The course is prepared to create knowledge on medieval world through which students could able to understand different state systems, its socio- cultural contributions and its impact on later society. Along with a study on medieval European state and society, it focuses on the socio[1]political and economic currents of medieval Central Asia, West Asia and East Asia. The course would provide an understanding on scientific and intellectual interactions that taken place between the East and the West in the medieval period. It also explains the pattern of medieval medicinal system and its efficacy in dealing contagious diseases of the period.
- Teacher: PRIYANKA E.K.
State and Society in Medieval India
The course is framed to explicate the nature of state and society in Medieval India. It
familiarizes the students with process of state formation; economic pattern of medieval India
along with the social and cultural developments of the period. It explains the process of medieval
trade related to Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. Students could able to understand changing
pattern of agrarian system in medieval India. A new phase in Indian History began with the
advent of the Arabs in Sindh in A.D.712. The Arabs brought a new religion, a new culture and
civilization to the Indian Sub-Continent. The new form of religious ideas, culture, fine arts etc.
have lasting impact on India.
- Teacher: Judith M J History