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Talk on Buddhist Monasteries and Temples in Ancient Capitals of China

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a lecture by Dr. Shashibala, Dean at the Centre of Indology, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi. The topic of the lecture was ‘Buddhist Monasteries and Temples in Ancient Capitals of China. Dr.....

July 22, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Buddhist Monasteries , Shashi Bala , Ancient Capitals of China , Buddhist monks , Gyanodaya
Leveraging India’s Civilisational Ethos
Mayuri Mukherjee Article

Less than a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second swearing-in, the ongoing celebrations for the fifth iteration of the International Yoga Day1 (IYD) offer an excellent opportunity to consider how the grand narrative that he u....

June 27, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , India’s civilisational , Idea of Indian exceptionalism
Talk on ‘Faith and Empire-Tombs to Temples in China’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a lecture by Dr. Shashibala, Dean at the Centre of Indology, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi, the topic of the lecture being, ‘Faith and Empire-Tombs to Temples in China’. Dr. Arvind Gupta....

June 25, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Temples in China , Shashibala , Ancient Capital
The Universalism of Yoga
Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

When 21 June was first declared as International Day of Yoga (IDY), it was accepted warmly by most countries of the world. However, in India, a small section of the intelligentsia was opposed to the idea. Their understanding was that this was an atte....

June 20, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , International Yoga Day , tradition of Yoga , multi-religion Yoga
Symposium Report - Shared Values and Democracy in Asia

The international symposium “Shared Values and Democracy in Asia” was being held as the fourth symposium of a pair of Japan-India conferences. The first symposium was held in India in 2015. In 2016, the second symposium was held in Tokyo. The thi....

June 12, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , shared values , Democracy in Asia
Historical Perspective on Ancient and Medieval Sino-India Wars
Colonel D Lakshmana Kumar Article

Abstract
Before the 1962 border clash, Mao Zedong apparently told his commanders that China and India had previously fought ‘One and a half wars’ and in both instances India had been defeated convincingly. This historical misconce....

June 06, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , Mao’s notion of Sino-India history , Mongol incursions in mediaeval times
Book Discussion on The Borderlands and Boundaries of the Indian Subcontinent, by Padma Shri Professor Dilip K. Chakrabarti

A distinguished panel of scholars and VIF faculty participated in examining the basic elements of geographical, historical, economic and religious interactions between the accepted outer boundary line of the Indian sub-continent and the major geograp....

April 26, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Book Discussions , Indian Subcontinent , Borderlands , India’s borderlands , Boundaries
Talk on ‘The Role of the Buddhist Master Kumarajiva in India-Chinese Relations’

The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a lecture by Dr. Shashibala, Dean at the Centre of Indology, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi. The topic of the lecture was ‘The Role of the Buddhist Master Kumarajiva in Indo Chinese Relatio....

April 25, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Buddhism , India-Chinese Relations , Kumarajiva
Dr. Shashi Bala’s Talk on ‘Silk Route: A Bridge between India and China’

In her fourth lecture of the series, Dr. Bala spoke about the small kingdoms situated on the Silk Routes that connected China and India through a vast expanse of desert. Kashgar as a centre of Vedic learning and Khotan as a centre of Buddhist learnin....

April 25, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , India , China , Silk Route
UIHC Lecture Series, ‘Hindu Studies in India and Abroad: Problems & Prospects’, by Swami Narasimhananda

Swami Narasimhananda, monastic member, Ramakrishna Math & Mission, and Editor, Prabuddha Bharata, monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order started in 1896 by Swami Vivekananda, gave a talk on ‘Hindu Studies in India and Abroad: Problems & Pr....

April 04, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Interaction , Understanding Indian History , Hindu Studies , Ramakrishna Math
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