History-I
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University · LL.B. Semester 1
Unit I — State Formation and the social & material milieu of Ancient India
State Formation in Ancient India: Vedic Period-Tribal Polity and the · Assemblies (Vidatha, Sabha, Samiti);The Royal Function; Social organization (varna& ashram), Economic structure and Religious beliefs; · Later Vedic Developments. · Oligarchies and Republics. · Rise of heterodox sects: Jainism and Buddhism-Material and Social milieu, tenets and points of similarity.
Unit II — Administration and Governments of Early Territorial States
State and Government under the first territorial State: Mauryas- · Administrative System with special emphasis on administration of justice. · Guptas: Administrative setup and nature of polity; judicial organization and the administration of justice. · Position of Women in Ancient India: Education, Marriage, Divorce, · Prostitution, Widows and their rights to inheritance.
Unit III — Legal System and Administration of Justice in Ancient India
Legal Literature; The role of Smritikars; Sources of Law- the concept of · Dharma. · Judicial Institutions & Types of courts; Role of the Judges; Crime and · Punishments. · Role of Village Panchayats; Arbitration in Ancient India.
Unit IV — Political Ideas and Institutions; Law, Legal Institutions and Judicial
Organization under the Turko-Afghans and the Mughals. · Administration under the Turko-Afghan Delhi Sultanate: The Slaves- · Balban’s Political Ideas and Theory of Kingship; The Khaljis- Market · Regulations; The Tuglaqs- New orientation of State Policy. · The Mughlas: Nature of Polity, Political Ideas and Institutions. Central · Administrative Apparatus & Departmental Administration, Mansabdari · System · Social Transformation-Bhakti and Sufi Movements
Unit V — Law, Legal institutions and Judicial Organization under the Delhi
Sultanate and the Mughals. · Sources and character of Muslim Law · Judicial Administration; Changes introduced under Akbar. · Criminal Law &Punishment and salient features of Islamic Criminal Law. · Defects in Judicial Administration