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Mauryan Architecture- Part 2 24 Oct 2019 10 min read Mauryan Popular Art Apart from the court art or royal patronage, cave-architecture, sculpture, and pottery took the expressions of art by individual effort. Cave Architecture: During the Mauryan period, caves were generally used as viharas, i.e. living quarters, by the Jain and Buddhist monks. Key…
Cold War 16 Nov 2019 13 min read Recently, 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (which was brought down on 9/11/1989) was celebrated which had marked a pivotal event in the Cold War Era. What is Cold War? The Cold War was a period (1945-1991) of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union…
Sangam Age 18 Nov 2019 12 min read Introduction The period roughly between the 3rd century B.C. and 3rd century A.D. in South India (the area lying to the south of river Krishna and Tungabhadra) is known as Sangam Period. It has been named after the Sangam academies held during that period that flourished under…
Carnatic Music 20 Feb 2020 4 min read Why in News? Recently, S. Sowmya was conferred with Sangita Kalanidhi Award for her contribution to Carnatic music. Origin of Carnatic Music Carnatic music owes its name to the Sanskrit term Karnâtaka Sangîtam which denotes “traditional” or “codified” music. Composed of a system of Ragam (Raga) and…
Hindustani Music 27 Feb 2020 10 min read Hindustani Music is one of the two distinct schools of Indian Classical Music practiced mainly in North India. The other school of Indian Classical Music is Carnatic music which is practiced mainly in Southern India. Origin of Hindustani Music While the historical roots of both the music…
Year End Review 2019: Ministry of Culture 04 Apr 2020 8 min read Important Events Commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi The President of India, presided over the second meeting of the National Committee for Commemoration of the 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The National Committee was constituted for commemorating the…
World Heritage Sites in India 14 Apr 2020 20 min read A World Heritage Site is a place that is listed by UNESCO for its special cultural or physical significance. The list of World Heritage Sites is maintained by the international ‘World Heritage Programme’, administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. The United Nations Educational,…
Delta 01 Jun 2020 11 min read Delta is a “depositional feature of a river formed at the mouth of the river. These are wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. It is a characteristic feature of a river…
Cyclone 04 Jun 2020 14 min read Why in news In the year 2020, Cyclone Amphan (pronounced as UM-PUN) formed over Bay of Bengal intensified and turned into a “super cyclonic storm” , the second super cyclone since 1999. In another incident Mumbai has been hit by a cyclone (Cyclone Nisarga) after a gap of…
Important Indian National Congress Sessions 15 Jun 2020 6 min read Introduction The Indian National Congress was founded at Bombay in December 1885. The early leadership – Dadabhai Naoroji, Pherozeshah Mehta, Badruddin Tyabji, W.C. Bonnerji, Surendranath Banerji, Romesh Chandra Dutt, S. Subramania Iyer, among others – was largely from Bombay and Calcutta. A retired British…