Heritage of India

Paper Code: 
HIS 402
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

A study of Art, Architecture and Culture shall enable the students to comprehend the rich cultural past, the distinct pattern of evolution and the legacy. The objective of this course is to enable the student to take the stock of the cultural evolution of their nation and its syncretic history. It also aims 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.

 

 

8.00
Unit I: 
Unit I

Salient features of the Harappan and Mauryan Art, Mathura Art

Gupta Temples, Hindu Temple Architecture

Buddhist Architecture.

9.00
Unit II: 
Unit II

Sultanate and Mughal Architecture. Paintings under the Mughals.

9.00
Unit III: 
Unit III

Bhakti Movement and Sufism and their impact on Indian culture

10.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV

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

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

9.00
Unit V: 
Unit V

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: 

References:

  • Harishchandra Sharma, Madhyakalin Bharat, Hindi Madhyam Karyanvayan Nideshalaya, Delhi University.
  • Banarsi Prasad Saxena, Mughal Samrat Shahjahan, Rajasthani Hindi Granth Academy, Jaipur.
  • Richard John F, Mughal Empire, New Cambridge History of India.
  • Rizvi, SAA The wonder that was India, Vol. – II.
  • Shastri KAN, 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 India Art, New York, n.d.
  • Chandra Pramod, Ed. Studies in Indian Temple Architecture, 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.

 

Essential Reading:

  • 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.

 

Academic Year: 
2015-16
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