Unit-I Major Religious Traditions in Ancient India 1. Vedic and Puranic traditions 2. Schools of Buddhism and Jainism |
Unit-II Major Religious Traditions in Medieval India 1. Bhakti traditions: Saguna; Nirguna 2. Sufi traditions: Development of Chishtiyya and
Suhrawardiyya 3. Emergence of Sikhism |
Unit-III Socialisation and Dissemination from the Early Medieval
to Early Modern Era 1. Approaches to Shaiva, Shakta and Vaishnava in the
Early Medieval Era 2. Approaches to Islamisation in the Medieval Period |
Unit-IV Modernity and Religion 1. Making of Sacred Spaces: Banaras; Modern Religious
Identities 2. Debates on Secularism and the Indian Constitution |