DDS Subject File No. 18 (Part 1)

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Name of the Collection	Devahuti and Damodar Singhal collection
Folder/Categories	Subject Files-1846-1984
Sub-folder/Sub-category	Ancient India and The World/Central and Southeast Asia, 1913-1984
File No. /Acc. No.	18 (Part 1)
Abstract	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.
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Keywords	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;
Start Date “Period From”	1951
End Date “Period To”	1964
Extent	111 pp.
Item type/Format	Photocopy
Language	English & German
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Donor	Veena Sachdev (Devahuti Damodar Svaraj Trust)
Donation Date	March 2018
Custodian	Ashoka Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonepat (India)
Right/Copyright	Donor