Buildings Paintings And Books
The famous Iron Pillar at Mehrauli in Delhi is an example of skill and art. It was made about 1500 years ago.
The buildings such as stupas and temples were made of bricks and stones. The stupa at Sanchi was built over centuries.
- Amaravati also had a beautiful stupa.
- Some magnificent temples were built at Mahabalipuram and Aihole.
- Building stupas and temples was costly so the kings and queens gave money to build these.
- The painting of Ajanta caves is world famous. Most of these were monasteries for Buddhist monks.
- Epic Mahabharata was composed by Ved Vyasa.
- Ramayana was written by Valmiki.
- Silappadikaram and Manimekalai were written in Tamil by Ilango and Sattanar respectively.
- The Puranas contained religious stories in simple Sanskrit verse.
- They were meant to be heard by everybody.
- Writers like Kalidasa wrote in Sanskrit e.g. Meghaduta, Abhijnana Shakuntalam.
- The Jatakas and Panchatantra are collections of stories told by ordinary people.
- Books on science were also written. Aryabhata, a mathematician and astronomer wrote “Aryabhatiyam”. He developed a scientific explanation for eclipses.
- Harappans were master craftsmen. They had knowledge of copper metallurgy. They even manufactured bronze by mixing copper and tin.
- Charaka and Sushruta were two famous practitioners of Ayurveda in ancient times.
Buildings Paintings And Books Keywords
Stupax The word stupa means a mound.
Temple: The place of worship of the Hindus is called a temple.
Painting: The art of using colors is called a painting.
Epic: A very big book is called Epic. In this book, the great events of one or more heroes in an elevated style (or an epic poem) narrating continuously is called an epic.
Story: The account of an incident or a plot of a drama is called a story.
Purana: Puran literally means old. There are several Puranas of the Hindus. Puranas contain stories about Hindu gods and goddesses.
Science: Systematic knowledge is called science.
Mathematics: The science of space and numbers is called mathematics.
Mathura School of Art: A form of art (sculpture) that developed and flourished in Mathura and its adjoining areas. It was totally (or purely) in Indian style (i.e., free from foreign artistic impact).
Charak Samhita: This was a remarkable book on medicine written by Charaka (1st-2nd centuries C.E.)
Susruta Samhita: This was a remarkable book about elaborate surgical procedures written by Sushruta (4th century C.E).
Zero: The symbol for zero was invented by mathematicians in India and adopted by the world.
Buildings Paintings And Books Date Line
23000 Years Ago: Stupa building
20000 Years Ago: Amaravati, stupas building
1900 Years Ago: Invention of paper in China by Cai Lun
1800 Years Ago: Knowledge of paper in Baghdad
1600 Years Ago: Kalidasa
1500 Years Ago:
- Pillar at Mehrauli (Delhi)
- Temple at Bhitragaon,
- Paintings of Ajanta,
- Aryabhata
1400 Years Ago: Durga Temple; knowledge of paper spread to Korea and Japan