- Classification Based on Ethnicity :
- Negrito :--
- Earliest inhabitants of Indian Peninsula.
- Superior in mechanical equipment.
- shelters in mountains and thick forests.
- Andaman and Nicobar -- Onge, Great Andamanese, Sentinelese and Jarawa.
- Kerala --- Kadar, Irulars, Paniyans.
- Identification -- curly hair, broad nose, medium height, dark skin.
- Mongoloid :---
- shelter in Sub-Himalayan region.
- Palaeo Mongoloids -- found in Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur.
- Tibeto Mongoloids -- Sikkim, Arunachal, migrated from Tibet, speak Mon-Khmer and Tibeto-Burmese
- Cave Paintings :
- murals of Ajanta, Elloras, Bagh, Sittanavasal
- Ajanta -- period of Mahayana -- life and teaching of lord Buddha, Jataka series.
- Ellora --- lord vishnu and goddess laxmi, second Shaiva holy men, Apsara.
- Bagh -- on bank of Bagh river, 5th to 7th century, represent most exquisite traditions of Indian art form.
- Sittanavasal -- Jain monestery, near Trichy based on pandyan period 9th century, theme --- animal, fish, ducks, 2 dancing figure.
- Madhubani :
- originated in Maithili Bihar, on wall of homes by women --- thoughts, hopes, dreams.
- themes --- around Krishna, Rama, Laxmi, Shiva, Durga, Saraswati, Sun, Moon, Tulasi.
- Natyashastra book by --- Bharat Muni --- on Dances.
- 4 pravrititis --- Dakshinatya, Audramagadhi, Avanti and Panchal
- Dakshinatya -- Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam.
- Audramagadhi --- Oddissi, Satriya (Assam). Gaudiya Nritya.
- Bharat Natyam -- TN
- earlier known as -- Sadir / Dasi Attam.
- first India's dance that refashioned.
- Range o fromantic love and devotion.
- music belong to Carnatic.
- dance recital include -- vocalist, drum player, flutist, violinist, veena.
- Queen Rudramadevi - 1262-89 of Kakatiya dynasty of Karnataka.
- Queen Didda - Kashmira - 980-1003.
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- Rajputs :
- Tomaras - 1165
- Ananga - 1130-45
- Chauhans - 1165-92
- Prithviraj Chauhan - 1175-92
- Turkish : ---- 1206-1290
- Qutbuddin Aybak - 1206-1210
- Shamsuddin Iltutmish - 1210-1236
- Raziya - 1236-40
- Ghiyasuddin Balban - 1266-87
- Khalji : ----1290-1320
- Jalaluddin Khalji - 1290-96
- Allauddin Khilaji - 1296-1316
- Tughluq :------- 1320-1414
- Ghiasuddin - 1320-24
- Muhmad - 1324-51
- Firuz Shah - 1351-88
- Sayyid : -----1414-1451
- Lodi : 1451-1526
- Military expeditions into southern India during reign of Allauddin Khalji culminated in Muhmad Tughluq.
- Bandagan - Delhi sultanate's Governor as act.
- Muhmad Tughluq - first planned compaign to capture Mongol territory --- failed.
Books :
- Silappadikaram - By poet Ilango - 1800 yrs ago (Tamil)
- Manimekalai - by Satanar - 1400 yrs ago
