via the India International Centre – Happening 8-10 February 2023, a symposium on South and Southeast Asian links across the Indian Ocean. The entire symposium can be followed online on YouTube:
- The ‘Indianization’ Debate: Historical Connections between South and Southeast Asia
8th February 6.30 to 8.00 pm
Maritime Cultural Heritage: From Nationalism to Trans-Nationalism by Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray (Archaeologist & Maritime Historian).
Indian Nationalist readings of Southeast Asian History by Prof. Madhavan Palat, (Historian of Modern Europe & India).
The Impact of the Greater India Society on post-Independence Foreign Policy Initiatives by Amb. T. C. A. Raghavan, (Diplomat & Historian; former Director-General, Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi) - Re-examining the ‘Indianization’ Legacy in History & Archaeology
9th February 2023, 2pm to 8.00pm
The Diversity of Cultural Sharing Between Indonesia and South Asia by Dr. Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan
Colonising the El dorado: The Vo-Canh inscription, R. C. Majumdar, and the making of Greater India by Dr. Ashish Kumar - Of Continuities and Ruptures
Indianization, Indigenization and Maritime Archaeology: What can shipwrecks tell us? by Dr. Stephen Murphy
A Continuity of Rupture: The Periods of ‘Hindu-Buddha’ and ‘Islam’ in Indonesia’s Art History and Archaeology and Their Epistemic Implications by Dr. Panggah Ardiyansyah
Musical Exchanges between India and Southeast Asia: A Reappraisal by Dr. Arsenio Nicolas
Indian Sailors on Socotra – The Inscriptions and Drawings of Cave Hoq by Prof. Ingo Strauch - Culture and Heritage: Monuments in Context
10th February 2023: 2.00 to 6.00 pm
The Multiple Lives of Temples by Dr. Emma Stein
Reception History, Nautical Iconography and Local Agency in Angkor by Dr. Veronica Walker Vadillo
Deciphering the 9th century Đồng Dương vihara in Vietnam by Dr. Tran Ky Phuong and Nguyễn Thị Tú Anh
‘Amoghapāśa’ Manifestation of Avalokiteśvara: South Bihar and the Malay-Javanese World by Dr. Elora Tribedy
Śaiva Kaula Rituals, Tantric Buddhism and Royalty: Parallels between Bhaumakaras of Odisha and Singhasāri of Java by Dr. Umakant Mishra