ΕΛΛΗΝΟ-ΙΝΔΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ & ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗΣ
Hellenic-Indian Society for Culture & Development
By Helen Abadzi The Monument A small yellow building that looks a little like a Greek temple faces the campus wall near the Teacher-Student Center of Dhaka University. It looks old and was in very bad state until the 1960s, when university authorities renovated it. A mysterious inscription is written on the frieze above the …
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Dimitrios Vassiliadis There is now tangible evidence indicating that the settlement of Greek merchants in Bengal must have begun as early as the beginning of the seventeenth century. This is substantiated by the discovery of two Greek tombstones, dated 1713 and 1728, and preserved in the aisles of the Catholic Cathedral of the Virgin Mary …
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Nick J. Allen Like many students, I assume that the founder of Buddhism was himself a historical figure (how else does one explain the existence of such a founder-focused religion?), but also that very little is historical in the traditional biography, even as it is presented in the earliest sources. What follows is a paper …
Giorgos Halkias The International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) is a worldwide body of national and regional associations for the study of religion. It is a member of the Counseil International de la Philosophie et des Sciences Humaines (CIPSH), which functions under the auspices of UNESCO. Founded in 1950, the IAHR is held …
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Giorgos Halkias The South and Southeast Asian Association for the Study of Religion (SSEASR) Regional Conference, co-hosted by IAHR and in collaboration with Somaiya Centre of Buddhist Studies (Mumbai), convened from January 27-30 at the India International Centre (IIC), a large compound operating since 1962 and located by Lodi Gardens in New Delhi. The conference …
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The Museum of Asian Art of Corfu, after pioneering an exhibition of sculptures from the Graeco-Buddhist Art of Gandhara, presented the current collection of sculptures and paintings from the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas under the title “The Gods of the Himalayas “. The aim of this exhibition is to introduce to the visitors of …
Giorgos Halkias In Tibetan, medicine is called gSoba Rig-pa, the knowledge of healing. The core of the Tibetan Medical Tradition (TMT) is over 1200 years old, dating back to the times of a powerful Tibetan Empire that extended from Ganges to Samarkand, Turfan, and Tun-Huang. TMT received formative influences from Indian, Chinese, and Persian medicine, and …
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The New Year celebrations went quiet as people throughout the world watched the horrific scenes brought to our houses by the means of mass communication. The destruction ofbiblical proportions that affected the countries of the South and South-East Asia after the powerful earthquake of the 26th December 2004 left behind hundreds of thousands dead and millions homeless in a situation of direct …
Giorgos Halkias The Council for a Parliament of World Religions (CPWR) convened from the 7th to 13th of July in Barcelona bearing the theme: Pathways to Peace: the Wisdom of Listening, the Power of Commitment. According to the Parliament’s Program the mission of the CPWR is ‘to cultivate harmony among the world’s religious and spiritual …
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Giorgos Halkias At the turn of the century, Tibet remained one of the last uncontrolled regions in the ‘Great Game’ between Russia and Britain keen to increasing their respective strongholds in Central and Inner Asia. Tibet’s invasion in 1949 by the Liberation Army of the People’s Republic of China was not the only one in the …
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