BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani Pilani Campus AUGS/ AGSR Division FIRST SEMESTER, 2020-21 Course Handout (Part - II) Last updated: 13 August 2020 In addition to part (General Handout for all courses appended to the Timetabie) this postion gives further specific details regarding the course Course No. + HIST Ci12 / HSS F233 Course Title : Main Trends of Indian History Class hours : MWF; 09-09:50 hes online via Google Meet and Google Classroom Instructor-in-charge Hari Nair (harinair@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in) Chamber :6168-U NAB Chamber consultation hours: Tue 15-16 hrs & otherwise by prior appointment Objective of the course: The objective of this course is to understand and analyze certain selected themes from Indian History. Course description: The description in the BITS Pilani Bulletin indicates that the course must offer a panoramic view of the development of Indian thought and society, the life from the earliest times through Ancient, Medieval and Modern periods, and the basic features of Indian society. Scope of the course: This is a survey course spanning four millennia. However, it may be feasible to study only a few salient themes. The select themes are listed below as six modules in reverse chronological order. Reverse chronology allows us to pause and ponder upon specific themes without being drowned by a linear narrative List of course modules Module 1 Select structures established by Company rule in British India Module 2 Three instances of resistance to the British Raj Module 3 Two elements from the history of North Eastern India Module 4 Select aspects of Medieval and Early Modern India between ca. 700 and 1750 CE Module 5 A profile of the polity, economy, society and culture in the Indian subcontinent between ca, 600 BCE and 600 CE Module 6 Mature Harappan Culture and the Aryan DebateModule1 a. 12 13. Module 2 21 22 23. Module 3 31 3.2 Module 4 1750 CE BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani Pilani Campus AUGS/ AGSR Division Modules detailed Select structures established by Company rule in British India New regime of land rights and a new revenue system Foundations of company rule 121. — Ideology of Buitish Orientalism 122. Structure of fiscal, civil, police, judicial and military administration 123. Territorial conquest of Mysore, the Maratha Empire and Punjab Urbanization in colonial India Three instances of resistance to the British Raj Santhal rebellion of 1856 Sepoy mutiny of 1857 First National Organization founded in 1885 ‘Two elements from the history of North Eastern India British annexation and administration of parts of North Eastern India Frontier policy in North Eastern India Select aspects of Medieval and Early Modern India between ca. 700 and 4. Three imperial polities: Chola, Vijayanagar and Mughal 4.2, Devotional traditions and texts Module 5 A profile of the polity, society and culture in the Indian subcontinent between ca. 600 BCE and 600 CE 51 52 53. Module 6 61 62 From republics (Mahajanapadas) to empires Kinship, caste and class Upanishadic, Jaina and Buddhist traditions Mature Harappan Culture and the Aryan Debate Outline of the Harappan Culture Various perspectives on the Aryan DebateBIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani Pilani Campus AUGS/ AGSR Division Text Books: A single text-book may not suffice for these sx themes. Hence, three text-books and a couple of reference books are suggested From each of these books, specific chapters/pages corresponding to each module has been alluded to in the course plan. The E- copies of the three text-books will be shared online. 1. Banerjee-Dube, Ishita 2015. A history of Modern India. Delhi: Cambridge University Press. 2. Chandra, Satish. 2007. History of Medieval India. Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan 3. Singh, Upinder. 2009.4 history of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12* century. New Delhi: Pearson References Verma, Rajesh. 2017. History of North East India. New Delhi Mittal Publications. Trautmann, Thomas. 2005. The Aryan Debate New Delht Oxford University Press.BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani Pilani Campus AUGS/ AGSR Division Course plan Module | Expected Learning outcomes Text Book no. of # ° sessions 1 8 To analyze the processes by whicha | Emergence of the trading company acquired political Company Raj’ power over a greater part of India chapter 2 in between 1757 and 1857 Banerjee-Dube, 2015 2 6 To examine the differences between _| Bannerjee-Dube, three kinds of resistance to British rule | 2015:109-126 and in India 204-215. 3 3 To uncover the Modern history of Chapters 6 and 7 of North East India, which is often Verma, 2013 neglected in courses on Indian history 4 6 To understand the nature of the Chapters 3, 9, 11, dominant polities and religious 13 and 17 of traditions of the Medieval and Early Chandra, 2007BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani Pilani Campus AUGS/ AGSR Division Modern periods 6 To explore the political and cultural _| Chapters 6-9 of traditions of Ancient India, which may | Singh, 2009 be foundational to Indian culture 4 To gain an overview of the Harappan | Chapters 4 & 5 of culture and the Aryan debate Singh, 2009BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani Pilani Campus AUGS/ AGSR Division Evaluation Scheme: An overview Evaluation Mode I of Time and component total duration! marks SSA prelim draft. | Open book 10 | Not later than 12 1of2 Google Classroom noon on Fri 04 Sep 2020. Test 1 Google Classroom 15 09:00-09-30 hrs on Mon 14 Sep 2020 Test 2 Google Classroom 15 09:00-09-30 hrs on Mon 12 Oct 2020 SSA final Open book 20 Not later than 12 Draft 2 of 2 Google Classroom noon on Fri 30 Oct 2020. Test 3 Google Classroom 15 09:00-09-30 hrs on Mon 11 Nov 2020 Comprehensive | Google Classroom 25 02 Dec 2020 Exam ‘The deadline mist be adhesed to, Any extension will be deemed equivient to cules govesning make-up in accordance with Andon Regulations 407. 6BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani Pilani Campus AUGS/ AGSR Division Evaluation Scheme: The details Evaluation components: As per the indications of AUGSD, there will be three tests, one Comprehensive Exam and one assignment. The assignment or Self-Study Assignment (SSA) is split into two inter-related components: prelim draft and final draft. Further details pertaining to the SSA are given below. Self-study Assignment (SSA): The Self Study Assignment is broken down into two parts: one, a prelim written draft, and two, a final written draft. This evaluation component is in accordance with Academic Regulations 4.01 & 4.05 (Open Book). The prelim draft is a plan document, and hence, synoptic. The final written draft of the SSA will be based on your cumulative work through the semester. SSA prelim draft details concerning submission: Length - 1-2 pages max, please number the pages on the top right corner, print on both sides to save paper, use staples, if require; folders not required, include word count at the end but your name and roll number at the top right corner Expected contents and break-up of marks on 100/200: Problematic’ - Aims and hypotheses of your assignment (2/4), detailed thematic index (2/4), method of study (1/2); list of sources & studies (3/6) with a timeline of tasks factoring in sources/studies and themes (2/4), You might have to run through originality check/anti-plagiarism software TURNITIN, if necessary. In that case, please attach a print copy of the software report along with your assignment. The evaluated SSA prelim draft with the instructor's comments must be attached when you make the final draft submission of the SSA. SSA final draft details concerning submission: 2500 words max, include word count at the end of your draft but your name and roll number at the top right corner, please number the pages on the top right comer, print on both sides to save paper, use staples, if require, folders not required Expected contents and Break-up of marks on 100/200: Problematic and use of sources (5/10), Structure (5/10), Critical assessment (5/10) Synoptic style sheet (generic guidelines): Garamond 16 for text, 14 for citations in the body of the text, 12 for footnotes; spacing 1.5; name and roll number on the top right margin with date of submission; stapled on the left top cotner, printed on both sides to avoid wastage of paper with 2 cms side-margins, no plastic folder covering required, if hand-written, please write on alternate lines for easy reading You might have to run by originality check/anti-plagiarism software TURNITIN as may be required. In such cases, please attach a print copy of the software report along with your assignment TAUGSD seguations expect the total mus fc the sore to be 200 i these ae 51 ox mote students enclledin a covtse “The problematic defines the feld of questions ina given theme and detesmines what questions could be shed and which questions could be anscean ad The ‘invention’ of the “problematic” is atubuted tothe wotk Le Raton agelgut (1949) by Gaston Bachelats 4 Fieneh philosophec of eee and it became popular in te Hununities and Social Seences through the wotk of Lows Althusser Cited from http://w ead aghulsophy com /attcl shatis-a-peoblenatic acesse 01 Feb 2016 7BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani Pilani Campus AUGS/ AGSR ion Non-evaluative leaming activities: Class participation is highly encouraged but is not included as an evaluation component It is characterized as the student's ability to generate and participate in discussions, including listening attentively to opposing points of view, as well by posing a problematic that challenges the instructor and the class. Class participation is encouraged for purposes of creating the necessary conditions in the class room for critical engagement with the subject matter under study. It is not an evaluation component because it may be misunderstood as a surreptitious mode of ensuring class attendance in the absence of a mandatory Institute policy on class attendance for students Suggested guidelines for preparing your Self-study Assignment Choose a specific topic or a broad theme from your Course Handout II. You could choose any topic/theme that interests you, including one about which you know very little or nothing at all Pose a question to the subject-matter that you have selected. The answer to that question could turn out to be your written assignment Your written assignment could take the form of a book-teview, or a revision of select scholarly literature, or a term paper. Whatever form it takes, make sure that you do not include any phrase or sentence, paraphrased or verbatim, text or image, intentionally or otherwise, without due acknowledgment of the sources. To do so would amount to plagiarism and it is an extremely serious ethical and legal offence. You are also cautioned against submitting a work written by someone else, or by you but for a different purpose, or for another course, previously or simultaneously. The discovery of any violation of these guidelines might result in your score being nullified for the corresponding as well as related evaluation component(s). This offence may be reported to the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, For understanding what amounts to plagiarism, please refer to warw plagiarism org of similar websites. If the student still has persisting doubts about what may or may not amount to plagiarism, it is her/his duty to assuage the doubts with the instructor well ahead of deadlines. Ignorance of the norms/rules is not a sufficient cause for justifying plagiarism. You might have to run your assignment on the originality check/anti- plagiarism software. In such cases, please do so sufficiently ahead of the due date of submission. As the deadlines approach, the traffic on the server might turn heavy. For information on documentation, you are encouraged to follow the guidelines contained in The Chicago Manual of Style, 16% edition (see especially chapters 14 & 15). A copy of the same is available in the BITS Pilani Library with classification 655.25 C533 2010. A book-review ought to contain a summary of the book, an outline of its structure, an explanation of how this book is different fom others of its ilk, information regarding the author(s), and a constructive critique of the thesis/argument of the book The purpose of a book-review is to inform and invite readers to engage with the book. You could consider otherBIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani Pilani Campus AUGS/ AGSR ion reviews of the book that you ate reviewing, in case these are available. This would prevent your review from being repetitive A revision of scholarly literature (or literature review) is a more complex assignment than a book review because you are evidently dealing with more than one study. Its purpose is to highlight the nature of existing knowledge in the corresponding field/subject A literature review is a preliminary but necessary step towards conducting research (understood here as a serious inquiry) in a chosen field/subject of intense study ‘A term paper is an academic assignment that normally contains a problematic: a question, one or mote hypotheses, an explicit statement of method for the resolution of the question, a study of sources, and a revision of existing scholarly literature. It should contain a thematic index that outlines the structure of your paper Your self-study assignment could also take the form of a report (written or compose a short video) based on your visit to and study of a site of historical importance, or a museum, ot even one particular gallery of a museum. However, it should contain mote than a mere narrative It should respond to a question or problem that you are trying to resolve If it is a video, the script and detailed screenplay would be evaluated as your prelim draft As a precautionary measure against loss of your written assignment by you or the instructor, it is the responsibility of the student to have a back-up copy of the same at least until the final evaluation of the course is completed. To avoid losing your e-copy stored in a computer, please ensure that you progressively save your draft written work on the e-mail/dropbox as well. Reading, studying, thinking, as well as composing a video and redacting a text are laborious tasks, which improve with methodical practice. For thinking through a subject, for organizing one’s thoughts, and for writing in a structured manner require the fullness of time Rushed writing under the pressure of deadlines does not often fulfill the aforesaid aims. One could consider this assignment as an exercise in mastering the craft of academic writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences, but above all, for clarifying your thinking process, sharpening your critical skills, and articulating your views persuasively Students are encouraged to attend the classes regularly If you are unable to present an evaluation component for reasons other than a medical condition and you desire to make-up, please inform the I-C in person with a written application, at least a week in advance of the date on which the component is scheduled, wherein the reasons for your absence/inability is appropriately presented, for absence due to ill-health, please provide documentary support from the BITS medical centre if you are requesting a make-up. For make-up, please refer to Academic regulations 4.07. Notices concerning the course will be announced in class and/or shared via Google drive/ e-mailed Please be alert to the possibility of change of dates according to the academic calendar. Therefore, confront and verify the dates of the evaluation components with the Instructor/Time-table provided by AUGSD.