
IHAR-IGNCA Inaugural Conference on Indic Chronology
The IHAR-IGNCA Inaugural Conference on Indic Chronology to be held in Delhi from February 22 to 24, 2019 is thematically designed to establish the centrality of chronology in building a tenable Indic narrative. The event will bring together a broad array of institutions, scholars and intellectuals who will use an Indic framework to present chronological perspectives in multiple disciplines such as education, genetics, astronomy, Ayurveda, Sanskrit, archaeology, town planning, sanitation, economics and more.
Typically, historical narratives have been framed in the context of wars and invasions. However, the IHAR-IGNCA conference aims to go beyond the temporal dimension to encompass traditions, culture, and knowledge systems in order to present a holistic picture of the Indic civilization.
One of the biggest obstacles in the way of understanding Indian history has been the non-Indic lenses that have been applied to its narratives. Indic Itihaasa consisting of the Puranas, epics and various traditional sources in Sanskrit and other Indian languages have been largely disregarded despite being rich sources of data. A superficial understanding of Indian languages and ethos has led to misrepresentation of many Indic texts, which has often been called out by traditional scholars but has been largely ignored in academic discourse.
The Inaugural IHAR-IGNCA conference aims to not only generate a body of high-quality papers and lectures which will be compiled for future reference but to also pave the way for regional conferences in Indian languages. Today, there are many Indic scholars working in silos with little support from the government or academia. It is hoped that this conference and its future stagings will draw out such scholars from the remotest corners of India and enable them to showcase their work as well as collaborate with others to advance research.
See you in Delhi!
About IHAR
A shared sense of history and culture are the constitutive elements of individual and collective identities
of citizens in a nation state. India's history and civilization have had unbroken continuity,
albeit with periodic disruptions that in recent times have led to an understanding of India that is fragmented, incoherent, and incomplete.
Given the giant strides of knowledge systems and ever improving tools of investigating the past, there is a need to collect, collate,
interpret, and integrate new knowledge into India's history, while being respectfully inclusive of India's own recorded and oral traditions.
It is this motivating vision that guides IHAR in it's public service, education, and research.
About IGNCA
The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts is a centre encompassing the study and experience of all the arts – each form with its own integrity,
yet within a dimension of mutual interdependence, interrelated with nature, social structure and cosmology.
It partakes of the holistic worldview so powerfully articulated throughout Indian tradition.
The arts are here understood to comprise the fields of creative and critical literature, written and oral;
the visual arts, ranging from architecture, sculpture, painting and graphics to general material culture, photography and film;
the performing arts of music, dance and theatre in their broadest connotation; and all else in fairs, festivals and lifestyle
that has an artistic dimension. Through diverse programmes of research, publication, training, creative activities and performance,
the IGNCA seeks to place the arts within the context of the natural and human environment.
Conference Schedule
SESSION | TIME | PRESENTER | PAPER TOPICS | SESSION TOPICS |
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22-Feb-2019 DAY 1 | ||||
08:00AM-09:00AM | REGISTRATION + TEA /SNACKS | |||
09:00AM-09:30AM | OPENING CEREMONY & INAUGUAL ADDRESS - Dr. PADMA SUBRAHMANYAM , Dr. SACHCHIDANAND JOSHI, Dr. SUBROTO GANGOPADHYAY | |||
09:30AM-10:00AM | GLIMPSES OF VEDIC EDUCATION (KERALIYA ANYONYAM) | |||
10:30AM-11:00AM | PLENARY - Prof. KAPIL KAPOOR | TO BE DECIDED | ||
11:00AM-11:30AM | KEYNOTE 1 - Prof. DILIP CHAKRABARTI | The Study of Ancient India in Modern India : A Sociopolitical Perspective | ||
SESSION 00-1 | 11:30 AM-12:00 PM | Prof. PIYUSHKANT DIKSHIT | भारतविद्याप्रयोजनदर्शनम् | |
12:00 PM-12:30 PM | KEYNOTE 2 - Prof. VN JHA | Role of VADA in Nyaya Darshan | ||
12:45PM-01:30 PM | LUNCH BREAK | |||
SESSION 1A-1 | 01:15PM-01:45PM | Shri. SASTRY YANAMANDRA | Pandit Kota Venkatachalam’s Work In Re-Constructing Indic Chronology from Primary Sources |
PANDIT KOTA VENKATACHALAM MEMORIAL SESSION
CHAIR: Prof. SARADINDU MUKHERJI |
SESSION 1A-2 | 01:45PM-02:15PM | Shri. MANOGNA SASTRY AND Shri. MEGH KALYANASUNDARAM | The B of ABC of Indian Chronology: Dating Buddha’s Parinirvāṇa, A critique of Heinz Bechert’s Echo Chamber | |
SESSION 1A-3 | 02:15PM-02:45PM | Shri. VEDVEER ARYA | The Epoch of Buddha Nirvana (1865 BCE) | |
SESSION 1A-4 | 02:45PM-03:15PM | Smt. SUMEDHA VERMA OJHA | Problems in the Chronology of the Mauryan Kings Chandragupta and Ashoka; Framing the Issue | |
03:15PM-03:30PM | TEA BREAK (POSTER SESSIONS) | |||
03:30PM-05:00PM |
PANEL DISCUSSION1: SYSTEMS OF INQUIRY
CHAIR : Dr. SARITA SESHAGIRI |
Dr. VISHWA ADLURI, Dr. JOYDEEP BAGCHEE, Dr. SUDHIR LALL, Shri. NEERAJ ATRI | ||
05:00PM-07:00PM | BREAK | |||
07:00PM-08:00PM | SOCIAL HOUR | |||
08:00PM-09:00PM | DINNER |
SESSION | TIME | PRESENTER | PAPER TOPICS | SESSION TOPICS |
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12:30PM-01:15 PM | LUNCH BREAK | |||
SESSION 1B-1 | 01:15PM-01:45PM | Shri. JIJITH NADUMURI RAVI | Travel Narratives in the Mahabharata |
MAHABHARATA PERIODIZATION
(CHAIR: Dr. JOYDEEP BAGCHEE) |
SESSION 1B-2 | 01:45PM-02:15PM | Dr. B.S.HARISHANKAR | Second Urbanization, Mahabharata and India’s Intellectual Tradition: Recent Perspectives | |
SESSION 1B-3 | 02:15PM-02:45PM | Shri. SHIVAKUMAR BELAVADI | Abhimanyu Effect – a new understanding combining ancient wisdom and modern sciences | |
SESSION 1B-4 | 02:45PM-03:15PM | Dr. M.L.RAJA | Astronomical Evidence of the date of Mahabharata War | |
03:15PM-03:30PM | TEA BREAK |
SESSION | TIME | PRESENTER | PAPER TOPICS | SESSION TOPICS |
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SESSION 1C-1 | 01:15PM-01:45PM | Shri. MRUGENDRA VINOD/ Dr. SRIPAD GHALIGI | New Discovery of Yavanas/ Insights into Antiquity of Yoga |
SPL SESSION: IDEAS, CONCEPTS AND THEMES
(CHAIR: I Dr. LAXMI INUKONDA) (CHAIR 2: Dr. SUDHIR KUMAR) |
SESSION 1C-2 | 01:45PM-02:15PM | Dr. T. GANESAN, Dr. SAS SARMA/ Dr. NANDINI MURALI | Chronology of Saiva Religion/ Sthala Purana of Andal Temple | |
SESSION 1C-3 | 02:15PM-02:45PM | Dr. R. SUBRAMONY/ Dr. S. RUKMINI | Arunachal Purana/ Impact of Indic knowledge on Modern Education | |
SESSION 1C-4 | 02:45PM-03:15PM | Shri. M. DAMODHAR RAO | Date of Buddha 1634 BCE. How Europeans distorted Bharat History. | |
03:15PM-03:30PM | TEA BREAK |
SESSION | TIME | PRESENTER | PAPER TOPICS | SESSION TOPICS |
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23-Feb-2019 DAY 2 | ||||
SESSION 2A-1 | 09:00AM-09:30AM | Dr. ANIL SURI | The Beginnings of Indian Agriculture |
INDIC ANTIQUITIES
CHAIR: Dr. B.S. HARISHANKAR |
SESSION 2A-2 | 09:30AM-10:00AM | Shri. SRINJOY ROY CHOUDHURY | Time Frame of Vedic Civilization: Reality or Mystery | |
SESSION 2A-3 | 10:00AM-10:30AM | Smt. RUPA BHATY | Antiquity of Indic Civilization Based On Agastya Evidence | |
10:30AM-11:00AM | TEA BREAK | |||
11:00AM-11:30AM | KEYNOTE 3 - Prof. GAYA CHARAN TRIPATHI | REVISTING THE DATE OF RIGVEDA | ||
11:30AM-12:00PM | KEYNOTE 4 - Prof. KS KANNAN | TO BE DECIDED | ||
12:00PM-12:30PM | KEYNOTE 5 - Dr. VISHWA ADLURI | THE PRISON OF HISTORY | ||
12:30PM-01:15 PM | LUNCH BREAK | |||
SESSION 3A-1 | 01:15PM-01:45PM | Shri. SUDARSHAN T.NADATHUR | 108 “Deliberate” Methodological Fallacies in South Asian Population Genetics |
DEBUNKING, DECODING, GENETICS: ISSUES IN METHODOLOGY
(CHAIR: Shri. NILESH OAK) |
SESSION 3A-2 | 01:45PM-02:15PM | Shri. ANKIT SHAW | Validating the Date of Lord Ram’s Birth using Astronomy and Astrology | |
SESSION 3A-3 | 02:15PM-02:45PM | Shri. WIM BORSBOOM | Reverse Engineering the Western Alphabet: How and When the Western Alphabet's Sequence of Letter Phonemes was Modelled after an Ancient Indian Abugida | |
02:45PM-03:15PM | TEA BREAK | |||
03:15PM-03:45PM | KEYNOTE 6 - Dr. MADHU KHANNA | GENEALOGY, HISTORY & CULTURE: SOME INSIGHTS OF RECONSTRUCTING REGIONAL HISTORY OF MITHILA | ||
05:45PM-06:30PM | BREAK | |||
06:30PM-08:00PM | MUSIC IN ANTIQUITY: THE STORY OF VEENA | Dr. JAYANTHI KUMARESH (VINA), Shri. KUMARESH RAJAGOPALAN (VIOLIN), Shri. JAYACHANDRA RAO (MRIDANGAM), Shri. SANKAARARAMAN KRISHNASWAMY (GHATAM) | ||
08:00PM-09:00PM | DINNER |
SESSION | TIME | PRESENTER | PAPER TOPICS | SESSION TOPICS |
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23-Feb-2019 DAY 2 | ||||
SESSION 2B-1 | 09:00AM-09:30AM | Shri. RAJNISH MISHRA | Chronology or Configuration: Issues in Vaak in Philosophy of BharÅtÅhari |
SEARCH FOR GROUNDED STRUCTURES
(CHAIR: Dr. GAYACHARAN TRIPATHI) |
SESSION 2B-2 | 09:30AM-10:00AM | Shri. AMAN GOPAL SUREKA | The Ripples of Time :: Chronicling Ancient Board Games | |
SESSION 2B-3 | 10:00AM-10:30AM | Shri. RAVI SAXENA | Interrogating the Brahminical Discourses of Subaltern Studies: Some Reflections | |
12:30PM-01:15PM | LUNCH | |||
SESSION 3B-1 | 01:15PM-01:45PM | Smt. SAHANA SINGH | Chronology of Sanitation in India – What Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Must Learn From History |
ANCIENT CULTURAL LANDSCAPES
CHAIR: Prof. JOY SEN |
SESSION 3B-2 | 01:45PM-02:15PM | Dr. JAYAN ERANCHERI | Temple Architecture and Rituals of Kerala:Tradition and Culture Corpus | |
SESSION 3B-3 | 02:15PM-02:45PM | Prof. JOY SEN, Smt. TANIMA BHATTACHARYA | An Exploration based on the triad of Syntax, Semantics, and Semiotics: Case study of few chosen Indus valley seals and petroglyphs | |
02:45PM-03:15PM | TEA BREAK | |||
03:45PM-05:45PM |
PANEL DISCUSSION2: IDENTITIES & RIGHTS IN CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC
CHAIR: Dr. SARATH MENON |
Shri. J SAI DEEPAK, Shri. VIVEK AGNIHOTRI, Shri. RAJEEV SREENIVASAN, Shri. ARIHANT PAWARIYA, Shri. SANJAY DIXIT | ||
05:45PM-06:30PM | BREAK |
SESSION | TIME | PRESENTER | PAPER TOPICS | SESSION TOPICS |
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23-Feb-2019 DAY 2 | ||||
SESSION 2C-1 | 09:00AM-09:30AM | Shri. MOHAN RAGHAVAN | Using Immutable Cultural Facets to establish Unity and Continuity of Indic Cultural Chronology: A Case Study |
INDIA - ANTIQUITY & CONTINUITY
CHAIR: Dr. SHIVASHANKAR SASTRY |
SESSION 2C-2 | 09:30AM-10:00AM | Shri. WIM BORSBOOM | Out of India - By Land or by Sea? A Paradigm Shift in Ancient Migration Theories | |
SESSION 2C-3 | 10:00AM-10:30AM | Smt. ARPITA MITRA | Devi Worship: Deep Continuities in Indian History | |
10:30AM-11:00AM | TEA BREAK | |||
12:30PM-01:15PM | LUNCH BREAK | |||
SESSION 3C-1 | 01:15PM-01:45PM | Shri. RAJEEV SREENIVASAN | Strategic Imperatives, False Chronologies and Hurdles that confront an Indic Grand Narrative | RESTORING INDIGENOUS PARADIGMS (CHAIR: Dr. VISHWA ADLURI) |
SESSION 3C-2 | 01:45AM-02:15PM | Dr. SHIVSHANKAR SASTRY | Revising Western Indologists’ Chronology | |
SESSION 3C-3 | 02:15PM-02:45 PM | Dr. KOTRA KRISHNA MOHAN AND Dr. SHASHI KIRAN REDDY | Indic Science of Consciousness: Chronological Relevance to the Indic Knowledge Traditions and Modern Science | |
02:45PM-03:15PM | TEA BREAK | |||
03:45PM-04:45PM | PANEL DISCUSSION3: SYSTEMS OF INQUIRY | Dr. SUSHMA JATOO, Prof. GIRISH NATH JHA, Prof. HEERAMAN TIWARI, Dr. VIRENDRA BANGROO | ||
04:45PM-05:45PM | PANEL DISCUSSION4: SHASTRA CHARCA IN SANSKRIT | Dr. ABHIJIT DIXIT, Dr. ARVIND SHARMA, Dr. MANI SHANKAR DWIVEDI, Dr. INDRESH SHUKLA, Dr. KRISHNA MISHRA | ||
05:45PM-06:30PM | BREAK |
SESSION | TIME | PRESENTER | PAPER TOPICS | SESSION TOPICS |
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08:30AM-09:30AM | TO BE DECIDED | |||
09:30AM-10:00AM | KEYNOTE 7 - Dr. CK RAJU | INDIAN CHRONOLOGY: RIGHTING THE WRONG WITHOUT WRONGING THE RIGHT | ||
10:00AM-10:30AM | KEYNOTE 8 - Prof. JOY SEN | Exploring ‘Tree’ – a 3-D design prototype - a network of seed (core) and ramification (periphery) | ||
10:30AM-11:00AM | KEYNOTE 9 - Shri. WIM BORSBOOM | TO BE DECIDED | ||
11:00AM-11:30AM | TEA BREAK | |||
11:30AM-12:00PM | KEYNOTE 10 - Dr. BIZAY SONKAR SHASTRI | TO BE DECIDED | ||
SESSION 4A-1 | 12:00PM-12:30PM | Shri. RAMPRASAD SOGHAL | Archeological Evidence supporting “DeviChandraguptam”, which establishes the ascension of Chandragupta2 of Guptas | CHAIR: Prof. KAMALESH DATTA TRIPATHI |
SESSION 4A-2 | 12:30PM-01:00PM | Prof. RAMAKANT ANGIRAS | Bhaartiya chintan mein kaala- mimaansaa kaa swaroop (भारतीय विन्तन में काल-मीमाांसा का स्वरूप) | |
SESSION 4A-3 | 01:00PM-01:30PM | Smt. MANOSHI SINHA | Victories of Indian Warriors against Islamic Invasion and Rule from 8th to 18th Century. | |
01:30PM-02:00PM | CLOSING CEREMONY - SUDHIR LALL/Prof. KAMALESH DATTA TRIPATHI (VALEDICTORY ADDRESS) DR. SUBROTO GANGOPADHYAY (VOTE OF THANKS) (PATH FORWARD) | |||
02:00PM-02:45PM | LUNCH BREAK |
SESSION | TIME | PRESENTER | PAPER TOPICS | SESSION TOPICS |
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SESSION 4B-1 | 12:00PM-12:30PM | Shri. AMAR TRIVEDI | Breaking the Colonial ‘Mindcuffs’- How Language has controlled the Hindu Psyche |
HISTORY THROUGH THE PRISM OF LANGUAGE & SCIENCE
CHAIR: Shri. WIM BORSBOOM |
SESSION 4B-2 | 12:30PM-01:00PM | Prof. JOY SEN | Antiquity of Varanasi | |
SESSION 4B-3 | 01:00PM-01:30PM | Shri. NILESH NILKANTH OAK | Historical Glimpses of Indic Civilization | |
01:30PM-02:00PM | CLOSING CEREMONY | |||
02:00PM-02:45PM | LUNCH BREAK | |||
02:45PM-04:45PM |
SCHOLARS' RETREAT
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS (10 TABLES OF 6-8 SCHOLARS) |
Intense discussions on various aspects of history. Key questions asked by the anchor of the session will be tackled by scholars, who will be seated around roundtables. The discussions will be summarized by interlocuters at each table. Several rounds of questions will be asked in order to drill down to the most critical issues.
The key objectives of this roundtable will be: 1) Strengthening Sanskritic lenses for framing narratives 2) Developing new research initiatives and research grant proposals, 3) Empowering traditional and regional language scholars An outcome document will be prepared on the basis of recommendations and conclusions that ensue from these roundtable discussions, which will be presented to policy makers. |
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04:45PM-05:15PM | TEA BREAK | |||
05:15PM-06:45PM | MEDIA/PRESS | CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE |
MEDIA CO-ORDINATOR
Smt. SAHANA SINGH |
SESSION | TIME | PRESENTER | PAPER TOPICS | SESSION TOPICS |
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SESSION 4C-1 | 12:00PM-12:30PM | Dr. K. GOPINATH | The Impact of Kashmir Shaivism on the Indic universe: a chronological perspective | PERSPECTIVES ON INDIC CHRONOLOGY |
SESSION 4C-2 | 12:30PM-01:00PM | Smt. KAUSIKI CHEBBEYAM | Addressing Some Discrepancies in the Chronology of Ancient Indian History : The Era of Yudhishtira and the Era of the Sakas | |
SESSION 4C-3 | 01:00PM-01:30PM | Dr. SITARAM AYYAGARI | Indic Chronology Through the Vedic Rituals | |
01:30PM-02:00PM | CLOSING CEREMONY | |||
02:00PM-02:45PM | LUNCH BREAK |