5] Course Indian Knowledge System (IKS) Credits-2 Weeks-15 Type (Theory) Hours-30 IKS History of Knowledge Production in Int. Marks Ext.Marks 101HIS India (Generic) 15 35
Course Objectives: 1. To understand the nature of knowledge. 2. To understand the evolution of the scientific approach in the Indian subcontinent. 3. To study contributions made by different people to the various branches of knowledge before modernity evolved in India.
Course Outcomes: 1. The concept of the ancient intellectual knowledge tradition will be understood. 2. Developments in science from ancient times will be introduced. 3. Information about human development will be understood.
Unit 1. Introduction to Indian Knowledge System 06
a. Definition, Scope and importance of knowledge b. nature of Indian Knowledge System c. Evolution of scientific approach
Unit 2. Development of Sciences 12
a. Astronomy- Aryabhatta, Varahamihira, Sawai Jaisingh b. Medicine- Ayurveda and Yunani c. Metallurgy- Copper, Iron, Bronze & alloys
Unit 3. Development of Humanities 12
a. Language - Prakrit, Sanskrit, Farsee b. Philosophy- Vedic, Lokayat, Buddhist, Jaina c. Education system in ancient India – Takshashila, Nalanda, Valabhi University d. Architecture Reference: English:
1. Abdur Rahman, Science and Technology in Medieval India: A Bibliography of
Source Materials in Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, 1982. 2. Chattopadhyaya, Debiprasad, History of science and technology in ancient India: the beginnings, Firma KLM Pvt. Ltd. 1986. 3. Dasgupta Surendranath, A History of Indian Philosophy, Cambridge University press, 1922. 4. Gopal L. and V. C. Shrivastava, History of Agriculture in India (Upto 1200 A. D.), Concept Publishing, New Delhi, 2008. 5. Irfan Habib (ed.), People's History of India – Vol 20 : Technology in Medieval India, c. 650–1750, Aligarh Historians Society and Tulika Books, 2016. 6. Jan Gonda, A History of Indian Literature, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1975. 7. PadmanabhaThanu (ed.), Astronomy in India : A Historical Perspective, Indian National Science Academy, Springer, New Delhi. 2014. 8. Sohoni Pushkar, Introduction to the History of Architecture in India, IISER, Pune, 2020. 9. Tripathi Radhavallabh, Vāda in theory and practice : studies in debates, dialogues and discussions in Indian intellectual discourses, IIAS, Shimla, 2016. मराठी: 1. अळतेकर सदािशव अनतं , ाचीन भारतीय िश ण प ती, नागपरू , १९३५. 2. कोसंबी दा.ध., ाचीन भारतीय सं कृ ती आिण स यता, डायमंड काशन, पणु े, २०१६. 3. कोसंबी दा. ध. संतापजनक िनबंध, लोकवा य गृह, मुंबई, २०२१. 4. गायधनी र.न. व राहरकर व.ग., ाचीन भारताचा सां कितक इितहास, कॉि टने टल पणु े, १९९४. 5. मेहदं ी, ाचीन भारत समाज आिण सं कृ ती, ा पाठशाळा मंडळ, वाई, २००१. 6. शमा आर. एस., ाचीन भारत, के सागर काशन, पणु े. १९९७. 7. िसंग उिपंदर, ाचीन भारत- िवरोधाभासांची सं कृ ती, सनय काशन, २०२४.
B.N. Goswamy - Indian Art_ Forms, Concerns, And Development in Historical Perspective (History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization)-Munshiram Manoharlal
