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Art and Culture › Bhakti and Sufi Movements

Art and Culture › Bhakti and Sufi Movements

2018

The Bhakti movement received a remarkable re-orientation with the advent of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Discuss.
Art and Culture › Bhakti and Sufi Movements

2014

Sufis and medieval mystic saints failed to modify either the religious ideas and practices or the outward structure of Hindu/Muslim societies to any appreciable extent. Comment.
Art and Culture › Buddhism and Jainism

Art and Culture › Buddhism and Jainism

2019

Highlight the Central Asian and Greco -Bactrian elements in Gandhara art. (गांधाराई कला में मध्य एशियाई एवं यूनानी-बैक्ट्रियाई तत्वों को उजागर कीजिए | ) (10m,150 words)
Art and Culture › Buddhism and Jainism

2016

Early Buddhist Stupa-art, while depicting folk motifs and narratives successfully expounds Buddhist ideals. Elucidate.
Art and Culture › Buddhism and Jainism

2014

Gandhara sculpture owed as much to the Romans as to the Greeks. Explain.
Art and Culture › Conservation of Indian Art & Heritage

Art and Culture › Conservation of Indian Art & Heritage

2018

Safeguarding the Indian art heritage is the need of the moment. Discuss.
Art and Culture › Foreign Travellers

Art and Culture › Foreign Travellers

2018

Assess the importance of the accounts of the Chinese and Arab travellers in the reconstruction of the history of India.
Art and Culture › Historical Sources

Art and Culture › Historical Sources

2013

Though not very useful from the point of view of a connected political history of South India, the Sangam literature portrays the social and economic conditions of its time with remarkable vividness. Comment.
Art and Culture › Indus Valley Civilization

Art and Culture › Indus Valley Civilization

2025

Discuss the salient features of the Harappan architecture.
Art and Culture › Indus Valley Civilization

2015

The ancient civilization in Indian sub-continent differed from those of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece in that its culture and traditions have been preserved without a breakdown to the present day. Comment.

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