Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
DDS Subject File No. 16
Subject Files-1846-1984
Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
1947
Papers relating to origin, development and consumption of cotton, maize and other food groups in India and across the world. Includes excerpts from the book The Evolution of Gossypium (1947) by J. B. Hutchinson, R. A. Silow and S. G. Stephens, and articles ‘Maize Among the Hill Peoples of Assam’ (1949) by C. R. Stones and Edgar Anderson, ‘The history and relationships of the world’s cotton’ (1962) by Sir Joseph Hutchinson and ‘The Origin and Introduction of the Basic Food Crops of the New Guinea People (1962)’ by G. P. Keleny.
Cotton; Maize; The Evolution of Gossypium; Maize Among the Hill Peoples of Assaim; The history and relationships of the world'd cotton; The Origins and Introduction of the Basic Food Groups of the New Guinea People
Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
1947
Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials and published articles on the cultural interaction between India and other civilizations. They include writings on Indian and European music, including an excerpt of, ‘Around Music’ a chapter in Oriental Atmosphere, chapter ‘Indian Music and Indian and Western Musical Criticism’ from Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji’s Mi Contra Fa: The Memorialization of a Machiavellian Musician (1947). Also includes two Yehudi Menuhin’s articles, ‘Indian and Western Music’ in Hemisphere (1962) and ‘From east and west’, published in The Times (1965), along with a response to his work (undated). The file also includes Damodar P. Singhal’s articles in the journal Manthan, such as ‘Battle For the Past’ (1978), ‘Give and Take Culture’ (1979), ‘India and the Early West’ (1979), ‘Sanskritic Aadaan-Pradaan’ (1979) and ‘India in Classical Greece’ (March 1981) + 1 duplicate. It also includes his article, ‘Cultural Interaction’, published in the Journal of Indian History and Damodar P. Singhal and D. Devahuti’s article, ‘Some Impressions of China’, published in China Report, Vol. XII No. 2 (April 1976).
Cultural Interaction; Indian music; European music; Around Music; Oriental Atmosphere; Musical Criticism; Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji; Mi Contra Fa; Yehudi Mehuhin; From East and West; The Times; article; Manthan; Battle for the Past; Give and Take Culture; India and the Early West; Sanskritic Aadan Pradaan, India in Classical Greece; China
Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
1951
Damodar P. Singhal’s study material on the history of Mesoamerican civilizations and the possible links with India. They include his typed manuscript ‘Red Indians or Asiomericans – Indian Settlers in Middle and South America’ (undated) and articles by others entitled:
1. ‘Aquatic Symbols Common to Various Centres of the Classic Period in Mesoamerica’ by J. Eric Thompson in Sol Tax’s The Civilizations of Ancient America, Chicago, 1951.
2. 'The Calendar of the Tzotzil Indians’ by Heinrich Berlin in Sol Tax’s The Civilizations of Ancient America, Chicago, 1951.
3. ‘The Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan: A New Interpretation’ by Remy Bastien in Sol Tax’s The Civilizations of Ancient America, Chicago, 1951.
4. ‘Significant Parallels in the Symbolic Arts of Southern Asia and Middle America’, by Robert Heine-Geldern and Gordon F. Ekholm in Sol Tax’s The Civilizations of Ancient America, Chicago, 1951.
5. ‘Cultural Resemblances in Nuclear America: Parallelism or Diffusion?’ By William Duncan Strong in Sol Tax’s The Civilizations of Ancient America, Chicago, 1951.
6. ‘The Diffusion of a Great Religious System from India to Mexico’ by Paul Kirchhoff, Actas y Memorias del 35 Congreso International del 30 Congreso International de Americanislas, 1964.
7. ‘Mexiko Und Die Alte Welt: Die Mexikanistik vor neuen Perspektiven’ by Paul Kirchhoff, 1964.
Mesoamerican Civilizations; India; Red Indians or Asiomericans; Sol Tax; Civilizations of Ancient America; Tzotzil Indians; Teotihuacan; Middle America; Robert Heine-Geldern; Gordon R. Ekholm; Parallelism; Diffusion; Paul Kirchhoff;
Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
Undated
8. Chapters I – V, IX of Old Civilizations of the New World by A. Hyatt Verrill, London, undated.
9. Excerpts from anthropologist Alfred Louis Kroeber’s book Anthropology, including chapters ‘Diffusion’, ‘Parallels’, ‘The History of Civilization in Native America’ and ‘The Growth of Civilization: Old World History and Ethnography’, undated.
10. Damodar P. Singhal’s typed essay on the differences between India and Mesoamerica (+1 duplicate), undated.
Hyatt Verrill; Alfred Louis Kroeber; Anthropology; Mexico; Civilization; Native Americal Mesoamerica
Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
1952
Papers relating to cultural exchange between India and Europe and on the scholarship by European Orientalists and Indologists on India in the 18th and 19th centuries. Includes articles entitled:
1. ‘Introduction of Sanskrit Literature into Germany’ by Johannes Nobel in his book Central Asia: The Commercial Link between East and West, Nagpur, 1952.
2. ‘France and Indology’ by Jean Filliozat, The Indo-Asian Culture’, January 1957.
3. ‘Indian Echoes in Rumanian Literature’ by Tudor Vianu, The Indo-Asian Culture, October 1957.
4. ‘Goethe and India’ by Heinrich Meyer, The Indo-Asian Culture, January 1958.
5. ‘To The Memory of a Great Indologist’ by Prof. Walther Schubring, The Indo-Asian Culture, October 1958.
6. ‘First Indianists of the XIX Century in Rumania’ by Dr. Vlad Banateanu, The Indo-Asian Culture, January 1959.
7. ‘Indic Studies in Poland’ by Eugeniusz Sluszkiewicz, The Indo-Asian Culture, April 1959.
8. ‘India in Rumanian Culture’ by Arion Rosu, The Indo-Asian Culture, January 1960.
9. ‘The Founder’, chapter on William Jones in A. J. Arberry’s book Oriental Essays, London 1960.
10. ‘Dr. Koestler and the Wisdom of the East’ by Edward Conze, The Hibbert Journal, Vol. 59, 1960.
11. ‘An Archaeological Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela’ by Millard B. Rogers, Science Vol. 131, 1960.
12. ‘Indian Studies in Germany’ by Ludwig Alsdorf, The Indo-Asian Culture, January 1962.
13. ‘India as Seen by Polish Travellers of the XIX Century by Eugeniusz Sluszkiewicz, The Indo-Asian Culture, January 1962.
14. ‘India as Seen by French Travellers’ by B. Bissoondoyal, The Indo-Asian Culture, April 1962.
15. ‘British Influence on Indian Religious and Secular Thought’ and ‘Thoreau, Tolstoy and Gandhi’ in K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar’s book The Adventure of Criticism, Bombay 1962.
16. ‘Constantin Georgian: the founder of Rumanian Indology’, The Indo-Asian Culture, January 1966
17. ‘India and a New Renaissance in Europe’ by Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Reprinted from The Annals (Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute) Vol. XXXIX Parts I-II, undated.
18. ‘Indian Studies in Poland: Stanislaw Schayer’ by Arnold Kunst, The Indo-Asian Culture, undated.
19. ‘The Meeting of East and West and the Promise of a New Hope for Life and Literature’ in The Changing Cultural Scene, undated.
Cultural Exchange; India; Europe; Orientalist; Indologisit; Sanskrit Literatuture; France; Indology; Rumanian Literature; Tudor Vianu; Goethe; Heinrich Meyer; Indologist; Walter Schubring; Indianist; Romania; Indic Studies; Poland; William Jones; Dr. Koestler; Germany; Polish Travellers; French Travellers; Bissoondoyal; Thoreau; Tolstoy; Gandhi; Constantin Georgian; K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar; Suniti Kumar Chatterji; Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
