UPSC Syllabus PDF download - Mains Examination part1

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Indian Art Forms
 Indian Paintings
  •  Mural Paintings      Miniature Paintings        Mughal, Rajput, Pahari Paintings
 Dances in India
 Classical 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 Movement
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 India







                          Ancient History

Pre-Historic                                             

Ø  Stone Age

Ø  Chalcolithic Age

Ø  Iron Age

 

 Indus Valley Civilization (IVC)

Ø  Town Planning

Ø  Harappan Society

Ø  Characteristics of Major Centers

Ø  Harappan Art & Architecture

Ø  Decline of Harappan Culture

 

Vedic Society

Ø  Original Home of Aryans

Ø  Socio- Economic Characters of Vedic Society

Ø  Vedic Literature

Ø  Social Organization and Varna System

Ø  Religion and Thought

Pre-Mauryan Period

Ø  Mahajanpadas

Ø  Haryanka dynasty 

Ø  Shishunaga dynasty 

Ø  Nanda dynasty

Jainism and Buddhism

Ø  Gautam Buddha

Ø  Mahavira 

Ø  Growth of Jainism and Buddhism

 Mauryan Empire

Ø  Chandragupta and Bindusara 

Ø  Arthasastra (Book by Kautilya)

Ø  Megasthenes

Ø  Asoka and His Successors 

Ø  Asoka’s Inscriptions and Sites 

Ø  Asoka’ a Dhamma 

Ø  Mauryan. Administration, Economy, Society and Art

Ø  Decline of Maurya


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