HISTORY OF INDIA
INDIAN ARTS and CULTURE
Indian Art and Architecture
INDIA's sculptural heritage; miniatures; ancient and medieval monuments; folk influences:-
Developments in Indian Art and Architecture
Crafts, Manufacturing and Trade
A brief history of industrial and decorative crafts, manufacturing, metallurgy, shipping and Specialization of Labor
Historic Aspects of Craft and Trade in India
Pictorial Resources, Images of Indian Art and Architecture
Archeological finds, stone and terracotta sculpture, ancient and historical sites: Mauryan, Satavahana, Kushan, Gupta, Kashmir, Chalukyan, Pallava, Pratihara, Parmara, Ganga, Chola, Kakathiya, Vijayanagar, Pandya:
Archealogical Sites from the Buddhist Period
Indian Sculpture and Temple Ornamentation
Legacy of the Rajputs, Bundelkhandi rulers, Mughals, Sher Shah Suri, Marathas:
Architecture of the Delhi, Bengal and Gujarat Sultanate; Sharqis of Jaunpur, Farooqis of Burhanpur, Deccan Kingdoms; Mughal Courts; Awadh Nawabs; Paigah Nobles of Hyderabad; Mosques, Tombs; Colored tiles and Marble:
Visual History, Ancient and Medieval monuments, Heritage of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, the Gangetic Plain, Bengal, Orissa, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra, Tamil Nadu
Survey of Indian sculpture, stone carvings, bronzes; list of museums, ancient temple sites; cave temples:
Indian Folk Art and Drawings
(Mughal, Deccan, Rajasthani, Gujarati, Malwa, Pahari, Maratha, Andhra, Bengali, Oriya)
Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian Art
Arts and Culture in Orissa
History of Orissa: An introduction
Also see:
Images of Indian Antiques, Folk Arts and Crafts
Antiques from the Khajuraho Region
Philosophy
and Culture in Ancient India
Development of LANGUAGES AND SCRIPTS in India
Rational philosophy, scientific observation, inference and analysis; ethics in society:-
Development of Philosophical Thought and Scientific Method in Ancient India
Upanishadic philosophy, Secularism, the Nyaya sutras, Jainism and Buddhism:
Philosophical Development from Upanishadic Theism to Scientific Realism
Adivasi influences on Buddhism and Hindu beliefs and practices
Adivasi Contributions to Indian Culture and Civilization
Philosophical environment under which Buddhism developed; Buddhist polemics against philosophical extremes; emphasis on gaining knowledge and wisdom, right conduct and action; ethics and morality
Buddhist Ethics and Social Criticism
Impact of Islam
An assessment of the impact of Islamic rule in India - the effects on social conditions, political structures and education policy:
Islam and the sub-continent - appraising it's impact
Sufism and impact on Indian and Islamic civilization; Sufi poets, philosophers and scholars:
Sufi Currents and Civilization in the Islamic Courts
Caste and Gender equations in Indian History
History of Social Relations in India
History of Science and technology in India
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