1. Harappan Civilization 2. (Society and Culture Reflected in Vedic Literature) 3. Social and Economic Condition in Vedic Age 4. New Religious Movements in India: Jainism, Buddhism, Ajivikas and Other Religions 5. Ashoka’s Dhamma-Nature, Propagation and Causes of the Downfall of the Mauryan Empire 6. Mauryan State Administration, Economy and Society 7. Mauryan Art and Architecture 8. Post Mauryan Period: Society, Culture and Art and Foreign Impact) 9. Important Powers in the South India and Sangam Age 10. The Gupta Empire and its Contemporaries 11. The Gupta Administration and Downfall of the Gupta Empire 12. North India: Society, Economy, Religion, Literature and Art in Gupta and Post-Gupta Period 13. Condition of women in Gupta and Post-Gupta Period 14. Architecture and Literature during the Sultanate Period 15. Education, Literature, Art and Architecture During the Mughal Period 16. Bhakti Movement and Sufism 17. Spread of Western Education 18. Growth of Press 19. Social and Religious Reform Movements of the 19th Century 20. Status of Women 21. Impact of Islam and Western Culture on Indian Society.