a. Required Modules

M1: Aspects of Language and Literature in the History of South Asia

• 140134 VO [ en ] Rigvedic Stylistics

M2: Ancient Indian Forms of Language/Literary Genres

• 140019 UE Rigvedic "Songs" to the Goddess of Dawn

M3: Middle Indian resp. Hybrid/Classical Forms of Language/Literary Genres

M4: Modern Forms of Language/Literary Genres

• 140106 UE [ en hi ne ] Bhakti Kavya Traditions in Nepali and Hindi
• 140111 UE [ en ] Selected Texts from the Ramcaritmanas by Tulsidas

M5: Philology and Hermeneutics of Ancient Indian Texts

• 140135 SE [ en ] The Discourse Structures of Vedic Sanskrit in Comparison with other Indo-European Languages

M6: Philology and Hermeneutics of Middle Indian resp. Hybrid/Classical Texts

• 140192 SE The Early Middle Indic of "Emperor" Asoka's Edicts

M7: Hermeneutics of Modern Indian Texts and Traditions