New IGNOU MHI-04 Help Book Political Structures in India in English – MA History Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Early State Formation
Pre-State to State
Territorial States to Empire
Polities from 2nd Century B.C to 3rd Century AD
Polities from 3rd Century A.D. to 6th Century A.D.

Block 2 – State in Early Medieval India
Early Medieval Polities in North India, 7th to 12th Centuries A.D.
Early Medieval Polities in Peninsular India 6th to 8th Centuries A.D.
Early Medieval Polities in Peninsular India 8th to 12th Centuries A.D.

Block 3 – State in Medieval Times
State under the Delhi Sultanate
Vijayanagara, Bahmani and other Kingdoms
The Mughal State
18th Century Successor States

Block 4 – Colonization- Part I
The Eighteenth Century Polities
Colonial Powers – Portuguese, Dutch and French
The British Colonial State
Princely States

Block 5 – Administrative and Institutional Structures
Administrative and Institutional Systems in North India
Law and Judicial Systems
Administrative and Institutional Structures in Peninsular India

Block 6 – Administrative and Institutional Structures
The Delhi Sultanate
Vijaynagar, Bahamani and Other Kingdoms
The Mughal Empire
18th Century Successor States

Block 7 – Colonization Part-II
Ideologies of the Raj
Activities
Resources
Extent of Colonial Intervention: Education and Society
End of the Colonial State-Establishment of Democratic Polity