Sunday, January 1, 2023

TUTORIAL: [M21409 Aspects of Indian Art and Architecture] How does the study of art and architectural traditions help us to reconstruct politico-cultural contestation and conflict as well as accommodation and assimilation? Discuss with reference to the monuments of Delhi.

COURSE NAME: M21409 Aspects of Indian Art and Architecture

M. A. SEMESTER 2

TUTORIAL 1     

TUTORIAL TOPIC: How does the study of art and architectural traditions help us to reconstruct politico-cultural contestation and conflict as well as accommodation and assimilation? Discuss with reference to the monuments of Delhi. 

SUBMITTED BY: Pranav Kushwaha

Saturday, August 13, 2022

TUTORIAL: [M21410 Epigraphy-I] Prepare an illustrated project on aspects of cultural or intellectual history available in any inscription or set of inscriptions of your choice from premodern India.

COURSE NAME: M21410 Epigraphy-I
M. A. SEMESTER 1
TUTORIAL 2
TUTORIAL TOPIC: Prepare an illustrated project on aspects of cultural or intellectual history available in any inscription or set of inscriptions of your choice from premodern India.
SUBMITTED BY: Pranav Kushwaha

TUTORIAL: [M21410 Epigraphy-I] Examine different significant aspects of the inscriptions at the Sanchi Stupas.

COURSE NAME: M21410 Epigraphy-I

M. A. SEMESTER 1

TUTORIAL 1

TUTORIAL TOPIC: Examine different significant aspects of the inscriptions at the Sanchi Stupas.

SUBMITTED BY: Pranav Kushwaha

TUTORIAL: [M21431 Archaeology of Early South Asia] Review: Mudit Trivedi, Hemanth Kadambi, and Supriya Varma, eds, 2021, Archaeologies of the Medieval in South Asia, The Medieval History Journal, Volume 24, Issues 1-2, Special Double Issue.

COURSE NAME: M21431 Archaeology of Early South Asia 

M. A. SEMESTER 1

TUTORIAL 2                         

TUTORIAL TOPIC: Write a review of the edited volume titled, Archaeologies of the Medieval in South Asia, listed below.


Mudit Trivedi, Hemanth Kadambi, and Supriya Varma, eds, 2021, Archaeologies of the Medieval in South Asia, The Medieval History Journal, Volume 24, Issues 1-2, Special Double Issue.




SUBMITTED BY: Pranav Kushwaha

TUTORIAL: [M21431 Archaeology of Early South Asia] Write a review of the following book: Ashish Avikunthak, Bureaucratic Archaeology: State, Science, and Past in Postcolonial India, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.

COURSE NAME: M21431 Archaeology of Early South Asia 

M. A. SEMESTER 1

TUTORIAL 1                         

TUTORIAL TOPIC: Write a review of the following book:


Ashish Avikunthak, Bureaucratic Archaeology: State, Science, and Past in Postcolonial India, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.



SUBMITTED BY: Pranav Kushwaha

TUTORIAL: [M21422 Economic History of Early India] Write a review of R. S. Sharma's Early Medieval Indian Society: A Study in Feudalization

COURSE NAME: M21422 Economic History of Early India 

M. A. SEMESTER 1

TUTORIAL 2                         

TUTORIAL TOPIC: Write a review of R. S. Sharma's Early Medieval Indian Society: A Study in Feudalization. 

SUBMITTED BY: Pranav Kushwaha

TUTORIAL: [M21422 Economic History of Early India] Analyse the socio-economic changes in Northern India in the period of the Buddha

COURSE NAME: M21422 Economic History of Early India 

M. A. SEMESTER 1

TUTORIAL 1                         

TUTORIAL TOPIC: Analyse the socio-economic changes in Northern India in the period of the Buddha.

SUBMITTED BY: Pranav Kushwaha

TUTORIAL: [M11401 Ancient Society] Critically discuss the significance of DNA studies for the understanding of history and identity, with specific reference to India.

COURSE NAME: M11401 Ancient Society

M. A. SEMESTER 1

TUTORIAL 1

TUTORIAL TOPIC: Critically discuss the significance of DNA studies for the understanding of history and identity, with specific reference to India.

SUBMITTED BY: Pranav Kushwaha

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Formula For Conversion Of CGPA Into Percentage (Banaras Hindu University)

Hello everyone.

As far as I understand, every institution has its own formula for the conversion of CGPA to percentage. Hence, the following only applies to those students who have completed their undergraduate/postgraduate/etc., level of education from Banaras Hindu University. 

BHU uses the following formula for conversion of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) to its equivalent percentage:

Percentage = (10 * CGPA) - 4.5

Monday, October 25, 2021

The Aftermath

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 The waves carry me gently to the shore
Past the shadows haunting the sea
They look unblinking but see no more
In the Reaper's Carriage no space for me

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

The Prophecy of the Fates

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The Fates had prophesied

The death of the old and

The birth of something new


So I stand on a hill lush and fertile 

The glass blades swaying as

The day prepares to welcome the night