IGNOU MHI-104 Help Book Political Structures in India in English – MAHI (New) History Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Early State Formation
Pre-state to State
Territorial States to Empire
Polities from 2nd Century BCE to 3rd Century CE
Non-monarchical Political Formations in Ancient India
Polities from 3rd Century CE to 6th Century CE

Block 2 – States in India: 7TH -13TH century CE
Early Medieval Polities in North India: 7th To 13th Centuries CE
Early Medieval Polities in Peninsular India 6th To 8th Centuries CE
Early Medieval Polities in Peninsular India 8th To 13th Centuries CE
Polities in Himalayan Region: Central and Western Himalayas
Polities in Himalayan Region: Eastern Himalayas

Block 3 – States in India: c. 1300-1800 CE
Delhi Sultanate-I
Emergence of Rajputs
Polities of North-Eastern India
Vijayanagara, Bahamani and other Kingdoms-I
The Mughal State
The Maratha State System
Maratha Administrative Structure

Block 4 – Eighteenth Century States
Eighteenth Century Polities: I
Eighteenth Century Polities: II

Block 5 – European Companies, Colonialism and Empire
Colonial Powers: Portuguese, Dutch and French
The British Colonial State
Princely States

Block 6 – Administrative and Institutional Structures
Administrative and Institutional Structures in Peninsular India
Administrative and Institutional Systems in North India
Law and Judicial Systems

Block 7 – Administrative and Institutional Structures
The Delhi Sultanate-II
Vijayanagara, Bahamani and other Kingdoms-II
The Mughal Empire

Block 8 – Colonialism and Empire
Ideologies of the Raj
Colonial Governance
Colonial Control of Resources
Colonial Intervention: Education and Society
North-Eastern India Under Colonial Rule
Independence and Establishment of Democratic Polity