BA 5th SEMESTER POLITICAL SCIENCE SYLLABUS. Indian Political Thought ( Compulsory)

 Four Year Undergraduate Programme 

Subject: Political Science 

Semester : 5th Semester 

Course Name : POL050204: Indian Political Thought ( Compulsory) 

Unit - I :  Ancient Political Thought 

a. Kautilya : Theory of State 

b. Manu : Social laws 

For English medium 

https://www.gradeyou.in/2026/09/mcqs-on-manu-ba-5th-semester.html

https://www.gradeyou.in/2026/09/2-mark-questions-on-manu.html

For Assamese medium 

https://www.gradeyou.in/2026/09/manu-mcq.html

https://www.gradeyou.in/2026/09/manu-ba-5th-semester-indian-political.html

Unit - II : Medieval Political Thought 

a. Ziauddin Barani : Ideal Polity.

b. Abul Fazl : Governance and Administration

Unit - III : Modern Political Thought 

a. Raja Ram Mohan Roy : Reformist Ideas

b. Gandhi: Swaraj, Satyagraha, Critique of Modern Civilisation

c. Nehru: Secularism, Socialism 

Unit - IV : Caste, Class and Gender in Indian Political Thought 

a. Ambedkar : The Revolution against Caste 

b. Lohia : Socialism 

c. Tarabai Shinde : Patriarchy and Caste