Subject: HISTORY

Unit -I

Sources of Indian – History – Geography of Indian-Harappan civilization – vedic age – Jainism and Buddhism – mauryas – Chandra gupta-Ashoka – mayuran administration – kanishka-Guptas – Sumudra Gupta –Chandra gupta II – classical age – Harshavarthana.

Unit – II

Arab conquest of sindh and muslim invasions slave dynasty – Alavuddin khilji – Thuglaqs-Society – Religion and culture under the Vijayanger rule .

Unit –III

Mughals-Babar to Aurangzeb – Shershah Suri-Administration – Society, Religion and Culture under the Mughals – Shivaji – Maratha administration

Unit – IV

Foundation of British rule in India – Robert Clive – Warren Hastings – Corn Wallis, Wellesley, Hastings, William Bentick – Dalhousie

Unit-V

Great Mutiny 1857 – Social and religious reform movements in India in the nineteenth century – Indian – National Movement – Constitutional development in India from 1858 to 1947.

Unit – VI

Integration of Indian States – Republican Constitution of India, Gandhian and Nehru Eras – India’s role in world affairs

Unit -VII

Sources of the History of Tamilnadu – Sangam age and its culture – Pallava dynasty – Social, Economic, Religious and Cultural developments under Pallvas – Imperial Cholas and their administration, Social Life, religion and culture.

Unit – VIII

Later Pandyas and the Muslim invasions in Tamil Nadu Thirumalainaikker – Later Polygar rebellion – Tamil Nadu and Freedom struggle – Social reform movements in Tamil Nadu – Political social and economic developments in Tamil Nadu since 1947. Unit – IX Geographical discoveries, Renaissance and Reformation Age of Enlightened depots – Industrial and Agrarian revolutions – French revolution – Napoleon – Congress of Vienna

Unit – X

Unification of Italy and Germany – Russian revolution – First World War and Peace Treaties – League of Nations, Rise of Dictatorships – Hitler, Mussolini and Kamal Paksha – II World War – U.N.O. and Cold War.