Art and Culture, Modern History,Post Independence and World History Mains Booster Series MK Yadav Sir 2025-26 English Medium INDEX 1. ART AND CULTURE 2. MODERN HISTORY 3. POST INDEPENDENCE 4. WORLD HISTORY CONTENTS 1 ARCHITECTURE 3-21 1.1 EVOLUTION OF INDIAN ARCHITECTURE 1.1.1 INDUS VALLEY ARCHITECTURE 1.1.2 ROCK CUT ARCHITECTURE 1.2 ARCHITECTURE DURING MAURYAN PERIOD 1.3 ARCHITECTURE IN POST-MAURYAN PERIOD 1.4 ART & ARCHITECTURE IN GUPTA PERIOD 1.5 ART & ARCHITECTURE DURING IMPORTANT DYNASTIES 1.6 TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE 1.6.1 SIGNIFICANCE OF TEMPLE IN INDIA 1.7 INDO-ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE 1.8 TYPES OF ARCHITECTURE 1.9 MODERN/ COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE 1.10 SIGNIFICANCE OF ANIMAL FIGURE IN INDIAN MYTHOLOGY, ART & ARCHITECTURE 1.11 SIGNIFICANCE OF ARCHITECTURE 1.12 MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR MAINS 2024 2 POTTERY 22-24 2.1 EVOLUTION OF POTTERY 2.2 IMPORTANCE OF POTTERY 2.3 MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR MAINS 2024 3 INDIAN PAINTINGS 25-35 3.1 MURAL PAINTINGS 3.2 MINIATURE PAINTINGS 3.2.1 EVOLUTION OF MINIATURE PAINTINGS BY VARIOUS SCHOOLS 3.3 MUGHAL PAINTINGS 3.4 PITHORA PAINTINGS 3.5 ROGAN PAINTINGS 3.6 RAJPUT PAINTINGS 3.6.1 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS INVOLVE IN RAJPUT PAINTING 3.7 PAHARI PAINTINGS 3.7.1 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF PAHARI PAINTINGS 3.8 PATTACHITRA PAINTINGS 3.9 IMPORTANCE OF PAINTINGS 3.10 MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR MAINS 2024 4 INDIAN DANCES 36-39 4.1 CLASSICAL DANCES 4.1.1 DIFFERENT FORMS OF CLASSICAL DANCES IN INDIA 4.2 FOLK DANCES 4.3 MOST IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR MAINS 2024 5 INDIAN MUSIC 40-44 5.1 CLASSICAL MUSIC 5.1.1 HINDUSTANI MUSIC 5.1.2 CARNATIC MUSIC 5.1.3 SUB CLASSICAL STYLES OF CLASSICAL MUSIC 5.2 FOLK MUSIC 5.3 IMPORTANCE OF DANCE AND MUSIC 5.4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS BY GOVERNMENT 5.5 PROMOTION OF INDIAN ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE 5.6 MOST IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR MAINS 2024 6 HANDICRAFTS: SIGNIFICANCE AND CHALLENGES 45-46 6.1 EVOLUTION OF HANDICRAFTS IN INDIA 6.2 IMPORTANCE OF HANDICRAFTS INDUSTRY 6.3 REASON FOR THE DECLINE OF HANDICRAFT INDUSTRY 6.4 CHALLENGES IN MODERN TIMES 6.5 KEY GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES 7 INDIAN LITERATURE 47-56 7.1 CATEGORIZATION OF INDIAN LITERATURE 7.1 BY RELIGION, BY HISTORICAL PERIODS, BY LINGUISTIC TRADITIONS, BY GENRES 7.2 LITERATURE OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL INDIA ON DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS 7.3 SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE OF ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL INDIA AND ITS MODERN ADOPTION 7.4 FOREIGN LITERARY SOURCES 7.4.1 SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE ACCOUNTS 7.4.2 ISSUES WITH FOREIGN LITERARY SOURCES 7.5 LITERARY WORKS ABOUT COLONIAL RULE IN INDIA