ASI Training Syllabus Paper04

Syllabus for PGDA
Papers: I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | TEST
I. INTRODUCTION
Protohistory: definition, scope, terminology
Beginning of agriculture and domestication of animals and plants
II. WORLD PERSPECTIVE
Survey of early agricultural societies in West Asia , Egypt and China
Neolithic cultures of south-east Asia
III. SOUTH ASIAN PERSPECTIVE
Survey of Neolithic cultures with special reference to the early domestication of wheat-barley and rice cultivation
distribution, artefacts, technology, raw material, economy, question of microliths, pottery, etc in association with animal domestication
Regional distribution of sites
Baluchistan
Northern India
Central India
Eastern and north-eastern India
Peninsular India
Chalcolithic cultures
Diagnostic features, range and chronology
Chalcolithic cultures of Baluchistan and adjacent areas
Chalcolithic cultures of Rajasthan: Ahar, Gilund, Balathal, Ojiyana, Ganeshpur-Jodhpura sites
Chalcolithic cultures of central India : Kayatha, Navdatoli, Maheshwar, Eran
Chalcolithic cultures of eastern India : Chirand, Senuwar, Pandu Rajar Dhibi, Mangalkot, Golbai Sasan
Chalcolithic sites of Ganga plain: Sohgaura, Narhan, Malhar, Lahuradewa
Chalcolithic cultures of Deccan : Jorwe, Prakash, Bahal, Nevasa, Daimabad, Chandoli, Sonegaon, Inamgaon, Kaote
Neolithic-Chalcolithic cultures of South India : Piklihal, Brahmagiri, Sanganakallu, Tekkalakota, Hallur, Maski, T.Narsipur
Harappan Civilization
Terminology, history of Harappan studies in India , discovery and identification of the Harappan civilization
Emergence of the early Harappan period – Ravi , Hakra and Amri cultures
Early Harappan period, concept and evolution of terminology, characteristic features, different cultural zones during early Harappan period and distribution pattern
Important sites: Amri, Kot Diji, Harappa, Nausharo, Kulli, Mehi, Nal-Nundara, Mundigak, Rahman Dheri, Sarai Khola, Kalibangan, Dholavira, Banawali, Rakhigarhi, Baror, Bhirrana
Nature of transition from early Harappan to mature Harappan
Mature Harappan period, concept, distribution pattern and extent, characteristic features, standardisation
Town planning and settlement types, architecture
Society and social organisation
Agriculture, floral remains
Faunal remains
Trade: Inland and Foreign, Mesopotamian contacts, literary references, items traded
Writing and script, seals and sealing
Weights and linear measurements
Pottery
Religion
Arts and Crafts (painting, terracotta figurines, glyptic art, bronze, steatite, faience figurines, etc)
Technology
Stone (blade and bead industry), faience, shell, ivory, stone ware, terracotta, pottery, steatite, textile,
Bronze, copper, tin, silver, gold
Survey of raw material sources of various items
Funerary customs
Chronology
A survey of excavated Harappan sites: Mohenjodaro, Harappa , Dholavira, Rakhigarhi, Banawali, Kalibangan, Lothal, Surkotada, Bagasra, Kuntasi, Nageshwar, Rangpur, Desalpur
Late / Post Harappan period
Distribution, different cultural zones, chronology
Jhukar-Jhangar, Cemetery H, Gandhara Grave Lustrous Red Ware
Important sites: Jhukar, Harappa , Banawali, Dholavira, Rangpur, Hulas, Alamgirpur, Bhagwanpura, Mitathal
Decline and various theories
Legacy of Harappan civilization
Ochre Coloured Pottery & copper hoards
Distribution: Bahadarabad, Bisauli, Saipai, Lalqila, Atranjikhera, Hastinapur, Jodhpura
Typology
Associated pottery and the cultural affiliation
Dating
Iron Age Cultures
Antiquity of iron in India
Painted Grey Ware culture
Distribution pattern, relation to late Harappan culture
Survey of PGW sites in Pakistan and India
Important sites: Ahichchhatra, Hastinapur, Bhagwanpura, Atranjikhera
Megalithic cultures of India
Distribution pattern, different types of megaliths, survey of various regional types of megaliths including rock-cut chambers
Habitation sites
Important sites: Burzahom, Naikund, Mahurjhari, Kunnatur, Adichanallur, Kodumanal, Brahmagiri, Maski
- National Commission for Scheduled Castes
- Headquarters
- Regional Director
- Circles
- Excavation Branches
- Prehistory Branch
- Architectural Survey Projects
- Epigraphical Studies & Branches
- Underwater Archaeology Wing
- Science Branch
- Horticulture Branch
- Central Antiquity Collection
- Central Archaeological Library
- Institute of Archaeology