From the Oxus to Mysore in 1951 by Raymond & Bridget Allchin (Harding Simpole, 2012) Review by Anna Collar reprinted from INDIRAN 7 (Winter 2012) Bridget and Raymond Allchin’s account of a year of archaeology and travel in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in 1951 is an unusual combination of history, anecdote, memories and observation, switching between the voices of the authors. It opens with some extraordinary recollections of their early lives: Raymond throwing an (unopened) tin of tomato soup at his sister; dancing naked on the windowsills of their Ealing home …
Last month of ‘Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire’
Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire Exhibition runs at the British Library until 2 April 2013 http://www.bl.uk/mughalindia/ **** ‘a revelation’ The Daily Telegraph | **** ‘spectacular’ The Times | **** ‘enthralling’ Metro This exhibition is the first to document the entire period, from the 16th to the 19th centuries, through more than 200 exquisite objects. Special events Mughal India: A Study Day Saturday 9 March 2013, 10.00 – 17.00 http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/mughalindia/events/event140157.html This study day features presentations and discussions by noted scholars and art historians: Professor Ebba Koch (Institute of Art History, …
In Our Time on Radio 4
Melvyn Bragg’s radio 4 programme on the ‘History of Ideas’, In Our Time, has recently aired a number of programmes that are of direct relevance and interest to the Trust. In fact, one of our Trustees, Professor Almut Hintze (SOAS) was a guest on one of these programmes! So I thought I’d include some links through to the website where you can access these programmes and listen to them again. The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p7dcv The Cult of Mithras (with Almut Hintze): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pg5nt The Upanishads: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nq7ct and then earlier in …
Lent Term Lecture List
Friday Lectures, Lent Term 2013 (5pm, 23 Brooklands Avenue) 11 January Dr Badshah SARDAR (Ancient India & Iran Trust) Buddhist Collection of Nimogram Swat, Pakistan: Its History, Classification, Analysis and Chronology 15 February Dr John MACGINNIS (Cambridge) Excavating a Provincial capital of the Assyrian Empire: The Ziyaret Tepe Archaeological Project 1 March Dr Jeevan DEOL (Cambridge) The Sikhs of Afghanistan: some notes toward a cultural, social and literary history ca. 1600-2012
Islam, Trade and Politics across the Indian Ocean
We are very proud and excited to be hosting a beautiful travelling photographic exhibition, on loan from the British Library, Islam, Trade and Politics across the Indian Ocean. The exhibition runs from 7th-21st November 2012 and is open from 9-1, Monday-Thursday; 9.30-1.30 Friday. Afternoon visits by appointment only (please contact the Librarian on 01223 702095, or library@indiran.org to arrange). Website for the project: http://www.ottomansoutheastasia.org/ Islam, Trade and Politics Across the Indian Ocean is a research project funded by the British Academy over the period 2009–2012 and administered by the Association of South-East …