If you do well in this course, you will be able to:
- Develop an interest in, and understanding of, the civilizations of Asia.
- Promote an awareness and appreciation of non-Western cultures.
MAJOR TOPICS TO BE COVERED
- Geography and pre-Aryan civilization
- Vedic Age
- Rise of Jainism and Buddhism
- Culture, society, and religion of Hindu India
- Impact of Islam and the Mughuls
- British India
- National struggle and reform
- Independent south Asia
- Indian and Chinese influences on the historical development of Southeast Asia
- Modern southeast Asia: western conquest and independence