UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

• Head of the Dept. : Dr. Ashok Kumar Sinha
• Year of Establishment : 1962
• Built Up Area : 4000 sq. ft.
• Level Of Study : M.A., Ph.D.

MAJOR FOCUS AREAS:

TEACHING : SPECIALIZATION

• Ancient Indian History.
• Medieval Indian History.
• Modern Indian History.
• Ancient Societies.
• Ancient Societies.
• Islamic World.
• Contemporary World.
• History Of Bihar.

RESEARCH : SPECIALIZATION

• Regional History.
• Science & Technology.
• Social & Economic field Of Indian History.
• Economic History.
• Cultural History.
• Buddhist Culture.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT:

Academic performance of the department remained brilliant since the date of establishment with organization of workshop, Visheshwar pd. Memorial lectures,seminars & publication of departmental journal.The Session of Indian History congress was organised in… .Teachers of the faculty members paricipated in seminars,symposiums and other academic conferences contributed their articles; students participated in sports, cultural activities & debates and contributed medals to the department

FACILITIES:

A grand separate building for the department furnished with modern furnitures,computer, staff room, Rich library, Kent drinking water.

AT A GLANCE :

• Sanctioned strength of students in M.A. (Previous) : 100.
• Sanctioned strength of students in M.A. (Final) : 100
• No. of books in the Department Library :3914
• Journal/Periodicals subscribed by the department : 30
• Ratio of students to teachers : 26:5
• No of Research Paper published : 60
• Ratio of research scholars to teachers : 2:5
• Admission on the basis of Honours marks and Master’s Admission Test (MAT).

• Three projects are under consideration at ICHR, UGC :

  • Land and people of Bihar with special reference to ‘Ang’.
  • A study of sources for the History of Medieval Bihar.
  • Freedom Movement in old Bhagalpur District.