--- type: "Book" knowledge_type: "book" entity_type: "book" id: "66ae541b191fdf5766655bee" title: "Themes in Indian History - II" board: "CBSE" curriculum: "CBSE" class_id: "66ab5807ffbb5019db722158" class: "Class 12" class_name: "Class 12" class_slug: "class-12" class_canonical_url: "https://www.edzy.ai/cbse-class-12" class_markdown_url: "https://www.edzy.ai/okf/class/cbse-class-12.md" subject_id: "66ab5c44543b6f461d7a9d31" subject: "History" subject_slug: "class-12-history" subject_canonical_url: "https://www.edzy.ai/cbse-class-12-history" subject_markdown_url: "https://www.edzy.ai/okf/subject/cbse-class-12-history.md" book: "Themes in Indian History - II" book_slug: "themes-in-indian-history-ii" canonical_url: "https://www.edzy.ai/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii" markdown_url: "https://www.edzy.ai/okf/book/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii.md" source_type: "examSubjectBook" source_id: "66ae541b191fdf5766655bee" source: "Edzy" chapter_count: "4" topic_count: "29" version: "1" last_updated: "2026-06-24" svg_icon: "https://edzy-ai.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/academic/class-12/66ae541b191fdf5766655bee.svg" book_svg_icon: "https://edzy-ai.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/academic/class-12/66ae541b191fdf5766655bee.svg" subject_svg_icon: "https://edzy-ai.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/edzy-express-ts/3801c978-a2ef-4b6f-a4a1-beb9298a6cc1.svg" color_name: "Rust Red" color_light_foreground: "#894C4C" color_light_background: "#FFE6E9" color_dark_foreground: "#894C4C" color_dark_background: "#321519" --- # Themes in Indian History - II Themes in Indian History - II is a CBSE Class 12 book for the subject History on Edzy. ## Knowledge Snapshot | Field | Details | | :------------ | :------------------------------- | | Board | CBSE | | Curriculum | CBSE | | Class | Class 12 | | Subject | History | | Book | Themes in Indian History - II | | Book Slug | themes-in-indian-history-ii | | Chapter Count | 4 | | Topic Count | 29 | | Last Updated | 2026-06-24 | --- ## Book Overview The book belongs to Class 12 and covers the subject History under the CBSE curriculum. The chapters and topics listed form the available book-level OKF inventory. --- ## OKF Hierarchy | Level | Title | Canonical URL | Markdown URL | | :------ | :------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------- | | Class | Class 12 | https://www.edzy.ai/cbse-class-12 | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/class/cbse-class-12.md | | Subject | History | https://www.edzy.ai/cbse-class-12-history | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/subject/cbse-class-12-history.md | | Book | Themes in Indian History - II | https://www.edzy.ai/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/book/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii.md | --- ## Chapter Index | No. | Chapter | Pages | Page Count | Topics | Canonical URL | Markdown URL | | :-------------- | :-------------- | :---------------------------------------- | :------------------------ | :--------------------------------- | :---------------------- | :--------------------- | | 1 | THEME FIVE - THROUGH THE EYES OF TRAVELLERS Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth century) | 115-139 | 25 | 7 | https://www.edzy.ai/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii-theme-five-through-the-eyes-of-travellers-perceptions-of-society-c-tenth-to-seventeenth-century | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/chapter/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii-theme-five-through-the-eyes-of-travellers-perceptions-of-society-c-tenth-to-seventeenth-century.md | | 2 | THEME SIX - BHAKTI-SUFI TRADITIONS Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth century | 140-169 | 30 | 8 | https://www.edzy.ai/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii-theme-six-bhakti-sufi-traditions-changes-in-religious-beliefs-and-devotional-texts-c-eighth-to-eighteenth-century | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/chapter/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii-theme-six-bhakti-sufi-traditions-changes-in-religious-beliefs-and-devotional-texts-c-eighth-to-eighteenth-century.md | | 3 | THEME SEVEN - AN IMPERIAL CAPITAL: VIJAYANAGARA (c. fourteenth to sixteenth century) | 170-195 | 26 | 6 | https://www.edzy.ai/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii-theme-seven-an-imperial-capital-vijayanagara-c-fourteenth-to-sixteenth-century | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/chapter/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii-theme-seven-an-imperial-capital-vijayanagara-c-fourteenth-to-sixteenth-century.md | | 4 | THEME EIGHT - PEASANTS, ZAMINDARS AND THE STATE Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. sixteenth-seventeenth centuries) | 196-225 | 30 | 8 | https://www.edzy.ai/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii-theme-eight-peasants-zamindars-and-the-state-agrarian-society-and-the-mughal-empire-c-sixteenth-seventeenth-centuries | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/chapter/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii-theme-eight-peasants-zamindars-and-the-state-agrarian-society-and-the-mughal-empire-c-sixteenth-seventeenth-centuries.md | --- ## Chapter Source Index | No. | Chapter | Source PDF | | :-------------- | :-------------- | :---------- | | 1 | THEME FIVE - THROUGH THE EYES OF TRAVELLERS Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth century) | https://edzy-ai.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/edzy-express-ts/3558a3cf-8e36-4220-9bea-7e80c9894992.pdf | | 2 | THEME SIX - BHAKTI-SUFI TRADITIONS Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth century | https://edzy-ai.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/edzy-express-ts/fb533edd-2765-4472-89f3-613850d4491c.pdf | | 3 | THEME SEVEN - AN IMPERIAL CAPITAL: VIJAYANAGARA (c. fourteenth to sixteenth century) | https://edzy-ai.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/edzy-express-ts/9ab8e26d-f1f9-4912-a560-b94a11a0c2bf.pdf | | 4 | THEME EIGHT - PEASANTS, ZAMINDARS AND THE STATE Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. sixteenth-seventeenth centuries) | https://edzy-ai.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/edzy-express-ts/3f48c6a9-dba8-4264-b38a-8ebb111fca56.pdf | --- ## Topic Inventory | No. | Topic ID | Topic | | :-- | :--------------------- | :------------------------------- | | 1 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fc9a | Al-Biruni and the Kitab-ul-Hind | | 2 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fc9c | Ibn Battuta's Rihla | | 3 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fc9e | François Bernier: A Doctor with a Difference | | 4 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fca1 | Making Sense of an Alien World | | 5 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fca3 | Ibn Battuta and the Excitement of the Unfamiliar | | 6 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fca5 | Bernier and the 'Degenerate' East | | 7 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fca7 | Women, Slaves, Sati and Labourers | | 8 | 69aa71a4a243cecf9625101c | A Mosaic of Religious Beliefs and Practices | | 9 | 69aa71a4a243cecf9625101e | Poems of Prayer: Early Traditions of Bhakti | | 10 | 69aa71a4a243cecf96251020 | The Virashaiva Tradition in Karnataka | | 11 | 69aa71a4a243cecf96251022 | Religious Ferment in North India | | 12 | 69aa71a4a243cecf96251024 | New Strands in the Fabric of Islamic Traditions | | 13 | 69aa71a4a243cecf96251026 | The Growth of Sufism | | 14 | 69aa71a4a243cecf96251028 | New Devotional Paths | | 15 | 69aa71a4a243cecf9625102a | Reconstructing Histories of Religious Traditions | | 16 | 69aa71a5a243cecf96251060 | The Discovery of Hampi | | 17 | 69aa71a5a243cecf96251062 | Rayas, Nayakas and Sultans | | 18 | 69aa71a5a243cecf96251064 | Vijayanagara: The Capital and its Environs | | 19 | 69aa71a5a243cecf96251066 | The Royal Centre | | 20 | 69aa71a5a243cecf96251068 | The Sacred Centre | | 21 | 69aa71a5a243cecf9625106a | Plotting Palaces, Temples and Bazaars | | 22 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c8b | Peasants and Agricultural Production | | 23 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c8d | The Village Community | | 24 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c8f | Women in Agrarian Society | | 25 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c91 | Forests and Tribes | | 26 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c93 | The Zamindars | | 27 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c95 | Land Revenue System | | 28 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c97 | The Flow of Silver | | 29 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c99 | The Ain-i Akbari of Abu’l Fazl Allami | --- ## Chapter-Wise Topic Map ### THEME FIVE - THROUGH THE EYES OF TRAVELLERS Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth century) | No. | Topic ID | Topic | | :-- | :--------------------- | :------------------------------- | | 1 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fc9a | Al-Biruni and the Kitab-ul-Hind | | 2 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fc9c | Ibn Battuta's Rihla | | 3 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fc9e | François Bernier: A Doctor with a Difference | | 4 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fca1 | Making Sense of an Alien World | | 5 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fca3 | Ibn Battuta and the Excitement of the Unfamiliar | | 6 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fca5 | Bernier and the 'Degenerate' East | | 7 | 69aa7160a243cecf9624fca7 | Women, Slaves, Sati and Labourers | ### THEME SIX - BHAKTI-SUFI TRADITIONS Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth century | No. | Topic ID | Topic | | :-- | :--------------------- | :------------------------------- | | 1 | 69aa71a4a243cecf9625101c | A Mosaic of Religious Beliefs and Practices | | 2 | 69aa71a4a243cecf9625101e | Poems of Prayer: Early Traditions of Bhakti | | 3 | 69aa71a4a243cecf96251020 | The Virashaiva Tradition in Karnataka | | 4 | 69aa71a4a243cecf96251022 | Religious Ferment in North India | | 5 | 69aa71a4a243cecf96251024 | New Strands in the Fabric of Islamic Traditions | | 6 | 69aa71a4a243cecf96251026 | The Growth of Sufism | | 7 | 69aa71a4a243cecf96251028 | New Devotional Paths | | 8 | 69aa71a4a243cecf9625102a | Reconstructing Histories of Religious Traditions | ### THEME SEVEN - AN IMPERIAL CAPITAL: VIJAYANAGARA (c. fourteenth to sixteenth century) | No. | Topic ID | Topic | | :-- | :--------------------- | :------------------------------- | | 1 | 69aa71a5a243cecf96251060 | The Discovery of Hampi | | 2 | 69aa71a5a243cecf96251062 | Rayas, Nayakas and Sultans | | 3 | 69aa71a5a243cecf96251064 | Vijayanagara: The Capital and its Environs | | 4 | 69aa71a5a243cecf96251066 | The Royal Centre | | 5 | 69aa71a5a243cecf96251068 | The Sacred Centre | | 6 | 69aa71a5a243cecf9625106a | Plotting Palaces, Temples and Bazaars | ### THEME EIGHT - PEASANTS, ZAMINDARS AND THE STATE Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. sixteenth-seventeenth centuries) | No. | Topic ID | Topic | | :-- | :--------------------- | :------------------------------- | | 1 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c8b | Peasants and Agricultural Production | | 2 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c8d | The Village Community | | 3 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c8f | Women in Agrarian Society | | 4 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c91 | Forests and Tribes | | 5 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c93 | The Zamindars | | 6 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c95 | Land Revenue System | | 7 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c97 | The Flow of Silver | | 8 | 69aa71cca243cecf96251c99 | The Ain-i Akbari of Abu’l Fazl Allami | --- ## Important Book Facts * The book belongs to Class 12. * The subject is History. * The board is CBSE. * The curriculum is CBSE. * The book contains 4 supplied chapters. * The metadata contains 29 supplied topics. --- ## Related OKF Entities | Entity Type | Title | Markdown URL | | :---------- | :------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------- | | Class | Class 12 | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/class/cbse-class-12.md | | Subject | History | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/subject/cbse-class-12-history.md | | Chapter | THEME FIVE - THROUGH THE EYES OF TRAVELLERS Perceptions of Society (c. tenth to seventeenth century) | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/chapter/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii-theme-five-through-the-eyes-of-travellers-perceptions-of-society-c-tenth-to-seventeenth-century.md | | Chapter | THEME SIX - BHAKTI-SUFI TRADITIONS Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. eighth to eighteenth century | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/chapter/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii-theme-six-bhakti-sufi-traditions-changes-in-religious-beliefs-and-devotional-texts-c-eighth-to-eighteenth-century.md | | Chapter | THEME SEVEN - AN IMPERIAL CAPITAL: VIJAYANAGARA (c. fourteenth to sixteenth century) | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/chapter/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii-theme-seven-an-imperial-capital-vijayanagara-c-fourteenth-to-sixteenth-century.md | | Chapter | THEME EIGHT - PEASANTS, ZAMINDARS AND THE STATE Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. sixteenth-seventeenth centuries) | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/chapter/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii-theme-eight-peasants-zamindars-and-the-state-agrarian-society-and-the-mughal-empire-c-sixteenth-seventeenth-centuries.md | --- ## Source Attribution | Field | Value | | :------------- | :------------------------------- | | Source | Edzy | | Reference Type | examSubjectBook | | Reference ID | 66ae541b191fdf5766655bee | | Book ID | 66ae541b191fdf5766655bee | | Canonical URL | https://www.edzy.ai/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii | | Markdown URL | https://www.edzy.ai/okf/book/cbse-class-12-history-themes-in-indian-history-ii.md | | Last Updated | 2026-06-24 |