ONE YEAR POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA

COURSE IN HISTORY OF ART

Department of History of Art, Faculty of Arts has introduced One Year Post – Graduate Diploma
Course in History of Art with effect from the academic Session 2004 – 2005, where 05 seats are
available. The candidate has to deposit fee as per University rules.
As undergraduate degree in Philosophy, Religion, Sanskrit, History and Ancient Indian History
Culture and Archaeology with 50% marks in aggregate is the prerequisite for admission.
The above course will comprise 500 marks distributed over Five papers each paper carrying 100
marks.

PAPER I
ANCIENT INDIAN ARCHITECTURE
Indus city planning, Origin and development of Stupa (with special reference to Sanchi, Amaravati
and Sarnath (Dhamekha), Rock-cut Architecture - Vihara and Chaitya (with special reference to Bhaja,
Karle, Junnar, Ajanta Caves No.9 and 19), Origin and evolution of Temples (with special reference to
Deogarh (Dashavtara), Bodh Gaya (Mahabodhi), Khajuraho (Kandariya Mahadeva), Bhubneswar
(Lingaraja), Mt. Abu (Dilwara), Kanchipuram (Kailashnath), Ellora (Kailash), Tanjore (Brihadishvara)
Halebid (Hoyasaleshwara).
Reading List :

Brown, Percy Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu) History of India

and Eastern Architecture
Fergusson, J.
(revised by Burgess and Spiers) 2 vols.
Indian Art (Vol. I) also Hindi version
Agrawala, V. S.
Architecture in History and Culture of the Indian People,
Saraswati, S. K.
Vols. 2 & 3
Krishna Deva Temples of North India
Srinivasan, K. R. Temples of South India
Grover, Satish The Architecture of India (Buddhist and Hindu)
Christopher, Tadgell The History of Architecture in India
Upadhyaya,Vasudeo Prachina Bharatiya Stupa,Guha evam Mandira

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 PAPER II
INDIAN SCULPTURE
Indus Valley Sculpture, Mauryan Sculpture, Shunga - Satavahana (Sanchi and Amaravati), Kushan
(Mathura, and Gandhara), Gupta (Sarnath and Mathura), Medieval Indian Sculpture - main schools and
characteristic features : Pallava, Chola Bronzes, Pala, Chandella, and Orissa.
Terracotta: Indus Valley, Maurya, Shunga, Kushan, and Gupta.
Reading List :
Kramrisch, Stella Indian Sculpture
Saraswati, S. K. A Survey of Indian Sculpture
Agrawala, V. S. Indian Art (Vol. 1) also Hindi Version
Agrawala, V.S. Gupta Art
Coomaraswamy, A. K. History of Indian and Indonesian Art
Rowland, Benjamin Art and Architecture of India
Sivaramamurti, C. South Indian Bronzes
Kala, S. C. Prachina Bharatiya Mrittika Kala
Misra, R. N. Bharatiya Murtikala
Tiwari, M.N.P.and Giri, Kamal Madhyakalina Bharatiya Murtikala
Chandra, Pramod The Sculpture of India-3000 B.C. to 1300 AD.
Dhavalikar, M. K Masterpieces of Indian Terracottas

PAPER III
INDIAN PAINTING
Pre-historic Paintings, Ajanta-Ellora Wall Paintings, Pala Manuscript Painting, Western Indian
Style, Mughal School (Akbar to Shahjahan), Pahari (Basohli and Guler-Kangra), Rajasthani (Mewar,
Bundi, Kota, and Kishangarh), Company School (Varanasi and Patna), Kalighat Painting.
Reading List :
Barett, D. and Gray, B. Painting of India
Yazdani, G. Ajanta (4 Vols.)
Ghosh, A. (ed) Ajanta Murals
Coomaraswamy, A.K. History of Indian and Indonesian Art
Krishnadasa Rai Bharat ki Chitrakala
Gupta, Jagdish Pragaitihasika Bharatiya Chitrakala

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Department of Archaeology, Bhopal Rock Art of India
Khandalawala, Karl & Motichandra New Documents of Indian Painting - a Reappraisal
Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India
Studies in Early Indian Painting
Motichandra
INDIA - Art and Culture 1300 - 1900
The Art of Mughal India
Welch. S.C.
The Art of Book in India
Losty, J.P.
Eastern Indian Manuscript Painting
Das Gupta, R.
Rajput Painting at Bundi and Kota
Beach, M.C.
Indian Miniature Painting from the Collection of Edwin
Binney, E.
Binney 3rd.
The Mughal and Deccani School
Krishna, Anand Malwa Painting
Das, Ashok Kumar Mughal Painting During Jahangir's Time
Zabrowski, Mark Deccani Painting
Andhare, Sridhar Chronology of Mewar Painting
Archer, W. G. Kalighat Painting
Indian Painting from the Punjab Hills (2 Vols.)
Dickson, E. and Khandalawala, K. Kishangarh Painting
Archer, M. Company Drawings in the India Office Library

PAPER IV
INDIAN ICONOGRAPHY
Brahmanical: Principal forms of Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti. Surya, Ganesh and Karttikeya; Buddhist :
Bodhisattva – Avalokitesvara and Manjushree; Tara; Jain: Tirthankaras – Rishabhanatha, Parshvanatha
and Mahavira.
Reading List :
Banerjea, J.N. Development of Hindu Iconography
Bhattasali, N.K. Iconography of Buddhist and Brahmanical
Sculptures in the Dacca Museum
Agrawala, V.S. Brahmanical Images of Mathura Museum
Desai, Kalpana Iconography of Vishnu

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Srivastava, B. Iconography of Shakti
Joshi, N. P. Bhartiya Murtivigyana
Bhattacharya, B. Indian Buddhist Iconography
Bhattacharya, B.C. Jain Iconography
Tiwari, M.N.P. Jaina Pratima Vigyana (Hindi)
Rao, T.A.G. Elements of Hindu Iconography (2 Vols.)
Tiwari, M.N.P. and Giri Kamal Madhyakalina Bharatiya Pratimavigyana.
Sahai, Bhagwant Iconography of Minor Hindu and Buddhist
Deities
Pandey, Rekha Pratimavigyana
Avasthi, Ramashraya Bhubaneshwar Ki Deva Pratimayen
Khajuraho Ki Deva Pratimayen

PAPER V
INDO - ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE
General features of Indo - Islamic Architecture, Qutb Minar complex, General features of Tughlaq
Architecture, Bengal Architecture (Gaur and Pandua), Sharqi Architecture (Jaunpur), Main features of
the architecture of Behamini architecture, main architectural types from Akbar to Shahjahan period
(Fatehpur Sikari, Humayu’s Tomb, Akbar's Tomb, Taj Mahal, Lal Quila-Delhi).
Reading List :
Brown, Percy : Indian Architecture (Islamic Period)
Mehta, M. R. : Madhya Kalina Bhartiya Samskriti (in Hindi)
Grover, Satish : The Architecture of India (Islamic)
Desai, Z. A. : Mosques of India
Volwahsen, Andreas : Living Architecture: India
Saraswati, S. K. : Indo Islamic Architecture (2 Vols.)
Yazdani, H : Mandu- The City of Joy
Cambridge History of India (relevant volumes)
History and Culture of the Indian People (Vidya Bhavan Series- Vols. – 6 & 7)

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