Survey of South Asian History
HIST88
About the Course:
South Asia, a subcontinent of 1.8 billion people, has a rich history of culture, empires, and ideas. This Spring 2026, the History department is offering a revamped course in South Asian History. The course will cover poetry, political ideas, architecture, and writings from the South Asian subcontinent, across ancient and medieval empires and major religions & languages. It takes important turning points in the relationship between subcontinental India, the Asian continent, and the wider world to analyze the Indian Ocean, European colonialism in Asia, and the modern countries of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Themes in the course include law & politics, gender & women’s history, religion & heterodoxy, power & identity, and colonialism & nationalism.
Pre-requisites:
No pre-requisites have been entered for this course.Documents:
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