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For The Year 2025 
 
 
 
 
 
Knowledge Tradition-
Practices In India-316 
Syllabus for 
 CUET(UG) 
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For The Year 2025 
 
 
 
 
 
Knowledge Tradition-
Practices In India-316 
Syllabus for 
 CUET(UG) 
 
 
 
 
Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India  
1 Agriculture: A Survey  
Agriculture in Prehistory and Protohistory/ 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 
Agricultural Heritage: Excerpts from Primary Texts  
Rigveda,     
 
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Architecture: A Survey  
(1.) Early and Classical Architecture 
Temple Architecture/ Rock-Cut Structures/ Monolithic Temples/ Constructed Temples/ Public  and 
Private Architecture 
Architecture: Excerpts from Primary Texts 
  
 
Architecture: A Survey 
(2.) Medieval & Colonial Architecture 
Fort and Palace Architecture/ Mosques/ Mausoleums/ Colonial Architecture 
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Dance: A Survey 
(1.) Classical Dance Forms  
Classical Period/ Middle Period/ Modern Period/ Classical Dance Forms/ Bharatanatyam/ 
Kathakali/ Kathak/ Kuchipudi/ Manipuri/ Odissi/ Sattriya  
 
Primary Texts on Dance in India :  A Selection  
 
 
Dance : A Survey 
 (2.) Folk Dance Forms  
Chau/ Bihu/ Rauf/ Padayani/ DolluKunitha/ Dandiya/ Ghumar/ Kalbelia/ Chaufla/ Bhangra/ Giddha/ 
Garba/ Lavani/ Bamboo Dance 
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For The Year 2025 
 
 
 
 
 
Knowledge Tradition-
Practices In India-316 
Syllabus for 
 CUET(UG) 
 
 
 
 
Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India  
1 Agriculture: A Survey  
Agriculture in Prehistory and Protohistory/ 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 
Agricultural Heritage: Excerpts from Primary Texts  
Rigveda,     
 
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Architecture: A Survey  
(1.) Early and Classical Architecture 
Temple Architecture/ Rock-Cut Structures/ Monolithic Temples/ Constructed Temples/ Public  and 
Private Architecture 
Architecture: Excerpts from Primary Texts 
  
 
Architecture: A Survey 
(2.) Medieval & Colonial Architecture 
Fort and Palace Architecture/ Mosques/ Mausoleums/ Colonial Architecture 
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Dance: A Survey 
(1.) Classical Dance Forms  
Classical Period/ Middle Period/ Modern Period/ Classical Dance Forms/ Bharatanatyam/ 
Kathakali/ Kathak/ Kuchipudi/ Manipuri/ Odissi/ Sattriya  
 
Primary Texts on Dance in India :  A Selection  
 
 
Dance : A Survey 
 (2.) Folk Dance Forms  
Chau/ Bihu/ Rauf/ Padayani/ DolluKunitha/ Dandiya/ Ghumar/ Kalbelia/ Chaufla/ 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 
Primary Texts on Education in India: A Selection 
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 
Narratives of Indian Education in the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries 
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 Indian 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/ Kalarippayattu 
?  Martial Arts Traditions: A Selection from   Primary Texts  
W   restling in the Mahabharata/ Mallapurana/ 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/ Chanda (Prosody)  
Primary Texts on Language: A Selection  
Reflections on Language from Vedic Sources, Phonetics Paniniya siksha (tr. & ed., Manomohan 
Ghosh), Nirukta (Etymology), The Nighantu and the Nirukta of SriYaskacharya (tr. Ed., Lakshman 
Sarup) Patañjali’s  Mahabhasya (adapted from S.N. Dasgupta’s translation) Grammar, Language 
and Knowledge Bhart?hari’s Vakyapadiya, Brahmakanda, (tr. K. A. Subramania Iyer)   
 
.8 Other Technologies: A Survey  
Harappan Technologies/ Later Pottery/ Glass/ Water Management/ Textile Technology/ 
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For The Year 2025 
 
 
 
 
 
Knowledge Tradition-
Practices In India-316 
Syllabus for 
 CUET(UG) 
 
 
 
 
Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India  
1 Agriculture: A Survey  
Agriculture in Prehistory and Protohistory/ 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 
Agricultural Heritage: Excerpts from Primary Texts  
Rigveda,     
 
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Architecture: A Survey  
(1.) Early and Classical Architecture 
Temple Architecture/ Rock-Cut Structures/ Monolithic Temples/ Constructed Temples/ Public  and 
Private Architecture 
Architecture: Excerpts from Primary Texts 
  
 
Architecture: A Survey 
(2.) Medieval & Colonial Architecture 
Fort and Palace Architecture/ Mosques/ Mausoleums/ Colonial Architecture 
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Dance: A Survey 
(1.) Classical Dance Forms  
Classical Period/ Middle Period/ Modern Period/ Classical Dance Forms/ Bharatanatyam/ 
Kathakali/ Kathak/ Kuchipudi/ Manipuri/ Odissi/ Sattriya  
 
Primary Texts on Dance in India :  A Selection  
 
 
Dance : A Survey 
 (2.) Folk Dance Forms  
Chau/ Bihu/ Rauf/ Padayani/ DolluKunitha/ Dandiya/ Ghumar/ Kalbelia/ Chaufla/ 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 
Primary Texts on Education in India: A Selection 
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 
Narratives of Indian Education in the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries 
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 Indian 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/ Kalarippayattu 
?  Martial Arts Traditions: A Selection from   Primary Texts  
W   restling in the Mahabharata/ Mallapurana/ 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/ Chanda (Prosody)  
Primary Texts on Language: A Selection  
Reflections on Language from Vedic Sources, Phonetics Paniniya siksha (tr. & ed., Manomohan 
Ghosh), Nirukta (Etymology), The Nighantu and the Nirukta of SriYaskacharya (tr. Ed., Lakshman 
Sarup) Patañjali’s  Mahabhasya (adapted from S.N. Dasgupta’s translation) Grammar, Language 
and Knowledge Bhart?hari’s Vakyapadiya, Brahmakanda, (tr. K. A. Subramania Iyer)   
 
.8 Other Technologies: A Survey  
Harappan Technologies/ Later Pottery/ Glass/ Water Management/ Textile Technology/ 
 
 
 
 
 Writing Technology/ Pyrotechnics/ Cosmetics and Perfumes 
Other Technologies: A Selection from Primary Texts 
Gemmology/ Water Management/ Textiles and Garments/ Cosmetics and Perfumes