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From Wikipedia, here's a list of the 64 Kalas (art forms), according to "various Hindu shastra":

"Kalā (Sanskrit: कला) refers to art forms, attributes or virtues.

Histrionic Talents, Drama, story telling techniques, mnemonics etc.,
Making musical Instruments, simple mechanical devices etc.,

Playing Musical Instruments (i.e.) Instrumental music including jalatarangam- creating music with water, percussion and string instruments.
Decorating, Dressmaking, costume making, artful dressing and personal grooming.
Ornaments and head adornments
Singing and Dancing , practicing fine arts
Making beds, Bedroom decorations
Garland making, flower arrangement, designs with grains on the floor like Rangoli
Playing games like dice
Mastering eroticism as per Vatsyayana, erotic devices and sexual arts
Making honey, liquor , beverages and desserts
Plucking out arrows and healing
Cooking, eating and drinking skills
Horticulture, forestry
Breaking and pulverizing hardrock, mining
Making Medicines from herbs
Sorting, Mixing, Isolating Ingredients
Making and using Astras and Sustras
Wrestling, Boxing, Gymnastics, physical culture, body building etc.,
Making ICBM
Parades , Army Bands and Dharmic warfare
Ratha, Gaja, Turaga wars ( Chariot, Elephantry and Cavalry)
Asanas, Postures & Mudras
Training elephants, horses, birds
Making Vessels of clay, wood, bronze
Drawing
Making Paints & Painting
Architecture, Sculpture, house and temple construction, mosaic tiling
Mixing air, water etc (Air Products and Water Products)
Boats, Ships, Chariots etc
Making threads, ropes etc
Weaving and Spinning
Diamond , Precious Stones and gems-distinguishing them from ordinary ones.
Alchemy, Chemistry , preparing ointments, unguents for charm and virility
Jewellery making including artificial jewelry
Gold Plating, metallurgy
Skinning and Preserving bodies
Leather Technology
Dairy Farming
Tailoring, Sartorial skills and Embroidery
Swimming and water sports
Cleaning houses and vessels
Laundering and Washing
Hair dressing and Shaving
Managing Oil Resources
Having control over others' minds, spells, charms ,Omens
Tilling and agriculture
Handicrafts including Carpentry, furniture making and furnishing
Making Vessels of glass , ceramic and pottery
Drawing water & resources
Gardening and Fencing
Caporisoning elephants etc
Child rearing & Pediatrics including doll making and toy making for kids
Punishing guilty appropriately by Law and Order
Learning Languages / dialects (both native and foreign), literary excellence, semantics
Preparing 'Tambool' etc.
Composing impromptu poetry
Preparing perfumes, cosmetics, playing poetry games, oratory, elocution, prosody, rhetoric
Sorcery, Conjuring, Sleight of hand, Magic, Illusions, Impersonation
Composing Riddles, Rhymes, Verses, Puzzles, Tongue twisters and involved recitations
Making swords, Staffs, Archery
Training fighting partridges and rams, Cock fight, Bull fight etc.,
Teaching parrots, mynas to talk and training animals, Veterinary science
Writing in cipher codes and languages, secret mantras, coding and decoding."

So very much to comment on.

Here are a few things, just off the top of my head --

Gamers, you will notice that #9 ("Playing games like dice") leads seemingly inevitably to #10 ("Mastering eroticism as per Vatsyayana, erotic devices and sexual arts"). Woo hoo!

Parents, you will notice that #53 ("Child rearing & Pediatrics") leads, also seemingly inevitably, to #54 ("Punishing guilty appropriately by Law and Order").

#45, "Managing Oil Resources," leads to #46, "Having control over others' minds, spells, charms ,Omens." That explains Haliburton quite neatly.

And finally, what the heck is up with #20, "Making ICBM"? Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles are part of ancient Hindu texts??