New IGNOU EHI-02 Help Book India: Earliest Times to the 8th Century A.D. in English – BTS History Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Environment and Early Patterns of Adaptation
India: Physical Features
Regions in Indian History: Formation and Characteristics
Hunter-Gatherers: Archaeological Perspective
Origins of Agriculture and Domestication of Animals

Block 2 – Harappan Civilization
Antecedents, Chronology and Geographical Spread
Material Characteristics
Nature of Contacts
Society and Religion
Diffusion and Decline

Block 3 – Evolution of Early Indian Society: 2000 B.C. to 1000 B.C.
Chalcolithic and Early Iron Age-I
Chalcolithic and Early Iron Age-II
The Early Vedic Society
Changes in the Later Vedic Phase

Block 4 – India: 6th to 4th Century B.C.
Janapadas and the Mahajanapadas
Rise of Urban Centres
Society and Economy
Buddhism, Jainism and Other Religious Ideas

Block 5 – Polity, Society and Economy: 320 B.C. to 200 B.C.
Magadhan Territorial Expansion
Economy of the Mauryan Empire
Administrative Organisation and Relationship with Other Powers
Asoka’s Policy of Dhamma
Disintegration of the Empire

Block 6 – India: Century 200 B.C. to 300 A.D.
Northern-Western and Northern India
Expansion in Network of Trade and Urbanisation
Development in Religion
Art and Architecture

Block 7 – State and Society in South India: 200 B.C. to 300 A.D.
Early State Formation in Deccan
Early State Formation in South India (Tamilaham)
Agrarian Settlements and Agrarian Society in Peninsular India
Expansion of Trade and Urban Centres
Growth of Tamil Language and Literature

Block 8 – Indian Polity: C. 300-800 A.D.
Rise and Growth of Guptas
Economy, Society and Polity: Guptas
Post-Gupta Kingdoms in North India
Kingdoms in the Deccan and the South

Block 9 – Transition to Early Medieval India
Changes in Economy
Changes in Society
Structure of Polity
Developments in Religion