Social Science VII

HISTORY
Tracing Changes through a Thousand Years
10 Topics
Tracing changes through a thousand years
New and Old Terminologies
Historians and their Sources
New Social and Political Groups
Region and Empire
Old and New Religions
Thinking about Time and Historical Periods
The Value of Paper
Language and Region
Archive
New Kings and Kingdoms
10 Topics
The emergence of new dynasties
Administrations in the kingdom
Prashastis and the land grants
warfare of wealth
The Chola empire I
The Chola empire II
Agriculture and Irrigation
The Administration of the Empire
Types of land
Inscriptions and texts
The Delhi Sultans
 10 Topics
Introduction to the Delhi Sultans
Finding Out about the Delhi Sultans
The Circle of Justice
From Garrison Town to Empire and The Expansion of the Delhi Sultanate
The Masjid of Delhi Sultans
Administration and Consolidation under the Khaljis and Tughluqs
Slaves rather than sons
Officials of Sultan Muhammad Tughluq
Chieftains and their fortifications
The Sultanate in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
The Mughal Empire
 10 Topics
Introduction to the the Mughal Empire
About the Mughals
Mughal Military Campaigns
Mughals Traditions Of Succession
Mughal Relations with other rulers
Mansabdars and Jagirdars
Zabt and Zamirdars
A closer look about Akbar’s Policies
The Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century and after.
Kings and queens in seventeenth century
Rulers and Buildings
 10 Topics
Introduction to the Rulers and Buildings
Engineering Skills and Construction
Temple Construction in the Early Eleventh Century
Building Temples, Mosques and Tanks
A Royal Architect
Importance of Water in their architecture
Reasons of Temples Targeted
Region and Empire
Churches that touched the skies
Gardens, Tombs and Forts
Towns, Traders and Craftspersons
 10 Topics
Introduction to the Towns , Traders and Crafts persons
Administrative Centres
Temple Towns and Pilgrimage Centres
A network of small towns
New Towns and Traders
Traders Big and Small
Crafts in Towns
A Closer Look of Hampi, Masulipatnam and Surat
A Gateway to the West Surat
Fishing in Troubled Waters: Masulipatnam
Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities
 10 Topics
Introduction to Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities
Beyond the Big Cities Tribal Socities
Tribal People
Nomads and Mobile People Living
The Banajaras
New Castes and Hierachies
Deliberations on jati
Closer look at Gonds
Closer look at Ahoms
Mongols
Devotional Paths to the Divine
 10 Topics
Introduction to Devotional Paths to the Divine
Bhakti in South India Nayanars and Alvars
Philosophy and Bhakti
Basavanna’s Virashaivism
Saints of Maharashtra
Nathpanthis, Siddhas and Yogis
Islam and Sufism
Religious Developments in North India
A Closer look: Kabir
A Closer Look: Baba Guru Nanak
The Making of Regional Cultures
 10 Topics
Introduction to The Making of Regional Cultures
Chera and the Development of Malayalam
Rulers and Religious Traditions: The Jagannatha Cult
The Rajputs and Traditions of Heroism
Beyond Regional Frontiers: The Story of Kathak
A Closer Look: Bengal
Pirs and Temples
Fish as Food
Emergence of nation-states in Europe
Painting for Patrons: The Tradition of Miniatures
Eighteenth-Century Political Formations
 10 Topics
Introduction to Eighteenth Century Political Formations
The Crisis of the Empire and the Later Mughals
Emergence of New States
The Old Mughal Provinces
The Watan Jagirs of the Rajputs
Mughal jagirdars
Seizing Independence
Chauth
Sardesmukhi
Khalsa
GEOGRAPHY
Environment
10 Topics
Environment
Natural environment
Human-environment interaction
Interaction between abiotic and biotic environment
Ecosystem
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Major components of the biotic environment.
Inside Our Earth
10 Topics
Earth’s interior
Crust
Mantle
The Core
Rocks and Minerals.
Igneous rocks
Sedimentary Rocks.
Metamorphic Rocks
Rock Cycle
Advantages Of Rocks and Minerals
Our Changing Earth
10 Topics
Lithospheric Plates
Endogenic Forces.
Exogenic Forces.
Earthquake.
Volcano
Erosion
Work of a river as an Exogenic Force.
Major Landforms
Work of Sea waves as an Exogenic Force
Work of wind and moving ice.
Air
 10 Topics
Introduction to Air
Atmosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Temperature
Exosphere
Air Pressure
wind and moisture
Water
 10 Topics
Water Cycle
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Distribution of water Bodies
Ocean Circulation
Waves
Neap Tide
Spring Tide
Ocean Currents
Natural Vegetation and Wildlife
 10 Topics
Vegetation flora and factors
Types of vegetation flora
Forest Importance
Wildlife in India
Threats to Wildlife
Wildlife conservation
Importance of Wildlife conservation
Mediterranean vegetation
Coniferous forests
Grasslands
Human-Environment – Settlement, Transport and Communication
 10 Topics
Settlement
Transport
Roadways
Railways
Waterways
Airways
Communication
Mass media
Merits and Demerits of internet
Rural-Urban interaction
Human-Environment Interactions – aThe Tropical and the Subtropical Region
 10 Topics
Location and Climate in Amazon Basin.
Flora and Fauna In Amazon.
Tribes and their occupation in Amazon Basin.
Amazon Rainforests
Threats to Amazon Rainforest.
Life In The Amazon Basin
Location and Climate in Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin.
Life In The Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin.
Flora and Fauna in Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin
People and their occupation in Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin
Life in the Deserts
 10 Topics
Desert
The hot desert
The cold desert
Sahara desert
Climate in sahara desert
Flaura and fauna in sahara desert.
Life of people in sahara desert
The cold desert-Ladakh
Climate in Ladakh
Life of people in Ladakh
CIVICS
On Equality
5 Topics
The challenge of democracy
Democracy in India
Equality in Indian democracy.
Issues of equality in other democracies.
Inequalities in India
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