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.
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.
Upinder Singh is Professor in the Department of History, University of Delhi Parul Pandya Dhar is Associate Professor of Art History in the Department of History, University of Delhi.
Inhaltsangabe
* Acknowledgements * Foreword by Kapila Vatsyayan * Introduction by Upinder Singh and Parul Pandya Dhar * Changing Perspectives * 1. Indian colonies, Indianization or cultural convergence? Reflections on the changing image of India's role in Southeast Asia by Hermann Kulke * 2. Ming state violence against neighbouring polities and its representation in Chinese historiography by Geoff Wade * Political Connectivities and Conflicts * 3. Gifts from other lands: Southeast Asian royal religious endowments in India by Upinder Singh * 4. Changing regimes: Two episodes of Chinese military interventions in medieval South Asia by Tansen Sen * 5. An inconvenient heritage: The Central Asian background of the Delhi Sultans by Sunil Kumar * Religion, Rituals and Monuments * 6. Buddhism, art and ritual practice: ?ng D??ng at the intersection of Asian cultures by Parul Pandya Dhar * 7. Durg? and ?iva at Banteay Srei: Blurring boundaries between monument, image and practice by Soumya James * Trade, Icons and Artefacts * 8. Sri Lanka and maritime trade: Bodhisattva Avalokite?vara as the protector of mariners by Osmund Bopearachchi * 9. Viewing our shared past through Buddhist votive tablets across eastern India, Bangladesh and peninsular Thailand by Suchandra Ghosh * 10. Early modern Indian carpets as media for cross-cultural interaction by Yumiko Kamada * About the editors and contributors * Index
* Acknowledgements * Foreword by Kapila Vatsyayan * Introduction by Upinder Singh and Parul Pandya Dhar * Changing Perspectives * 1. Indian colonies, Indianization or cultural convergence? Reflections on the changing image of India's role in Southeast Asia by Hermann Kulke * 2. Ming state violence against neighbouring polities and its representation in Chinese historiography by Geoff Wade * Political Connectivities and Conflicts * 3. Gifts from other lands: Southeast Asian royal religious endowments in India by Upinder Singh * 4. Changing regimes: Two episodes of Chinese military interventions in medieval South Asia by Tansen Sen * 5. An inconvenient heritage: The Central Asian background of the Delhi Sultans by Sunil Kumar * Religion, Rituals and Monuments * 6. Buddhism, art and ritual practice: ?ng D??ng at the intersection of Asian cultures by Parul Pandya Dhar * 7. Durg? and ?iva at Banteay Srei: Blurring boundaries between monument, image and practice by Soumya James * Trade, Icons and Artefacts * 8. Sri Lanka and maritime trade: Bodhisattva Avalokite?vara as the protector of mariners by Osmund Bopearachchi * 9. Viewing our shared past through Buddhist votive tablets across eastern India, Bangladesh and peninsular Thailand by Suchandra Ghosh * 10. Early modern Indian carpets as media for cross-cultural interaction by Yumiko Kamada * About the editors and contributors * Index
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