Syllabus History Senior Secondary NIOS

Module

Marks

1.

Ancient Indian History

08

2.

Climax of Ancient India

10

3.

Legacy of Ancient India

12

4.

Rise and Fan of the Delhi Sultanate

08

5.

The Mughal Empire

10

6.

Contribution of Medieval India

12

7.

Renascent India

08

8.

India’s Struggle for Independence

22

9.

Maps

10

MODULE 1

ANCIENT INDIA

Lesson

1

 Understanding Indian History

1

Lesson

2

 The Geographical Setting and pre-historic cultures of India

10

Lesson

3

 The Harappan Civilization

30

Lesson

4

 The Vedic Age (1500 BC–600BC)

48

Lesson

5

 From Janapadas to Empire

63

Lesson

6

 Post Mauryan Developments

82

Lesson

7

 The Guptas And Their Successors (A.D.300–750)

101

Lesson

8

 India Between AD 750–1200

120

MODULE 2

MEDIEVAL INDIA

Lesson  9

 Establishment and Expansion of the Delhi Sultanate

133

Lesson 10

 Establishment of the Mughal Rule

155

Lesson 11

 Emergence of Regional States in India:

 175

 Twelfth to Eighteenth Century

Lesson 12

 Administrative System and Institutions

189

Lesson 13

 Economy

207

Lesson 14

 Cultural Developments in Medieval India

224

Lesson 15

 Understanding Eighteenth Century India

249

 Curriculum

267

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273

MODULE 3

MODERN INDIA

Lesson

16

 Establishment of British rule in India till 1857

1

Lesson

17

 Economic changes

17

Lesson

18

 Social changes

28

Lesson

19

 Popular resistance to company rule

43

MODULE 4

INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT & CONTEMPORARY INDIA

Lesson 20

 Nationalism

52

Lesson 21

 National Movement & Indian Democracy

62

MODULE 5

20th CENTURY WORLD

Lesson 22

 Legacy of 19th Century

83

Lesson 23

 World War I and the Russian Revolution

95

Lesson 24

 The Inter War Period and the Second World War

106

Lesson 25

 Cold war and its effects

127

Lesson 26

 National Liberation Movements

142

Lesson 27

 Social Transformation in the Twentieth Century

155

Lesson 28

 Changes in the Twentieth Century

164

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