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Annexure I
(See Clause 4 d (i) of Chapter 1)
Classified  List  of  Subjects

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Note: Unless ruled out by construction or context, the words “History of” are to be assumed to precede the words describing each classified subject.

   1.    1.        India (multi-period and multi-regional)

   2.               Ancient India

          1.   Pre-history
          2.   Protohistory (incl. Indus culture)
          3.   BC 500-200 (the Buddha to Mauryas)
          4.   BC 200-AD 300 (including Sangam Age)
          5.   300-700 (Guptas to Harsha)
          6.   700-1000 (Gurjara-Pratiharas, “Indian Feudalism”)

   3.               Medieval India

          1.        Early Medieval India, 1000-1200 (incl. Cholas)
          2.        1200-1526 (Delhi Sultanate, Vijayanagara Empire)
          3.        1526-1707 (Mughal Empire)
          4.        Eighteenth Century (Indian States)

   4.               Modern India
          1.        1757-1800 (British Regime)
          2.        1800-1858 (excl. 1857 Rebellion)
          3.        1858-1914 (excl. National Movement)
          4.        1914-47(excl. National Movement)
          5.        After Independence

   5.               North-western India (Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Chandigarh, H.P.)

   6.               Hindi Zone (Rajasthan, Haryana, M.P., Chhattisgarh, U.P., Uttaranchal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi)

   7.               Eastern India (Bengal, Orissa, Assam, other eastern and north eastern states, Union Territories (UTs))

   8.               Western India (Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa and Western UTs)

   9.               Southern India (A.P., Karnataka, T.N., Kerala, Pondicherry and Southern UTs)

  10.               Other countries of the sub-continent

          1.        Afghanistan
          2.        Pakistan
          3.        Bangladesh
          4.        Nepal and Bhutan
          5.   Sri Lanka

  11.          East Asia

          1.        China
          2.        Japan

  12.               South-East Asia

  13.               Central Asia

  14.          West Asia and North Afrcia (incl. Turkey & Ottoman Empire)

  15.               Eastern Europe (incl. Russia)

  16.               Western Europe (excl. Britain)

  17.               Britain and her empire

  18.               United States

  19.               Latin America

  20.               Africa

  21.               Other countries

  22.               Archaeology

          1.        Archaeobotany
          2.        Archaeozoology

  23.               Numismatics

  24.               Epigraphy

  25.               Archives

  25.    1.        Diplomatic

  26.               Economic history

          1.        Agriculture and agrarian relations
          2.        Urban history
          3.        Crafts and industry
          4.        Commerce
        4.1.        Inland commerce
        4.2.        International commerce
          5.        Credit, money and banking
          6.        Taxation and public finance
          7.        Transport, Communications
          8.        Navigation and shipping
          9.   Diet, culinary history

  27.               Science and technology

          1.        Science
          2.        Medicine
        2.1.       Ayurveda
        2.2.   Tibb
        2.3.        Modern medicine (incl. Surgery) and health (incl. History of diseases)
        2.4.        Other systems of medicine
          3.        Production technology (incl. Navigation techniques)
          4.        Philosophy of science and science policy

  28.               Social Structure including systems of social organisations e.g. feudalism

          1.        Castes and tribes
        1.1.        Tribal history
          2.        Women
          3.        Peasantry
          4.        Working-class
          5.        Slavery
          6.        Middle classes (incl. Intelligentsia)
          7.        Other classes
          8.        Manners and customs
          9.        Social reform movements

  29.               Religion

          1.        Hinduism (incl. Vedic & Forms of Brahmanism)
          2.        Buddhism
          3.        Jainism
          4.        Christianity
          5.        Islam
          6.        Sikhism
          7.        Kabir and other similar sects
          8.        Zoroastrianism
          9.        Animism, tribal religion
         10.        Communalism

  30.          Art

          1.        Architecture
          2.        Sculpture
          3.        Painting
          4.        Music
          5.        Other arts

  31.               Political History

          1.        Dynastic history
          2.        Administration, state structure
          3.        Constitutional history
          4.        International relations
        4.1.        India’s foreign policy

  32.               National liberation movements

          1.        Anti-British struggles and movements before 1885 (incl. 1857 Rebellion)
          2.        Indian national movement

  33.               Military history

          1.        Military organization
          2.        Military technology

  34.               Philosophy and thought

          1.        Political thought
          2.        Humanism, “Renaissance”

  35.               Language and literature

          1.        Historical linguistics, etymology
          2.        Sanskrit
          3.        Prakrit
          4.        Tamil
          5.        Arabic
          6.        Persian
          7.        Bengali
          8.        Hindi (incl. Dialects)
          9.        Urdu
         10.        Marathi
         11.        Gujarati
         12.        Telugu
         13.        Kannada
         14.        Malayalam
         15.        Oriya
         16.        Assamese
         17.        Kashmiri
         18.        Panjabi (incl. Dogri)
         19.        English
         20.        Other languages and literature

  36.               Education

  37.               Historical geography

          1.        Mapping
          2.        Onomastics (incl. Place-names)

  38.               Environment

          1.        History of animals
          2.        History of plants

  39.               Demography

  40.               Statistical history

  41.               Capitalism

  42.               Colonialism

  43.               Editing of sources

  44.               Translations of sources

  45.               Calendaring and indexing of sources

  46.               Translations of modern works

  47.               Biography

  48.               Historical Method

  49.               Historiography

          1.        Premodern historiography
          2.        Modern historiography

  50.    Miscellaneous, not otherwise classified