Syllabus
Indian Art Forms
- Indian Paintings
- Mural Paintings
- Miniature Paintings
- Mughal, Rajput, Pahari Paintings
- Dances in India
- Classical Dance Forms
- Folk Dance Forms
- Modern Dance
- Music
- Classical Music
- Folk Music
- Puppetry
- String Puppets
- Shadow Puppets
- Rod Puppets
- Glove puppets
- Modern Puppetry
- Tribal Puppetry
- Pottery
- Ochre Coloured Pottery(OCP)
- Black and Red Ware (BRW)
- Painted Grey Ware (PGW)
- Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW)
- Glazed and Unglazed Pottery
- Drama/Theatre
- Classical Sanskrit Theatre
- Regional Theatre
- Modern Theatre
- Martial Arts
- Thang Ta
- Gatka
- Kalaripayattu
- Mallakhamb
- Silambam
- Other Important Martial Arts
- Visual Art
- Sculptures of Harappan Civilization
- Sculptures of the Mauryan Age
- Post-Mauryan Period
- Jain Sculptures
- Buddhist Sculpture
- Gupta Sculpture
- Medieval School of Sculpture
- Modern Indian Sculpture
- Bhakti & Sufi Movements
- Spread of Bhakti and Sufi Movements
- Women Poets of Bhakti
Literature
- Classical Sanskrit Literature
- Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas
- Books written by Kalidasa, Vishakhadatta etc
- Ancient Buddhist Literature
- Ancient Jainism Literature
- Early Dravidian Literature (eg Sangam Period)
- Medieval Literature
- Trends in Medieval Literature
- Modern Indian Literature
Architecture
- Harappan Architecture
- Mauryan Architecture
- Post-Mauryan Period Gupta Period
- Temple Architecture
- Nagara Style
- Dravida Style
- Vesara Style
- Cave Architecture
- Buddhist Cave
- Jaina Caves
- Gupta Period Caves
- Medieval and Indo-Islamic Architecture
- Imperial Style Delhi Sultanate
- Provincial Style
- Mughal Style
- Sikh Style of Architecture
- Rajput Architecture
- Salient features
- Colonial Architecture & Modern Architecture
- European Influence
- Indo-Saracenic Architecture
- Post-Independence Period
- Contribution of Buddhism & Jainism to the Development of Indian Architecture
- Rock Cut Architecture
- South Indian
- Western Indian
- Eastern Indian
