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SUMMARY:Charles Allen History and Myth: India and Britain Seventy Years On
DESCRIPTION:A fascinating exploration of the roots of Indian history by the acclaimed author of Ashoka.\n\nCoromandel was the name given by European traders to India’s south-eastern seaboard\, a corruption of the Tamil Cholamandalam\, after the temple-building Chola kings who ruled the southern peninsula for centuries prior to the Islamic invasions. \nIndian history tends to focus on Northern India\, but Coromandel will journey south\, exploring the less well-known\, often neglected and very different history and identity of the oldest India in the pre-Aryan Dravidian south. Highly acclaimed historian Charles Allen explores the astonishing Buddhist and Jain civilisations that flourished all along India’s eastern seaboard before Hinduism became the established religion. \nIn Coromandel\, Allen continues his investigation into early Indian history\, begun in Ashoka. At each point in his journey through the Indian south he meets local historians\, gurus\, politicians and other colourful personalities\, and with their help uncovers some extraordinary stories about the past. This is a traveller’s tale\, and as Allen moves through contemporary India\, he discovers as much about the present as he does about the past. \n\nBiographical Notes \nCharles Allen is the author of a number of bestselling books about India and the colonial experience elsewhere. He is a traveller\, historian and master storyteller. \n2nd November Charles Allen
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/charles-allen-history-and-myth-india-and-britain-seventy-years-on/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Lecture Series 2017-18
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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SUMMARY:Book  Launch  - Pagan Christmas by Augusto Cacopardo
DESCRIPTION:PAGAN CHRISTMAS: WINTER FEASTS OF THE KALASHA OF THE HINDU KUSH \nBOOK LAUNCH & DISCUSSION WITH AUTHOR \nThis authoritative work sheds light on the religious world of the Kalasha people of the Birir valley of the Pakistani district of Chitral\, focusing on their winter feasts which culminate in a great winter solstice festival. The Kalasha represent the last example of the pre-Islamic cultures of the Hindu Kush/Karakorum\, but are also the only observable example\, worldwide\, of an archaic Indo-European religion. Cacopardo addresses the historical and cultural context of the area and\, referencing an array of relevant literature\, offers comparisons with the Indian world and the religious folklore of Europe. \nInterdisciplinary and based on extensive field research\, Pagan Christmas is the first extended ethnographic study devoted to this little known Kalasha community and represents a standard international reference source on the anthropology\, ethnography and history of religions of Pakistan and Central South Asia. \nAugusto S. Cacopardo has conducted anthropological research in Pakistan under the aegis of the Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente and is Professor of Ethnography at the University of Florence. \n \n 
URL:https://royalasiaticsociety.org/event/book-launch-pagan-christmas-by-augusto-cacopardo/
LOCATION:Royal Asiatic Society\, 14 Stephenson Way\, London\, NW1 2HD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Book Launch
ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Riach":MAILTO:ar at royalasiaticsociety.org
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