CSE · GS-1Official PYQ · CSE 2020 · Q1Art & Culture · Art & Culture · 10 marks · 150 words
English
The rock-cut architecture represents one of the most important sources of our knowledge of early Indian art and history. Discuss.
हिन्दी
शैलकृत स्थापत्य प्रारंभिक भारतीय कला एवं इतिहास के ज्ञान के अति महत्त्वपूर्ण स्रोतों में से एक का प्रतिनिधित्व करता है। विवेचना कीजिए।
Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. Transcribed from UPSC’s question paper, CS(M) 2020 (English and Hindi). Source
Syllabus
Art & Culture · Art & Culture
Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times.
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