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ICHR Newsletter (Vol INDIAN COUNCIL OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH NEWSLETTER lekpkj Vol. 14, No. 1, January-March 2017 CHAIRMAN’S COLUMN As we wished in the beginning of this year, the first quarter of the new year has been very eventful and quite rewarding. Three major events were organized by ICHR in this quarter: a three-day national seminar at New Delhi (8-10 February 2017) on INA and its contribution to India’s independence in the light of recently declassified INA files by the Governments of India and West Bengal; a two-day national seminar on Depiction of Epic Narratives in Indian art ICHR has also made significant progress in at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh (8-9 March developing positive relations with the foreign 2017); and the third national seminar on Antiquity and Continuity of Civilization academic agencies with whom it has long- in Ancient Bharat, at New Delhi (27-29 term association and also with those newly March 2017). These three seminars have joined like Japan Society for the Promotion fructified Council’s long-term planning and of Science (JSPS). Academic exchanges, consistent pursuance. Very distinguished international workshops and summer and senior scholars in the respective fields schools for young scholars are planned with of specialization gracefully responded Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), to our request and made their scholarly Germany; Arts and Humanities Research presentations. The detailed reports are on Council (AHRC), UK; etc. These events our website. will be taken up in the next quarter. A vkbZ-lh-,p-vkj- lekpkj Newsletter Vol. 14, No. 1, January-March 2017 two-week training-cum-course workshop Nagaswamy, are chosen for this year. They in methodology for our young scholars are given one disciple each to assist them inviting transnational experts is also in their work and learn nuances of the being planned by the ICHR. A three-day specialized study. international seminar in collaboration with AHRC (UK) on Rapid Urbanization and Now, we are busy working out for a two- Indian Heritage with about 15-20 experts week workshop for our young scholars in from England and equal number from our Art History, which needs special attention. country who specialized in urban history Indian art requires traditional knowledge of India is in the pipeline. This workshop is base to study, understand, and appreciate. slated for the second fortnight of May 2017. We are also planning to train our young We are also making efforts to collect source research archaeologists through a workshop- data on India at least in digital form from cum-course in Marine archaeology keeping foreign repositories as our major project of in view our long coastal line. The theme is translations of source books in non-English already placed on our website. European languages is already in good I take this opportunity to welcome into progress. ICHR family, Dr. Anand Shanker Singh On 27th March 2017, ICHR celebrated from Allahabad University, who has joined its 45th Foundation Day with staff events us as Member Secretary on a regular basis. and honoured two Gurus with Gurukul We earnestly hope that he infuses more Fellowships recently instituted by ICHR. spirit and strength into our administrative Internationally known vintage scholars machinery. and archaeologists, Dr B.B. Lal and Dr R. 2 vkbZ-lh-,p-vkj- lekpkj Newsletter Vol. 14, No. 1, January-March 2017 the ancient Indian literature. The Purana has CONTENTS five major characteristics or aspects. Each aspect deals with one major part of the history CHAIRMAN’S COLUMN 1 of universe. One of these aspects covers SELECTIONS FROM CHAIRMAN’S 3 human history. The Purana gives us corpus of DIARY information about lineages of kings and sages SPECIAL RESEARCH PROJECTS 8 and major events in the long history of human ICHR LECTURE SERIES 8 kind which is Bharat-centric. As we cherish to preserve the family history through tradition, SEMINARS ORGANIZED BY ICHR 8 the Purana keeps alive the collective memory FOUNDATION DAY 17 of humankind unbroken for generations to CELEBRATIONS come. He said that the Bhagavata tradition PUBLICATIONS 20 preserves our collective memory with the LIBRARY-CUM- 22 help of several art forms - theatric and folk DOCUMENTATION CENTRE performing arts. A student of history has a greater responsibility to collect historical CULTURAL EXCHANGE 25 PROGRAMME material from Puranic literature and search for collaborative evidences through other sources REGIONAL CENTRES 27 of history, he opined. STAFF NEWS 36 RESEARCH FUNDING SCHEMES 37 SELECTIONS FROM CHAIRMAN’S DIARY 06.01.2017: National Conference on “The Bhagvata Purana: History, Philosophy and Culture”, Department of Philosophy, University of Madras, Centenary Building, Chairman honouring Prof. Nanditha Krishna with a memento Chennai - 600 005 Chairman in his inaugural address spoke on 09.01.2017: Book release function: “The Modern Monk (Penguin) on Swami the special character of Purana as a genre of Vivekananda” by Hindol Sengupta, literature. The Puranic literature is generally Auditorium, Nehru Memorial Museum & described as ‘mythical’ by the Western scholars. Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi But this literature has special significance in 3 vkbZ-lh-,p-vkj- lekpkj Newsletter Vol. 14, No. 1, January-March 2017 While complimenting the author of to Chennai, Tanjavur/Kanchipuram in the book titled, The Modern Monk, the the south and reaching up to west coast. Chairman expressed his great reverence Flourishing in trade and commerce with for Swami Vivekananda who introduced Africa, Europe, Burma, China and south- Bharat to the entire world as the oldest east Asia, the region facilitated the rise of culture and that its philosophical thought great empires ruling north and south India. had no parallel. He said that the flow of He complimented that the Department Veda gnana is an eternal fountain ever live of Archaeology serving from Hyderabad in Bharat. Like ancient sages who brought has an illustrious history in developing the us Veda in a special literary form, the later historical tradition under very able scholars gurus, sants and philosophers have been and historians. He said that ICHR has also handing over this universal knowledge in a been providing guidance and financial form comprehensible to the contemporary assistance to various research projects on generations. Swamiji has put spirituality in the history of the region. a social format, he said. 16.01.2017: Seminar on ‘Rediscovering Telangana: An International Seminar on the Recent Trends in Archaeology, Art History and Conservation’, Department of Archaeology & Museums, Hyderabad, Government of Telangana In his keynote address, the Chairman explained the importance of the regional history but cautioned that every region should be treated as a part of the whole while focusing light on the special characteristics Chairman seen with other scholars at the seminar in of people of the region. The regional Hyderabad studies should enrich our understanding on the diversities while establishing its 01.02.2017: Seminar on “History linkages and exchanges with other regions Reconstructed through Literature: Nation, and neighboring communities. Telangana Identity and Culture”, Department of region has a great strategic importance from English, Jai Narain Vyas University, the remote Puranic times till the present as Jodhpur the central region in Bharat. On occasions, The Chairman, inaugurating the seminar, the Telangana had sway from the present complimented the Department of English Madhya Pradesh in the north, Odisha for holding this seminar on the importance in the north-east, covering east coast up of literary sources in writing history. In 4 vkbZ-lh-,p-vkj- lekpkj Newsletter Vol. 14, No. 1, January-March 2017 fact, he said, the beginning of historical 04.02.2017: Seminar on ‘Antiquity of phase in human development is marked Jainism’, Organized by International with the beginning of decodable script. School for Jain Studies, Delhi, at IIC, Delhi He further said that the archaeological artifacts or remains of ancient monuments While inaugurating the seminar on the or artistic expressions of ancient man need antiquity of Jainism, the Chairman said help from literature for interpretation and that one sage, like Rsabha, was mentioned comprehension. There is a long debate on in the Rgveda at several places which Jains the dependability of ancient Indian literature accept as their first Tirthankara. According for the use as historical sources in view of to the Vedic and Jain literature, Rsabha symbolism and poetic exaggerations. But, in is known to us who initiated agriculture ancient times, there was nothing like fiction in and established family and social systems. literature. Novels and stories have developed While his historicity and chronology of the as fictions in the modern literature. The other Tirthankaras and their times are not Puranas and epics claim that nothing was very certain, the last two Tirthankaras are written by the authors, which were unreal undoubtedly known to history. Jains claim and without any confirmed source. While that the Vedic thought and the Jain thought we take these works as source of history, a have many commonalities and they evolved historian should be careful to choose his as different streams in course of time but material, which sounds reasonable. He differ on the issue as to which of the two said that the ancient literature should not emerged earlier. In recent times, many be condemned as myths and be rejected studies have revealed that Jainism had also outright. Bharat is known in the world as spread in other countries and continents the one which has been a knowledge society much before the rise of Buddhism. The from times immemorial only because of its scholars, he appealed, should explore the valuable literature, he opined. spread of Jain tradition in countries other than India. Chairman delivering the inaugural address at the Chairman addressing the audience at the National National Conference at Jodhpur Seminar on ‘Antiquity of Jainism’ 5 vkbZ-lh-,p-vkj- lekpkj Newsletter Vol.
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