BCS written syllabus

SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION     
       
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ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CULTURE 
Part-II 
 Marks-100  
 
a. Review of the sources for the study of the subject. 
b. Pre-Muslim background of the land and people of India. 
c. The Arab conquest of Sind -its effects; Sultan Mahmud‘s invasion of India and the later Ghaznavids; 
India on the eve of Muhammad Ghori‘s invasion; the battles of Tarain and the foundation of Muslim 
rule in India. 
d. Qutubuddin Aibak -the Mamluk dynasty -its consolidation by Iltutmish; the successors of Iltutmish; 
Ghiyasuddin Balban a nd his policy of consolidation with special reference to the theory of kingship; 
the beginning of Mongol invasion.  
e. The Khaljis: the foundation of the dynasty; Alauddin Khalji‘s conquests and price control system. 
f. The Tughlags: Muhammad b. Tughlag‘s ambiti ous projects and their results; Firuz Shah Tughlaq‘s 
reforms and army organization. 
Sayyids and Lodis: the forces of disintegration; the causes of the fall of Sultanate and the rise of the 
Mughals; Sher Shah Sur and his agrarian policy.  
Society, learning, culture, history-writing and administration under the Sultanate of Delhi. 
g. The foundation of Mughal Empire and its corresponding power, Zhairuddin Muhammad Babur -his 
struggle for power and the foundation of Mughal dynasty in India -character and achievement s; 
Nasiruddin Humayun -his struggle with Sher Shah, exile and restoration of power; Jalauddin 
Muhammad Akbar-his approchement with the Rajputs, The religious policy and the promulgation of 
Din-i-Elahi Nuruddin Jahangir -his state policy, patronization of art  and painting, the influence of 
Nurjahan in the court; Shihabuddin Shah Jahan -his administration and architectural development -war 
of succession among his sons; Muhiuddin Alamgir Aurangzib -his expansion of the empire -struggle 
with the Marahtas and Deccan p olicy-his revivalist and religious policy; the weak successors of the 
dynasty and the forces of disintegration; the causes for the decay and downfall of the dynasty; society, 
learning, culture and administration in Muhgal India.  
h. Advent of the Europeans and struggle for power 
English East India Company‘s ascendancy, the battles of Plassey and Buxar, the Grant of Diwani to 
the East India Company, Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar and the Indian war of Independence, 1857; 
Banishment of Bahadur Shah and the end of the Mughal rule theoretically and practically.