DISCLAIMER: The texts listed below are supplementary reading materials for the course. Please note that they are strictly for educational purposes and internal / private use. Any other use (including posting them on other websites, egroups, etc.) can only be with the permission of the respective authors and/or copyright holders

Vaastushastra

• Vaastu Tradition

Ayurveda

• Ayurveda
• The Art of Living in Ayurveda
• Quantum Logic in Ayurveda  [Optional reading]

Ethics, Polity & Governance

• Muhlberger’s paper on Democracy in ancient India
• Ethics, case studies
• Slides:  Systems of Ethics in ancient India, Ethics case study, Polity, governance and administration

Indian model of Philosophical Enquiry

• Language and Reality:The World-View of the Nyaya-Vaisesika System of Indian Philosophy

History of science in India

Material for study

• Indian Tradition of Science, an Introductory Overview – presentation by Dr MD Srinivas (2016)
• The Indian Tradition in Science and Technology, an Overview – JK Bajaj (1988)
• The Algorithmic Approach of Indian Mathematics – MD Srinivas (2015)
• Kerala School of Astronomy and Mathematics – MD Srinivas (2012)
• On the Nature of Mathematics and Scientific Knowledge in Indian Tradition – MD Srinivas  (2016)

Material for reference (optional reading):

• Development of Calculus in India – K Ramasubramanian & MD Srinivas (2010)
• Proofs in Indian Mathematics – MD Srinivas (2005)
• The Traditional Indian Planetary Model and its Revision by Nilakantha Somayaji – K Ramasubramanian, MD Srinivas & MS Sriram (2011)

 

Performing Arts: Dance, Music and Theatre

• Indian concept of performance
• Natyashastra

 

Hindustani Music

 

Indian Knowledge systems

• Introduction to Indian Knowledge Systems – Kapil Kapoor