Course Learning Outcomes
- Recall the political history of the Mauryan, post-Mauryan and Gupta periods, including major dynasties and rulers.
- Explain Asoka's policy of Dhamma and its role in Mauryan administration and cultural conquest.
- Analyze changes in the caste system, spread of megalithic culture, and religious transformations (Jainism, Buddhism, Vaishnavism, Saivism, Tantricism) in post-Mauryan India.
- Evaluate the historiographical debate on the Gupta period as a 'Golden Age' and the debate on feudalism in Ancient India.
- Synthesize evidence on society, art, architecture, science, technology, trade and urbanization to characterize Early India in retrospect.
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