This book is a Hindi medium (हिन्दी माध्यम) title by Dr. Premchandra Goswami, published by the Rajasthan Hindi Granth Academy under the Ministry of Education, Government of India. It covers Rajasthan: Sanskriti, Kala evam Sahitya (राजस्थान: संस्कृति, कला एवं साहित्य) — the culture, art and literature of Rajasthan.
The publisher is the reason to buy this rather than a coaching compilation. Rajasthan Hindi Granth Academy titles are the standard academic texts in Hindi on these subjects, and this is exactly the kind of source from which RPSC and RSSB set their art and culture questions. This section is notorious for disputed answers, and the reason is straightforward: coaching material is compiled at second and third hand, and each step away from the original introduces errors in dates, patrons, names of instruments, attributions of painting schools and descriptions of folk forms. A candidate working from the source text is answering from what the paper-setter used.
The inclusion of sahitya is the other distinguishing feature. Rajasthani literature — the Dingal and Pingal traditions, the major poets and their works, folk literature, khyat and vat literature, and the development of the Rajasthani language and its dialects — is thinly covered or omitted altogether in general GK books, yet questions from it appear regularly and are almost impossible to guess. Alongside it the book covers folk culture and traditions, fairs and festivals, folk deities and saints, dress and ornaments, folk music and instruments, dance and performance forms, painting schools, architecture and handicrafts. Because it is an academic text rather than an examination guide, the treatment is complete and the detail is precise — which makes it the right book to read the subject from, with a question bank used alongside for practice. The whole book is written in Hindi in the Devanagari script.
Key Features:
Hindi medium book — complete content written in Hindi (Devanagari script)
By Dr. Premchandra Goswami
Published by Rajasthan Hindi Granth Academy under the Ministry of Education, Government of India
An academy-published standard academic text, not a coaching guide
The kind of source text from which RPSC and RSSB art and culture questions are set
Precise detail and accurate attributions, unlike derived coaching notes
Settles the disputed answers this section is known for
Covers Rajasthani sahitya — Dingal and Pingal traditions, poets and works
Covers khyat, vat and folk literature
Covers the Rajasthani language and its dialects
Covers folk culture, customs and traditions
Covers fairs, festivals, folk deities and saints
Covers dress, ornaments and traditional attire
Covers folk music, instruments, dance and performance forms
Covers the painting schools of Rajasthan
Covers architecture, forts, temples and handicrafts
Complete academic treatment suited to reading the subject properly
Best used as the source text with a question bank for practice
Useful for RAS, RPSC and RSSB examinations at every level
राजस्थान हिन्दी ग्रन्थ अकादमी (शिक्षा मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार) द्वारा प्रकाशित डॉ. प्रेमचन्द्र गोस्वामी की 'राजस्थान: संस्कृति, कला एवं साहित्य' इस विषय की मानक अकादमिक पाठ्यपुस्तक है। इसे कोचिंग संकलनों के स्थान पर लेने का कारण इसका प्रकाशक ही है — राजस्थान हिन्दी ग्रन्थ अकादमी की पुस्तकें हिन्दी में इन विषयों के मानक ग्रंथ मानी जाती हैं और RPSC एवं RSSB के कला-संस्कृति संबंधी प्रश्न प्रायः इन्हीं स्रोतों से बनते हैं। यह वही खंड है जिसमें विवादित उत्तर सर्वाधिक होते हैं, और कारण स्पष्ट है: कोचिंग सामग्री दूसरे-तीसरे हाथ से तैयार होती है, जिससे तिथियों, आश्रयदाताओं, वाद्य यंत्रों के नामों, चित्रशैलियों की विशेषताओं एवं लोक विधाओं के विवरण में त्रुटियाँ जुड़ती जाती हैं। साहित्य का समावेश इस पुस्तक की दूसरी विशेषता है — डिंगल एवं पिंगल परंपरा, प्रमुख कवि एवं रचनाएँ, ख्यात एवं वात साहित्य, लोक साहित्य तथा राजस्थानी भाषा एवं बोलियाँ सामान्य GK पुस्तकों में प्रायः नहीं मिलतीं, जबकि इनसे प्रश्न नियमित रूप से पूछे जाते हैं। साथ ही लोक संस्कृति, मेले-त्योहार, लोकदेवता एवं संत, वेशभूषा एवं आभूषण, लोकसंगीत एवं वाद्य यंत्र, लोकनृत्य, चित्रशैलियाँ, स्थापत्य एवं हस्तशिल्प सम्मिलित हैं। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः हिन्दी भाषा एवं देवनागरी लिपि में है।
