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South Asia Seminar

A Contrapuntal History of Hindustan

Manan Ahmed (Columbia)
2 February 2021 - 2:00pm
Teams Online
Podcast
I present a short overview of my recent book, I closely examine the most complete idea of Hindustan, elaborated by the early seventeenth century Deccan historian Firishta, in his *Tarikh*. The talk... Read more
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South Asia Seminar

State Highway 31: A road trip through the heart of modern India

Ed Simpson (SOAS)
26 January 2021 - 2:00pm
Teams Online
This talk follows the route of State Highway 31 through western Madhya Pradesh, central India. It is both jaunty road-trip and abject lesson in how to read the global order. This journey takes us... Read more
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South Asia Seminar

Kalki and the Mahdi: The Twenty-Four Avatars of the Dasam Granth

Robin Rinehart (Lafayette College)
19 January 2021 - 2:00pm
Teams Online
The Dasam Granth , a text attributed to the tenth guru of Sikhism, Guru Gobind Singh, includes a composition with accounts of twenty-four avatars of the god Vishnu. The concluding story narrates the... Read more

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