"Luigi Pio Tessitori - An Italian Life Devoted to India" Talk by Prof. Furio Honsell at Italian Embassy Cultural Institute, 50-E, Chandragupta Marg, Chanakyapuri > 6:30pm on 15th October 2012

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : by invitation only (it was mentioned free previously which was incorrect)

Place : Italian Embassy Cultural Institute, 50-E, Chandragupta Marg (entry from Nyaya Marg), Chanakyapuri, New Delhi - 21
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Event Details : 'Luigi Pio Tessitori - An Italian Life Devoted to India' Talk by Prof. Furio Honsell, Mayor of Udine, Ex-Vice Chancellor of the University of Udine.

Luigi Pio Tessitori (Udine, Italy 13/12/1887, Bikaner, Rajasthan 22/11/1919) was an outstanding Italian indologist and linguist. He was among the first European scholars to understand the literary significance of medieval Indian languages and to investigate the evolution of neo-Indian languages. He was a full-fledged humanist. A dedicated researcher of all aspects of Indian art and archaeology, he was among the first to suggest a prehistoric nature of the Indus Valley Civilization. His photographic plates (http://edvara2.uniud.it/) of Indian life are a loving and significant contribution to the modern Italian perception of the Indian cultural heritage. He inspired the foundation of the Società Indologica in Udine, which greatly contributed in recent years together with the University of Udine to the mutual understanding of Italy and India.

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