Indian art and culture / Literature, languages and sources
Sanskrit grammar, treatises and historical kavyas
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Panini's Ashtadhyayi (fifth to fourth century BCE), Katyayana, Patanjali's Mahabhashya (Shunga period)
- Amarasimha's Amarakosha and the navaratna tradition of Chandragupta II's court; Kalidasa, Varahamihira, Dhanvantari
- Bharata's Natyashastra, Bhamaha's Kavyalankara, Dandin's Kavyadarsha, Anandavardhana's Dhvanyaloka, Vatsyayana's Kamasutra
- Kautilya's Arthashastra, Kamandaka's Nitisara, Somadeva Suri's Nitivakyamrita (Jain, tenth century)
- Bilhana's Vikramankadevacharita, Kalhana's Rajatarangini, Sandhyakara Nandi's Ramacharita, Nayachandra Suri's Hammira-Mahakavya, Padmagupta's Navasahasankacharita
- Vijnaneshvara's Mitakshara and Jimutavahana's Dayabhaga as medieval legal commentaries; Kulluka on Manu
Where to study
India’s Ancient Past · R. S. Sharma
- ch. 33
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 15
History of Medieval India · Satish Chandra
- ch. 4
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 6 New Questions and Ideas
- ch. 6 New Questions and Ideas, Panini, the grammarian, p. 5 (printed 61)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 7 The Guptas, Sanskrit Grammar, pp. 120-121 (printed 116-117)
- Lesson 7 The Guptas, Industry: Mining and Metallurgy; Sanskrit Literature (Amarasimha, Varahamihira, Kalidasa), pp. 118-121 (printed 114-117)
- Lesson 4 Emergence of State and Empire, Arthasastra, p. 71 (printed 67)
- Lesson 8 Harsha and Rise of Regional Kingdoms, Sources (Bana's Harshacharita as the first formal biography of a king), p. 129 (printed 125)
Themes in Indian History Part I, Class XII, Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns: Early States and Economies
- Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns, 3. An Early Empire (the Arthashastra), p. 5 (printed 32)