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.
6. Study of Contemporary India from Historical Point
of View.
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,
Puducherry and Southern UTs)
10. Other countries of the sub-continent
1. Afghanistan
2. Pakistan
3. Bangladesh
4. Nepal, Bhutan, and 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
26. 1. Diplomatic
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
3. Military history
4. Military organization
5. 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
50. Premodern historiography
51. Modern historiography
52. Miscellaneous, not otherwise classified
