H A R V A R D  U N I V E R S I T Y
Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies

Series on "Indian Society through the Ages"

Winter  2011
Lecture VIII

"Silk Road and South Asia: Intersections of Culture"
by
David Kalivas
Middlesex College

Abstract
                                                                                                       The Silk Road was a web of cross-cultural contacts that influenced civilizations along Central and Southern Eurasia's dynamic overland and maritime trade networks. This presentation will emphasize connections and interactions with attention to South Asia's prominent role as a nexus of cultural and economic exchanges. Evidence for these encounters and contacts will be drawn from the family of languages grounded within the Sanskrit tradition, the flow and influence of religions across the Silk Road network, and the connections from the time of Alexander to India's Mughal Dynasty.

Speaker bio:
Dr. Kalivas is a Professor History at Middlesex Community
College, in Bedford, MA. His interests are in the nature of interactions between civilizations from ancient to modern times. His current work focuses on understanding contemporary tensions with their historical settings.

Sunday, February 13, 2011, 3:00 PM
Hall A, Harvard University Science Center
1 Oxford Street, Cambridge

URL: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/sanskrit/outreach.html
Contact: Dr. B. Misra 617-864-5121

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