Syllabus
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Course Code: HIS-E-32(ii) Course Name: Cultural History of India 1200-1947 |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Advent of Islam and Cultural Transitions in Medieval India: Advent of Islam and its Impact on Indian Culture; Sects/Cults of Islam – Shias, Sunnis and Others; Ethnic Dimensions of Islam; The Sufi Ideology, Sufi Saints and the Indian Culture; The Idea of Bhakti, Bhakti Saints and the Indian Culture; Islam and the Non-Muslims; Growth of New Panthas – Sikhism, Satnamis and Other Sects, Position of Women in Medieval Indian Culture | |
| 2 | Cultural Contours of Medieval India: Miniature Paintings and Architecture; Literature: Persian, Hindi and Urdu and its Eminent Scholars; Patronage to Persian Poetry; Cultural Contributions of Nurjahan, Shahjahan and Dara Shikoh; Cultural Synthesis and the Rise of Composite Culture; Growth of Cultural Centres – Lahore, Kashmir, Delhi, Awadh, Mewar, Malwa, Jaunpur, Deccan and Vijaynagar | |
| 3 | Colonialism and Cultural Transitions in Modern India: Colonial Intervention and Cultural Change – Impact of the West on Indian Culture; English Education, Literature and Press and its Cultural Impact; Rise of the Modern Social Order; Growth of Colonial Modernity; Conflict in Tradition and Modernity; Cultural Life: Customs, Practices and Recreation; Cultural Renaissance | |
| 4 | Popular Culture in Modern India: Modern Art – Museums to Calendar; Popular Culture and Gender: Obscenity and Sexuality – ‘Recalcitrant’ Women; The World of Popular Print: Chap Books and Street Literature; Libraries and the Reading Culture; Photography: Remembering Pasts and Presents; Music and Dances – Classical to Modern; Theatre: Stage, Street and Nautanki; Cinema – Ideologies and Empire | |
