New IGNOU BHIC-109 Help Book History of India –V (c. 1550 – 1605) in English – BAHIH History Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Sources and Historiography
Indo-Persian Histories and Persian Literary Traditions
Indic Literary Traditions and European Sources

Block 2 – Indian Political System
Regional and Local Polities
Timuri Antecedents
Afghan Polity
Mughal Conquests: Warfare and Alliances
The Nayaks

Block 3 – Consolidation of Mughal Rule
Historiography on State
Ideas on Kingship
Administrative Structure
Administrative Institutions: Mansab and Jagir
Composition of Nobility
Fiscal System

Block 4 – Economic Processes
Agrarian Economy and Agrarian Relations
Exchange Economy: Money and Currency
Towns, Cities and Growth of Urban Centres

Block 5 – Imagining the Sacred
State and Religion

Block 6 – Literature and Translations
Patronage of Literary Culture