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CBSE · Class 11 · Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India
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1. Language, Culture, and Human Life
- Bhāṣā means language and is derived from the Sanskrit root Bhāṣ, meaning to speak or to say.
- Language is a primary means of communication, social bonding, and cultural expression.
- Knowledge, customs, values, and history move from one generation to the next through language.
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2. Multilingualism and India’s Language Diversity
- India has great linguistic diversity because of its wide geography, many communities, and long history.
- The country has five major language families: Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austro-Asiatic, Tibeto-Burmese, and Semito-Hamitic.
- Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-European group of languages.
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3. Growth of Literature in India
- Indian literature presents the history of ideas, beliefs, institutions, and values.
- The ancient period falls roughly between 2000 B.C. and A.D. 1000.
- Main writing languages in ancient India were Sanskrit, Tamil, Pali, and Prakrit.
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4. Vedic and Post-Vedic Literature
- Śruti literature is heard and revealed literature.
- Smṛti literature is remembered and later recorded literature.
- The four Vedas are R̥gveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda, and Sāmveda.
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Key topics in Language and Literature of India include Language, Culture, and Human Life, Multilingualism and India’s Language Diversity, Growth of Literature in India, Vedic and Post-Vedic Literature. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 11 exams.
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