IGNOU MHI-104 Detailed Syllabus | Political Structures in India
- Last Updated on April 14, 2026
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Here you will get the full syllabus for the IGNOU MHI-104 : Political Structures in India.
The syllabus of IGNOU MHI-104 is divided in 8 Block and each block is again divided in Section.
We have listed the detailed syllabus of all the 8 Block and its Unit.
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Syllabus of MHI-104
Course Code
MHI-104
Course Title
Political Structures in India
Course Type
Compulsory Course
BLOCK
Total 8 Block
Programme
MAH : Master of Arts in History
University
IGNOU ( Indira Gandhi National Open University )
Block 1 – Early State Formation
- Unit 1 – Pre-state to State
- Unit 2 – Territorial States to Empire
- Unit 3 – Polities from 2nd Century BCE to 3rd Century CE
- Unit 4 – Non-monarchical Political Formations in Ancient India
- Unit 5 – Polities from 3rd Century CE to 6th Century CE
Block 2 – States in India: 7TH -13TH century CE
- Unit 1 – Early Medieval Polities in North India: 7th To 13th Centuries CE
- Unit 2 – Early Medieval Polities in Peninsular India 6th To 8th Centuries CE
- Unit 3 – Early Medieval Polities in Peninsular India 8th To 13th Centuries CE
- Unit 4 – Polities in Himalayan Region: Central and Western Himalayas
- Unit 5 – Polities in Himalayan Region: Eastern Himalayas
Block 3 – States in India: c. 1300-1800 CE
- Unit 1 – Delhi Sultanate-I
- Unit 2 – Emergence of Rajputs
- Unit 3 – Polities of North-Eastern India
- Unit 4 – Vijayanagara, Bahamani and other Kingdoms-I
- Unit 5 – The Mughal State
- Unit 6 – The Maratha State System
- Unit 7 – Maratha Administrative Structure
Block 4 – Eighteenth Century States
- Unit 1 – Eighteenth Century Polities: I
- Unit 2 – Eighteenth Century Polities: II
Block 5 – European Companies, Colonialism and Empire
- Unit 1 – Colonial Powers: Portuguese, Dutch and French
- Unit 2 – The British Colonial State
- Unit 3 – Princely States
Block 6 – Administrative and Institutional Structures
- Unit 1 – Administrative and Institutional Structures in Peninsular India
- Unit 2 – Administrative and Institutional Systems in North India
- Unit 3 – Law and Judicial Systems
Block 7 – Administrative and Institutional Structures
- Unit 1 – The Delhi Sultanate-II
- Unit 2 – Vijayanagara, Bahamani and other Kingdoms-II
- Unit 3 – The Mughal Empire
Block 8 – Colonialism and Empire
- Unit 1 – Ideologies of the Raj
- Unit 2 – Colonial Governance
- Unit 3 – Colonial Control of Resources
- Unit 4 – Colonial Intervention: Education and Society
- Unit 5 – North-Eastern India Under Colonial Rule
- Unit 6 – Independence and Establishment of Democratic Polity
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