Edited Atul Kumar Sinha Abhay (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: Foreword. Presidential address. Keynote address. 1. Indo-Iranian interactions in protohistoric period/R.C. Thakran. 2. A comparative study of the Iranian and the Indian traditional semantic surveys/Azita Afrashi. 3. The myth of "India" in Persian literature/Farzan Sojoodi. 4. Re-evaluating the emergence of "Hindi" style in Persian poetry/Koorosh Safavi. 5. Dialogue between civilizations: an Indo-Persian legacy/Syed Akhtar Husain. 6. Indo-Iranian memory: subconscious intimateness, conscious dissociation/Farhad Sasani. 7. A note on the culture of Indo-Iranian art (with special reference to Mauryan art)/A.K. Sinha. 8. A study based on the representation of cow and bull in ancient India and Iran/Akshat Kaushik and Garima. 9. Persia: a fountain of inspiration for ancient Indian kings/Abhay Kumar Singh. 10. Iranian influence on early Indian official designations/Samaresh Bandyopadhyay. 11. Perspectives of law and justice as gleaned from the inscriptions of Darius-I and Ashoka/R.P. Tripathi. 12. A note on Yavanaraja Tushaspa/Shyam Bihari Lal. 13. Political ideals in ancient India and Iran/Aparna Mathur. 14. Iranian influence on Indian coinage with special reference to weight standard of silver coins/O.P. Srivastava. 15. Karshapana: its Persian and Egyptian collation/N.D. Dwivedi. 16. The bearing of the standing Herakles device on the history of Arachosia/ Prashant Srivastava. 17. Searching for a classification of the Graeco-Parthian coins/Bhawana Wadhawan. 18. Indo-Iranian cultural contact in the context of sun worship/Rekha Chaturvedi. 19. Lord Krsna and holy Zarathushtra/Rajjan Kumar. 20. Indo-Iranian Goddesses: Sinivali and Ardoksho/Vipula Dubey. 21. Sky, water and Sun Gods in India and Iran/Pankaj Sharma. 22. Nauroz--a festival of cultural integration/S.N.R. Rizvi and Poonam Pant. 23. Iranian Sufism and its Indian parallel/Sushma Srivastava. 24. Agrarian reforms in Iran and India: a tryst with modernity/Subodh Dhawan. "Browsing through the ages, one is convinced that the dialogue between India and Iran has been mutually beneficial. The Achaemenids developed an ingenious irrigation system in their satrapies situated in the North-Western India, for the benefit of the agriculture and also provided a fillip to the westerly commerce of this region by opening the trade routes. Artisans, scribes and artists from Persia sought refuge in India, gained patronage and enriched the Mauryan age. Gaining lessons from the political experiences and mistakes of the Achaemenids, the Mauryans formed a sturdy centralised administration in India. They organised a court culture heavily influenced by Persian traditions and etiquette. From the first christening of India as "Hindv" to the present day, Indo-Iranian contacts have been largely harmonious, complimentary and beneficial for the human heritage. May it be the development of language, grammar, script and the exposition in shape of poetry (shayari, ghazal, nazm, rubayi) and music (qawwali) or the expression in fine arts, calligraphy (nashtaliq, kufic), painting (Mughal miniatures), sculpture (Pillar capitals of Ashokan monoliths) and architecture (Kumrahar Palace to the Taj Mahal); or in the field of philosophy (Zoroastrian and Manichean), mysticism (Tassawuf) and thought (Sufism); or the disciplines of knowledge for human welfare like medicine, sciences, mathematics etc., the Indo-Iranian interaction remains a remarkable contribution to mankind. Indo-Iranian interaction encompasses many different facets e.g., political, social and economic interaction; art, architecture; religion, philosophy including Zoroastrianism and Sufism; literature, epic and poetry; language and calligraphy; life-styles and court culture etc. during all the periods of history, from ancient to the contemporary." (jacket).