AR3017 History of Tamil Nadu Syllabus:

AR3017 History of Tamil Nadu Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES

 To introduce Tamil Nadu in terms of land, people, culture and civilization.
 To give knowledge about the historical forces in Tamil Nadu and the corresponding evolution of architecture and urbanism in Tamil Nadu upto colonial times.
 To give familiarity with Tamil Nadu and its cultural productions during colonial rule.
 To introduce modern Tamil Nadu and its processes and the effects on architecture and urbanism.

UNIT I TAMIL NADU – EARLY HISTORY TO 600 AD

Prehistoric sites of Tamil Nadu. Origin of Tamil Nadu. Geography and regions of Tamil Nadu. Cultural regions. Economic basis. Language and literature of the Tamil region.

UNIT II TAMIL NADU – AGE OF EMPIRES – 600- 1300

Political events within the Tamil region and across the subcontinent – Pallavas, Cholas, Pandyas. Different regions and capitals- timeline and intersections. Religious and cultural forces and resulting architecture and urbanism.

UNIT III TAMIL NADU – ISLAM AND PAN INDIAN FORCES – 1300 TO COLONIAL
RULE

Emergence of distinct and unique urbanism and architecture. Bhakthi movement and cities. Influences from Islam and North India. Urban nuclei and cross cultural influences.

UNIT IV COLONIALISM AND TAMIL NADU

Influence of colonialism on Tamil Nadu. Colonial cities and towns, cantonments and forts. Trade and commerce. Colonial institutions, architecture and urbanism. Political movements.

UNIT V MODERN TAMIL NADU

Political movements and social change. Freedom Struggle. Economic changes in modern Tamil Nadu after independence. Industries and growth. Technological industries. Urbanisation. Global cities and culture.

OUTCOME

 Familiarity with the origin and evolution of Tamil Nadu and its people.
 Knowledge about historical processes in Tamil Nadu before colonial rule and their effects on architecture and urbanism of Tamil Nadu.
 Familiarity with the effects of colonial rule in Tamil Nadu.
 Overall understanding of modern Tamil Nadu and development processes in urbanism and architecture.

TEXTBOOKS

1. Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (2000). A History of South India: From Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
2. Srinivasa Iyengar, P.T. History Of The Tamils, From The Earliest Times To 600 A. D.
3. Champakalakshmi R , Trade Ideology and Urbanization: South India 300 BC To AD 1300 , OUP, 1999
4. Christopher Tadgell, ‘The History of Architecture in India – From the Dawn of Civilization to the End of the Raj’, Phaidon, 2002.

REFERENCES

1. Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. (1984). The Colas. Madras: University of Madras.
2. Chithra Madhavan, History and Culture of Tamil Nadu, D.K. Print World Ltd, 2005
3. P. Subramanian, Social History of the Tamils 1707-1947, D.K. Print World Ltd, 1999
4. Noboru Karashima, A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations, OUP 2014