Pre-Study: What to Study
8 Subtopics · 46 ConceptsNatyashastra and Theatrical Theory
Bharata's Definition of Natya and Its Four Elements
Importance 2/5 What to StudyOrigin of Natya as the Fifth Veda
Importance 3/5 What to StudyLokadharmi vs Natyadharmi
Lokadharmi and Natyadharmi: Meaning and Features
Importance 3/5 What to StudyModes in Classical Dance-Drama and Modern Theatre
Importance 2/5 What to StudyDasharupaka (Ten Dramatic Forms)
Nataka and Prakarana
Importance 3/5 What to StudyOther Forms of the Dasharupaka (Bhana, Vyayoga, Samavakara, Dima, Ihamriga, Anka, Vithi, Prahasana)
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Bhasa: Plays and Their Rediscovery
Importance 3/5 What to StudyKalidasa: Plays and European Reception
Importance 4/5 What to StudyShudraka's Mricchakatika
Importance 4/5 What to StudyVishakhadatta's Mudrarakshasa
Importance 4/5 What to StudyHarsha as Playwright
Importance 3/5 What to StudyBhavabhuti: Plays and Standing
Importance 3/5 What to StudyMahendravikrama Pallava and the Mattavilasa Prahasana
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Southern India
Koodiyattam
Importance 5/5 What to StudyKrishnanattam
Importance 2/5 What to StudyOttanthullal
Importance 3/5 What to StudyYakshagana
Importance 4/5 What to StudyTherukoothu
Importance 2/5 What to StudyNorthern and Central India
Ramlila and Raslila
Importance 4/5 What to StudyNautanki and Swang
Importance 3/5 What to StudyMaach of Malwa
Importance 2/5 What to StudyBidesia and Bhikhari Thakur
Importance 3/5 What to StudyWestern India
Tamasha
Importance 3/5 What to StudyBhavai
Importance 2/5 What to StudyEastern and North-Eastern India
Jatra
Importance 3/5 What to StudyAnkiya Nat and Bhaona
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Antiquity of Indian Puppetry and the Term Sutradhara
Importance 3/5 What to StudyFour Types of Indian Puppetry and Their Regions
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Kathputli
Importance 3/5 What to StudyBommalattam
Importance 3/5 What to StudyOther String Puppet Traditions (Gombeyata, Sakhi Kundhei, Putla Nautch)
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Tholu Bommalata
Importance 3/5 What to StudyTholpavakoothu
Importance 3/5 What to StudyRavana Chhaya and Togalu Gombeyata
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Putul Nach
Importance 3/5 What to StudyYampuri of Bihar
Importance 2/5 What to StudyGlove Puppets
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Complete UNESCO ICH List from India
India's UNESCO ICH List: Total Count and Latest Additions
Importance 2/5 What to StudyIndia's 2008 Inscriptions
Importance 4/5 What to StudyIndia's 2010 Inscriptions
Importance 4/5 What to StudySankirtana and the Thathera Craft of Jandiala Guru
Importance 3/5 What to StudyYoga and Nawrouz
Importance 3/5 What to StudyKumbh Mela: Sites and Cycles
Importance 4/5 What to StudyDurga Puja and Garba Inscriptions
Importance 4/5 What to StudyBharat Ratna Recipients (Performing Arts)
Vocalists Awarded the Bharat Ratna (M.S. Subbulakshmi, Lata Mangeshkar, Bhimsen Joshi, Bhupen Hazarika)
Importance 3/5 What to StudyInstrumentalists Awarded the Bharat Ratna (Ravi Shankar, Bismillah Khan)
Importance 2/5 What to Study