Indian art and culture / Literature, languages and sources
Bhakti and regional-language literatures
Concepts to cover
- Kabir's Bijak, Jayasi's Padmavat (Awadhi), Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas, Surdas's Sursagar (Braj), Mirabai's padas, Raskhan
- Bengali (Chandidas, Krittibas Ramayana, Chaitanya Charitamrita), Assamese (Sankardeva's Kirtan-ghosha, Ankia Naat), Odia (Sarala Das's Mahabharata, Jagannath Das's Bhagavata)
- Marathi (Jnaneshwari, Namdev, Eknath, Tukaram's abhangs, Ramdas's Dasbodh), Gujarati (Narsi Mehta), Punjabi (Adi Granth compiled by Guru Arjan 1604, Gurmukhi)
- Kashmiri (Lal Ded's vakhs, Nund Rishi), Dakhani and early Urdu (Wali Deccani), Manipravalam
- Regional cultures: Rajput heroic traditions, Bengal's pirs and temples, Kerala Malayalam and Sanskrit blend, Odisha's Jagannath cult, miniature and regional scripts
Where to study
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII (prelims and contents)
- Theme 6
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 6 Devotional Paths to the Divine
- ch. 6 Devotional Paths to the Divine, pp. 1-18 (printed 61-78)
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, pp. 1-15 (printed 79-93)
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, Rulers and Religious Traditions: The Jagannatha Cult; A Closer Look: Bengal, pp. 2-10 (printed 80-88)
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, The Cheras and the Development of Malayalam (Manipravalam), pp. 1-2 (printed 79-80)
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, The Cheras and the Development of Malayalam; The Jagannatha Cult; The Rajputs and Traditions of Heroism; A Closer Look: Bengal; Pirs and Temples, pp. 1-13 (printed 79-91)
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 15
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume II (lessons 12 to 19), full text
- Lesson 13 Cultural Syncretism: Bhakti Movement in India, 13.5 Proponents of Bhakti Movement: Kabir; Tulsidas; Sur Das; Mirabai, pp. 25-27 (printed 21-23)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Literature (Tulsidas in Awadhi, Abdur Rahim in Brij), p. 56 (printed 52)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Literature (Shankara Deva and Assamese; regional languages), p. 56 (printed 52)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Literature (Marathi: Eknath, Tukaram, Ramdas, Mukteshwar), p. 56 (printed 52)
- Lesson 13 Cultural Syncretism: Bhakti Movement in India, 13.5 Proponents of Bhakti Movement: Guru Nanak; Namadeva; Tuka Ram, pp. 25-27 (printed 21-23)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Literature (development of Urdu), p. 56 (printed 52)
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII, Theme 6 Bhakti-Sufi Traditions: Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts
- Theme 6 Bhakti-Sufi Traditions, 8. New Devotional Paths: Dialogue and Dissent in Northern India (Kabir, Mirabai), pp. 22-26 (printed 161-165)
- Theme 6 Bhakti-Sufi Traditions, 9. Reconstructing Histories of Religious Traditions: Shankaradeva, p. 26 (printed 165)
- Theme 6 Bhakti-Sufi Traditions, 8. New Devotional Paths (Baba Guru Nanak, Gurmukhi, Adi Granth Sahib), pp. 24-25 (printed 163-164)
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 1 Introduction: Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years
- ch. 1 Introduction: Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years, Region and Empire; Language and region, pp. 9-10 (printed 9-10)