GS-1 · Salient aspects of Art, Architecture, literature from Ancient to Modern Times
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Taxila university was one of the oldest universities of the world with which were associated a number of renowned learned personalities of all times. Its strategic location caused its fame to flourish, but unlike Nalanda, it is not considered as a university in the modern sense. Discuss.
Gandhara sculpture owed as much to the Romans as to the Greeks. Explain.
Persian literary sources of medieval India reflect the spirit of the age. Comment.
Discuss the significance of the lion and bull figures in Indian mythology, art and architecture.
Assess the role of British imperial power in complicating the process of transfer of power during the 1940s.
Many voices had strengthened and enriched the nationalist movement during the Gandhian phase. Elaborate.
Examine the linkages between the 19th century ‘Indian Renaissance’ and the emergence of national identity.
The 1857 Uprising was the culmination of the recurrent big and small local rebellions that had occurred in the preceding hundred years of British rule. Elucidate.
Explain how the foundations of the modern world were laid by the American and French revolutions.
What are the challenges to our cultural practices in the name of secularism?