"INDIA'S CONTRIBUTION

TO

 WORLD THOUGHT AND CULTURE"

 

CONTENTS

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                   ARTICLES/AUTHORS

 

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Arnold Tonybee on Sri Ramakrishna

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XV

Ganesa Beyond the Indian Frontiers:   M. K. DHAVALIKAR,  Deccan College,  Poona

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Religion-Cultural Emissaries from India:  M.D.KHARE, Archaeological Survey of India, Bhopal  

 

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17

Acaryas of Nalanda Abroad:  B. N. MISHRA, Sanchi Museums, Sanchi (Madhya Pradesh)

 

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23

Sanskrit Niti-Literature in “Greater India”: LUDWIK STERNBACH, United Nations, New York

 

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33

Indian Influence on the Geographical Names of South-east Asia:  D.C. SIRCAR, Calcutta University

 

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41

India’s contributions to the History of Sciences : B.V. SUBBARAYAPPA, National Commission for Compilation of History of sciences in India, New Delhi

 

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47

The Expansion of Indian Medicine Abroad : JEAN FILLIOZAT, College De France, Paris

 

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67

Ancient India Maritime Ventures : K.S. RAMACHANDRAN, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi

 

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71

Shipping in Ancient India : S.R. RAO, Archaeological Survey of India, Aurangabad

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83

Indian Shipping in Medieval Period :  LALLANJI GOPAL, Banaras Hindu University

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108

The Impact of India on the Architecture of South East Asia : K.R. SRINIVASAN, Madras

 

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12

The Impact of Indian Tradition on the Coins of Alien Rulers of India : NIRMAL CHANDRA GOSH, Archaeological Survey of India

 

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135

The Aryans : A Reappraisal of the Problems : B.K. THAPAR, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi

 

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147

Some Western Indologists and Indian Civilization : KAILASH CHANDRA VERMA, Ghaziababd, (U.P.)

 

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165

Ramayana in Asia : HARISH KUMAR CHATURVEDI, National Museum\m, New Delhi

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181

Some Observations on Harrappan Script, B.B. LAL, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi

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189

Indian Scripts and Languages in Asian Countries : C. SIVARAMAMURTHY and KRISHNADEVA, National Museum \, New Delhi and Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi respectively

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203

Hindu Sculptures in Ancient Afghanistan : P. BANERJEE and R.C. AGARWALA, National Museum, New Delhi and State Museum, Jaipur respectively

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 215

Buddhist centers in Afghanistan : K.N. DIXIT, National Museum, New Delhi

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229

Pre Historic Indian Cultures in Soviet Central Asia : S.P. GUPTA National Museum, New Delhi

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 239

On the Role of Central Asia in the spread of India Cultural Influence : PENTTI AALTO, University of Helsinki (Finland)

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249

India and Soviet Central Asia :B.A. LITVINSKY, Institute of History, Dushambe, Tazikistan, U.S.S.R.

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263

Some Aspects of Indian Culture in the Kharosthi  Documents From Chinese Turkistan : R.C. AGARWALA

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275

Hindu Deities in Central  Asia : P. BANERJEE

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281

India – A Major Source of Central Asian Art : CHHAYA BHATTACHARYA, National Museum, New Delhi

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289

The Spice and Silk Roads : Anil De Silva, Paris

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299

Parya : An Indo Aryan Dialect in Central Asia : M.G. Panse, Deccan College, Poona

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305

Cultural Exchange between India, China and Japan : SHIGEO KAMATA, Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo

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315

Buddhist Contact of China : H. SARKAR, Archaeological Survey of India, Madras

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325

Social Aspects of the Spread of Buddhism in China : Buddha Prakash, University of Kurukshetra

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333

Cultural Relations of India and Korea : RAGHUVIRA, International Academy Of Indian Culture, New Delhi

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341

Ajanta and Horyuji : J. EDWARD KIDDER Jr. International Christian University, Tokyo

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347

Dhyana in Japanese Art : HUGO MUNSTERBERG, Sate University of New York

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359

Indian Influence on Japanese Stories : HAJIME NAKAMUR, University of Tokyo

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363

Saiva Icons of NEPAL : BRIJENDRA NATH SHARMA, National Museum, New Delhi

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371

Section : TALE OF VIVEKANANDA ROCK MEMORIAL, Kanyakumari

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Buddhist Art of Nepal : N.R. BANERJEE, Indian Aid – Mission Katmandu, NEPAL

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385

India, The Home of Tibetan Learning : His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Dharmasala, Kanghra (India)

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389

Indo-Tibetan Cultural Relations : ANKUL CHANDRA BANERJEE, University of Calcutta

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393

Glimpses of Indian Culture in Tibet : L.L. MEHROTRA, External Affairs Ministry, New Delhi

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401

Influence of Indian Philosophy on Mongolian Shamanism : ACAD Rinchen, Academy of Sciences, Ulanbator, Mongolian People’s Republics

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409

Hinduism in Ceylon : V.C. Srivastava, University of Allahabad.

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413

Mahayana Cult in Ancient Ceylon : DIREN K. DOHANIAN. University of Rochester,  (U.S.A.)

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423

A Historical Survey of the Elements of Hindu Culture in Burma: Upendra Thakur Magadh University Gaya

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437

Temple of Vishnu in Burma : USHA R. BHISE, University of Bombay

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445

Indian Influence in Siam : C.V. PANDEY, National Archives, New Delhi

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453

The Ramayana in Thailand : H.H. PRINCE DHANINIVAT, Bangkok, Thailand

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469

Campa – An Outpost of Indian Culture : M.N. Deshpande, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi

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475

India and Laos : J.S. NIGAM, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi

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483

The Sanskrit  Literature in  Lava (Laos)  : RAGHU VIRA

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487

Indian Cultural Heritage in Cambodia : B.R. CHATTERJI , Meerut

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493

Hindu Epic  and  Puranic Traditions in South –east  Asia :  K.V.  SOUNDARA RAJAN, Archaeological Survey Of India  , Madras.

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499

India , Malaya and Borneo – Two Millennia  of  Contacts and Cultural  Synthesis : D . DEVAHUTI  , Queensland  University , Brisbane (Australia)

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509

The Javanese Brahmanda Purana  : B .  DUTTA , National Museum  , New - Delhi 

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533

The Presence of  Hinduism  in  Indonesia  : Aspects and  Problems : J . GONDA , Royal University  of Utrecht (Holland)

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535

Sanskrit Texts  and Indian Religion in Bali  :   T. GOUDRIAAN , Oriental Institute , Utrecht (Holland)

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555

A Survey of Paleographic  Relations  Between  India and The Philippines : JUAN .R. FRANCISCO ,  Institute of  Asian Studies , University of Philippines , Quezon City 

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565

India’s Contribution to Islamic Thought and Culture  : N .N . BHATTACHARYYA , University of Calcutta .

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573

India’s  Contribution to the Arab  Civilization : W .H . SIDDIQI , Archaeological  Survey  of India  , New –Delhi

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India in the Eyes of Early  Muslim  Scholars: ARJUN DEV, National Institute of Education, New Delhi.

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589

Guru Nanak’s  Travels in the Middle East : SURINDER SINGH KOHALI. PUNJAB University, Chandigarh.

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597

India’s Contacts with Africa from the Earliest Times : AMBA PRASAD, University of Delhi. 

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Indian Religions and the West: Historical Perspectives: B. M. PANDE, Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi.

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The Plan of the Hindu Temple and its Impact on the Baroque Church : JOSE PEREIRA, American Academy of Art, Varanasi.

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623

Indian Culture in Transbaikalian Siberia : LOKESH CHANDRA, International Academy of Indian Culture, New Delhi.

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629

Red Indians or Asiomericans – Indian Settlers in Middle and South America : D. P. SINGHAL, Queensland University, Brisbane (Australia)

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Section : SWAMI VIVEKANANDA : LIFE AND MISSION

 

 

 

Swami Vivekananda : India’s Emissary to the West : SWAMI RANGANATHANANDA, Ramakrishna Mission.

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649

Swami Vivekananda on Education : T. S. AVINASHILINGAM, Ramakrishna Vidyalaya, Coimbatore.

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677

Worship of the God in Man: Swami Gambhirananda, Belur Math, Calcutta.

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Self – Renewal in Indian History and Swami Vivekananda : M. C. JOSHI, Archaeological  Survey  of India  , New –Delhi

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692

Portrait of Sankara : C. SHIVARAMAMURTI

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