Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
DDS Subject File No. 20
Subject Files-1846-1984
Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
1952
The file contains Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials and published writing on European political thought and interactions between Europe and Asia. It includes:
1. ‘Rebellion Against the European Man in the Nineteenth Century’ by Eric Fischer, Journal of World History Vol. 2 No. II, 1952.
2. Chapter ‘Liberalism and the Victorian Intelligentsia’ by John Roach, in The Cambridge Historical Journal Vol. XIII No. 1, 1957.
3. ‘The Dialogue of Europe and Asia’ by Joseph Needham, Eastern Horizon Vol. I No. I, Hong Kong, July 1960.
4. ‘East and West – Have they Met?’ by Helmut G. Callis, Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Calcutt Vol. XII No. 2, February 1961.
5. ‘The Genesis and Character of English Nationalism’ by Hans Kohn, in Philip. P. Weiner and Aaron Noland’s edited volume Ideas in Cultural Perspective, New Brunswick, 1962.
6. ‘Walden and Yoga’ by Frank Macshare, The New England Quarterly Vol. 37 No. 3, September 1964.
7. ‘English in India’ by R. K. Narayan, ‘The Study of English Literature in India’ by S. Nagarajan and ‘The Study of English Literature in Pakistan’ by S. A. Ashraf in John Press’ edited volume Commonwealth Literature, published by Heinemann, 1965.
8. ‘The Idea of Nationalism: European and Indian’, by Ramesh Dutta Dikshit, The Indo-Asian Culture, January 1966.
9. Chapters, ‘European Discovery of India’, 'Western Response to Modern India’, ‘Indian Response to Modern Europe’ and the Bibliography of Damodar P. Singhal’s book, India and World Civilizations Vol. 2, Michigan State University Press, Michigan (1969).
European political thought; Interaction; Rebellion; European Man; Nineteenth Century; Liberalism; Victorian Intelligentsia; Joseph Needham; Ramakrishna Mission; English Nationalism; Walden; Yoga; R. K. Narayan; European Discovery of India; Western Response to Modern India; Indian Response to Modern Europe; Bibliography; book; India and World Civilizations
Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
1956
Damodar P. Singhal’s study materials on Japanese thought and culture, the influence of Indian and Buddhist philosophy in Japan and the ways of thinking by different Asian people. Includes the article ‘Indian Studies in Japan’ (1956) by Japanese scholar Hajime Nakamura, extracts from his book The Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples (1960) and the chapter ‘Indian Influence Upon Japanese Culture’ from his book Japan and Indian Asia: Their Cultural Relations in the Past and Present (1961). Also includes the chapter ‘The Formation of Japanese Thought; Spiritual Characteristics’ from the book Japan: It’s Land, People and Culture (1964) compiled by the Japanese Commission for UNESCO.
Japanese thought and culture; Japan; Indian philosophy; Buddhist; Hajime Nakamura; The Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples; Japan and Indian Asia; UNESCO
Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
1973
Devahuti’s articles on ancient India’s connections with Central Asia and Southeast Asia entitled:
1. ‘Possibilities of Research on the Indian Elements in the History of Early Borneo – A Study of Sabha’, Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Institute of Traditional Cultures, 1973 + 4 copies.
2. ‘Krishna Saga in Indonesia’, The South-East Asian Review, Vol. II No. 1, August 1977.
3. ‘India and Malaysia’ in The Ministry of Education and Social Welfare’s booklet Our Cultural Fabric: India and South-East Asia, A Study in Cultural Relations, 1979 + 2 duplicates.
4. ‘Buddhism in Central Asia’, undated.
5. ‘India and Central Asia: A Study in interactions during the first millennium AD’, undated.
6. Bibliography of Devahuti’s published article, ‘Ancient Central Asia and India’, undated.
India; Central Asia; Southeast Asia; Early Borneo; Sabha; Krishna; Indonesia; Malaysia; Our Cultural Fabric; Cultural Relations; Buddhism; first millennium; article; Ancient Central Asia and India
Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
1974
Devahuti’s collection of articles by the historian Upendra Thakur on ancient India and its connections with Southeast Asia. They include:
1. ‘A Unique Silver Coin of Samudragupta’, East and West, Vol. 30 Nos 1-4, 1974.
2. ‘Kaundinya – The Founder of Indian Kingdoms in Funan and Kambuja’, reprinted in Ṛtam – Journal of Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrit Parishad Vol. VII Nos. I & II, July 1975 – July 1976.
3. ‘Source of Gold for early Gold coins in India, East and West, Vol. 30, Nos 1-4, December 1980.
4. ‘Indian Monks in Vietnam and Vietnamese Monks in India’, Indologica Taurinensia, Vol. VIII – IIX, 1980 – 81.
5. ‘Elements of Hindu Culture in Laos: Acarya – Vandanā’: D. R. Bhandarkar Birth Centenary Volume, 1984.
6. ‘An Introduction to Madhubani Painting’, reprinted in Ludwik Sternbach Felicitation Volume, Lucknow, undated.
7. ‘The Ganga: Her Contribution to the Growth of Indian Culture’, undated.
8. ‘Indian Monks in Japan: Rangavalli: Recent Researchers in Indology’, undated.
Historian; Upendra Thakur; Ancient India; Southeast Asia; Coin; Sumadragupta; Kaundinya; Funan; Kambuja; Rtam; Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrit Parishad; Indian monks; Vietnam; Vietnamese monks; Hindu Culture; Laos; Madhubani; Ganga; Japan; Rangavalli; Indology
Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
1980's
The file contains typed manuscripts of chapters and handwritten notes of Devahuti’s research work on the history of Turkic tribes and their relationship with settled societies, the spread of Buddhism in Central Asia and China, the Kesar Epic of ancient Central Asia, and the records of Hsüen Tsang’s travels to India. Includes research articles by A.N. Perumal, B.K. Kaul Deambi, S.P. Shukla, Vipula Upadhyay, S.N. Rao, Yashwant Rao and others on the Mauryan empire, Tamil poetry, etymological studies of Indian titles, political histories of various Indian dynasties and writings on coins and inscriptions of Southern India. It also includes research papers presented at the Ninth Annual Congress of the Epigraphical Society of India, Gorakhpur (02-04 March 1983) and An Annotated Bibliography of Inner Asia – premodern by Don Y. Lee, Eastern Press, Bloomington (1983).
Turkic Tribes; settled societies; Buddhism; Central Asia; China; Kesar Epic; Hsuen Tsang; A. N. Parimal; B. K. Kaul Deambi; S. P. Shukla; Mauryan Empire; Tamil poetry; Indian titles; political history; Indian dynasty; coins; inscriptions; South India; Ninth Annual Cngress of Epigraphical Society of India; Gorakhpur; Bibliography; Inner Asia; Don Y. Lee; Hsüen Tsang
