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Northern Polished Black Ware

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6th Century BC
Burnt bricks and ring well
Iron implements
Beginning of second urbanisation in India

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Ravana shaking mount Kailash

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Ellora caves
Kailashnath temple
8 AD

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Arjuna’s penance

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Rock boulders in Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram

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Vishnu reclining on Serpent sheshnag

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Dashavtar Vishnu Temple, Devgarh

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Gathasaptasai or Gathasattasai

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Prakrit text

Hala - Satavahana king

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Gautamiputra Satkarni

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106-130 AD
Restored Satvahana empire
Extended empire from Malwa in North to Karnataka in South

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Rashtrakuta administration

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Rashtra (province) - Rashtrapati
Vishaya (district) - Vishayapati
Bhukti

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Koshtapal

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Kotwal
Law and Order
Rashtrakuta

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Yakshgaana

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Theatre form Karnataka
Mythological stories and Puranas
Colourful costumes, makeup and masks
Emerged in 16th CE
Roots in Sanskrit literature
Earlier male only now women also train
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Maach

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Theatre Madhya Pradesh
Dialogue- bol
Rhyme in narration- Vanag
Tunes- Rangat
Songs are given prominence between dialogues
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Jatra

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Folk theatre - Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Orissa and Tripura
Music theatre
Sri Chaitanya Bhakti Movement

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Swang

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Music based - Rohtak and Haathras
Rohtak - Haryanvi
Haathras - Brajbhasha

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Fresco

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Mural painting on freshly laid lime plaster

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Tempers

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Dry pigments are made usable by tempering them with binding and adhesive vehicle

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Gauche

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Gum or a opaque white pigment is added to water colour to produce opacity

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Cubism

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Visual art created principally by Pablo Picasso

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Advaita

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Shankaracharya
Doctrine of non - dualism
Reality of world is denied
Bhraman is only reality
World evolves out of its own cycle of Nirvitti (expansion) and Pravritti (involution)
Intellectual practice
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Mohiniyattam

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Kerala - solo dance
Lasya style - feminine, tender and graceful
Movements are emphasised by glides and up and down movements of toes like waves of sea

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Treaties of Ancient Indian music

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Natya Shastra - Bharata- earliest
Brihaddesi - Matang
Sangeeta Ratnakara - Sharangdeva
Sangeet Sudhakar - Haripala
Swaramelakalanidhi - Ramamatya

Silappadhikaran - Tamil classic
Tolkappiyam, Kalladam etc. also have resource

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Shore Temple

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Mahabalipuram
Narasimhavarman II - 700 - 728 CE
Pallava king (Rajasimha aka)
Lord Shiva
Free standing structural temple
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Kailashnath Temple

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Ellora
Single piece of rock
Lord Shiva
Rashtrakutas

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Buland Darwaza

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Commemorate Akbar’s victory in Gujarat

Aka Lofty Gate

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Bhaona

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Ankita Naat of Assam
Sutradhar begins in Sanskrit and then in Brajboli or Assamese
Cultural glimpses of Assam, Bengal, Orissa, Mathura and Brindavan

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Tamaasha

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Maharashtra
Female is chief exponent k/a Murki
Classical music, footwork at lightning speed and vivid gestures

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Dashavtar

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Konkan and Goa region
Wear masks of wood and papier mache
Personify 10 incarnations of Lord Vishnu

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Buddhism-
Empty seat
Peepal Tree
Wheel

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Empty seat - Meditation of Buddha
Peepal Tree - Enlightenment
Wheel - I sermon or Dhammachakraparivartan

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Chaurapanchsika paintings

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Kuldhar group of paintings
Illustrations of Chaurapanchasika by Bilhan, Gita Govinda, Bhagavata Purana and Rangmala
Purely indigenous
Brilliant contrasting colours
Kulharon which turbans are worn by male figures

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Dravidian Style Temple

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Gopuram
Vimaan
Temple tank
Levelled ground
Garbhagriha: Fierce dwarpalas or door keepers guarding temple
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Nagara Style of Temple

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Shikara
Raised platform
Garbhgriha: Mithunas or river goddesses

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Pankhida

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Regional music sung by peasants from Rajasthan

Sing and speak while playing Alfonzo and Manjira

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Black and Red Ware

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Megalithic ware
Up to 2nd BC
Practice of burying goods in graves

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Dhrupad

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Hindustani music
14 to 18 AD
Maharaja of Gwalior: Man Singh Tomar impetus
Swami Haridaas, Tansen
Anibaddha and Drupad proper
4 parts: asthayee, Antara, sanchari, abhoga
4 schools:
Gauhar vani: developed raga
Dagar vani: melodic curves and graces
Khandhar vani: Quick ornamentation of notes
Naihar vani: Broad musical leaps and jumps

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Samkhya

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Kapila
World owes its origin to prakriti (materialistic view) and Purusha or spirit (Spiritualistic view)
Salvation through acquisition of real knowledge through Pratyaksha, anuman and shabd

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Badami Cave Paintings

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Chalukya king Mangalesha
Palace scenes
Extension of tradition of mural paintings from Ajanta
Affiliated by Vaishnava tradition
578-579 CE
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Sattriya Dance

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Introduced in 15th AD by Vaishnava saint Mahapurusha Sankaradeva
Preserved by Sattras I.e. Vaishnava maths
Bhaona related: Gayan - Bhayanar Nach to Kharmanar Nach
Dance numbers: Chali, Rajagharia Chali, Jhumura, Nadu Bhangi etc.
Chali: Gracefulness and elegance
Jhumura: Vigor and majestic beauty

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Mohanjodaro

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Bronze image of dancing girl
Mother goddess with plant growing from her womb
Bearded man

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Neolithic Age

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From 9000 BC
Earliest farming communities
Tools and implements of polished stone
Microlithic blades 
Pottery first appears in this phase
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Mihir Bhoja

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Pratihara dynasty
Adopted title of Adivarsha
Devotee of Vishnu

Not Bhoja Parmaar of Ujjain

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Uttaradhyaya Sutta

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Jain Text
Prakrit
Described how a queen named Kamlavati tried to persuade her husband to renounce the world

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Harshacharita

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Banabhatta

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Mrichchhakatika

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Sudraka
Sanskrit
Set in ancient city Ujjayini during the reign of King Palaka, near the end of Pradyot dynasty
Story of young Brahmin Charudatta

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Brihadishwara Temple

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Thanjavur
Shiva Temple
Aka Rajarajeshwara Temple
Rajaraja Chola - 1009 AD
Huge lingam in two storeyed sanctum
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Amarkosha

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Amarsimha - Sanskrit
Court of Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
Nine gems

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Dahsala, Batai, Nasaq

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Land revenue systems by Akbar

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Battle of Khanwa

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1527
Babur defeated Rana Sanga
Secured his position

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Battle of Kannauj

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1540

Sher Shah defeated Humayun

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First Battle of Panipat

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1526

Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi

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Battle of Samugarh

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1658

Aurangzeb defeated Dara to succeed Shah Jahan

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Interests of Vijaynagar and Bahmani Kingdom clashed in three separate areas?

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Tungabhadra Doab
Krishna Godavari Basin
Konkan Region

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Kathak

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Only classical dance with links to muslim culture and Hindustani music
Golden age 19th CE under Wajid Ali Shah of Oudh

Lucknow Gharana: Bhava
Jaipur Gharana: Layakari
Benaras Gharana

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Ravanachhaya

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Orissa
Puppets in one piece, no joints
Made of deer skin and in bold dramatic poses
Small in size

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Putul Nautch

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Nadia, West Bengal 
Carved out of wood
Rod puppets
Human size like Bunraku puppets in Japan
3 joints mostly
Costumes like actors of Jatra
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Yampuri

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Bihar
Rod puppets
Made of wood
One piece, nojoints

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Kundhei

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Orissa
String puppets
Light wood
Bolega but wear long flowing skirts
More joints
Jatra costumes
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Humayun Nama

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Gulbadan Begum

Glimpse into domestic world of Mughals

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Padshah Nama or Badshah Nama

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Abdul Hamid Lahori
Shah Jahan
3 volumes of 10 lunar years each

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Prayag Prashasti

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Allahabad Pillar Inscription
Sanskrit - Harisena
Samudragupta
Ashokan Pillar - Bhrami script
Samudragupta- Sanskrit
Jahangir- Persian
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Modhera Sun Temple

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Gujrat
Bhimdev I Solanki dynasty
1026 AD
Surya kund in front

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Hoysaleshvara Temple

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Halebid, Karnataka
Dark schist stone
Hoysala king
1150 AD
Hybrid or vesara style
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Gol Gumbad (Bijapur)

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Karnataka
Muhammad Adil Shah
1626 - 1656

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Varaha image of Vishnu Aihole

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Rescuing Earth goddess
Karnataka
6 CE

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Travellers to Vijaynagar empire

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Nicole di Conti: Italian
Domingo Paes: Portuguese
Fernao Nuniz: Portuguese
Duarte Barbosa: Portuguese
Abd al- Razzaq - Afghan
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Ibn Batuta

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Moroccan traveller
Reign of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq - appointed judge
Rihla - Arabic - 14 AD

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