The term ‘culture’ stands for a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, morals and any other habits acquired by human beings, besides the culture manifested by literature; art that includes painting, sculpture, music, dance, and drama; architecture, music, dance, and drama.

Highlights

• This book explores some of India’s cultural dimensions—religion and philosophy, music, drama and dance, art and architecture, language and literature—in their classical as well as folk traditions.
• Modern developments, such as the cinema and the growing importance of media in the cultural stream, have also been discussed.
• Wide-ranging and deep research lies behind each chapter on the various aspects of Indian culture.
• The plethora of material available has been sifted and carefully collated to emphasise the most important details so that conciseness and comprehensiveness are adequately balanced.

The book will be of use to the candidates of the UPSC Civil Services Mains as well as the Prelims in preparing for the General Studies paper. It will of interest to candidates of other competitive examinations as well as to the general reader.