JAC Class 12 History Syllabus 2023-24 - Check Jharkhand 12th History Syllabus

Themes in Indian History Part—I

1. BRICKS, BEADS AND BONES: The Harappan Civilisation

• To investigate, explore and interpret the early urban centres and social institutions.
• State and deduce the multi- lateral aspects of Harappan civilization to understand the first civilization of the world.
• Investigate and interpret historical and contemporary sources and viewpoints of ASI and historians on Harappa.

2. KINGS, FARMERS AND TOWNS: Early States andEconomies (c.600 BCE 600 CE)

• To critically evaluate and interpret major trends in the political and economic history of the subcontinent.
• Decode inscriptional evidence.
• Analyse inscriptional evidences and the ways in which these have shaped the understanding of political and economic processes

3. KINSHIP, CASTE AND CLASS: Early Societies (c. 600 BCE600 CE)

• To examine, analyse the issues of social history.
• Analyse social norms in order to understand the perspectives of society given in the scriptures of ancient India.
• Examine the varied dimensions explored by historians in order to understand the dynamic approach of Mahabharata..

4. THINKERS, BELIEFS AND BUILDINGS: Cultural Development (c. 600 BCE600 CE)

• To infer and compare the major religious developments in early India.
• Elucidate the rich religious sculpture and infer the stories hidden in it.
• To create a picture album of the Buddhist sculpture

Themes in Indian History Part—II

5. THROUGH THE EYES OF TRAVELLERS: Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth centuries)

• To understand salient features of social histories described by the travellers and apply the learning in real life.
• Elucidating the accounts of foreign travellers in order to understand the social political and economic life during the tenure of different rulers in the medieval period.
• Compare and contrast the perspectives of Al Biruni, Ibn Battuta and Bernier towards Indian society.

6. 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 in order to establish unity, peace harmony and brotherhood in society

7. AN IMPERIAL CAPITAL: VIJAYANAGARA (c. fourteenth to sixteenth centuries

• Students will be able to Classify the distinctive architectural contributions of the Vijayanagar empire to comprehend the richness of mingled 
• cultures of deccan India.Analyse accounts of foreign traveller’s on Vijayanagar in order to interpret political, social and cultural life of the city.
• Assess and appreciate the city planning, water management system, administration of the rulers

8. PEASANTS, ZAMINDARS AND THE STATE: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. sixteenth seventeenth centuries)

• Comprehend the facets of agrarian developments in order to understand the relationship between the state and the agriculture during Mughal period.
• Compare and contrast the agrarian changes occurred during sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
• Make a table and bring out the differences in the agrarian sector.

Themes in Indian History Part—III

09. COLONIALISM AND THE  COUNTRYSIDE: Exploring Official Archives

• Evaluate the revenue systems introduced by the British to understand the economic aspects of colonization in India.
• Analyse 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

10. 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.

11. 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

12. FRAMING THE CONSTITUTION: The Beginning of a New Era

• 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