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May 05, 2024
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ARGS 836 - HIstory of India: Medieval to Modern3 credits
This course covers medieval to modern history of India, surveying classical to colonial modes of social order through Independence (1947), with selective postcolonial materials. Major topics include the shift from governance by imperial divine right to the colonialist empire, the project to redefine India as a nation, Gandhi’s theories of non-violent resistance and self-rule, women’s status and participation in defining modernity, partition and Kashmir, and post-colonial identity and priorities. The course engages a rich variety of primary materials, such as traditional legal treatises, courtly chronicles, fine art and monuments, speeches, and documentary film to explore major developments in medieval to modern history of India.
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