"The Mahabharata: History, Science, or Myth?" panel discussion at Conference Room - 2, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 15th January 2014

Time : 6:30 pm

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Place : Conference Room - 2, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : 'The Mahabharata: History, Science, or Myth?' a talk by Dr. Vishwa Adluri, Associate Adjunct Professor, Hunter College, The City University of New York; Dr. Joydeep Bagchee, PhD in Philosophy, New School of Social Studies, New York; and co-authors of the forthcoming book The Nay Science: A History of German Indology 
The speakers will address the question of the Mahabharata’s historicity. Through a critical examination of the formation of early Mahabharata scholarship, they will discuss how theories of the epic’s origins in heroic Aryan circles were used as a vehicle of scientific, evangelical, and racial propaganda by Orientalist academics.

Collaboration: Draupadi Trust

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