Indian art and culture / Literature, languages and sources
Tamil Sangam literature and Dravidian literatures
Concepts to cover
- Tolkappiyam, Ettuthogai (eight anthologies), Pattuppattu (ten idylls), Pathinenkilkanakku (Tirukkural), akam and puram
- Silappadikaram (Ilango Adigal) and Manimekalai (Sattanar); Sivaga Sindamani; Kalabhra-era Jain and Buddhist works
- Nalayira Divya Prabandham (Alvars, compiled by Nathamuni), Tevaram and Tirumurai (Nayanars, Nambi Andar Nambi), Kamban's Ramavataram, Siddhar poetry
- Kavirajamarga (Amoghavarsha), ratnatraya Pampa, Ponna, Ranna; vachanas of Basavanna and Akka Mahadevi; Kumaravyasa; Haridasa songs
- Telugu: kavitrayam Nannaya, Tikkana, Yerrapragada; Srinatha; Annamacharya; Krishnadeva Raya's Amuktamalyada and Peddana. Malayalam: Cherusseri, Ezhuthachan's Adhyatma Ramayanam, Manipravalam
Where to study
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 5 Evolution of Society in South India, pp. 82-94 (printed 78-90)
- Lesson 9 Cultural Development in South India, pp. 143-163 (printed 139-159)
- Lesson 5 Evolution of Society in South India, Literary; Classical Tamil Literature (Tolkappiyam, Ettuthogai, Pattuppattu), pp. 83-84 (printed 79-80)
- Lesson 5 Evolution of Society in South India, Classical Tamil Literature (Silappadikaram and Manimekalai); 5.8 Age of Kalabhras, p. 83 (printed 79)
- Lesson 9 Cultural Development in South India, 9.7 Azhwars and Nayanmars; Bhakti and the Arts (Tevaram and Divya Prabandham), pp. 157-159 (printed 153-155)
- Lesson 9 Cultural Development in South India, 9.2 Pallavas (Kamban's Ramayana), p. 148 (printed 144)
- Lesson 8 Harsha and Rise of Regional Kingdoms, Literature (Kannada literature under the Rashtrakutas: Kavirajamarga, Pampa), p. 138 (printed 134)
- Lesson 9 Cultural Development in South India, Introduction; Sources (Kannada literature), p. 143 (printed 139)
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 15
Themes in Indian History Part II, Class XII (prelims and contents)
- Theme 6
Themes in Indian History Part I, Class XII, Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns: Early States and Economies
- Theme 2 Kings, Farmers and Towns, 4. New Notions of Kingship: Chiefs and chiefdoms (Tamil Sangam texts), pp. 8-9 (printed 35-36)
Our Pasts I, Class VI, ch. 11 Buildings, Paintings and Books
- ch. 11 Buildings, Paintings and Books, The world of books; A description from the Silappadikaram, p. 6 (printed 119)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History Volume II (lessons 12 to 19), full text
- Lesson 13 Cultural Syncretism: Bhakti Movement in India, 13.1 Bhakti Movement in the South (Nalayira Divya Prabandham, Thirumurai), p. 22 (printed 18)
- Lesson 14 The Mughal Empire, Literature (Telugu: Amuktamalyada and Peddana; Malayalam), p. 56 (printed 52)
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, The Cheras and the Development of Malayalam, pp. 1-2 (printed 79-80)