KNOWLEDGE TRADITIONS-PRACTICES IN INDIA-316

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

2. Architecture: A Survey

Early and Classical Architecture

• Temple Architecture
• Rock-Cut Structures
• Monolithic Temples
• Constructed Temples
• Public and Private Architecture

Medieval & Colonial Architecture

• Fort and Palace Architecture
• Mosques
• Mausoleums
• Colonial Architecture

3. 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
• 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
  • Wrestling 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