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Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India  
1 Agriculture: A Survey  
Agriculture in Prehistory and Proto history/ Textual Sources/ Types of Lands/ Rain-Fed and Irrigated 
Crops/ Implements/ Seed and Sowing/ Manures/ Pests and Their Management/ Cattle Management/ 
Horticulture and Arboriculture/ Fishing/ Agriculture and Society 
 
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Architecture: A Survey  
? Early and Classical Architecture 
Temple Architecture/ Rock-Cut Structures/ Monolithic Temples/ Constructed Temples/ Public  and 
Private Architecture 
Architecture: A Survey 
? Medieval & Colonial Architecture 
Fort and Palace Architecture/ Mosques/ Mausoleums/ Colonial Architecture 
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Dance: A Survey 
? Classical Dance Forms  
Classical Period/ Middle Period/ Modern Period/ Classical Dance Forms/ Bharatanatyam/ 
Kathakali/ Kathak/ Kuchipudi/ Manipuri/ Odissi/ Sattriya 
 ? Folk Dance Forms  
Chau/ Bihu/ Rauf/ Padayani/ DolluKunitha/ Dandiya/ Ghumar/ Kalbelia/ Chau & fla/ Bhangra/ 
Giddha/ Garba/ Lavani/ Bamboo Dance 
 
.4 Education Systems and Practices: A Survey  
Goals of Indian Education/ Teaching and Learning/The Teacher and the Student/ Centres of                               
Education/ Temples as First Schools/ Gurukulas/ Viharas and Universities/Community-Supported 
Education/ The Continuing System 
 
 
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Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India  
1 Agriculture: A Survey  
Agriculture in Prehistory and Proto history/ Textual Sources/ Types of Lands/ Rain-Fed and Irrigated 
Crops/ Implements/ Seed and Sowing/ Manures/ Pests and Their Management/ Cattle Management/ 
Horticulture and Arboriculture/ Fishing/ Agriculture and Society 
 
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Architecture: A Survey  
? Early and Classical Architecture 
Temple Architecture/ Rock-Cut Structures/ Monolithic Temples/ Constructed Temples/ Public  and 
Private Architecture 
Architecture: A Survey 
? Medieval & Colonial Architecture 
Fort and Palace Architecture/ Mosques/ Mausoleums/ Colonial Architecture 
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Dance: A Survey 
? Classical Dance Forms  
Classical Period/ Middle Period/ Modern Period/ Classical Dance Forms/ Bharatanatyam/ 
Kathakali/ Kathak/ Kuchipudi/ Manipuri/ Odissi/ Sattriya 
 ? Folk Dance Forms  
Chau/ Bihu/ Rauf/ Padayani/ DolluKunitha/ Dandiya/ Ghumar/ Kalbelia/ Chau & fla/ Bhangra/ 
Giddha/ Garba/ Lavani/ Bamboo Dance 
 
.4 Education Systems and Practices: A Survey  
Goals of Indian Education/ Teaching and Learning/The Teacher and the Student/ Centres of                               
Education/ Temples as First Schools/ Gurukulas/ Viharas and Universities/Community-Supported 
Education/ The Continuing System 
 
 
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Two Types of Knowledge and the Right Pupil/ Mere Intellectual Knowledge Is Not Enough/ The 
Link between Teacher and Pupil/ Teachers Invite Students to Come to Them/ Controlling the Mind 
and the Senses: the Goal of Indian Education/ Teacher’s Directives to  Students  on  their  Completion  
of  Study/ what Is  a  Useful  Life?/Hsüan-tsang’s  (Xuanzang) Impressions of Indian Education/ 
Hsüan-tsang’s (XuanZang) Description of Nalanda University 
An Italian Explorer’s Record of Indian Education in the 17th Century/ A Description of Indian 
Education in the 18th Century/ The Teacher’s Subsistence/ Respect for the Teacher/ Physical 
Education and Sports/ Description of the University at Navadveep (Nuddeah) in  Bengal in 1791/ 
Love of Learning and Support for Education among Indians/ A W -  idespread Colonial Network of 
Indigenous Schools 
 
.5 Ethics: Individual and Social  
The Cosmic Order/ Buddhist Ethics/ Jain Ethics/ Sikh Ethics/ The Bhakti 
Movement Primary Texts on Ethics: Individual and Social: A Selection 
From Jain Granthas/ From Buddhist Granthas/ From Asoka’s Edicts/ From the Kural (tr. 
P.S. Sundaram) 
 
.6 Martial Arts Traditions:A Survey  
? Texts/ Practice of Martial Arts/ Stick Combat/ Kaarippayau Martial Arts 
Traditions: A Selection from Primary Texts W   restling in the Mahabharata/ 
Mallapura_a/ Marmasastram 
.7 Language and Grammar  
Languages of India/ Study of Language in India/ Disciplines of Language Studies in India/ 
Classification of Speech-Sounds/ Theory of Grammar 
 
.8 Other Technologies: A Survey  
Harappan Technologies/ Later Pottery/ Glass/ Water Management/ Textile Technology/ 
 Wing Technology/ Pyrotechnics/ Cosmetics and Perfumes 
Other Technologies: A Selection from Primary Texts 
Gemmology/ Water Management/ Textiles and Garments/ Perfumes and Cosmetics