History of India
Code
711051149
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Alexandra Pinheiro Pelucia
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Identify the major political, economic, social and cultural processes that characterized the history of India and understand its importance.
b) Understand the specificity of Indian civilization.
c) Know the main historiographical interpretations of the subjects studied.
d) Know the basic bibliography of the subject and be able to work with historical documents of the same.
e) Develop ability to communicate orally and in writing, integrating the vocabulary and specific categories of the themes.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
I. The Indian world: geography and peoples
II. The first outbreaks of civilization
III. The impact of the Aryan invasions
IV. Brahmanism, Buddhism and Hinduism
V. The powers of the North and South in the classical era
VI. The Islamization, from the conquest of Sind to the Mughal Empire
VII. The Hindu bastions: Rajput principalities, the Vijayanagar Empire and the Marathi Confederation
VIII. Commercial influences and European rivalries
IX. The British Raj
X. The road to independence and Nehru´s India
Bibliography
-FRÉDÉRIC, Louis, Dictionnaire de la Civilization Indienne, s.l., Robert Laffont, 1987. ⃰
-MARKOVITS, Claude (dir.), Histoire de lInde Moderne 1480-1950, s.l., Fayard, 1994.
-MURPHEY, Rhoads, A History of Asia, Prentice Hall, 1999 (capítulos relatives à Índia).
-STEIN, Burton, A History of India, Nova Deli, Oxford University Press, 2004.⃰
-THAPAR, Romila, A History of India, vol. I, Londres, Penguin Books, 1990.
Teaching method
Theoretical lessons are based in lectures conducted by the teacher. Practical lessons are based on the discussion of topics
by students, under the guidance of the teacher, using the presentation, analysis and commentary of documental sources,
critical bibliography, audiovisual products, maps and other iconographic materials.
Evaluation method
Realization of a written test (40%). Realization of a written work (40%). Attendance and participation in practical classes
(20%).