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How do we reconstructthe social structure of the Iron Age ?

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Discussthe social and intellectualcontext of rise of Buddhismand Jainism.

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Examine the Harappan social structure.What are the changeswhich occur in societyafter the decline of the Harappan civilisation? 20

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Early Tamil Society

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Functionsof the Guilds

(iii) Significanceof ritualsin Vedic society (iv) Nature of archaeology

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Discusscriticallythe colonialanthropologists'views on tribes in the 20th centurv.

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Examine the nature of social discrimination as practisedin colonial India.

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Examine critically the position of women in the medievalsociety.

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18th centuryas a centuryof growth

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Gandhian critique of untouchability

(iii) Pull and push factors in migration (iv) Santhal Revolt

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