CUET 2023 Syllabus Knowledge Traditions

KNOWLEDGE TRADITIONS-PRACTICES IN
INDIA-316

SYLLABUS FOR CLASS 12

CUET Entrance Exam


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Note:
There will be one Question Paper which will have 50 questions out of which 40 questions need
to be attempted.

Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India
1 Agriculture: A Survey
Agriculture in Prehistory and Proto history/ Textual Sources/ Types of Lands/ Rain-Fed and Irrigated
Crops/ Implements/ Seed and Sowing/ Manures/ Pests and Their Management/ Cattle Management/
Horticulture and Arboriculture/ Fishing/ Agriculture and Society

2 Architecture: A Survey
 Early and Classical Architecture
Temple Architecture/ Rock-Cut Structures/ Monolithic Temples/ Constructed Temples/ Publicand
Private Architecture
Architecture: A Survey
 Medieval & Colonial Architecture
Fort and Palace Architecture/ Mosques/ Mausoleums/ Colonial Architecture

3 Dance: A Survey
 Classical Dance Forms
Classical Period/ Middle Period/ Modern Period/ Classical Dance Forms/ Bharatanayam/
Kathakali/ Kathak/ Kucipudi/ Manipuri/ O'issi/ Sattriya
 Folk Dance Forms
Chau/ Bihu/ Rauf/ Padayani/ DolluKunitha/ Dandiya/ Ghumar/ Kalbelia/ Chau&fla/ Bhangra/
Giddha/ Garba/ Lava)i/ Bamboo Dance

.4 Education Systems and Practices: A Survey
Goals of Indian Education/ Teaching and Learning/ the Teacher and the Student/ Centres ofEducation/
Temples as First Schools/ Gurukulas/ Viharas and Universities/ Community- Supported Education/
The Continuing System

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Two Types of Knowledge and the Right Pupil/ Mere Intellectual Knowledge Is Not Enough/The
Link between Teacher and Pupil/ Teachers Invite Students to Come to Them/Controlling the Mind
and the Senses: the Goal of Indian Education/ Teacher’s Directives toStudents on their Completion
of Study/ what Is a Useful Life?/Hsüan-tsang’s (Xuanzang) Impressions of Indian Education/
Hsüan-tsang’s (XuanZang) Description of NalandaUniversity
An Italian Explorer’s Record of Indian Education in the 17th Century/ A Description of Indian
Education in the 18th Century/ The Teacher’s Subsistence/ Respect for the Teacher/Physical
Education and Sports/ Description of the University at Navadveep (Nuddeah) inBengal in 1791/
Love of Learning and Support for Education among Indians/ A W - idespread Colonial Network of
Indigenous Schools

.5 Ethics: Individual and Social
The Cosmic Order/ Buddhist Ethics/ Jain Ethics/ Sikh Ethics/ The Bhakti
Movement Primary Texts on Ethics: Individual and Social: A Selection
From Jain Granthas/ From Buddhist Granthas/ From Asoka’s Edicts/ From the Kural (tr.
P.S. Sundaram)

.6 Martial Arts Traditions:ASurvey
 Texts/ Practice of Martial Arts/ Stick Combat/ Kaarippayau Martial Arts
Traditions: A Selection fromPrimary Texts Wrestling in the Mahabharata/
Mallapura_a/ Marmasastram

.7 Language and Grammar
Languages of India/ Study of Language in India/ Disciplines of Language Studies in India/
Classification of Speech-Sounds/ Theory of Grammar

.8 Other Technologies: A Survey
Harappan Technologies/ Later pottery/ Glass/ Water Management/ Textile Technology/
Wing Technology/ Pyrotechnics/ Cosmetics andPerfumes
Other Technologies: A Selection from PrimaryTexts
Gemmology/ Water Management/ Textiles and Garments/ Perfumes and Cosmetics

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