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Traces of Reciprocal Exchange: From Roman Pictorial Models to the World’s Earliest Depictions of Some Narrative Motifs in Andhra Reliefs

Religions, 2020
Based on a selection of examples from the sculptural art of Andhra, the paper discusses what possibly motivated the inclusion of motifs and stylistic elements from the ancient Mediterranean into the Buddhist art of the region.
Monika Zin
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Text Recognition for Nepalese Manuscripts in Pracalit Script

Journal of Open Humanities Data, 2022
This dataset is a model for handwritten text recognition (HTR) of Sanskrit and Newar Nepalese manuscripts in Pracalit script. This paper introduces the state of the field in Newar literature, Newar manuscripts, and HTR engines.
Alexander James O’Neill, Nathan Hill
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Research and restitution: the National Gallery of Australia’s repatriation of a sculpture from the Buddhist site of Chandavaram

Journal for Art Market Studies, 2018
In 2016, the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) returned a 3rd-century stone panel to India. Titled Worshippers of the Buddha, the panel was bought in 2005 for US$595,000 from New York art dealer Subhash Kapoor. Arrested in 2011 and extradited to India,
Robert Arlt, Lucie Folan
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Scholar and Spokesman: Benoy Sarkar on the West, Religion, Nationalism and Internationalism

Cracow Indological Studies, 2021
Benoy Kumar Sarkar was both a serious scholar of history and society and a spokesman who wanted to promote ideas of equality between East and West and highlight the secular achievements of the Hindus.
Rohit Wanchoo
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On the History of Polish Indology and Russian-Polish Indological Contacts in the Second Part of the 20th — and Start of the 21st Century [PDF]

, 2022
This article covers history of Polish Indology in the second half of the 20th century and early 21st century. The end of World War II, and the independence obtained by India in 1947 are the factors that greatly influenced development of Indology in ...
Kotin, Igor Yu.
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Indology in Czechoslovakia in 1945-1968 [PDF]

, 2021
The bachelor thesis is focused on the development of Indology in Czech or rather Czechoslovak milieu between 1945 and 1968. Its goal is to describe on the base of source material the institutional and personnel development of this scholarly discipline in
Bujárek, Vojtěch
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Before and After Comparative Philosophy

Asian Studies, 2022
This paper traces the history of comparative philosophy and points to a transition toward post-comparative philosophy. It is argued that, theoretically speaking, comparative philosophy was created by making a distinction between Western and non-Western ...
Hans-Georg Moeller
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Традиции российского востоковедения в деятельности кафедры этномузыкознания НГК им. М. И. Глинки

Вестник музыкальной науки, 2016
Статья содержит попытку первичного постижения продуктивной инновационной двадцатипятилетней работы востоковедов кафедры этномузыкознания НГК имени М. И.
Дубровская, Марина Юзефовна
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Reimagining India between Science and Religion: Indology and Modernity in Japanese Buddhism [PDF]

, 2022
The study of ancient India in the context of European colonialism represented an essential intellectual space for the construction of modern concepts of religion, which was not an exclusive domain of Euro-American scholars, but also involved Asian ...
Stortini, Paride
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Mobilizing Conflict Testimony: A Lens of Mobility for the Study of Documentary Practices in the Kashmir Conflict

Social Sciences, 2017
In this paper I introduce a lens of mobility for the study of documentary film practices and gender in zones of conflict. By drawing on my qualitative research regarding the practice of the independent filmmaker Iffat Fatima, I will argue that a lens of ...
Max Kramer
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