The major sections are as follows:

Literature

Dance

Music

Architecture

Literature:

Name of Book Name of author

Ramayana Valmiki

Mahabharata Ved Vyas

Ramcharti Manas Tulsidas

Ashtadhyayi Panini

Abhigyan Shakuntalam Kalidas

Meghdoot Kalidas

Vikmovarshiyam Kalidas

Ritusamhar Kalidas

Mrichchkatika Shudraka

Ratnavali Harsha Vardhan

Geetgovinda Jayadeva

Arthashastra Vishnugupt/Chanakya

Kamasutra Vatsyayan

Svapnavasavdattam Bhaasa

Manusmriti Manu

Ananda Math/Kapal Kundala Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Devdas Sharat Chandra Chatterjee

Gitanjali Rabindranath Tagore

Gita Rahasya B.G. Tilak

Harsha Charita Banabhatta

Kadambari Banabhatta

Kamyani Jai Shankar Prasad

Mundra Rakshas Vishakhadutta

Panchatantra Vishnu Sharma

Satyartha Prakash Swami Dayananda Saraswati

Mitakshara Vignaneshwara

Godan Premchand

Sooryakanthi G Sankara Kurup

 

Dance:

In India dance can be divided into two types. Like classical dance and folk dance.

Important Classical dances of India:

Name of the dance                Region Some important facts

Kathakali, Mohiniattam,

Chakiarkoothu, ottum thual

Kerala A. Pallavi Krishnan and Bharti Shivaji are the famous

exponents of Mohiniattam from of dance.B. Madavoor

Vasudevan nair is famous exponent of Kathakali from

of dance

Bharatnatyam Tamil Nadu A.      The famous exponents of this dance from are

Yamini Krishnamurty, Padma Subramanyam, Mallika

Sarabhai

Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh The famous exponents of this dance from are form

are Raja and Radha Reddy, Yamini Krishnamurty,

Malika Sarabhai

Odissi Orissa ·The Famous exponents of this dance form are

late Kelucharan Mahapatra,  and Sonal Mansingh

Kathak Uttarpradesh The Famous exponents of this dance from Birjoo

Maharaj and Uma Sharma

Manipuri Manipur

Yakshagana Karnataka

                                                Popular Folks Dances of India

Chhou Nach and Ghambira West Bengal

Kolattam Kerala

Bhangara Punjab

Nautanki Uttar Pradesh

Dandya Ras and Garba Gujarat

Tamasha Maharashtra

Fegun and Jata Jatin Bihar

Macha Madhya Pradesh

Ankia Nat and Bihu Assam

Ghummar Rajasthan

Music:

List of Famous and Important music artist of India and their associated

disciplines:

Name of Musician Famous in

Pt.Bhimsen Joshi Hindustani Vocalist

Pt. Jasraj Hindustani Vocalist

Late M.S. Subbulakshmi Famous Carnatic Vocalist

Allauddin Khan Hindustani Vocalist

Bade Gulam Ali khan Hindustani Vocalist

Basavraj Rajguru Hindustani Vocalist

Dr.M.Balmuralikrishna Carnatic Vocalist

D.K.Pattamal Carnatic Vocalist

K.J.Yesudas Carnatic Vocalist

Late Gangubai Hangal Hindustani Vocalist

Parveen Sultan Hindustani Vocalist

Rajan and Sajan Mishra Hindustani Vocalist

Kishori Amonkar Hindustani Vocalist

Pt.Ravi Shankar Sitar

Pt. Ajya Chakraborty Hindustani Vocalist

Ustad ali Akbar Khan Sarod

Ustad Amjal Ali Khan Sarod

Pt.Hari Prasad Chaurasiya Flute

Important musical instrumental of India:

Name of the musical instrument Name of the Artist

Sitar Pandit Ravi Shankar, Debu Chaudhary, Annapuran Devi,

Anoushka Shankar

Flute Pt.Hari Prasad Chourasiya, Jayantha Bannerjee

Violin N.Rajam, P.L.Pawar

Sarod Amjad ali Kihan, Ali Akbar Khan, Aman and Aryan Ali

bangish, Sharan rani

Shehnai Bismillah Khan, Shailesh Bhagat, Anant Lal

Tabla Shafat Ahemed, kishan maharaj, late Allah Rakha, Ustad

Zakir Hussian

Santoor Bhajan Sopori, Shiv Kumar Sharma

Mohan veena Vishwa Mohan bhatt

Sarangi Ram Narayan