Overview

The History (Hons) course at Ashoka University has crafted an undergraduate curriculum which contains lessons about forgotten cities, folklores, speeches, letters, architecture, clothes, food, cinema, paintings and much more.

Key facts

A historian combines the skills of a detective, a scavenger, a judge and a ventriloquist. S/he is an artist and a skilled craftsperson who spins and weaves narratives of the past. Historical creativity lies in gathering, wrestling with, and connecting the traces of the past to construct a rich tapestry of human lives, emotions, and ideas. These traces come in various garbs – gravestones, burial sites, forgotten cities, mudpots, musical notes, folklores, war songs, memoirs, archival records, speeches, letters, newspapers, cartoons, cave art, paintings, architecture, clothes, food, chronicles, cinema, advertisements – all and any remnant of human existence.

A historian’s ability to make effective use of these materials requires inculcation of two core ideas: empathy and imagination. Empathy fuels and glues our connection with other humans. It helps us recognize others’ perceptions, feelings and ways of being. Empathy is a vital tool of a historian because it obligates a historian to question and challenge a single conception of the world in order to access other worlds and other lives. Thus the spirit of questioning and the consciousness of one’s own frames of reference is the starting point of historical inquiry. The second feature of imagination is the creative faculty which enables us to form images and feelings that ordinary senses cannot perceive. It is a critical instrument for a historian who studies worlds that are removed both in time and space from his or her own. Conjuring up those historical worlds requires a leap of imagination, a willing suspension of disbelief and a readiness to encounter the unknown.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

European History from Renaissance to Revolution

History of India: From Prehistoric Beginnings to the Mauryan Empire

History of India: From the Mauryan Empire to c. 1000 CE

History of India: From c. 1000 CE to 1764 CE

History of India: From 1764 CE to 1967 CE

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-05-31 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-21 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

Credits

160 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Sonipat, India

Disciplines

History View 9 other Bachelors in History in India

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Mandatory Application Requirements: Student and Family Details, Academic Scores (Classes X to XII), Non-Academic Engagement, Personal Essay

Optional Application Requirements: SAT/ACT/CUET/JEE Mains/Additional Tests, Letter of Recommendation (If an applicant provides their Recommender’s details, the Recommender might be contacted by the Office of Admissions provided there is a requirement)

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

1074000 INR / year

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Citizens or residents

1074000 INR / year

≈ 1074000 INR / year

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Scholarships Information

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