Bihar Board Class 12 History Syllabus 2025-26- BSEB 12th Class History Syllabus Download PDF

Theme No.

Theme Title

Marks

1

Harappan Archaeology

24

2

Political and Economic History: How inscriptions tell a story

3

Social Histories: using the Mahabharta

4

A history of Buddhism: Sanchi Stupa

Themes in Indian History Part—II 25 Marks

5

Medieval Society through Travellers Accounts

25

6

Religious Histories: The Bhakti- Sufi tradition

7

New Architecture: Hampi

8

Agrarian Relations: The Ain-i-Akbari

9

The Mughal court: Reconstructing histories through chronicles

Themes in Indian History Part—III 25 Marks

10

Colonialism and Rural Society

25

11

Representations of 1857

12

Colonialism and Indian Towns

13

Mahatma Gandhi through Contemporary Eyes

14

Partition trough oral sources

15.

The Making of the Constitution

Including Map work of the related Themes

06

Theory Total

80

Project Work

20

Total

100

Themes in Indian History Part—I

• Introduce the learner to the economic and social institutions of early urban centers.
• Describe the manner in which new data can cause historical concepts to be reexamined.
• Explain how to write an archaeological report with examples.

• Introduce the student to the main trajectories of the subcontinent's political and economic history.
• Describe inscriptional analysis and how it has influenced how political and economic processes are understood.
• Introduce strategies of textual analysis and their use in reconstructing social history.

• Familiarize the learner with issues in social history.
• Introduce strategies of textual analysis and their use in reconstructing social history.

• .Discuss the major religious developments in early India.
• Describe how to utilize visual analysis techniques to rebuild religious histories.

• To create a picture album of the Buddhist sculpture

Themes in Indian History Part—II

• Introduce the learner to the key elements of the social histories that the explorers have documented.
• Discuss the value of using traveler's reports as sources for social history.

BHAKTI –SUFI TRADITIONS Changes in Religious Beliefs and   Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth centuries)

• Understand the religious developments.
• Summarize the philosophies of different Bhakti and SufI saints to understand the religious developments during medieval period.
• Comprehend the religious movement to establish unity, peace harmony and brotherhood in society

New Architecture: Hampi

• Familiarize the learner with the new buildings that were built during the time.
• Discuss how architecture can be analyzed to reconstruct history.

Agrarian Relations: The Ain-i-Akbari

• Discuss developments in agrarian relations.
• Discuss how to supplement official documents with other sources.

The Mughal Court

• Describe the methods used to recreate the histories of political institutions using chronicles and other sources.

Themes in Indian History Part—III

COLONIALISM AND THE  COUNTRYSIDE Exploring Official Archives

• Evaluate the revenue systems introduced by the British to understand the economic aspects of colonization in India.
• Analyze the colonial official records & reports to understand the divergent interest of British and Indians.
• Find solution to be taken to protect the peasants and artisans in this century

REBELS AND THE RAJ: 1857 Revolt and its Representations

• To examine the events of 1857.
• Correlate the Planning and coordination of the rebels of 1857 to infer its domains and nature.
• Examine the momentum of the revolt to understand its spread.
• Analyse how revolt created vision of unity amongst Indians.
• Interpret visual images to understand the emotions portrayed by the nationalist and British.

MAHATMA GANDHI AND THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT Civil Disobedience and Beyond

• Understand the nationalist movement in chronological order.
• Correlate the significant elements of the nationalist movement and the nature of ideas, individuals, and institutions under the Gandhian leadership.
• Debate on the significant contributions of Gandhi to understand his mass appeal for nationalism.
• Explore the ways of interpreting historical source such as newspapers, biographies and auto- biographies diaries and letters

Framing of the Constitution

• Highlight the role of Constituent Assembly to understand functionaries in framing the constitution of India.
• Analyse how debates and discussions around important issues in the Constituent Assembly shaped our Constitution

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Mature Harappan sites: Harappa, Banawali, Kalibangan, Balakot, Rakhigarhi, Dholavira, Nageshwar, Lothal, Mohenjodaro, Chanhudaro, KotDiji.

Page 30

Mahajanapada and cities: Vajji, Magadha, Kosala, Kuru, Panchala, Gandhara, Avanti, Rajgir, Ujjain, Taxila, Varanasi.

Page 33

Ashokan inscriptions are spread among the Kushana, Shaka, Satavahana, Vakataka, and Gupta civilizations.

Cities/towns: Braghukachchha, Kannauj, Puhar, Mathura

Inscriptions on pillars, include Sanchi, Topra, Meerut, and Kaushambi.

Chola, Chera, and Pandyan kingdoms.

Page 43

Important kingdoms and towns:

Kushanas, Shakas, Satavahanas, Vakatakas,Guptas.

Cities/towns: Mathura, Kanauj, Puhar, Braghukachchha, Shravasti, Rajgir, Vaishali, Varanasi,Vidisha

Page 95

Major Buddhist Sites:

Nagarjunakonda, Sanchi, Amaravati, Lumbini, Nasik, Bharhut, BodhGaya, Shravasti, Ajanta.

Book 2

Page 174

Bidar, Golconda, Bijapur, Vijayanagar, Chandragiri, Kanchipuram, Mysore, Thanjavur, Kolar, Tirunelveli, Quilon.

Pag 214

Territories under Babur, Akbar and Aurangzeb: Delhi, Agra, Panipat, Amber, Ajmer, Lahore, Goa.

Book 3

Page 297

Territories/cities under British Control in 1857: Punjab, Sindh, Bombay, Madras Fort St. David, Masulipatam, Berar, Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Avadh, Surat, Calcutta, Daccan, Patna, Benaras, Allahabad and Lucknow.

Page 305

Main centres of the Revolt of 1857:

Delhi, Meerut, Jhansi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Azamgarh, Calcutta, Benaras, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Agra, Avadh.

Important centres of the National Movement:

Champaran, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Benaras, Amritsar, ChauriChaura, Lahore, Bardoli, Dandi, Bombay (Quit India Resolution), Karachi.