This document contains summaries and outlines for various topics in Indian history from ancient to modern times. It includes sections on the Harappan civilization, early Indian kingdoms, the rise of Buddhism and Jainism, the Vijayanagara empire, Mughal rule, the colonial period, India's struggle for independence, and the framing of the Indian constitution. The document serves as a study guide, mapping out key points and sub-points for different historical themes and events in Indian history.

1. CLASS-XII
HISTORY MINDMAPS
ALL POINTS & SUB-POINTS
Neelam Awasthi
PGT History
K.V.No.1.Colaba
Mumbai-05

2. BRICKS,BEADS
AND BONES
1.BEGINNINGS
2.SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES
3.MOHENJODARO
A PLANNED URBAN CENTRE
4.TRACKING SOCIAL
DIFFERENCES
5.FINDING OUT ABOUT
CRAFT PRODUCTION
6.STRATEGIES FOR
PROCURING MATERIALS7.SEALS
,SCRIPT,WEIGHTS
8.ANCIENT AUTHORITY
9.THE END OF THE
CIVILISATION10.DISCOVERING THE
HARAPPAN CIVILISATION
11.PROBLEMS OF PIECING
TOGETHER THE PAST

3. KINGS,FARMERS AND
TOWNS
2.THE EARLIEST STATES
4.NEW NOTIONS OF
KINGSHIP
5.A CHANGING
COUNTRYSIDE
6.TOWNS AND TRADE

4. KINSHIP,CASTE
AND CLASS
THE CRITICAL
EDITION OF
THE
MAHABHARAT
A
BEYOND
BIRTH
RESOURCE
S AND
STATUS
HANDLING
TEXTS
HISTORIANS
A DYNAMIC
TEXT
KINSHIP AND
MARRIAGE MANY
RULES AND
VARIED
PRACTICES
EXPLANING
SOCIAL
DIFFERENCES
A SOCIAL
CONTRACT
SOCIAL
DIFFERNCES
WITHIN AND
BEYOND THE
FRAME WORK

5. Thinkers Beliefs & Buildings
Cultural Developments
(c. 600 BCE - 600 CE)
1.A Glimpse of Sanchi
2.The Background :
Sacrifices & Debates
3.Beyond Worldly Pleasures
The Message of Mahavira
4.The Buddha & the Quest
For Enlightment
8.’’Discovering” Stupas
the fate of Amravati and Sanchi

6. M
Al- Biruni
Kitab –AL-
Hind
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE
TRAVELLERS
IBN
BATUTA’S
RIHAL
FRANCOIS
BERNIER A
DOCTOR WITH
A DIFFERENCE
BERNIER AND
THE
“DEGENERATE”
EAST
WOMEN
SLAVES,SATI
AND
LABOURERS
IBN-BATUTA
AND THE
EXCITEMENT
OF THE
UNFAMILIAR
MAKING
SENSE OF
AN ALIEN
WORLD
AL-BIRUNI
AND THE
SANSKRITIC
TRADITION

7. M
M
BHAKTI-SUFI TADITIONS
RELIGIOUS
FERMENT IN
NORTH
INDIATHE
GROWTH
OF SUFISM
NEW
DIVOTION
AL PATHS
RECONSTRUCTING
HISTORIES OF
RELIGIOUS
TRADITIONS
THE CHISHTIS
IN THE
SUBCONTINENT
A MOSAIC
OF
RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS
AND
PRACTICES
NEW
STRANDS IN
THE FABRIC
ISLAMIC
TRADITIONS
THE
VIRASHAIVA
TRADITION
ON
KARNATAKA
POEM OF
PRAYER
EARLY
TRADITIONS
OF BHAKTI

8. An Imperial
Capital
Vijayanagara
1 )The Discovery of
Hampi
2.1)Kings and Traders
2.2)The apogee and decline of the empire7)Question in Search of Answers
3.1)Water
Resources
3)Vijayanagara
The Capital and its
Environment
3.3)The urban
centre
5.1)Choosing a capital
5.2) Gopurams and Mandapas
2.3)The Rayas and the Nayakas
5)The Sacred Centre
4)The Royal Centre
2.Rayas ,Nayakas and Sultan
3.2)Fortification and
roads

9. 1.2)Peasants and
their lands
1 )Peasants and
Agriculture
Production
1.1)Looking for
sources
Peasants,
Zamindars and
the State
1.4 An
abundance of crop
1.3)Irrigation and
technology
2.2)Panchyatas and
headman
2.1)Caste and the
rural milieu
2)The
Village
Community
2.3)Village
artisans2.4)A “little
republic”?
8)The AIN-Akbar
of ABU’l FAZL
ALLAMI
7)The Flow of
Silver
5) The
Zamind
ars
6)Land
Revenue
4.2)Inroads
into forest
4.1)Beyond settled
villages
4)Forest
and
Tribes
3)Women
in
Agrarian
Society

10. KINGS AND
CHRONICLES
1. THE
MUGHALS AND
THEIR EMPIRE
2.THE
PRODUCTION
OF
CHRONICLE
3. THE
PAINTED
IMAGE
4. THE AKBAR
NAMA AND
THE BADSHAH
NAMA
5. THE IDEAL
KINGDOM
6. CAPITALS
AND COURTS
7. THE
IMPERIAL
HOUSEHOLD
8. THE
IMPERIAL
OFFICIALS
9. BEYOND
THE
FRONTIERS
10.QUESTIONI
NG FORMAL
RELIGION

11. THEME 11
KINGS AND
CHRONICLES
The mughals
and their
empire
The
production
of
chroniciles
The painted
image
The akbar
nama and
the badshah
nama
Theideal
kingdom
Capitals and
courts
The imperial
household
The imperial
officials
Beyond the
frontiers
Questioning
formal
religion

12. COLONIALISM
AND THE
COUNTRYSIDE
1. BENGAL AND THE
ZAMINDARS 2. THE HOE AND
THE
3. A REVOLT IN
THE BOMBAY
DECCAN
4. THE DECCAN
RIOTS COMMISSION

13. • THEME 10
COLONIALISM AND THE COUNTRYSIDE
Exploring Official Archives
1. BENGAL AND THE ZAMINDARS
2. THE HOE AND
THE
3. A REVOLT IN THE
BOMBAY DECCAN
4. THE DECCAN RIOTS COMMISSION
1.1 An auction in Burdwan
1.2 The problem of unpaid revenue
1.3 Why Zamindars defaulted on
payments
1.4 The rise of the jotedars
1.5 The Zamindars resist
1.6 The Fifth Report

14. COLONIALISM AND THE COUNTRYSIDE
Exploring Official Archives
1. BENGAL AND THE ZAMINDARS
1.1 AN AUCTION IN BURDWAN
1.2 THE PROBLEM OF UNPAID REVENUE
1.3 WHY ZAMINDARS DEFAULTED ON PAYMENTS
1.4 THE RISE OF THE JOTEDARS
1.6 THE FIFTH REPORT
1.5 THE ZAMINDARS RESIST

15. Rebels And The Raj
What the rebels
wanted

16. COLONIAL
CITIES
WHAT BUILDINGS AND
ARCHITECTURAL
STYLES TELL US.
WHAT WERE
THE NEW
TOWNS LIKE?
FINDING OUT
ABOUT
COLONIAL
CITIES
SEGREGATION, TOWN
PLANNING AND
ARCHITECTURE
MADRAS, CALCUTTA
AND BOMBAY
TOWNS AND CITIES IN PRE-
COLONIAL TIMES

19. Framing The
Constitution
A
Tumultuous
Time
The
Language Of
The Nation
The Power Of
The State
The Vision
Of
Constitution
Defining
Rights