CBSE Class 12 History Syllabus 2023-24 (Latest) 12th Material in Hindi PDF Download

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● Familiarize the learner with early urban centers as economic and social institution.

● Introduce the ways                               in which new data can lead to a revision of

existing notions of history.

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

●       State and deduce the multi-lateral aspects of Harappan civilization in order to understand the first civilization of the world.

●       Develop an ability to use and analyze socio- economic, political aspects of Harappa

●       Investigate and interpret historical and contemporary sources and viewpoints of ASI and historians on Harappa.

Archaeological report on a major site

Discussion: How it has been utilized by archaeologists/ historians

Political and economic History from the Mauryan to the Gupta period

Story of discovery: Inscriptions and the Decipherment of the script. Shifts in the Understanding of political and economic history.

Excerpt:

Ashokan inscription and Gupta period land grant Discussion: Interpretation of inscriptions by historians.

●Introduce inscripti onal analysis and the ways in which these have shaped the understanding of political and economic processes.

•    Analyze inscriptional evidences and the ways in which these have shaped the understanding of political and economic processes.

● Introduce the

●      Analyze social norms in order to understand the perspectives of society given in the scriptures of

Social Histories: Using the

Issues in social history, inclu ding caste, class, kinship an d gender

Story of discovery: Transmission and publications of the Mahabha rat

Excerpt: from the Mahabharata, illustrating how it has been used by historians.

Discussion: Other sources for

reconstructing social history.

● Examine the varied dimensions explored by historians in order to understand dynamic approach of Mahabharata.

Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE – 600 CE)

Broad overview:

A History of Buddhism: Sanchi Stupa

A brief review of religious histories of Vedic religion, Jainism, Vaishnavism, Shaivism (Puranic Hinduism)

b) Focus on Buddhism. Story of discovery: Sanchi stupa.

Excerpt: Reproduction of

sculptures from Sanchi. Discussion: Ways in which sculpture has been interpreted by historians, other sources for reconstructing the history of

Buddhism.

●   Introduce strategies of visual analysis and their use in reconstructing the theories of religion.

● Compare the distinct religious facets in order to understand the religious developments in ancient India

● Elucidate the rich religious sculpture and infer the stories hidden in it.

THROUGH THE EYES OF TRAVELLERS

Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth

century)

·       Familiarize the learner with the salient features of social histories described by the travelers.

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

·       Identify the accounts of foreign travellers in order to

Story of their writings: A discussion of where they travelled, what they wrote and for whom they wrote.

Excerpts: from Al Biruni, Ibn Battuta, Francois Bernier.

Discussion: What these travel accounts can tell us and how they have been

interpreted by historians.

●   Discuss how

traveler’s accounts can be used as sources of social history.

·  Compare and contrast the perspectives of

Al Biruni, Ibn Battuta and Bernier towards Indian society.

Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth centuries) Broad overview:

a.     Outline of religious

developments during this period saints.

b.     Ideas and practices of the Bhakti-Sufi

Story of Transmission: How Bhakti-Sufi compositions have been preserved.

Excerpt: Extracts from selected Bhakti-Sufi works. Discussion: Ways in which these have been interpreted

by historians.

●   Discuss ways of analyzing devotional literature as sources of history.

●      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.

fourteenth to sixteenth centuries)

Broad Over View: New Architecture: Hampi

a. Outline of new buildings

●Familiarize the learner with the new buildings that were built during the time. Discuss the ways in

b. Relationship between ar chitecture and

the political system Story of Discovery: Account of how Hampi was found.

Excerpt: Visuals of buildings at Hampi Discussion: Ways in which historians have analyzed and interpreted these structures.

● Analyze accounts of

foreign traveller’s on Vijayanagar in order to interpret political, social and cultural life of the city.

Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. sixteenth-seventeenth centuries)

Broad overview: The Ain- i-Akbari

a.     Structure of agrarian relations in the 16th and 17th centuries.

b.     Patterns of change over the period.

Story of Discovery: Account of the compilation and translation of Ain I Akbari

Excerpt: from the Ain-i- Akbari.

Discussion: Ways in which historians have used texts to reconstruct history.

●   Discuss how to supplement official documents with other sources.

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

·  Comprehend the facets of agrarian developments in order to understand the relationship between the state and the agriculture during Mughal period.

ompare and contrast the agrarian changes occurred during sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

COLONIALISM AND THE

COUNTRYSIDE: Exploring Official Archives

Broad overview:

Colonialism and Rural Society: Evidence from Official Reports

a)   Life of zamindars, peasants, and artisans in the late18thcentury

b). Permanent Settlement, Santhals, and Paharias Story of official records: An account of why official Investigations into rural societies were undertaken and the types of records and reports produced.

Excerpts: From Fifth Report

Discussion: What do the offici al records tell and do not tell, and how they have been used by historians?

●   Discuss how colonialism affected zamindars, peasants, and artisans.

●   Comprehend the problems and limits of using official sources for understanding the lives of the people

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

●      Compare and contrast the revenue systems introduced by the British in order to understand the economic aspects of colonization in India.

● Analyze the colonial official records& reports in order to understand the divergent interest of the British and Indians.

1857 Revolt and its Representations- Broad overview:

a.     The eventsof1857-58.

b.     Vision of Unity

c.     How these events were recorded and narrated.

Focus: Lucknow Excerpts: Pictures of 1857. Extracts from contemporary accounts.

Discussion: How the pictures of 1857 shaped British opinion of what had happened.

●   Discuss how visual material can be used by historians.

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

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.

●      Analyze how revolt created a vision of unity amongst Indians.

● Identify and interpret visual images to understand the emotions portrayed by the nationalist and British

NATIONALIST MOVEMENT:

Civil Disobedience and Beyond

Broad overview:

a.     The Nationalist Movement 1918 -48.

b.     The nature of Gandhian politics and leadership.

Focus: Mahatma Gandhi and the three movements and his last days as “finest hours”

Excerpts: Reports from English and Indian language newspapers and other contemporary writings.

Discussion: How newspapers can be a source of history.

●      Discuss how Gandhi was perceived by different groups. Discuss how historians need to read and interpret newspapers diaries and letters as a historical so

● Correlate the significant elements of the nationalist movement and the nature of ideas, individuals, and institutions under the Gandhian leadership.

●Analyze the significant contributions of Gandhiji to understand his mass appeal for nationalism. Analyze the perceptions and contributions of different communities towards the Gandhian movement.

● Analyze the ways of interpreting historical sources such as newspapers, biographies, and auto-biographies diaries, and letters.

The Beginning of a New Era

Broad overview: The Making of the Constitution an overview:

a.               Independence and then a new nation-state.

b.     The making of the Constitution

Focus: The Constituent Assembly Debates Excerpts: from the debates Discussion: What such debates reveal and how

they can be analyzed.

how the founding ideals of the new nation-state were debated and formulated.

● Understand how such debates and discussions can be read by historians.

● Highlight the role of the Constituent Assembly to understand functionaries in framing the constitution of India.

● Analyze how debates and discussions around important issues in the Constituent Assembly shaped our Constitution.

●      Harappa,    Banawali,     Kalibangan,    Balakot,                  Rakhigarhi,  Dholavira, Nageshwar, Lothal, Mohenjodaro, Chanhudaro, KotDiji.

●      Vajji, Magadha, Kosala, Kuru, Panchala, Gandhara, Avanti, Rajgir, Ujjain, Taxila, Varanasi.

●      Kushanas, Shakas, Satavahanas, Vakatakas,Guptas

●      Cities/towns: Mathura, Kannauj, Puhar,Braghukachchha

●      Pillar inscriptions – Sanchi, Topra, Meerut Pillar and Kaushambi.

●      Kingdom of Cholas, Cheras and Pandyas.

●      Kushanas, Shakas, Satavahanas, Vakatakas,Guptas

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

●      Nagarjunakonda, Sanchi, Amaravati, Lumbini, Nasik, Bharhut, Bodh Gaya, Ajanta.

●      Delhi, Agra, Panipat, Amber, Ajmer, Lahore, Goa.

April -July

Collection.

August – October

November – January

Conclusion, Limitations, Suggestions, Bibliography, Annexures, and overall

presentation of the project.

Conclusion, Limitations, Bibliography, Annexures, and Overall Presentation.

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January/ February

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