Tamilnadu Old NCERT – History Higher Sceondary – First & Second Year Book – Class 11th & 12th
Booklet 1
Pages 368
Tamilnadu First Year Book
Table of Contents
1. India – Geographical Features and their 1
Impact on History
2. Pre-Historic India and the Harappan Culture 11
3. The Vedic Culture 27
4. Jainism and Buddhism 37
5. The Rise of Magadha and Alexander’s Invasion 47
6. The Mauryan Empire 59
7. Post – Mauryan India 74
8. Sangam Age 85
9. Gupta Empire 96
10. Harshavardhana (606 – 647 A.D) 113
11. South Indian Kingdoms – I
Pallavas 122
12. South Indian Kingdoms – II
Chalukyas and Rashtrakutas 132
13. Imperial Cholas 141
14. The Spread of Indian Culture in
other Asian Countries 154
15. Early Medieval India 163
16. Delhi Sultanate 172
17. India under the Delhi Sultanate 190
18. Bhakti Movement in Medieval India 200
19. Vijayanagar and Bahmani Kingdoms 209
20. The Mughal Empire 221
21. India under the Mughals 239
22. The Marathas 249
23. The Coming of Europeans 258
Tamilnadu Second Year Book
1. India Under the English East India Company: 1
Warren Hastings (1772-1785)
2. Lord Cornwallis (1786-1793) 15
3. The Marquess of Wellesley (1798-1805) 24
4. Lord Hastings (1813-1823) 37
5. Lord William Bentinck (1828-1835) 46
6. Lord Dalhousie (1848-1856) 56
7. Revenue Administration and Economic
Policy of the British 66
8. Educational and Social Reforms 76
9. Palayakkarar Rebellion 86
10. Vellore Mutiny 95
11. The Great Revolt of 1857 102
12. British India After 1858: Lord Lytton (1876-1880),
Lord Ripon (1880-1884) And Lord Curzon (1899-1905) 114
13. Socio-Religious Reform Movements 125
14. Indian National Movement (1885-1905) 139
15. Indian National Movement (1905-1916) 148
16. The Indian National Movement (1917-1947) 158
17. Role of Tamil Nadu in the Indian National Movement 177
18. The Justice Party Rule 186
19. Constitutional Development (1858 – 1947) 194
20. India After Independence 206
21. Renaissance 223
22. Geographical Discoveries 234
23. The Reformation and Counter Reformation 242
24. The American War of Independence (1776-1783) 252
25. French Revolution 261
26. Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions 273
27. First World War 284
28. Russian Revolution of 1917 295
29. The League of Nations 304
30. Rise of Fascism and Nazism 314
31. Second World War 326
32. Growth of Asian Nations: China And Japan 335
33. United Nations Organisation 343
34. The Cold War 353
35. World Today 360