Intangible Histories: Exeter/NIAS Doctoral Programme in Drama/Archeology

📍21 May | Thu | 6:30PM

➡️ Ajanta Rediscovered

The Ajanta Caves hold the greatest surviving body of ancient Indian murals. Until Benoy Behl, they were the only known examples of ancient India art.

Behl’s career in photography, especially using low-light techniques, was also greatly encouraged by Dr MR Srinivasan’s interest when he was Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission in the late 80s to get such photos taken of nuclear power plants. That same eye, which was so useful in the darkness of reactor buildings, looked into ancient caves and changed how the world sees Indian art. He captured paintings hidden in ancient temples and caves, shrouded for centuries in darkness too deep for conventional photography. His work overturned the belief that India had no continuous tradition of painting from ancient times.

In this illustrated lecture, Behl traces that very lineage, with images that make the argument that India’s tradition of painting is among the greatest in the history of art.

Free and open to all ✉️ RSVP on website!

https://bangaloreinternationalcentre.org/event/ajanta-rediscovered/

The Hamburg Univ project on scientific studies on manuscripts which Iam a Co-PI at NIAS, just filing for my record as the link came up

www.csmc.uni-hamburg.de

India Habitat Centre online talk and film screening by Benoy Behl, Adjunct Prof, NIAS of ‘Ellora: A Vision of Grandeur’ produced for Doordarshan, at 6 pm (IST) on Saturday, the 27th July. No registration or payment is required. The joining link is below.
The site of Ellora, on the outskirts of the city of Aurangabad in Maharashtra, witnessed the grand culmination of more than a thousand years of the rock cutting tradition. The grand climax of rock-cut architecture in India is in Cave 16, the Kailashanatha temple. Experts interviewed include me Prof Sharada Srinivasan, NIAS, (have put a screen grab as below of an earlier avatar)
Link to join:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87096970503?pwd=br2QbHQruqwJbsgyha2Rydb8SE1CFc.1
Meeting ID: 870 9697 0503
Passcode: 144791

The IIT-B book Her Story, Gen Zero Women (on women alumni) which also features me is available on this pdf https://fliphtml5.com/hunfk/pbri/basic and was also on sale. The feature on me is as below

My research on Nagamangala metalcraft is mentioned in this write-up in Deccan Herald yesterday, its so nice when one's work in little seen papers or talks are noticed and cited; this was research I had done towards a project on Vishwakarma communities Nias Bangalore

Starting with a video recording of Hampi pillar tonalities, this link has one of the best surviving recordings of my Bharata Natyam dance performance (2006) inspired by Hampi etc, and also replayed for ICWIP2023 conference on women in physics

Dr Sharada Hampi pillars music & dance Prof Sharada Srinivasan Bharata Natyam performance inspired by resonant musical pillars of Vitthala Temple, Hampi, 'Amidst the 'Musical' Pillars', preceded b...

My comments on Amaravati Buddhist art in this nice piece in Indian Express by Adrija Roychowdhury on spotlight on Amaravati, others quoted include Amareshwar Galla who had spent time there working on heritage issues; the full pdf is in the link below
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:9173ed99-3391-4ae6-bb40-23748ada480d?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1VbXFNPPUH2uDTRbUsmOipYJlSS0Z-RJNHgJJXRGUplIeMV0L04KhBWCo_aem_5jejutGk_-Lqj7KQx8285A
The link to the Express article (which is under paywall)
https://indianexpress.com/article/research/amaravathi-the-rise-and-fall-of-one-of-the-greatest-buddhist-sites-in-india-9407984/

Amaravathi: The rise and fall of one of the greatest Buddhist sites in India As Chandrababu Naidu’s return as Andhra Pradesh CM brings the spotlight back on Amaravati, a look at one of the most important sites of Buddhism in South Asia and why it has never received the recognition it deserves.

My talk (Prof Sharada Srinivasan) on Journey in Archaeometallurgy for Summer School for Women in Physics at International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore, ICTS

A Journey in Archaeometallurgy… by Sharada Srinivasan PROGRAMSUMMER SCHOOL FOR WOMEN IN PHYSICS 2024ORGANIZERSS. Annapoorni (Delhi University, India), Ranjini Bandyopadhyay (RRI, India), Dipankar Bhattacharya (A...

Highlights of my photos and content for bell metal (high-tin bronze) story put up by CSIR Svastik initiative

Honoured to be on the Advisory Board of University of Hamburg's Centre for Study of Manuscript Cultures (listed in the site)

Who is Who Who is WhoSpokepersons Konrad Hirschler, Spokesperson Kaja Harter-Uibopuu, Co-Spokesperson Christian Schroer, Co-Spokesperson Steering Committee Konrad Hirschler, Middle Eastern History (Spokesperson) Kaja Harter-Uibopuu, Ancient History (Co-Spokesperson) Christian Schroer, Physics (Co-Spokesperson)...