I. | Agriculture: A Survey | Agriculture in Prehistory and Protohistory/ 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. |
II. | Architecture: A Survey | Early and Classical Architecture: - Temple-Architecture/ Rock-Cut Structures/ Monolithic Temples/ Constructed Temples/ Public and Private Architecture Architecture: A Survey.
Medieval & Colonial Architecture: - Fort and Palace Architecture/ Mosques/ Mausoleums/ Colonial Architecture.
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III. | Dance: A Survey | Classical Dance Forms: - Classical Period/ Middle Period/ Modern Period/ Classical Dance Forms/ Bharatanatyam/ Kathakali/ Kathak/ Kucipudi/ Manipuri/ Odissi/ Sattriya.
Folk Dance Forms: - Chau/ Bihu/ Rauf/ Padayani/ DolluKunitha/ Dandiya/ Ghumar/ Kalbelia/ Chaufla/ Bhangra/ Giddha/ Garba/ Lava)/ Bamboo Dance.
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IV. | Education Systems and Practices: A Survey
| - Goals of Indian Education/ Teaching and Learning/ the Teacher and the Student/ Centres of Education/ Temples as First Schools/ Gurukulas/ Viharas and Universities/ Community- Supported Education/ The Continuing System.
- 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 to students on their Completion of Study/ what Is a Useful Life?/Hsüan-Tsang's (Xuanzang) Impressions of Indian Education/ Hsüan-Tsang's (Xuan Zang) Description of Nalanda University.
- 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) in Bengal in 1791/ Love of Learning and Support for Education among Indians/ A widespread Colonial Network of Indigenous Schools.
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V. | 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).
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VI. | Martial Arts Traditions: A Survey | Texts/ Practice of Martial Arts/ Stick Combat/ Kaarippayau Martial Arts Traditions: A Selection from Primary Texts Wrestling in the Mahabharata/ Mallapuraa/ Marma Sastram. |
VII. | Language and Grammar | Languages of India/ Study of Language in India/ Disciplines of Language Studies in India/ Classification of Speech-Sounds/ Theory of Grammar. |
VIII. | Other Technologies: A Survey | - Harappan Technologies/ Later pottery/ Glass/ Water Management/ Textile Technology/
Wing Technology/ Pyrotechnics/ Cosmetics and perfumes. - Other Technologies: A Selection from PrimaryTexts.
- Gemmology/ Water Management/ Textiles and Garments/ Perfumes and Cosmetics.
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