(i) Polity: Major political developments in Northern India and the Peninsula, origin and the rise of Rajputs
(ii) The Cholas: administration, village economy and society ‘Indian Feudalism’
(iii) Agrarian economy and urban settlements
(iv) Trade and commerce
(v) Society: the status of the Brahman and the new social order
(vi) Condition of women
(vii) Indian science and technology
(viii) Philosophy: Skankaracharya and Vedanta, Ramanuja and Vishishtadvaita, Madhva and Brahma-Mimansa
(ix) Religion: Forms and features of religion, Tamil devotional cult, growth of Bhakti, Islam and its arrival in India, Sufism
(x) Literature: Literature in Sanskrit, growth of Tamil literature, literature in the newly developing languages, Kalhan’s Rajtarangini, Alberuni’s India
(xi) Art and Architecture: Temple architecture, sculpture, painting
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