DAMP™ History 2.0
By Chandrabhan Singh Sir
Start Date: 10 June 2021
Delivery Mode: Online
Validity: Till 10 Oct, 2021
Course Fee: ₹ 6,500 + GST
Features:
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- Daily Answer Writing Practice + Weekly Revision Tests + Weekly practice maps
- Thematic coverage of the entire syllabus in 8 weeks
- Personalized hand-holding through regular zoom sessions
- 2 Questions per day (1 for evaluation + 1 homework)
- Daily personalized evaluation
- Daily model answer framework
- Daily explanation video
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Why should you join this?
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- To hone answer writing skills
- To tune preparation to UPSC Mains requirement
- To revise the complete optional in two months
- To enrich the content
- To add value to preparation to get the extra edge
Structure of the Program:
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- Question will be released at 12.00 pm (Afternoon)
- Answer can be uploaded till 12:00pm (Next Day Afternoon)
- Answer Discussion video will be released at 12:00pm (Next Day Afternoon)
For complete Terms and Conditions scroll to the bottom
DAMP – History 2.0 Schedule
| Ancient India | ||||
| DAY | DATE | TOPIC | ||
| Day 1 | 10-Jun-21 | – Different sources to the study of Ancient History | ||
| – Evolution of the study of Ancient History – Different Schools of Historiography | ||||
| – Historical consciousness | ||||
| Day 2 | 11-Jun-21 | – Early Indians during early stone age | ||
| – Mesolithic Age – Age of Transition | ||||
| – Neolithic revolution – Beginning of sedentary community life. | ||||
| Day 3 | 12-Jun-21 | – Chalcolithic rural communities | ||
| – Megalithic communities in South India | ||||
| Day 4 | 14-Jun-21 | – First urbanisation in India (Indus Valley civilisation) | ||
| – Beginning, evolution, maturing and decline | ||||
| – Trade contacts, subsistence base, belief system, script, art and culture | ||||
| Day 5 | 15-Jun-21 | – Aryans – Origin | ||
| – Geographical spread of the Aryans in the Indian subcontinent | ||||
| – Vedic culture, religion, polity, society, economy | ||||
| – Evolution of concept of social hierarchy | ||||
| – Vedic literature and philosophy | ||||
| Day 6 | 16-Jun-21 | – Age of revolutions (600 BC) | ||
| – Iron revolution – second urbanisation, craft proliferation, craft institutionalisation | ||||
| – Political revolution – rise of mahajanapadas and republics. | ||||
| – Magadha’s prominence – Seat of power in north India | ||||
| – Intellectual revolution – rise of heterodox sects. | ||||
| – Beginning of script, coinage, new trade routes | ||||
| Day 7 | 17-Jun-21 | – Intellectual revolution – rise of heterodox sects. | ||
| – Age of foreign invasions | ||||
| – Achaemenid empire and India | ||||
| – Alexander’s invasion and impact | ||||
| – Contact with the Greco-Roman world | ||||
| – Political condition in India on the eve of establishment of Mauryan empire | ||||
| Day 8 | 18-Jun-21 | – Mauryan Empire – Establishment and expansion | ||
| – New orientation to statecraft – Arthashastra | ||||
| – Mauryan centralisation, elaborate bureaucracy, the role of the state in the economy | ||||
| Day 9 | 19-Jun-21 | – Mauryan Empire | ||
| – Mauryan society and belief system | ||||
| – Megasthenes account | ||||
| – Ashoka – Paternal despotism, Inscriptions, Dhamma, foreign contacts | ||||
| – Mauryan art and crafts | ||||
| – Decline of Mauryas | ||||
| Day 10 | 21-Jun-21 | – Post Mauryan Age | ||
| – Regional kingdoms – Sungas and Kanvas | ||||
| – Arrival of Indo Greeks, their conquests, influences | ||||
| – Mercantile age – rise of guilds, monetised economy, prosperous trade. | ||||
| – Assimilative art and culture | ||||
| Day 11 | 22-Jun-21 | – Satavahanas – Origin, establishment as political class | ||
| – Conflict with Western Kashatrapas, politico-admin | ||||
| – Religion, society, art and culture | ||||
| – Begnning of the system of Land Grants | ||||
| Day 12 | 23-Jun-21 | – Age of Imperial Guptas – Origin, expansion, and consolidation | ||
| – Inscriptions and coins as primary sources | ||||
| – Politico – admin | ||||
| – Golden age, Classical age | ||||
| – Crystallisation of Hinduism, Social orthodoxy | ||||
| – Hindu philosophy, law schools, Nagara art | ||||
| – Gupta – Vakataka politics | ||||
| – Fa-hein and Itsing’s account | ||||
| – Decline of Guptas | ||||
| Day 13 | 24-Jun-21 | – History of deccan and far south | ||
| – Kharvela (1st century BC) – Patronage of Jainism, administration | ||||
| – Chalukyas of Badami – politico admin, religion | ||||
| – Chalukyas of Badami – two-front conflict with Pallavas and Pushyabhutis | ||||
| – Sangam age – literature, polity, economy, society, belief system | ||||
| – Pallavas – Politico-administration, religion, art, society | ||||
| Day 14 | 25-Jun-21 | – Age of Harsha | ||
| – Maukharis and rise of Pushyabhutis | ||||
| – Harsha confederate polity, patronage to buddhism, welfarism | ||||
| – Was Harsha the last great king in the north? | ||||
| – Hiuen Tsang and Banabhatta’s account | ||||
| Day 15 | 26-Jun-21 | – Transition from ancient to Early Medieval India | ||
| – Development of tantrism, Tamil Bhakti | ||||
| – Miscellaneous themes in ancient India – Slavery, Banking, Coinage, money lending | ||||
| – Evolution and development of different streams of philosophy | ||||
| – Development of scientific know how and its applications. | ||||
| Medieval India | ||||
| Day 16 | 28-Jun-21 | – Early Medieval India | ||
| – Indian feudalism | ||||
| – Feudalism – urbanisation incompatibility, monetary anaemia | ||||
| – Decline and revival of trade | ||||
| – Changes in social structure – Caste proliferation, Rajputisation, Mahttaras, Kayastha | ||||
| Day 17 | 29-Jun-21 | – Political models – Feudal, Integrative, Segmentary | ||
| – Rise of clan-based Rajput polity, Rajput society | ||||
| – Rise of imperial Cholas – polity, imperialism, democratic village assemblies, art and culture | ||||
| Day 18 | 30-Jun-21 | – Advent of Arabs in India | ||
| – Islam and its arrival in India, Sufism | ||||
| – Development of regional literature – Arabic literature, Biographies, Jaina literature, Bardic literature | ||||
| – Kalhan’s Rajtarangini, Alberuni’s India | ||||
| Day 19 | 01-Jul-21 | – Tripartite struggle for supremacy in north India and regional powers | ||
| – Central Asian politics and arrival of Turks | ||||
| – Turkish – Rajput rivalry | ||||
| – Establishment of Delhi Sultanate – nature, kingship, | ||||
| – Mamluk dynasty – Aibak, Iltutmish, Razia Sultana, Balban | ||||
| Day 20 | 02-Jul-21 | – Khilji revolution | ||
| – Tughluq dynasty – Muhammad Bin Tughluq, Firuz Tughlug | ||||
| – Beginning of decline of Delhi sultanate | ||||
| Day 21 | 03-Jul-21 | – Mongol threat and response of Delhi sultanate | ||
| – Land revenue system during sultanate | ||||
| – Development of education | ||||
| – Indo – Islamic art | ||||
| Day 22 | 05-Jul-21 | – Society, economy, art during Delhi sultanate | ||
| – Composition of rural society, ruling classes, town dwellers, women, religious classes, caste and slavery. | ||||
| – Economy: Agricultural production, the rise of urban economy and non-agricultural production, trade and commerce | ||||
| Day 23 | 06-Jul-21 | – Bhakti movement, Sufi movement | ||
| – Persian literature, regional literature, Bhakti literature | ||||
| – Foreign travellers account | ||||
| Day 24 | 07-Jul-21 | – Rise of provincial dynasties | ||
| – Bengal, Kashmir (Zainul Abedin), Gujarat, Malwa | ||||
| – Lodi dynasty – Sikandar Lodi. Ibrahim Lodi | ||||
| Day 25 | 08-Jul-21 | – Vijayanagar Kingdom – polity, religion, art | ||
| – Bahmani kingdom – Polity, Ethnic strife and split into successor states, art. | ||||
| Day 26 | 09-Jul-21 | – Mughal Empire | ||
| – Central Asian politics and arrival of Babur | ||||
| – Babur’s account of India | ||||
| – Establishment, expansion, and consolidation of the empire | ||||
| – Humayun | ||||
| Day 27 | 10-Jul-21 | – Age of Akbar – Religion, administration, relation with rajputs, land revenue system, art | ||
| – Jahangir, Shahjahan – Administration, Religion, Rajput Policy, Art | ||||
| – Land revenue system | ||||
| – Nobility | ||||
| Day 28 | 12-Jul-21 | – Aurangzeb – Religious Orthodoxy, Strain In Ties – Rajputs, Sikhs, Marathas, Deccan Ulcer | ||
| – Decline of Mughals | ||||
| – Mughal’s Foreign Policy | ||||
| – Mughals and Europeans | ||||
| Day 29 | 13-Jul-21 | – Society, Economy and Community life during Mughal rule | ||
| – Population, Agricultural production, Craft production; Towns | ||||
| – Patronage and development of Persian literature | ||||
| Day 30 | 14-Jul-21 | – Regional kingdoms | ||
| – Rise of Maratha polity – Role of Shivaji | ||||
| – Shivaji – Administration, Land Revenue System, Religion | ||||
| – Ahom Kingdom | ||||
| – Development of scientific know how and it’s applications | ||||
| MINI TEST | 15-Jul-21 | Ancient+ Medieval | ||
| MODERN INDIA | ||||
| Day 31 | 22-Jul-21 | – India in 18th Century | ||
| – Decline of Mughals and Rise of Fragmented Polity | ||||
| – Successor States, Rebel States, Autonomous States | ||||
| – Society, economy, and culture in 18th century | ||||
| Day 32 | 23-Jul-21 | – Europeans as traders in India | ||
| – Portuguese, Dutch, British, Danish, French | ||||
| – Nature of Asiatic trade vs Mediterranean trade | ||||
| – Political aspirations of European trade companies and war with native states | ||||
| Cultural Divide and European Supremacy | ||||
| Day 33 | 24-Jul-21 | – Establishment of British rule in India | ||
| – Evolution of British from traders to political entity | ||||
| – British supremacy over other European trade entities | ||||
| – War with Native states and establishment of British Paramountcy | ||||
| – Trojan horse tactics, Doctrine of lapse | ||||
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| Day 34 | 26-Jul-21 | – Economic imperialism during British rule | ||
| – Different phases of economic exploitation | ||||
| – Modes of plunder – tribute, mercantilism, home charges, council bills, rupee sterling ratio manipulation, finance capitalism | ||||
| – Ecological Imperialism | ||||
| – Response of Indian Nationalists – Drain of Wealth Theory | ||||
| – British response to economic critique – nightwatchman, white man’s burden | ||||
| – Land Revenue System | ||||
| – Deindustrialisation | ||||
| – Commercialisation of agriculture | ||||
| Famines and British response | ||||
| Day 35 | 27-Jul-21 | – Early structure of British rule and Constitutional developments (I) | ||
| – Nature of company – Court of directors, Court of proprietors, relation with the crown | ||||
| – From diarchy to direct control; The Regulating Act(1773); The Pitt’s India Act(1784); The Charter Act(1833) | ||||
| – The voice of free trade and the changing character of British colonial rule | ||||
| Role of Ideology in justifying British rule and policy formulation – English utilitarianism, Orientalists, Evangelicals, Anglicists, Liberals | ||||
| Day 36 | 28-Jul-21 | – Socio Religious Reform Movements | ||
| – British Cultural Imperialism and Indian Response – Reformism And Revivalism | ||||
| – Ram Mohan Roy, The Brahmo Movement; Devendranath Tagore; Iswarchandra Vidyasagar, The Young Bengal Movement | ||||
| – Dayanada Saraswati and Arya Samaj movement | ||||
| – Agenda of social reform – Sati Abolition, Widow Remarriage, Child Marriage Regulation etc. | ||||
| – Movements in various communities – Muslim, Sikhs, Parsis | ||||
| – Religious Revivalism and Growing Orthodoxy | ||||
| – Caste movements in south India and Maharashtra | ||||
| – Self-Respect Movements, Temple Entry Movements | ||||
| – Dalit Emancipation and Empowerment – Jyotiba Phule, Sri Narayan Guru, Periyar, Ambedkar | ||||
| – Contribution of Indian Renaissance to the Growth of Modern India | ||||
| Day 37 | 29-Jul-21 | – India’s response to British rule | ||
| – Peasant Movements and Tribal Uprisings in the 18th and 19th Centuries | ||||
| – The Great Revolt of 1857 – Origin, character, causes of failure, the consequences; | ||||
| – The shift in the character of peasant uprisings in the post-1857 period; the peasant movements of the 1920s and 1930s | ||||
| Day 38 | 30-Jul-21 | – Rise of Nationalism and beginning of the Political Struggle | ||
| – Nationalism – Historiography, various dimensions, causative factors, different interpretations by nationalists | ||||
| – Rise of political associations from the 1830s culminating in the formation of Indian national congress | ||||
| – Indian national congress – different theories related to its formation, evolving social composition, ideology, objectives | ||||
| British early response to the formation of Indian national congress – Wait and watch – selective cooperation – criticism – repression – conciliation – suppression | ||||
| Day 39 | 31-Jul-21 | – Nationalistic upsurge and the beginning of the Mass-Movement | ||
| – Moderates and Extremists – ideology, program of action, limitations | ||||
| – The Partition of Bengal (1905) and Swadeshi movement | ||||
| – Surat split (1907) | ||||
| – Beginning of Revolutionary Extremism in India | ||||
| Day 40 | 02-Aug-21 | – World War I and Freedom Struggle | ||
| – Role of Indians in WWI | ||||
| – British Protectionism and spurt to Indigenous Industrial Growth | ||||
| – Revolutionary extremism outside India – Ghadr movement, Hindu – German conspiracy, Afghanistan, Paris, February Mutiny | ||||
| Home Rule Movement | ||||
| Day 41 | 03-Aug-21 | – Gandhian politics | ||
| – Gandhi before India – South African Experiment, Evolution of Satyagraha, Gandhian Ashrams | ||||
| – Arrival of Gandhi in India – Champaran satyagraha, Ahmedabad mill strike, Kheda satyagraha, Rowlatt satyagraha | ||||
| – Gandhian ideology – Means-Ends Approach, Trusteeship, S-T-S, Pressure – compromise, Satyagraha, Hindu-Muslim Unity, Sarvodaya, Gram Swaraj, Wardha Model of Education | ||||
| Day 42 | 04-Aug-21 | – Beginning of organised Mass-Movements – Rowlatt satyagraha, Khilafat movement, Non-cooperation movement, Bardouli satyagraha, Civil Disobedience movement, Quit India movement | ||
| – Gandhi – Ambedkar, Gandhi – Tagore, Gandhi – Nehru, Gandhi – Subhash | ||||
| – Gandhi’s subaltern politics | ||||
| Day 43 | 05-Aug-21 | – Turbulent 1920s | ||
| – -Rise of Communists and Trade Unionism | ||||
| – Communist – Congress relationship | ||||
| – Swarajists program, Achievements and Decline | ||||
| – Revival of Revolutionary Extremism – Ideological Dimension | ||||
| – Arrival of Simon commission – Nehru report – Lahore session | ||||
| Day 44 | 06-Aug-21 | – Constitutional Developments in the Colonial India between 1858 and 1935 | ||
| – Revolutionaries, Women, Capitalists, Anglo Indians, Peasants, Tribals | ||||
| – Rise of Left – Left within Congress: Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, Congress Socialist Party | ||||
| Day 45 | 07-Aug-21 | – Freedom and Partition | ||
| – WWII and British response – August Offer, Cripps proposal | ||||
| – Beginning of transfer of power – Wavell plan, Cabinet mission, Atlee’s declaration, Dickiebird plan, Mountbatten plan | ||||
| – Challenges in the transfer of power – League’s demand for a separate state | ||||
| – Attempts towards reconciliation – Rajaji formula, Desai Liaquat talks, Wavell plan. | ||||
| – Partition – Historiography, Impact | ||||
| – Communalism and the politics of partition | ||||
| World History | ||||
| Day 46 | 09-Aug-21 | – Enlightenment and Modern ideas | ||
| – Kant, Rousseau, Voltaire, Max Weber, John Locke, Thomas Moore | ||||
| – Spread of Enlightenment in the colonies | ||||
| – Rise of socialist ideas (up to Marx) | ||||
| – Spread of Marxian Socialism | ||||
| – Different strands of socialism – Marxism, Fabian Socialism, Leninism, Maoism, Nehru’s Socialism | ||||
| Day 47 | 10-Aug-21 | – European States System – rise of nation-states under monarchy. | ||
| – Modern political ideologies – Imperialism, Colonialism, Neo-imperialism, Neo-colonialism | ||||
| – British Democratic Politics, 1815- 1850; Parliamentary Reformers, Free Traders, Chartists | ||||
| Day 48 | 11-Aug-21 | – American Revolution and the Constitution | ||
| – American Civil War and the Abolition of Slavery | ||||
| Day 49 | 12-Aug-21 | – French revolution and aftermath – different stages, rise of modern ideologies. | ||
| – Napoleonic era (1789- 1815) | ||||
| – July Revolution 1830, February Revolution 1848 | ||||
| Day 50 | 13-Aug-21 | – Industrialization | ||
| – English Industrial Revolution: Causes and Impact on Society | ||||
| – Industrialization in other countries: USA, Germany, Russia, China, Japan | ||||
| – Industrialization and Globalization | ||||
| Day 51 | 14-Aug-21 | – Rise of modern nation-states | ||
| – Rise of Nationalism in 19th century | ||||
| – Nationalism: state-building in Germany and Italy | ||||
| – Disintegration of Empires in the face of the emergence of nationalities across the world | ||||
| – Eastern Question and Balkan conundrum | ||||
| Day 52 | 16-Aug-21 | – Imperialism and Colonialism | ||
| – South and South-East Asia | ||||
| – Latin America and South Africa | ||||
| – Australia | ||||
| – Imperialism and free trade | ||||
| Rise of neo-imperialism | ||||
| Day 53 | 17-Aug-21 | – Revolution and Counter-Revolution | ||
| – Unification of Italy and Germany | ||||
| Day 54 | 18-Aug-21 | – The Russian Revolution of 1917- 1921 | ||
| – The Chinese Revolution of 1949 | ||||
| Day 55 | 19-Aug-21 | – World War I: Causes and consequences. | ||
| – Between World Wars – Efforts towards establishment of peace – league of nations, treaties and conventions, policy of appeasement, great depression and its impact | ||||
| Day 56 | 20-Aug-21 | – World War II: Causes and consequence | ||
| – Rise of an international world order – United Nations, GATT, World Bank, IMF, European Union | ||||
| – Declaration of human rights, 1948 | ||||
| Day 57 | 21-Aug-21 | – Emergence of two power blocs – Cold War politics | ||
| Day 58 | 23-Aug-21 | – Emergence of Third World and Non-alignment. | ||
| – UNO and the global disputes resolution | ||||
| Day 59 | 24-Aug-21 | – Liberation from Colonial Rule | ||
| – Latin America-Bolivar | ||||
| – Arab World-Egypt | ||||
| – Africa-Apartheid to Democracy | ||||
| – South-East Asia-Vietnam | ||||
| – Decolonization and Underdevelopment | ||||
| – Factors constraining development – Latin America, Africa | ||||
| Day 60 | 25-Aug-21 | – Post War Foundations: NATO and European Community | ||
| – Consolidation and Expansion of European Community | ||||
| – European Union | ||||
| – Disintegration of Soviet Union and the Rise of the Unipolar World | ||||
| MINI-TEST 2 | 26-Aug-21 | Modern + World History | ||
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