• LIVE Doubts Clearing Session Before Examination 
• Important Examination Question Discussion
• Previous year's Question Paper

What you will learn:

• Master the Key Learning Outcomes
  Acquire a deep understanding of the key learning outcomes specified in the IGNOU BAG-BHIC 131 History syllabus.
• Comprehensive Study Notes
  Access well-structured and concise study notes covering all the important topics of IGNOU BAG-BHIC 131 History.
• Assignment Solutions
  Get detailed solutions to the assignment questions, helping you to practice and improve your understanding.
• Effective Exam Revision
  Learn effective exam revision strategies and techniques to optimize your performance in the IGNOU BAG-BHIC 131 & 132 History exam.
• Enhanced History Knowledge
  Deepen your knowledge and understanding of various historical events, periods, and significant figures.
• Syllabus BHIC 131 History of India from the Earliest Times up to c. 300 CE
• UNIT 1 Sources of Ancient Indian History
• UNIT 2 Archaeology as a Source and Prominent Archaeological Sites
• UNIT 3 Indian History: Physical Features, Formations and Characteristics
• UNIT 4 Hunter-Gatherers: Archaeological Perspective, Origin of Agriculture and Domestication of Animals
• UNIT 5 Harappan Civilization: Chronology, Geographical Spread, Diffusion and Decline
• UNIT 6 Harappan Civilization: Material Characteristics, Nature of Contacts, Society and Religion
• UNIT 7 Chalcolithic and Early Iron Age
• UNIT 8 The Early Vedic Society
• UNIT 9 Changes in the Later Vedic Phase
• UNIT 10 Janapadas and Mahajanapadas: Rise of Urban Centres, Society and Economy
• UNIT 11 Buddhism, Jainism, and other Religious Ideas
• UNIT 12 Alexander’s Invasion
• UNIT 13 Establishment of Mauryan Rule and Magadhan Territorial Expansion
• UNIT 14 Administrative Organization, Economy and Society
• UNIT 15 Early State Formation in Deccan and Tamilaham
• UNIT 16 Agrarian Settlements, Agrarian Society, Expansion of Trade and Urban Centres – Peninsular India
• UNIT 17 Growth of Tamil Language and Literature

 

Syllabus BHIC 132 HISTORY OF INDIA FROM C. 300 C.E. TO 1206

• UNIT 1 Rise and Growth of the Guptas
• UNIT 2 Economy, Society, Culture and Polity: the Guptas
• UNIT 3 The Pushyabhutis and the Rise of Harsha UNIT 4 Kingdoms in the Deccan and the South
• UNIT 5 The Pallavas, the Pandayas and the Kalachuris
• UNIT 6 The Kadambas, the Chalukyas of Badami, the Cholas and the Hoysalas
• UNIT 7 Economy and Society in the Post-Gupta Period
• UNIT 8 Polity, Religion and Culture in the post-Gupta Period
• UNIT 9 Emergence of Rajputs
• UNIT 10 Emergence of Rashtrakutas
• UNIT 11 The Arabs: Invasions and Expansion
• UNIT 12 Mahmud Ghazni and Mohd. Ghouri: Invasions and Resistance
• UNIT 13 Land, Revenue Systems and Agrarian Relations: c. 700-1200 CE
• UNIT 14 Social Structure and Gender Relations: c. 700-1200 CE
• UNIT 15 Growth of Art, Language and Literature: c. 300 CE to 1206
• UNIT 16 Religion and Religious Trends: c. 300 CE to 1206