Heritage of India

Paper Code:

HIS 402

Credits:

3

Contact Hours:

45.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

Objective:

Course Objectives:

This course will enable the students -

To enable the students to comprehend the rich cultural past, the distinct pattern of evolution and the legacy.
Students will be able to understand the stock of the cultural evolution of their nation and its syncretic history.
To acquaint the students with the various socio-religious movements and their impact on Indian Society and to comprehend the complex interplay between continuity and change

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

HIS 402

Heritage of India

The students will be able –

CO42-To develop comprehension about salient features of the Harappan and Mauryan Art, Mathura Art,Gupta Temples, Hindu Temple Architecture, Buddhist Architecture

CO43-Deepen Knowledge on the development of the Sultanate and Mughal Architectureand Paintings under the Mughals.

CO44-To understand the development of Bhakti Movement and Sufism and their impact on Indian culture.

CO45-To acquaint the students with the rise of Socio-religious Reform Movements during the 19^th Century and Impact of the West on the Indian Society.

CO46-To deepen understanding about the Literary and Scientific Heritage of India.

Interactive Lectures
Tutorials
Reading Assignments
Group Discussions
Asking Effective questions
Documentary Screening
Power Point Presentation
Class Lectures

Class test, Semester End Examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Class Assignment, Presentation, Individual and group projects

8.00

Salient features of the Harappan and Mauryan Art, Mathura Art

Gupta Temples, Hindu Temple Architecture

Buddhist Architecture.

9.00

Sultanate and Mughal Architecture. Paintings under the Mughals.

9.00

Bhakti Movement and Sufism and their impact on Indian culture

10.00

Socio-religious Reform Movements during the 19^th Century - Impact of the West on the Indian Society.

Ram Mohan Roy, Dayanand Saraswati, Ram Krishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekanand.

9.00

Literary and Scientific Heritage – Rabindra Nath Tagore, J.C. Bose and C.V. Raman their contribution to the world of science – Inventions and discoveries

Essential Readings:

Percy Brown: India Architecture, Buddhist, Hindu & Islamic, Vol. I and II, Mumbai, Taraporevala, 1984.
Kenneth Jones – Social and Religious Reform Movements and Modern India, New Cambridge History, 1989.

References:

Harishchandra Sharma, Madhyakalin Bharat, Hindi Madhyam Karyanvayan Nideshalaya, DelhiUniversity.
Banarsi Prasad Saxena, Mughal Samrat Shahjahan, RajasthaniHindiGranthAcademy, Jaipur.
Richard John F, Mughal Empire, New Cambridge History of India.
Rizvi, SAA The wonder that was India, Vol. – II.
ShastriKAN, History of South India.
Satish Chandra, Medieval India from Sultanate to the Mughals.
Asther Catherine: Architecture of Mughal India, AIIS, Delhi, 1994.
Bussagli M. and Sivasramamurthy C: 5000 year of IndiaArt, New York, n.d.
Chandra Pramod, Ed. Studies in Indian TempleArchitecture, Chapter I, AIIS, 1975.
Metter Partha: Art & Nationalism in Colonial India, OUP, Delhi.
Krishna deva, Temples of North India, Delhi, NBT, 1969.
K.R. Srinivasan – Temples of South India, Delhi, NBT, 1972.
A.L. Basham – The Wonder that was India, Mumbai, Roopa, 1971.
J.C. Harle, Art and Architecture of the India, Subcontinent, Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1986.
Heimsath Charles, Hindu Nationalism and the Indian Social Reform Movement, Princeton, 1964.
Rao, M.S.A., Social Movements in India, Vol. I and II, Delhi, Manohar, 1978.
R. Nath, Medieval India History and Architecture, New Delhi, APH Publishing Corporation, 1995.
P.N. Chopra, B.N. Puri, M.N. Das, A Socio-Cultural and Economical History of India Volume I and II, McMillan India Ltd. 1974.
Beach.M., Mughal Paintings.