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Indian
Horizons
Volume 62 No. 4, October-December 2015
Editor
Subhra Mazumdar
Foreword 5
Amb. C. Rajasekhar
Harsacarita 30
Kanika Kishore
Happenings 77
Editorial
Subhra Mazumdar
Foreword
Amb. C. Rajasekhar
Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
Amb. C. Rajasekhar
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Music Recital by Mr. & Mrs. C. Movelli (Mexico), October 16, 1964
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River Jhelum
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Aurel Stein
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Battle Scene with Boats on the Ganges, 1565. Illustration from the Akbarnama.
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Emperor Akbar greeting Rajput rulers and other nobles at the Court, 1577. Illustration from
the Akbarnama.
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Emperor Akbar taming Mad Elephant, Hawai, c. 1590. Illustration from the Akbarnama.
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Young Abdul Rahim Khan-i Khana being received by Emperor Akbar, c. 1590-95.
Illustration from the Akbarnama.
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Emperor Akbar hunting with Cheetahs, 1602. Illustration from the Akbarnama.
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Harsacarita
Kanika Kishore
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Madhuban plate of Harsa, year 25, mentions Harsa as devout worshipper of Mahevara or iva.
(Source: Epigraphia Indica Vol. VII, plate 17)
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Aihole inscription of Pulikein II, mentions war between Harsa and Pulikein II (Chalukya ruler).
(Source: Epigraphia Indica Vol. VI, plate 1)
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References :
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2 Agrawala (1969): 6.
3 Agrawala (1969): 231.
4 Agrawala (1969): 123.
5 Agrawala (1969): 124.
6 Agrawala (1969): 233.
7 Cowell and Thomas [1968] 1993: 122.
8 Cowell and Thomas [1968] 1993: 123.
9 Agrawala (1969): 115.
10 Cowell and Thomas [1968] 1993: 91.
11 Agrawala (1969): 225-26.
12 Cowell and Thomas [1968] 1993: 63.
13 Cowell and Thomas [1968] 1993: 63.
14 Cowell and Thomas [1968] 1993: 1-2.
15 Agrawala (1969): 77-78.
16 Cowell and Thomas [1968] 1993: 143-45.
17 Cowell and Thomas [1968] 1993: 36-37 and Agrawala
(1969): 39.
Cowell, E. B. and Thomas, F. W. [1968] 1993. The Harsacarita of Bna. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.
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Abdur Rahim presented as a child to Akbar by Anant (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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Akbar supervising the building of Fatehpur Sikri fort by Tulsi and Madho Junior (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Construction of the Agra Fort by Miskin and Tulsi Junior (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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Shahjahan honouring Prince Aurangzeb at Agra before his wedding: painting by Payag. It shows the emperor seated on high in the balcony of the
Diwan i Khas attended by Prince Dara Shukoh and Prince Murad Bakhsh. Aurangzeb, dressed in a yellow jama (upper garment) and green jacket
with little blossoms, salutes (taslim) his father from below, his right hand raised to his forehead. The princes too were among the subordinates
of the emperor since there was no notion of collective sovereignty. The rows of courtiers attending the emperor wear gorgeously coloured robes
shimmering with gold, silver, pearls and precious stones. Scholars on the left can be spotted from their big turbans. Two eunuchs fan the emperor
with yak hair flywhisks. Windsor Castle Padshahnama
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porcelain.
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Chronicles of India
Jabez T. Sunderlands India in Bondage
Devika Sethi
J T Sunderland
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Modern Review
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Indian Opinion
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Al-Biruni
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Al-Birunis India
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Al-Biruni Timbre
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Al-Biruni Russian
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An illustration from Al-Birunis astronomical works explains the different phases of the moon (Soucre: Wikipedia)
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Happenings
Hami ast
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The Concept
The Sufi philosophy is universal in nature. Its a
belief system beyond borders. Its a way of life
that sublimates the differences of creed and
faith, nation and tribe. And the verdant Kashmir
valley has been a melting pot of several religiousspiritual traditions for millennia.
The serenity of the Himalayas inspired the
Hindu Rishis and nourished the Buddhist
Bhikkhus. And when the first Sufis, led by Bulbul
Shah of Turkistan, made their way here in the
14th century, they triggered an intermixing of
influences that culminated in unique composite
traditions that were fostered at the Sufi dargahs,
that dot the valley. Ethnicity, creed or race makes
no difference at these uniquely syncretic centres
of spiritual growth in Kashmir.
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The Participants
The participants will include experts on Sufi
thought from Kashmir, the rest of India, and
neighbouring countries which have been a part
of this circle of influence.
Besides Sufi thinkers, practitioners, philosophers,
we will also invite proponents of allied fields
that include academics, historians, calligraphers,
litterateurs, singers, performers etc.
From
A wide span of countries like Iran, Turkey,
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt and of course from
across India and Jammu & Kashmir.
For example, from Turkey, we could invite:
Dr. Nuri Simsekler (He is a professor of Perisan
Language in Konya (Qonia) Seljuk University and
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The Structure
The Venue
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2.
Literature
(Julia Alikhanova,
Ludmila
Khokhlova, Victorlya Vertogradova, Alexander
Dubyansky, Sergei Serebryany, Gyuzel
Strelkova, Irina Prokofyeva, LudmilaVasilyeva,
Yaroslav Vasilkov, etc.)
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Anthropology, Art, and Architecture:
(Svetlana Ryzhakova, Elena Tyulina, etc.)
Panels
proposed
participants):
(and
some
Russian
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