SAST 001 - The Idea of India

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University of Pennsylvania

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History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Rawat. This course broadly surveys various ideas about what constitutes "India" from the earliest period of record to the contemporary period. A straightforward chronology walks us through significant articulations of "India" throughout history as we seek to understand India in terms of geography, culture, religion, society, nationalism and globalization. This survey is situated amid debates about the Indus Valley civilization: the "Golden" ages of the Guptas and Ashoka; Mughal India; devotionalism and region; the legacy of Shivaji; colonial formulations of India as part of the "Orient" and a "Jewel in the Crown"; the "Two-Nations" theory; the competing visions of Gandhi, Nehru, and Jinnah; Hindu Right nationalism; the Cold War and non-alliance; and the embrace of India as part of a global economic and cultural community. This is an entry-level survey course in Indian culture and hence there are no prerequisites.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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