Culture Notes for Mains

Indian Culture Basics can be covered from:

• Nitin Singhania Book
• NCERTs (History + Fine Arts)

Architecure

• Temple
  • Vijayanagar
• Ancient
  • Ajanta Caves
  • Barabar Caves – Lomas Rishi
  • Buddh/Jain Architecture
  • Buddhist Stupa
  • Indo-Islamic or Indo-Saracenic
  • Indus Valley
  • Modern Architecture
  • Pallava Caves

Art Forms

• Dance
  • Dance
  • Mohiniyattam
• Music
  • Classical Music
  • Harikatha
• Martial Arts
  • Kalaripayattu
• Painting
  • Basholi Painting
  • Bengal School of Art
  • Bharat Mata Paintings
  • Kangra Painting
  • Modern Painting
  • Mughal Painting
• Sculpture
  • Gupta Art
  • Mauryan Art
  • Statue

• Literature
  • Mathematics
  • Regional Literature
  • Sangam Literature
• Others
  • Cinema
    • Impact of Cinema
  • Religion
    • Buddhism
    • Sufism
  • Festivals
    • Bathukamma
  • Puppets
    • Puppet
  • Random
    • Cultural Institutions
    • Mathematics
    • Museum
    • Preserving Heritage
    • Re-writing History
    • Temple idol Theft
    • Yoga