India topics

This is a list of India-related encyclopaedic entries contained in traditional published works. These include two major works, one from recent times (2005) by Stanley Wolpert and another from the nineteenth century by Edward Balfour (1885, 3rd edition). It would be useful to check the different Indian language Wikipedias to compare the status of articles against this topic list. It would also be useful to compare these to see how the outsider perspective differ from how (mostly) Indians work to construct an encylopaedia. Comparing and reconciling this list with Wikipedia articles may not be easy as there is often no one-to-one correspondence. Adding wikilinks next to these articles could be an interesting exercise to attempt.

Balfour's Cyclopaedia is in the public domain and this list of articles is not a substantial copy of Wolpert's work (and covered by fair use for review by Indian law). Balfour's work is a combination of dictionary, gazetteer and encylopaedia combined and therefore should be treated with a little more care in comparisons. They can be found online here volume 1 volume 2 volume 3

A

Abdul Kalam, A.P.J. en
Advani, Lal Krishna en
Aesthetics en
Afghani, Jamal-ud-din en
~~Afghanistan~~
Afghanistan, Military Relations with, 1994–2001
Agni
Agra
Agricultural Growth and Diversification since 1991
Agricultural Labor and Wages since 1950
Agricultural Prices and Production, 1757–1947
Agricultural Wages, Labor, and Employment since 1757
Ahmedabad
AIDS/HIV
Ajanta
Akbar
Akkamahadevi
Alaap
Albuquerque, Afonso de
Alexander the Great
Allahabad
All-India Muslim League
Ambedkar, B. R., and the Buddhist Dalits
Amritsar
Anand, Mulk Raj
Andaal
Andhra Pradesh
Andrews, C. F.
Andy, S. Pulney
Anglo-Afghan Wars: War One (1838–1842)
Anglo-Afghan Wars: War Two (1878–1880)
Anglo-Afghan Wars: War Three (May–August 1919)
Armed Forces
Artha Shastra
Arunachal Pradesh
Aryabhata
Aryabhatıya
Arya Samaj
Ashtadhyayı
Ashvamedha
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Relations with
Asiatic Societies of Bengal and Bombay
Assam
Astronomy
Auckland, Lord
Aurangzeb
Aurobindo, Sri
Avataras of Vishnu, Images of
Ayodhya
Ayurveda
Azad, Maulana Abul Kalam
Azariah, Vedanayakam Samuel

B

Babur
Bactria
Bahadur Shah I
Balance of Payments: Exchange Rate Policy
Balance of Payments: Foreign Investment and the
Exchange Rate
Balasarasvati, T.
Ballistic and Cruise Missile Development
Ballistic Missile Defenses
Baluchar Sari
Baluchistan and the North-West Frontier
Bande Mataram
Bandhani
Banerjea, Surendranath N.
Bangalore
Bangladesh
Bank and Non-Bank Supervision
Banking Sector Reform since 1991
Barahmasa
Baranagar en
Baranagar Ramakrishna Mission en
Baroda
Bene Israel
Bengal
Bentinck, Lord William
Bhabha, Homi
Bhagavad Gıta
Bhagavata Purana
Bhajan
Bhakti
Bharat
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Bhave, Vinoba
Bhopal
Bhubaneswar
Bhuta
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali
Bihar
Bimbisara

C

Cabinet Mission Plan
Calcutta
Capital Market
Caste and Democracy
Caste System
Central Banking, Developmental Aspects of
Chaitanya
Chalcolithic (Bronze) Age
Chandigarh
Chatterji, Bankim Chandra
Chaudhuri, Nirad C.
Chelmsford, Lord
Chidambaram
China, Relations with
Chola Dynasty
Christian Impact on India, History of
Cinema
Civil-Military Relations
Clive, Robert
Commodity Markets
Common Property Resources, Past and Present
Congress Party
Contract Farming
Cornwallis, Lord
Cripps, Sir Richard Stafford
Curzon, Lord George

D

Dalhousie, Marquis of
Dalits
Dance Forms: An Introduction
Dance Forms: Bharata Natyam
Dance Forms: Kathak
Dance Forms: Kathakali
Dance Forms: Koodiyattam
Dance Forms: Kuchipudi
Dance Forms: Manipuri
Dance Forms: Mohini Attam
Dance Forms: Odissi
Das, Chitta Ranjan
Debt Markets
Deccani Painting
Demographic Trends since 1757
Demography and Census-taking
Desai, Morarji
Development of Commercial Banking 1950–1990
Development Politics
Devı
Devi, Siddheshvari
Dharma Shastra
Dhrupad
Diaspora: Economic Impact
Diaspora: History of and Global Distribution
Dıkshitar, Muttusvami
Dıvalı
Dravidian Parties
Dubois, Jean-Antoine
Dufferin, Lord
Dundas, Henry
Dupleix, Joseph François
Early Maritime Contacts
Economic Burden of Defense
Economic Development, Importance of Institutions in
and Social Aspects of
Economic Policy and Change, 1800–1947
Economic Policy Under Planning, Aspects of
Economic Reforms and Center-State Relations
Economic Reforms of 1991
Economy Since the 1991 Economic Reforms
Educational Institutions and Philosophies, Traditional
and Modern
Elephanta
Ellenborough, Earl of
Ellora (Elura)
Elphinstone, Mountstuart
Employment Structure
Energy Politics and Policy
Environmental Consciousness since 1800
Ethnic Conflict
Ethnic Peace Accords
European Union, Relations with
External Debt Policy, 1952–1990

F

Family Law and Cultural Pluralism
Famines
Federalism and Center-State Relations
Feminism and Indian Nationalists
Feudalism
Filmigeet
Film Industry
Finance Commission
Fiscal System and Policy from 1858 to 1947
Fiscal System and Policy since 1952
Fitch, Ralph
Folk Art
Folk Dance
Food Security
Foreign Resources Inflow since 1991
Forster, E. M.
French East India Company
French Impact
Fundamental Rights

G

Galbraith, John Kenneth
Gama, Vasco da
Gandharan Art and Architecture
Gandhi, Indira
Gandhi, Mahatma M. K.
Gandhi, Rajiv
Gandhi, Sonia
Gandhinagar
Ganesha
Gat-Tora
Gender and Human Rights
General (National) Elections
Geography
Globalization
Goa
Goddess Images
Gokhale, Gopal Krishna
Government of India Act of 1919
Government of India Act of 1935
Gujarat
Gujral, Inder Kumar
Guptan Empire
Guptan Period Art
Guru Nanak

H

Haq, A. K. Fazlul
Harappa
Hardinge, Lord
Harsha
Hastings, Warren
Health Care
Health Care for Tourists
Hindu Ancestor Rituals
Hindu and Buddhist Thought in Western Philosophy
Hinduism (Dharma)
Hindu Nationalism
Hindu Nationalist Parties
Hindu Tantric Deities
Hindutva and Politics
History and Historiography
Human Development Indicators
Human Rights
Humayun
Hyderabad

I

Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
India Office and India Office Library
India's Impact on Western Civilization
Indo–U.S. Relations, Cultural Changes in
Indra
Industrial Change since 1956
Industrial Growth and Diversification
Industrial Labor and Wages, 1800–1947
Industrial Labor Market, Wages and Employment
Industrial Policy since 1956
Indus Valley Civilization
Informal Credit Markets
Information and Other Technology Development
Infrastructure and Transportation, 1857–1947
Infrastructure Development and Government Policy
Insurance Industry
Insurgency and Terrorism
Intellectual Property Rights
Internal Public Debt, Growth and Composition of
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Relations with
Iqbal, Muhammad
Irwin, Lord
Islam
Islam's Impact on India
Israel, Relations with
Ivory Carving

J

Jahangir
Jain and Buddhist Manuscript Painting
Jainism
Jain Sculpture
Jamdani
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Ladakh
Jamshedpur
Japan, Relations with
Jewelry
Jews of India
Jinnah, Mohammad Ali
Jodhpur
Judicial System, Modern

K

Kabir
Kalidasa
Kama Sutra
Kanpur
Karachi
Karaikkal Ammaiyar
Kargil Conflict, The
Karnataka
Kashmir
Kashmir Painting
Kashmir Shawls
Kayasths
Kerala, Coalition Politics
Kerala, Model of Development
Kerkar, Kesarbai
Khajuraho
Khan, Abdul Ghaffar
Khan, Ali Akbar
Khan, Liaquat Ali
Khan, Vilayat
Khayal
Khusrau, Amir
Kipling, Rudyard
Kırtana
Krishna in Indian Art
Krishnamurti, Jiddu
Kriti

L

Land Tenure from 1800 to 1947
Land Tenure since 1950
Languages and Scripts
Lansdowne, Lord
Large-scale Industry, 1850–1950
Leaders, Christian
Liberalization, Political Economy of
Linlithgow, Lord
Literature: Modern
Literature: Tamil
Love Stories

M

Macaulay, Thomas Babington
Madhaviah, A.
Madras
Madurai
Magadha
Mahabharata
Maharashtra
Maldives and Bhutan, Relations with
Mandal Commission Report
Mangeshkar, Lata
Manipur
Maritime Commerce, 1750–1947
Mauryan Empire
Media
Medical Science Education
Medieval Temple Kingdoms
Meghalaya
Menon, V.K. Krishna
Metalware
Military Interventions in South Asia
Miniatures: Bikaner
Miniatures: Bundi
Miniatures: Central India
Miniatures: Harem Scenes
Miniatures: Kishangarh
Miniatures: Kotah
Miniatures: Marwar and Thikanas
Minto, Lord
Mırabai
Mizoram
Modern and Contemporary Art
Mohenjo-Daro
Monetary Policy from 1952 to 1991
Monetary Policy since 1991
Money and Credit, 1858–1947
Money and Foreign Exchange Markets
Montagu, Edwin S.
Monuments: Eastern India
Monuments: Mughal
Monuments: Southern India
Monuments: Western India
Morley, John
Mountbatten, Lord
Mughal Painting
Mughal Painting, Later
Music: An Introduction
Music: Karnatak
Music: South India
Muslim Law and Judicial Reform
Muslims
Mutual Funds, Role of
Mysore

N

Nabob Game
Nagas and Nagaland
Naidu, Sarojini
Nainsukh
Naoroji, Dadabhai
Narayan, Jaya Prakash
Narayan, R. K.
Narayanan, K. R.
National Security Decision-Making
Natya Shastra
Nehru, Jawaharlal
Nehru, Motilal
Neolithic Period
Nepal
Nepal, Relations with
New Delhi
Nightingale, Florence
Nizam of Hyderabad
Nobili, Robert de
Non-banking Financial Institutions, Growth of
Northeast States, The
Nuclear Programs and Policies
Nuclear Weapons Testing and Development
Nyaya

P

Paithani
Pakistan
Pakistan and India
Palaeolithic Period
Pandit, Vijaya Lakshmi
Pandita Ramabai
Panini
Pant, Govind Ballabh
Papermaking
Paramilitary Forces and Internal Security
Parsis
Patanjali
Patel, Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patna
Patola
Paul, K. T.
Pension Funds and Social Security
Peshwai and Pentarchy
Pillai, Samuel Vedanayakam
Pingala
Planning Commission
Political System: Cabinet
Political System: Constitution
Political System: Parliament
Political System: President
Political System: Prime Minister
Population, Gender Ratio of
Portuguese in India
Poverty and Inequality
Prasad, Rajendra
Premchand
Presidents of India
Price Movements and Fluctuations since 1860
Prime Ministers of India
Princely States
Private Industrial Sector, Role of
Public Debt of States, since 1950
Public Expenditures
Punjab

Q

Qawwalı

R

Rabban, Joseph
Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli
Raga
Ragamala
Rahman, Sheikh Mujibur
Rajagopalachari, Chakravarti
Rajneesh, Osho
Rajput (Western, Central, and Hill) Painting
Ramananda
Ramanuja
Ramayana
Ramayana and Mahabharata Paintings
Ranade, Mahadev Govind
Rangoli
Ray, Satyajit
Reading, Lord
Reddi, Muthulakshmi
Reserve Bank of India, Evolution of
Ripon, Lord
Rishi
Rock Art
Roy, Ram Mohan
Rural Credit, Evolution of since 1952
Russia, Relations with

S

Sabhas and Samitis
Samskara
Sankhya
Sarod
Sassoon, David
Satyagraha
Saving and Investment Trends since 1950
Sayyid Ahmed Khan and the Aligarh Movement
Scheduled Tribes
Science
Scientists of Indian Origin and Their Contributions
Sculpture: Buddhist
Sculpture: Kushana
Sculpture: Mauryan and Shungan
Sculpture and Bronze Images from Kashmir
Secularism
Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
Selected Macroeconomic Models
Shah Bano Case
Shah Jahan
Shankar, Ravi
Shankara
Shiva and Shaivism
Shivaji Bhonsle and heirs
Shiv Sena
Shore, Sir John
Shrauta Sutras
Shreni
Shulba Sutras (Vedangas)
Shyama Shastri
Sikh Institutions and Parties
Sikhism
Simla
Sind
Singh, Bhagat
Singh, Maharaja Ranjit
Singh, Manmohan
Singh, Sadhu Sundar
Sirohi School Painting
Sitar
Size and Capital Intensity of Indian Industry since 1950
Small-Scale and Cottage Industry, 1800–1947
Small-Scale Industry, since 1947
Soma
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
South Asian Economic Cooperation
Southeast Asia, Relations with
Space Program
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, Relations with
State Finances since 1952
State Formation
State-Level Performance since Reforms of 1991
Step-Wells of India
Stock Exchange Markets
Strategic Thought
Subbalakshmi Ammal, R.S.
Subbulakshmi, M. S.
Subsidies in the Federal Budget
Sultanate Painting
Sultante-Period Architecture of South Asia

T

Tabla
Tagore, Rabindranath
Tala
Tanchoi
Tansen
Tantric Buddhist Images
Tapas
Tata, Jamsetji N.
Taxation Policy since 1991 Economic Reforms
Technical Change in Agriculture, 1952–2000
Temple Types (Styles) of India
Textiles: Block-Printed
Textiles: Early Painted and Printed
Textiles: Karuppur
Theater
Theosophical Society
Thumrı
Tibetan Buddhists of India
Tilak, Bal Gangadhar
Trade Liberalization since 1991
Trade Policy, 1800–1947
Tribal Peoples of Eastern India
Tribal Politics
Tripura
Tyagaraja

U

Underground Economy, Dimensions of
United States, Relations with
Upanishadic Philosophy
Urbanism

V

Vaisheshika
Vajpayee, Atal Bihari
Varanasi
Varuna
Vedanga Jyotisha
Vedic Aryan India
Vina
Vishnu and Avataras
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)
Vivekananda, Swami

W

Wars, Modern
Wavell, Lord
Weapons Production and Procurement
Wellesley, Richard Colley
Women and Political Power
Women's Education
Women's Indian Association
World Bank (WB), Relations with
World Trade Organization (WTO), Relations with

X

Xavier, Francis

Y

Yajna
Yajnavalkya
Yajur Veda
Yoga

Z

Zoroastrianism