Unit 1: The Story of the First Cities Harappan Archaeology

• Pre Harappa Foundations
• Beginning of Harappan Archaeology and Discoveries
• Harappa Society and Economy
• Harappa Town Palanning, Science & Technology

Unit 2: Political and Economic History: How Inscriptions Tell a Story

• Early Political and Economic History
• Vedic Culture, Society and Economy
• Inscriptions as Sources
• Second Urbanization and Vedic culture, Archaeological Sources
• Mauryan Empire
• Gupta Empire
• Sanchi Stupa- An Archaeological Landscape
• Buddhist Architecture in Western Deccan
• Religious History of Jainism and Buddhism
• Buddhist Art and Architecture

Unit 3: Medieval Society Through Travellers’ Accounts

• Sources to Study Medieval Indian History
• Medieval Art and Architecture of South India
• Chalukyas, Pallavas and & Rashtrakutas Empires
• Hoysalas Vijaynagara
• Post Gupta Society
• Foreign Travel Literature
• Art Of North India
• Social Conditions and Ancient India
• Mahabharata: Text, Narratives and Political Philosophies of Ancient India

Unit 04: New Architecture: Hampi

• Vijayanagar Culture
• Forts Vijayanagara And Nayakas

Unit 05: Religious Histories: The Bhakti-Sufi Tradition

• Mira Bai