LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034.

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY

FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2003

HT 1800 / H 715  –  cultural heritage of india

 

04.04.2003

1.00 – 4.00                                                                                                   Max : 100 Marks

                                                                PART – A                                         (4´ 5=20 marks)

      Answer any FOUR of the following not exceeding 100 words each.

 

1. Harappan Polity
2. Popular Assemblies of the Vedic age
3. Varnashramadharma
4. Buddhist and Jaina theory of Government
5. Nalanda Mahayana University
6. Impact of Christianity on Tamil Society

 

 

                                                                PART – B                                       (2´ 10=20 marks)

      Answer any TWO of the following not exceeding 300 words each.

 

7. What do you know about the Religion and Rituals of the Harappan people?
8. Write a note on the merits and demerits of the caste system in India.
9. Analyze the nature and extent of Asoka’s Dhamma. How far did it reflect the teachings of Buddhism?
10. Survey the nature and impact of English language and western education on Indian cultural ethos.

 

 

                                                               PART – C                                         (3´20=60 marks)

Answer any THREE of the following not exceeding 1200 words each.

 

11. Describe the political, social, economic and religious condition of the Rig Vedic Age. In what respect did it differ from Later Vedic Age.
12. “The religion of Asoka’s edicts was not any particular religion but an amalgamation of all religions in India”. Comment.
13. Discuss the life and teachings of Mahavira. What are their contributions to Indian Culture.
14. Critically examine the social and cultural contributions of the Imperial Guptas.
15. Write a detailed essay on the impact and contribution of Islam. Did it result in the emergence of an Indian Cultural ethos?

 

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI– 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION  –     HISTORY

FIRST SEMESTER  – NOVEMBER 2003

HT 1800/H  715   CULTURAL HERITAGE OF INDIA                

04.11.2003                                                                                        Max: 100 Marks

1.00 – 4.00

 

PART –A                                (4 ´ 5= 20 Marks)

Answer any FOUR of the following not exceeding 100 words each

1. Vedas and upa-vedas
2. ‘Four Noble Truths’
3. Define ‘CASTE’ what are its characteristics?
4. Four Buddhist Councils
5. Indo-Saracenic style of Architecture
6. Charles Wood’s education despatch (1854)

 

Part – b                              (2 ´ 10 = 20 Marks)

Answer any TWO of the following in 300 words each

7. What are the distinctive characteristics of Indian culture?
8. Explain the ‘Aryan problem’ and describe the various theories regarding the

original homeland of the Aryans.

 

9. What is the significant contribution of Tamil to the growth of literature

in Ancient India?

 

10. Trace the contribution of western scholars to the revival of glorious cultural  past

of India.

 

PART – C                             (3 ´ 20 = 60 Marks)

Answer any THREE of the following not exceeding 1200 words each

 

11. Point out the salient features of Harappan culture and civilisation and examine

the causes for its disappearance.

12. Account for the rise of reform movements and discuss the life and teachings of

Mahavira in relation to that.

13. Describe the political, economic and religious condition of the later vedicage.

In what respect did it differ from the Rigvedicage?

14. How are far is it right to characterise the Mauryan period as the ‘Age of imperial

unity’?

 

15. “The Gupta period stands at the centre of Indian history”.  Discuss the  development of Arts and Literature in the Gupta period in the light of this

statement.

 

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