- Prologue
- AC1/P1: Sculptures, Seals, Town planning: Indus Valley Civilization
- AC1/P2: Stupa & Pillar- Mauryan Age; Post Mauryan Sculpture
- AC1/P3: Cave architecture- Gupta Age, Ajanta-Ellora
Prologue
- Ms.Ishani Pandya (Rank 502/CSE-2014, ICLS) lecture on Mains GS1-Revision- Indian art and culture.
- Lecture Videos available under: Youtube.com/user/TheMrunalPatel
- Powerpoints Available under Mrunal.org/Download
AC1/P1: Sculptures, Seals, Town planning: Indus Valley Civilization
- Introduction to Art and culture, the difference between them.
- Indus Valley civilization: Architecture, Sculpture; Ornaments Pottery
- Town planning of Indus Valley- citadel, non-citadel, houses, courtyard, graneries, drainage system, dockyard and public bath.
- Indus valley sculpture: Seals and scripts- their purpose and utility; mother Godess, bronze dancing girl, bearded priest,
- Ornaments, pottery- their utility
- GS-1-Mains-2014: To what extent has the urban planning and culture of the Indus valley civilization provided inputs to the present day urbanization? Discuss.
- Mock Question for Mains: Examine how recent excavations of remnants of the Harappan Civilization in India have helped historians to understand Harappan culture. (200 Words)
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/h2kwblESn4I
AC1/P2: Stupa & Pillar- Mauryan Age; Post Mauryan Sculpture
- Court art of this period: state initiatives- stupa and pillars.
- Popular Art of this period: individual art, sculpture, pottery and caves.
- Mauryan pillar: design, feature, purpose; how are they different than achamanian pillars
- Sarnath Pillar, Bull capital of – Rampurva, Bihar and Rockcut elephant at Odisha
- Stupa – architecture, gateway
- Stupa at Ranchi and Amaravati
- Sunga influence on Mauryan Sculpture
- Post Maurya Period Cave- Karle.
- Sculpture schools: Gandhar, Mathura, Amarvati- features and comparison.
- GS1-Mains-2014 Question: Gandhara sculpture owed as much to the romans as to the greeks. Discuss
- Bamiyan in Afghanistan- Features and Fall of.
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/J5M_xlmcnaQ
AC1/P3: Cave architecture- Gupta Age, Ajanta-Ellora
- Gupta age- temple and cave architecture- salient features of.
- Gupta Age- Sarnath school of sculpture
- Cave development in various periods, features and location factor.
- Notable caves- Bhimbetka caves, Kanheri caves, Jogeshwari caves, Mandapeshwa, Kalre, Bhaja, Bedsa
- Ajanata Caves- notable features, phases of development, themes, paintings and technical aspects.
- Hindu Kaves, Kailasha Cave
- Buddhist caves, Jain Caves, Indra Sabha, Junagadh caves,Elephanta caves
- Misc. Caves: Nasik, Udavalli, Udaygiri, Eladipattam
Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/GZH5OIu9Z0g
Next lecture: Temple architecture of Gupta Age and South India.
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Sir please send ppt of art n culture
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Please send ppt of art and culture at my e-mail:- gurjarbhanupriya@gmail.com.
Mrunal sir can u please tell or send me a link for art and culture notes?? Of Ms. Ishani ma’am.
Need history notes
I request u to share the ppt of indian monsoons.