Unity in Diversity: the Interaction of Literature and Art of the Major Religious and Cultural Systems of India

Abstract

The article examines one of the main questions of intercommunications between main religious and cultural systems in India: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity in literature and art. The article, using the actual material, focuses the similarities and differences between those systems, results the basic data on the interaction of these systems in literature and art and shows the mutual influence and interaction of such different systems.

Keywords

• indo-aryan literature
• sanskrit
• prakrits
• shruti and smriti literature
• hindi and urdu literature
• literature on english language
• translations to english
• religious and secular architecture
• hindu and buddhist architecture
• hindu and islamic architecture
• indo-saracenic style in architecture
• hindu and buddhist sculpture
• modern sculpture in india
• fresco painting
• miniature painting
• modern painting
• the dance in the style of kathak
• modern dance in india