History
History is the study of past events, societies, and civilizations, exploring the complexities of human experience over time. It examines the rise and fall of empires, the evolution of cultures, and the impact of significant figures on the course of events. By analyzing primary sources, artifacts, and written records, history helps us understand how past actions shape the present and influence the future. Through this subject, students gain critical thinking skills, learn to contextualize information, and develop a deeper appreciation for the diverse narratives that contribute to our shared human legacy.
Chapters
- Ashoka, the Emperor Who Gave up War
- Buildings, Paintings and Books
- Civilising the Native, Educating the Nation
- Clothing: A Social History
- Colonialism and the City – The Story of an Imperial Capital
- Devotional Paths to the Divine
- Eighteenth Century Political Formations
- Forest Society and Colonialism
- French Revolution
- From Gathering to Growing Food
- From Trade to Territory – The Company Establishes Power
- History and Sport: The Story of Cricket
- How, When and Where
- In the Earliest Cities
- India After Independence
- Kingdoms, Kings and an Early Republic
- Nationalism in India
- Nazism and the Rise of Hitler
- New Empires and Kingdoms
- New Kings and Kingdoms
- New Questions and Ideas
- Novels, Society and History
- On the Trail of the Earliest People
- Pastoralists in the Modern World
- Peasants and Farmers
- Print Culture and the Modern World
- Rulers and Buildings
- Ruling the Countryside
- Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution
- The Changing World of Visual Arts
- The Age of Industrialisation
- The Delhi Sultans
- The Making of a Global World
- The Making of Regional Cultures
- The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947
- The Mughal Empire
- The Nationalist Movement in Indo-China
- The Rise of Nationalism in Europe
- Towns, Traders and Craftspersons
- Tracing Changes through a Thousand Years
- Traders, Kings and Pilgrims
- Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age
- Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities
- Vital Villages, Thriving Towns
- Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners
- What, Where, How and When
- What Books and Burials Tell Us
- When People Rebel
- Women, Caste and Reform
- Work, Life and Leisure