INDIAN ART AND CULTURE By Nitin
Singhania (2d edition). INDIAN art AND culture For Civil services preliminary
And Main Examinations. This ebook will assist the readers in a better understanding of the subculture of India. This ebook will assist the readers in
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Section-A – VISUAL ARTS

Chapter 1

        Indian Architecture, Sculpture, and Pottery

• Introduction
• Indian Architecture
• Previous Years’ Questions –
  Prelims
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Previous Years’ Questions – Mains
• Practice Questions – Mains

Chapter 2

        Indian Paintings

• Introduction
• Principles of Painting
• Pre-historic Paintings
• Classification of Indian
  Paintings
• Folk Paintings
• Previous Years’ Questions –
  Prelims
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Previous Years’ Questions – Mains
• Practice Questions – Mains

Chapter-3

        Indian Handicrafts

• Introduction
• Handicrafts on Cloth
• Various types of Toys
• Stoneware
• Embroidery Crafts
• Floor Designs
• Previous Years’ Questions –
  Prelims
• Practice Questions-Prelims

Chapter-4

        UNESCO’S listing of
actual global background sites in India

• Criteria for Selection
• Legal Status of Designated Sites
• UNESCO World Heritage Sites in
  India
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Previous Years’ Questions – Mains
• Practice Questions – Mains

Section-B – PERFORMING ARTS

Chapter-5

        Indian Music

• Introduction
• History of Indian Music
• Anatomy of Indian Music
• Classification of Indian Music
• Folk Music
• Modern Music
• Musical Instruments
• Folk Musical Instruments
• Modern Developments in Music
• Communities Related to Music
• Previous Years’ Questions –
  Prelims
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Previous Years’ Questions – Mains
• Practice Questions – Mains

Chapter-6

        Indian Dance Forms

• Background
• Aspects of Dance
• Indian Classical Dance Forms
• Folk Dances of India
• Previous Years’ Questions –
  Prelims
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Previous Years’ Questions – Mains
• Practice Questions – Mains

Chapter-7

        Indian Theatre

• Introduction
• Classical Sanskrit Theatre
• Folk Theatre
• Modern Indian Theatre
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Previous Years Questions – Mains
• Practice Questions – Mains

Chapter-8

        Indian Puppetry

• Introduction
• Indian Origin
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Practice Questions – Mains
• Chapter-9 Indian Circus
• The Great Indian Circus
• Keeleri Kunhikannan
• Major Circus Companies in India
• Circus: A Marginal Industry
• Possible Remedies
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Practice Questions – Mains

Chapter-10

        UNESCO’S listing of
Intangible Cultural history

• Cultural Heritage of Humanity
• Practice Questions – Prelims

Section-C, CULTURE OF INDIA

Chapter-11

        Languages in India

• Introduction
• Classification of Indian
  Languages
• Official Languages of India
• Status of Classical Language
• National Translation Mission
• Ancient Scripts of India
• Previous Years’ Questions –
  Prelims
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Practice Questions – Mains

Chapter-12

        Religions in India

• Introduction
• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Jainism
• Islam
• Christianity
• Sikhism
• Zoroastrianism
• Judaism
• Previous Years’ Questions –
  Prelims
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Previous Years’ Questions – Mains
• Practice Questions-Mains

Chapter-13

        Indian Literature

• Introduction
• Literature in Ancient India
• Buddhist Literature
• Jain Literature
• Zoroastrian Literature
• Sikh Literature
• Medieval Literature
• Modern Literature
• Previous Years’ Questions – Prelims
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Previous Years’ Questions – Mains
• Practice Questions – Mains

Chapter-14

        Schools of Philosophy

• Introduction
• Previous Years’ Questions –
  Prelims
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Previous Years’ Questions – Mains
• Practice Questions – Mains

Chapter-15

        Indian Cinema

• Introduction
• History of Indian Cinema
• South Indian Cinema
• Recent Film Controversies
• Indian Cinematograph Act of 1952
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Practice Questions – Mains

Chapter-16

        Technology and
generation via the long time

• Introduction
• Mathematics
• Medicine Physics and Chemistry
• Ship Building and Navigation
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Previous Years’ Questions – Mains
• Practice Questions – Mains

Chapter-17

        Calendars in India

• Introduction
• National Calendar of India
• Previous Years’ Questions –
  Prelims
• Practice Questions – Prelims

Chapter-18

        Festivals and fairs of
India

• Introduction
• Religious Festivals
• Secular Festivals
• Festivals of North-East India
• Fairs of India
• Practice Questions – Prelims
  Previous
• Years’ Questions – Mains

Chapter-19

        Awards and Honours

• Introduction
• Awards Given by Government of
  India
• Practice Questions – Prelims
  Previous
• Years’ Questions – Mains
• Chapter-20 Law and Culture
• Practice Questions – Mains

Chapter-21

        Martial Arts in India

• Introduction
• Previous Years’ Questions –
  Prelims
• Practice Questions – Prelims

Chapter-22

        Cultural institutions
in India

• Introduction
• The Archaeological Survey of
  India
• Crafts Council of India
• Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
• National Archives of India
• Indian Council for Cultural
  Relations
• Directorate of Film Festivals
• Indian Council of Historical
  Research
• Sahitya Akademi
• Sangeet Natak Akademi
• Lalit Kala Academy
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Previous Years’ Questions – Mains

Chapter-23

        Cash in historical and
Medieval India

• Punch Marked Coins
• Indo-Greek Coins
• Coins By Satavahanas
• Coins Issued in Gupta Age
• Coins of the Vardhanas
• Coins of Chalukyan Kings
• Coins of the Rajput Dynasties
• Coins of the Pandyan and Chola
  Dynasty
• Turkish and Delhi Sultanate Coins

Chapter-24

        Indian Culture Abroad

• Who Took Indian culture Abroad
• Prominent Ancient Ports of India
• Mathematics from India to Abroad
• Indian Science and Technology
  Abroad
• Indian Universities and Scholars
• Practice Questions – Prelims

Section-D Appendices

Appendix-1

        Delhi  A city of 7 Sisters

• Introduction
• Seven Cities of Delhi

Appendix-2

        Bhakti and Sufi
Movement

• The Sufi Movement
• The Bhakti Movement
• Bhakti Movement in South India
• Previous Years’ Questions –
  Prelims
• Practice Questions – Prelims
• Previous Years’ Questions – Mains
• Practice Questions – Mains

Appendix-3

        famous Personalities
of India

• Famous Personalities of India

Appendix-4

        Cultural Places of
Interest

• Introduction

Appendix-5

        latest Geographical indications

• Previous Years’ Questions –
  Prelims
• Practice Questions – Prelims