Pre Historic Culture
- Periodization of Indian Pre-History
- Sources of Pre-History
- Stone Age
- Paleolithic age
- Mesolithic age
- Neolithic age
Pastoral and Farming communities
- Neolithic age
- Chalcolithic age
- Early Iron age
- Impact of Iron age
- Geographical distribution and characteristics
Indus valley civilization
- Major cities and town planning
- Harappan Trade
- Agriculture
- Domestication of Animals
- Art, Crafts and Pottery
- Religion
- Weights and Measures
- Decline of Harappa Civilization
Vedic Society – Early and Later
- Advent of Aryans and their original homes
- Features of Aryans
- Vedic Texts
- Sources of Reconstruction of Soceities and geography
- Art, Crafts and Pottery
- Economic Conditions
- Religion
- Varna System
- Weights and Measures
- Decline of Aryan Civilization
Pre-Mauryan Period
- Formation of states
- The Sixteenth Mahajanpadas
- Republics
- Rise of urban centres
- Haryanka dynasties
- Shishunaga dynaties>
- Nanda dynasty
The Mauryan Empire
- Chandra Gupta Maurya
- Megasthanes and Indica
- Ashok and his successors
- Ashok’s inscription and sites
- Ashok’s Dhamma
- Administration, Economy, Soceity and Arts
- The Arthasastra
Post – Mauryan India
- Soceity: Evolution of Jatis
- Sangam Texts and Soceity
- Satvahanas and Other Indigeous
- Foreign dynasties
- Commercial contacts with Outside world
- Schools and Arts
Growth of Jainism and Budhism
- Jainism
- Budhism
Imperial Guptas
- Sources of Gupta Rule
- Political histpry of Guptas
- Fahein
- Gupta Administration
- Gupta Culture
- Urban Centres in Gupta period
- Economic Conditions
- Soceity Set-up
- Decline
Harshvardhana
- Sources for Harsha’s Period
- Early life of Harsha
- Important Officials of the Empire
- Economy under Harsha
- Soceity
- Religion
The Southern Dynasties
- The Satavahanas
- Pallavas
- Chollas
- Chalukyas
- Pandyas of Madurai
