Course Content
Tracing changes through a thousand years
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Introduction
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New and Old Terminologies
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Historians and their Sources
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New Social and Political Groups
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Region and Empire
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Old and new religions
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Thinking about Time and Historical Periods
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Chapter test 1
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Chapter test 2
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Chapter test 3
Kings and kingdoms
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The Emergence of New Dynasties
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Administration in the Kingdoms
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Prashastis and Land Grants
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Warfare for Wealth
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The Cholas
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From Uraiyur to Thanjavur
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Splendid Temples and Bronze Sculptures
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Agriculture and Irrigation
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Chola Administration
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Chapter test 1
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Chapter test 2
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Chapter test 3
Delhi: 12th to 15th century
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Introduction
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Understanding Delhi under the Sultans
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Administration under khiljis and tughlaqs
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Tax
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Control and Challenges
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Sultanate in the 15th and 16th Centuries
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Chapter test 1
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Chapter test 2
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Chapter test 3
The Mughals
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Introduction
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Who Were the Mughals?
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Mughal Military Campaigns
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Mansabdars & Jagirdars
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Zabt & Zamindars
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Ain-i Akbari and Nur Jahan
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17th Century & After
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Chapter test 1
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Chapter test 2
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Chapter test 3
Tribes, nomads and settled communities
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Introduction
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Beyond Big Cities: Tribal Societies
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Who Were the Tribal People?
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How Nomads and Mobile People Lived
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Changing Society: New Castes and Hierarchies
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Gonds
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Ahoms
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Conclusion
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Chapter test 1
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Chapter test 2
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Chapter test 3
Devotional paths to the divine
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The Idea of a Supreme God
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Bhakti in South India
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Philosophy and Bhakti Movement
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Basavanna’s Vachana
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Bhakti Movement in the Deccan
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Nathpanthis, Siddhas, and Yogis
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Islam and sufism
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New Religious Developments in North India
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Kabir
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Baba Guru Nanak
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Chapter test 1
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Chapter test 2
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Chapter test 3
The making of regional cultures
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Introduction
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The Cheras and the Development of Malayalam
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The Jagannatha Cult
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Rajputs and Traditions of Heroism
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Kathak
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Tradition of Miniatures
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Bengal
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Pirs and Temples
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Fish as food
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Chapter test 1
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Eighteenth century political formations
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Crisis of the Mughal Empire
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The Rajputs
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Sikhs
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Marathas
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Jats
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Chapter test 1
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Chapter test 2
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Chapter test 3