Syllabus of History Senior Secondary NIOS
Syllabus of History Senior Secondary NIOS
Course Structure of History
SYLLABUS IN OUTLINE
| 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 |
CONTENTS
| 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 | |
| Feedback Form | 273 |
CONTENTS
| 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 Centur | 83 |
| Lesson 23 | World War I and the Russian Revolutio | 95 |
| Lesson 24 | The Inter War Period and the Second World Wa | 106 |
| Lesson 25 | Cold war and its effect | 127 |
| Lesson 26 | National Liberation Movement | 142 |
| Lesson 27 | Social Transformation in the Twentieth Centur | 155 |
| Lesson 28 | Changes in the Twentieth Centur | 164 |
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CONTENTS
| MODULE 6A | EVOLUTION OF STATE IN INDIA | |
| Lesson 29 | Towards Formation of Stat | 1 |
| Lesson 30 | Early State | 11 |
| Lesson 31 | Medievel State | 24 |
| Lesson 32 | Colonial Stat | 37 |
| MODULE 6B | CULTURE IN INDIA | |
| Lesson 29 | Contemporary Cultural Situatio | 48 |
| Lesson 30 | Cultural Productio | 62 |
| Lesson 31 | Cultural Communicatio | 71 |
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