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CLASS XII 
COURSE STRUCTURE                                     
Theory Paper                                                             
S. No Part Period Marks 
1 Themes in Indian History Part--I 60 25 
2 Themes in Indian History Part--II 60 25 
3 Themes in Indian History Part -- III 60 25 
4 Map 15 05 
 Total 195 80 
 
Themes in Indian History                                                        Part—I                                                                              25 Marks 
Theme No. Theme  Title Periods Marks 
1 
Bricks, Beads and Bones 
The Harappa Civilisation 
15 
25 
 
 
2 
Kings, Farmers and Towns 
Early States and Economies (c.600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
3 
Kingship, Caste and class 
Early Societies (c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
4 
Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings 
Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
Themes in Indian History                                                         Part—II                                                                               25 marks 
5 
Through the eyes of Travellers 
Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth centuries) 
15 
25 
6 
Bhakti-Sufi Traditions 
Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth centuries) 
15 
7 An Imperial Capital – Vijayanagar (c. fourteenth to sixteenth centuries) 15 
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CLASS XII 
COURSE STRUCTURE                                     
Theory Paper                                                             
S. No Part Period Marks 
1 Themes in Indian History Part--I 60 25 
2 Themes in Indian History Part--II 60 25 
3 Themes in Indian History Part -- III 60 25 
4 Map 15 05 
 Total 195 80 
 
Themes in Indian History                                                        Part—I                                                                              25 Marks 
Theme No. Theme  Title Periods Marks 
1 
Bricks, Beads and Bones 
The Harappa Civilisation 
15 
25 
 
 
2 
Kings, Farmers and Towns 
Early States and Economies (c.600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
3 
Kingship, Caste and class 
Early Societies (c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
4 
Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings 
Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
Themes in Indian History                                                         Part—II                                                                               25 marks 
5 
Through the eyes of Travellers 
Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth centuries) 
15 
25 
6 
Bhakti-Sufi Traditions 
Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth centuries) 
15 
7 An Imperial Capital – Vijayanagar (c. fourteenth to sixteenth centuries) 15 
 
 
 
 
  
                
8 
Peasants, zamindars and the States Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. 
sixteenth-seventeenth centuries)  
15  
Themes in Indian History                                                      Part—III                                                                                25 marks 
Theme No. Theme Title Periods Marks 
09 
Colonialism and The Countryside 
Exploring Official Archives 
15 
25 
10 
Rebels and Raj 
1857 Revolt and its Representations 
15 
11 
Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement 
Civil Disobedience and Beyond 
15 
12 
Framing of the Constitution 
The Beginning of a New Era 
15 
 Including Map work of the related Themes 15 05 
 Theory Total  80 
  Project Work 25 20 
                                         TOTAL 220 100  
 
Note: Please refer to the following links for NCERT Rationalised 2023-24 textbook   
  
https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lehs1=1-4 
https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lehs2=0-4# 
https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lehs3=0-4 
 
 
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CLASS XII 
COURSE STRUCTURE                                     
Theory Paper                                                             
S. No Part Period Marks 
1 Themes in Indian History Part--I 60 25 
2 Themes in Indian History Part--II 60 25 
3 Themes in Indian History Part -- III 60 25 
4 Map 15 05 
 Total 195 80 
 
Themes in Indian History                                                        Part—I                                                                              25 Marks 
Theme No. Theme  Title Periods Marks 
1 
Bricks, Beads and Bones 
The Harappa Civilisation 
15 
25 
 
 
2 
Kings, Farmers and Towns 
Early States and Economies (c.600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
3 
Kingship, Caste and class 
Early Societies (c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
4 
Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings 
Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
Themes in Indian History                                                         Part—II                                                                               25 marks 
5 
Through the eyes of Travellers 
Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth centuries) 
15 
25 
6 
Bhakti-Sufi Traditions 
Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth centuries) 
15 
7 An Imperial Capital – Vijayanagar (c. fourteenth to sixteenth centuries) 15 
 
 
 
 
  
                
8 
Peasants, zamindars and the States Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. 
sixteenth-seventeenth centuries)  
15  
Themes in Indian History                                                      Part—III                                                                                25 marks 
Theme No. Theme Title Periods Marks 
09 
Colonialism and The Countryside 
Exploring Official Archives 
15 
25 
10 
Rebels and Raj 
1857 Revolt and its Representations 
15 
11 
Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement 
Civil Disobedience and Beyond 
15 
12 
Framing of the Constitution 
The Beginning of a New Era 
15 
 Including Map work of the related Themes 15 05 
 Theory Total  80 
  Project Work 25 20 
                                         TOTAL 220 100  
 
Note: Please refer to the following links for NCERT Rationalised 2023-24 textbook   
  
https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lehs1=1-4 
https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lehs2=0-4# 
https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lehs3=0-4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
                
CLASS XII 
COURSE CONTENT  
  Theme No. and Title Specific learning objectives 
Suggestive Teaching learning 
process 
Learning outcome with 
specific competencies 
 
Themes in Indian History Part—I 
 
 
 
1 
 
BRICKS, BEADS AND 
BONES The Harappan 
Civilisation 
 
? Familiarize the learner with 
the early urban centers as 
economic and social 
institutions. 
 
? Introduce the ways in which 
new data can lead to a 
revision of existing notions of 
history. 
 
? Find the difference between 
an archeologist and historian 
who Investigate and interpret 
historical and contemporary 
sources. 
? Inquiry based use of questions 
to explore. 
 
? Illustrate how archaeological 
excavations are undertaken, 
and their findings are 
interpreted. 
 
? Use of Picture charts and Map 
reading to trace the growth of 
urban centres. 
 
? To investigate, explore and 
interpret the early urban 
centres and social 
institutions. 
? State and deduce the multi-
lateral aspects of Harappan 
civilization to understand the 
first civilization of the world.  
? Investigate and interpret 
historical and contemporary 
sources and viewpoints of 
ASI and historians on 
Harappa. 
 
 
2 
 
KINGS, FARMERS AND 
TOWNS: Early States and 
? To Familiarize the learner 
with major trends in the 
political and economic history 
of the subcontinent. 
 
? Introduce inscriptional 
? Use of Archaeological 
Evidence Videos and 
Narration method to bring an 
understanding of the trends. 
 
? Virtual tour to analyse and 
understand the inscriptions 
? To critically evaluate and 
interpret major trends in the 
political and economic history 
of the subcontinent. 
 
? Decode inscriptional evidence. 
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CLASS XII 
COURSE STRUCTURE                                     
Theory Paper                                                             
S. No Part Period Marks 
1 Themes in Indian History Part--I 60 25 
2 Themes in Indian History Part--II 60 25 
3 Themes in Indian History Part -- III 60 25 
4 Map 15 05 
 Total 195 80 
 
Themes in Indian History                                                        Part—I                                                                              25 Marks 
Theme No. Theme  Title Periods Marks 
1 
Bricks, Beads and Bones 
The Harappa Civilisation 
15 
25 
 
 
2 
Kings, Farmers and Towns 
Early States and Economies (c.600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
3 
Kingship, Caste and class 
Early Societies (c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
4 
Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings 
Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
Themes in Indian History                                                         Part—II                                                                               25 marks 
5 
Through the eyes of Travellers 
Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth centuries) 
15 
25 
6 
Bhakti-Sufi Traditions 
Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth centuries) 
15 
7 An Imperial Capital – Vijayanagar (c. fourteenth to sixteenth centuries) 15 
 
 
 
 
  
                
8 
Peasants, zamindars and the States Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. 
sixteenth-seventeenth centuries)  
15  
Themes in Indian History                                                      Part—III                                                                                25 marks 
Theme No. Theme Title Periods Marks 
09 
Colonialism and The Countryside 
Exploring Official Archives 
15 
25 
10 
Rebels and Raj 
1857 Revolt and its Representations 
15 
11 
Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement 
Civil Disobedience and Beyond 
15 
12 
Framing of the Constitution 
The Beginning of a New Era 
15 
 Including Map work of the related Themes 15 05 
 Theory Total  80 
  Project Work 25 20 
                                         TOTAL 220 100  
 
Note: Please refer to the following links for NCERT Rationalised 2023-24 textbook   
  
https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lehs1=1-4 
https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lehs2=0-4# 
https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lehs3=0-4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
                
CLASS XII 
COURSE CONTENT  
  Theme No. and Title Specific learning objectives 
Suggestive Teaching learning 
process 
Learning outcome with 
specific competencies 
 
Themes in Indian History Part—I 
 
 
 
1 
 
BRICKS, BEADS AND 
BONES The Harappan 
Civilisation 
 
? Familiarize the learner with 
the early urban centers as 
economic and social 
institutions. 
 
? Introduce the ways in which 
new data can lead to a 
revision of existing notions of 
history. 
 
? Find the difference between 
an archeologist and historian 
who Investigate and interpret 
historical and contemporary 
sources. 
? Inquiry based use of questions 
to explore. 
 
? Illustrate how archaeological 
excavations are undertaken, 
and their findings are 
interpreted. 
 
? Use of Picture charts and Map 
reading to trace the growth of 
urban centres. 
 
? To investigate, explore and 
interpret the early urban 
centres and social 
institutions. 
? State and deduce the multi-
lateral aspects of Harappan 
civilization to understand the 
first civilization of the world.  
? Investigate and interpret 
historical and contemporary 
sources and viewpoints of 
ASI and historians on 
Harappa. 
 
 
2 
 
KINGS, FARMERS AND 
TOWNS: Early States and 
? To Familiarize the learner 
with major trends in the 
political and economic history 
of the subcontinent. 
 
? Introduce inscriptional 
? Use of Archaeological 
Evidence Videos and 
Narration method to bring an 
understanding of the trends. 
 
? Virtual tour to analyse and 
understand the inscriptions 
? To critically evaluate and 
interpret major trends in the 
political and economic history 
of the subcontinent. 
 
? Decode inscriptional evidence. 
 
 
 
 
  
                
Economies (c.600 BCE600 
CE) 
analysis and the ways in 
which these have shaped the 
understanding of political and 
economic processes. 
 
? Critically examine the 
limitations of inscriptional 
evidence. 
  
? Analyse inscriptional evidences 
and the ways in which these 
have shaped the understanding 
of political and economic 
processes.  
3 
 
KINSHIP, CASTE AND 
CLASS, Early Societies 
(c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
? To Familiarize the learners 
with issues in social history. 
 
? Introduce the strategies of 
textual analysis and their use 
in reconstructing social 
history. 
 
? To appraise the condition of 
women during Mahabharata 
age. 
? Narration of the issues in 
social history. 
 
? Story boards can be used to 
discuss the scriptures of 
ancient India. 
 
? Debate & Group discussion 
condition of women during 
Mahabharata age. 
? To examine, analyse the issues 
of social history. 
 
? Analyse social norms in order to 
understand the perspectives of 
society given in the scriptures of 
ancient India. 
 
? Examine the varied dimensions 
explored by historians in order 
to understand dynamic 
approach of Mahabharata.. 
4 
 
THINKERS, BELIEFS AND 
BUILDINGS 
Cultural Developments 
(c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
? Discuss the major religious 
developments in early India. 
 
? Introduce strategies of visual 
analysis and their use in 
reconstructing the theories of 
religion. 
 
? Use of flow chart and Tabular 
columns to compare the major 
religions in ancient India. 
 
? Picture chart to discuss the 
stories in the sculptures.  
 
? To infer and compare the 
major religious developments 
in early India. 
 
? Elucidate the rich religious 
sculpture and infer the stories 
hidden in it. 
 
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CLASS XII 
COURSE STRUCTURE                                     
Theory Paper                                                             
S. No Part Period Marks 
1 Themes in Indian History Part--I 60 25 
2 Themes in Indian History Part--II 60 25 
3 Themes in Indian History Part -- III 60 25 
4 Map 15 05 
 Total 195 80 
 
Themes in Indian History                                                        Part—I                                                                              25 Marks 
Theme No. Theme  Title Periods Marks 
1 
Bricks, Beads and Bones 
The Harappa Civilisation 
15 
25 
 
 
2 
Kings, Farmers and Towns 
Early States and Economies (c.600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
3 
Kingship, Caste and class 
Early Societies (c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
4 
Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings 
Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
15 
Themes in Indian History                                                         Part—II                                                                               25 marks 
5 
Through the eyes of Travellers 
Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth centuries) 
15 
25 
6 
Bhakti-Sufi Traditions 
Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth centuries) 
15 
7 An Imperial Capital – Vijayanagar (c. fourteenth to sixteenth centuries) 15 
 
 
 
 
  
                
8 
Peasants, zamindars and the States Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. 
sixteenth-seventeenth centuries)  
15  
Themes in Indian History                                                      Part—III                                                                                25 marks 
Theme No. Theme Title Periods Marks 
09 
Colonialism and The Countryside 
Exploring Official Archives 
15 
25 
10 
Rebels and Raj 
1857 Revolt and its Representations 
15 
11 
Mahatma Gandhi and the National Movement 
Civil Disobedience and Beyond 
15 
12 
Framing of the Constitution 
The Beginning of a New Era 
15 
 Including Map work of the related Themes 15 05 
 Theory Total  80 
  Project Work 25 20 
                                         TOTAL 220 100  
 
Note: Please refer to the following links for NCERT Rationalised 2023-24 textbook   
  
https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lehs1=1-4 
https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lehs2=0-4# 
https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php?lehs3=0-4 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
                
CLASS XII 
COURSE CONTENT  
  Theme No. and Title Specific learning objectives 
Suggestive Teaching learning 
process 
Learning outcome with 
specific competencies 
 
Themes in Indian History Part—I 
 
 
 
1 
 
BRICKS, BEADS AND 
BONES The Harappan 
Civilisation 
 
? Familiarize the learner with 
the early urban centers as 
economic and social 
institutions. 
 
? Introduce the ways in which 
new data can lead to a 
revision of existing notions of 
history. 
 
? Find the difference between 
an archeologist and historian 
who Investigate and interpret 
historical and contemporary 
sources. 
? Inquiry based use of questions 
to explore. 
 
? Illustrate how archaeological 
excavations are undertaken, 
and their findings are 
interpreted. 
 
? Use of Picture charts and Map 
reading to trace the growth of 
urban centres. 
 
? To investigate, explore and 
interpret the early urban 
centres and social 
institutions. 
? State and deduce the multi-
lateral aspects of Harappan 
civilization to understand the 
first civilization of the world.  
? Investigate and interpret 
historical and contemporary 
sources and viewpoints of 
ASI and historians on 
Harappa. 
 
 
2 
 
KINGS, FARMERS AND 
TOWNS: Early States and 
? To Familiarize the learner 
with major trends in the 
political and economic history 
of the subcontinent. 
 
? Introduce inscriptional 
? Use of Archaeological 
Evidence Videos and 
Narration method to bring an 
understanding of the trends. 
 
? Virtual tour to analyse and 
understand the inscriptions 
? To critically evaluate and 
interpret major trends in the 
political and economic history 
of the subcontinent. 
 
? Decode inscriptional evidence. 
 
 
 
 
  
                
Economies (c.600 BCE600 
CE) 
analysis and the ways in 
which these have shaped the 
understanding of political and 
economic processes. 
 
? Critically examine the 
limitations of inscriptional 
evidence. 
  
? Analyse inscriptional evidences 
and the ways in which these 
have shaped the understanding 
of political and economic 
processes.  
3 
 
KINSHIP, CASTE AND 
CLASS, Early Societies 
(c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
? To Familiarize the learners 
with issues in social history. 
 
? Introduce the strategies of 
textual analysis and their use 
in reconstructing social 
history. 
 
? To appraise the condition of 
women during Mahabharata 
age. 
? Narration of the issues in 
social history. 
 
? Story boards can be used to 
discuss the scriptures of 
ancient India. 
 
? Debate & Group discussion 
condition of women during 
Mahabharata age. 
? To examine, analyse the issues 
of social history. 
 
? Analyse social norms in order to 
understand the perspectives of 
society given in the scriptures of 
ancient India. 
 
? Examine the varied dimensions 
explored by historians in order 
to understand dynamic 
approach of Mahabharata.. 
4 
 
THINKERS, BELIEFS AND 
BUILDINGS 
Cultural Developments 
(c. 600 BCE600 CE) 
? Discuss the major religious 
developments in early India. 
 
? Introduce strategies of visual 
analysis and their use in 
reconstructing the theories of 
religion. 
 
? Use of flow chart and Tabular 
columns to compare the major 
religions in ancient India. 
 
? Picture chart to discuss the 
stories in the sculptures.  
 
? To infer and compare the 
major religious developments 
in early India. 
 
? Elucidate the rich religious 
sculpture and infer the stories 
hidden in it. 
 
 
 
 
 
  
                
? Reconstructing the Mauryan 
administration with help of 
Arthasastra Indica and other 
sources. 
? Use of map to locate the 
places of religious 
development. 
 
? To create a picture album of 
the Buddhist sculpture/ 
 
Themes in Indian History Part—II 
5 
 
THROUGH THE EYES OF 
TRAVELLERS Perceptions 
of Society 
(c. tenth to seventeenth 
centuries) 
? Familiarize the learner with 
the salient features of social 
histories described by the 
travellers. 
 
? Discuss how traveller’s 
accounts can be used as 
sources of social history. 
 
? Familiarise with the accounts 
of foreign travellers in order 
to understand the social 
political and economic life in 
the medieval period. 
? Think Pair and share the 
features of social history as 
narrated by travellers. 
 
? Reading the text for knowing 
the traveller’s accounts which 
is the source of social history. 
 
? Narration of the writings of all 
the travellers. 
 
 
 
? To understand salient 
features of social histories 
described by the travellers 
and apply the learning in real 
life. 
 
? Elucidating the accounts of 
foreign travellers in order to 
understand the social political 
and economic life during the 
tenure of different rulers in 
the medieval period. 
 
? Compare and contrast the 
perspectives of Al Biruni, Ibn 
Battuta and Bernier towards 
Indian society. 
 
 
6 
 
BHAKTI –SUFI TRADITIONS 
Changes in Religious 
? Familiarize the learner with 
the religious developments. 
 
? Discuss ways of analysing 
devotional literature as 
? Use chronological order to 
track the developments. 
 
? Venn diagram to make 
comparison of different 
religious movements. 
? Understand the religious 
developments.  
 
? Summarize the philosophies 
of different Bhakti and Sufi 
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