1. Pre-history
2. Protohistory (incl. Indus culture)
3. BC 500-200 (the Buddha to Mauryas)
4. BC 200-AD 300 (including Sangam Age)
5. 300-700 (Guptas to Harsha)
6. 700-1000 (Gurjara-Pratiharas, “Indian Feudalism”)

1. Early Medieval India, 1000-1200 (incl. Cholas)
2. 1200-1526 (Delhi Sultanate, Vijayanagara Empire)
3. 1526-1707 (Mughal Empire)
4. Eighteenth Century (Indian States)

1. 1757-1800 (British Regime)
2. 1800-1858 (excl. 1857 Rebellion)
3. 1858-1914 (excl. National Movement)
4. 1914-47(excl. National Movement)
5. After Independence

1.Afghanistan
2. Pakistan
3. Bangladesh
4. Nepal and Bhutan
5. Sri Lanka

1. China
2. Japan

1. Archaeobotany
2. Archaeozoology

25. 1. Diplomatic

1. Agriculture and agrarian relations
2. Urban history
3. Crafts and industry
4. Commerce
4.1 Inland commerce
4.2 International commerce
5. Credit, money and banking
6. Taxation and public finance
7.Transport, Communications
8.Navigation and shipping
9.Diet, culinary history

1. Science
2. Medicine
2.1 Ayurveda
2.2 Tibb
2.3 Modern medicine (incl. Surgery) and health (incl. History of diseases)
2.4 Other systems of medicine
3. Production technology (incl. Navigation techniques)
4. Philosophy of science and science policy

1. Castes and tribes
1.1. Tribal history
2. Women
3. Peasantry
4. Working-class
5. Slavery
6. Middle classes (incl. Intelligentsia)
7. Other classes
8. Manners and customs
9. Social reform movements

1. Hinduism (incl. Vedic & Forms of Brahmanism)
2. Buddhism
3. Jainism
4. Christianity
5. Islam
6. Sikhism
7. Kabir and other similar sects
8. Zoroastrianism
9. Animism, tribal religion
10. Communalism

1. Architecture
2. Sculpture
3. Painting
4. Music
5. Other arts

1. Dynastic history
2. Administration, state structure
3. Constitutional history
4. International relations
4.1. India’s foreign policy

1. Anti-British struggles and movements before 1885 (incl. 1857 Rebellion)
2. Indian national movement

1. Military organization
2. Military technology

1. Political thought
2. Humanism, “Renaissance”

1. Historical linguistics, etymology
2. Sanskrit
3. Prakrit
4. Tamil
5. Arabic
6. Persian
7. Bengali
8. Hindi (incl. Dialects)
9. Urdu
10. Marathi
11. Gujarati
12. Telugu
13. Kannada
14. Malayalam
15. Oriya
16. Assamese
17. Kashmiri
18. Panjabi (incl. Dogri)
19. English
20. Other languages and literature

1. Mapping
2. Onomastics (incl. Place-names)

1. History of animals
2. History of plants

1. Premodern historiography
2. Modern historiography

General Fellowship (Post-doctoral) has been granted to the following persons ---->>>>

1. Shanti Pappu Sharma (Pune, Maharashtra) Palaeolithic Archaeological Investigations at the site of Attirampakkam, Tiruvallur District, Tamilnadu.
2. N. Srivastava (Basti, UP), Purva Madhya Kalin Rajasva Vyavastha evam Tadyugin Prashasnik Padon ka ek Adhyayan.
3. B. Prasad, (Delhi), A Study of the Historical Development of Buddhism in Punjab and Its Impact (upto 10th Century A.D.).
4. Asha Singh (Varanasi, UP), Pracheen Bharat Mein Sampatik Vibhajan Avem Uttaradhikar Sambandhyee Nivam Avem Kanoon Avem Adhunik Sandarbh Mein Uski Prasangita.
5. R.P. Singh (Varanasi, UP), Plant Economy and Agriculture in Early History of India (A Study Based on Literary and Archaeological Sources.
6. Manisha Sinha ( Varanasi, UP), Prachin Bhartiye Lok-Dharm – Ek Adhyayana (100 BC – 110 A.D).
7. Shobha Pathak (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) Jaina Parampara evam Silalekhon Mein Dana Sambandhi Vivarna.
8. V.K. Singh (Varanasi, UP), Purva Madhyakalin Budh Tantrik Devion ki Samajik evam Dharmik Pristhabhumi.
9. B.K. Mishra (Bodh Gaya, Bihar), A Cultural Study of Inscriptions of Ancient Cambodia.
10. J.P. Singh (Allahabad, UP), Jharkhand ki Jan-Jatiya evam Kalaon ka Ek Samikshit Adhyayan.
11. V.K. Jha (Jaipur, Rajasthan), Jain Sahitya Mein Sainya Vigyan (7th to 14th Century A.D.).
12. P. Sumabala (Egmore, Tamilnadu), Migration of Communities between Andhrapradesh and Tamilnadu and its impact on the History of South India.
13. Sarika Singh (Delhi), Samajik Avam Arthik Pariprekshya Mein Jaunpur ke Sufi Santon ka Itihasik Adhyayan (1394 – 1500 A.D.).
14. V. Shah (Pune, Maharashtra), A Study of the Temples of Medieval Maharashtra (11th to 14th Centuries A.D.).
15. Suman Mathur (Delhi), Art and Culture Under Gurjara Pratiharas.
16. S.P. Pandey (Varanasi, UP), Vaikhanasa Agama – Tantra ka Sanskritika Anushilana.
17. Vibha Singh (Varanasi, UP), Punarjagram aur Naari ki Sthiti.
18. Shalini Singh (Faizabad, UP), Bhakti Andolan Mein Nari – Mithak Athwa Yathart.
19. Veena Goyal (Ajmer, Rajasthan), Historical Study of Aparajitpraccha (C. 1200 A.D.).
20. Prabha Tripathi (Varanasi, UP), Jain Prabandhan ka Ek Adhyayan.
21. V. Chaudhary (Jaipur, Rajasthan), Peasant Movement in Bikaner State (1923 – 1955 A.D.).
22. Ahmad Khan (Delhi), A Socio-Cultural History of Awadh (1722 - 1856 A.D.) as reflected in Urdu Sources.
23. Anand Tiwari (Varanasi, UP), Sultanat Kal Mein Doaba Region ki Janta ki Samajik Avam Arthik Istithi.
24. A.K. Kanungo (Pune, Maharashtra), Glass in Ancient India: A Study of Beads and Bangles.
25. Ratnakar Pandy (Gorakhpur, UP), Archaeo – Geographical Historical Study of Trans Sarayu (Based on the Account of the Chinese Travellers).
26. P.K. Mohanty (Bhubaneswar, Orissa), The Urban Culture of Orissa: A Case Study on Cultural Dimensions of Colonial Cuttak.
27. J.N. Nadeem (Delhi), Nehruvian Policy and the Contemporary Arab World, Relevance and Prospects.
28. L. B. Singh (Patna, Bihar), Gandak Ghati Mein Sabhayta ke Udbhav aur Vikas (1200 Tak).
29. Surabhi Srivastava (Allahabad, UP), A Socio-Cultural Study of the Paramara Inscriptions.
30. G.K. Dwivedi (Gorakhpur, UP), Boddh Atihas Lekhan Ek Adhyayan.
31. Puja Bharti (Delhi), Evolution of Buddhists Monasteries and Monastic System in Western India (3rd Century B.C. to 3rd Century A.D.).
32. Dinesh Kumar (Gorakhpur, UP), Buddh Pali Kritiyon Mein Mahayan ki Pravrittiyon ka Aitihasik Anushilun.
33. Lajwanti Shahani (Maharashtra), Post Harappan Contacts Between Gujarat and the Persian Gulf : The Dark Age Between the Collapse of the Harappan Sea Trade and the Early Historic Sea Trade.
34. Tripti Jikkoo Nee Nagar (Varanasi, UP), Madhya Ganga Ghati Main Krishan Lepit Bridbhand (B.S.W.) Ek Tulanatmak Adhyayana.
35. Meera Sharma (Varanasi, UP), Mathura Kala ke Sanrakshak Varga ka Abhikekhiya Adhyayana.
36. Kajal Singh (Gujarat), An Investigation of Technological Relationships Between the Early Harappan and Other Chalcolithic Ceramic Assemblages in North Gujarat.
37. Atusha Gayomard Irani (Maharashtra), An Inquiry into the Settlements of the Early Historic Period of Saurashtra.
38. Sima Saigal (Shillong, Meghalaya), Emerging Social Forces in Assam 1939-80 Transition in Business Enterprises.
39. A.K. Bhattacharya (Calicut, Kerala), The Role of the Seljuqs and the Ottomans in Reshaping the Modern History.
40. Chitra Madhvan (Chennai), Sanskrit Education and Learning in Ancient and Medieval Tamilnadu-an Epigraphical Study.
41. R.P. Singh (Varanasi, UP), Gurjara Prathar Mandir.
42. V.M. Tripathi (Maharashtra), History of Health in Proto-historic India; Anthropological Archaeological and Literary Evidence.
43. A.K. Sahi (Gorakhpur, UP), Atihasik Charit Parampara-Udbhav Evem Vikas-Ek Anusheelan.
44. Rama Shukla (Varanasi, UP), Bauddha Utsava evam Samaroha: Ek Aitihasika Visleshana.
45. Vandana Singh (Begusarai, Bihar), Bihar mein Santal Paramparaon Avam Sansthaon ka Itihas (1800-1872).
46. Hemant Kumar Ishwar (Hazirabagh, Jharkhand), The Land Question, Taxation and Poverty: A Case study of Chotanagpur 1869-1908.
47. Mohd. Hifzur Rahman (Delhi), Rohilkhand Khetra Mein Sthapit Sufion ki Dargahon ki Shilpkala ki Visheshtaon ka Adhyayan.