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Asian encounters : exploring connected histories / edited by Upinder Singh, Parul Pandya Dhar ; foreword by Kapila Vatsyayan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014.Edition: First editionDescription: xxiv, 235 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198099802 (hbk.)
  • 0198099800 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.095 ASI 23 007103
Online resources:
Contents:
1. The concept of cultural convergence revisited: reflections on India's early influence in Southeast Asia / Hermann Kulke -- 2. Ming China's violence against neighbouring polities and its representation in Chinese historiography / Geoff Wade -- 3. Gifts from other lands: Southeast Asian religious endowments in India / Upinder Singh -- 4. Changing regimes: Two episodes of Chinese military interventions in medieval South Asia / Tansen Sen -- 5. An inconvenient heritage: The Central Asian background of the Delhi Sultans / Sunil Kumar -- 6. Buddhism, art and ritual practice: Dong Duong at the intersection of Asian cultures / Parul Pandya Dhar -- 7. Durga and Siva at Banteay Srei: Blurring boundaries between monument, image and practice / Soumya James -- 8. Sri Lanka and maritime trade: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara as the protector of mariners / Osmund Bopearachchi -- 9. Viewing our shared past through Buddhist votive tablets across eastern India, Bangladesh and peninsular Thailand / Suchandra Ghosh -- 10. Early modern Indian carpets as media for cross-cultural interaction / Yumiko Kamada.
Summary: The book approaches the subject of Asian cultural interactions during the pre-modern and early modern periods through the prism of politics, art, religion, and trade. By bringing together these inter-related aspects of cultural encounters, it explores the complex connected histories of the Asian people in a comprehensive manner.
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Contributed articles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The concept of cultural convergence revisited: reflections on India's early influence in Southeast Asia / Hermann Kulke --
2. Ming China's violence against neighbouring polities and its representation in Chinese historiography / Geoff Wade --
3. Gifts from other lands: Southeast Asian religious endowments in India / Upinder Singh --
4. Changing regimes: Two episodes of Chinese military interventions in medieval South Asia / Tansen Sen --
5. An inconvenient heritage: The Central Asian background of the Delhi Sultans / Sunil Kumar --
6. Buddhism, art and ritual practice: Dong Duong at the intersection of Asian cultures / Parul Pandya Dhar --
7. Durga and Siva at Banteay Srei: Blurring boundaries between monument, image and practice / Soumya James --
8. Sri Lanka and maritime trade: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara as the protector of mariners / Osmund Bopearachchi --
9. Viewing our shared past through Buddhist votive tablets across eastern India, Bangladesh and peninsular Thailand / Suchandra Ghosh --
10. Early modern Indian carpets as media for cross-cultural interaction / Yumiko Kamada.

The book approaches the subject of Asian cultural interactions during the pre-modern and early modern periods through the prism of politics, art, religion, and trade. By bringing together these inter-related aspects of cultural encounters, it explores the complex connected histories of the Asian people in a comprehensive manner.

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