HISTORY TALK "Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia: Rediscovering the Invisible Believers" by Dr. Garima Kaushik at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 21st April 2016

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 21/04/2016 18:30 21/04/2016 20:00 Asia/Kolkata HISTORY TALK "Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia: Rediscovering the Invisible Believers" by Dr. Garima Kaushik Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/04/history-talk-women-and-monastic.html Conference Room - 1, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Conference Room - 1, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : TALK "Women and Monastic Buddhism in Early South Asia: Rediscovering the Invisible Believers" by Dr. Garima Kaushik, Archaeological Survey of India, Chandigarh
As part of 'Indian Archaeology' series. 

Lecture based on the recently published book of the same title by Routledge. Archaeological sites categorized as Buddhist are synonymous with monastic establishments and monks, clearly pushing the significant other half of the Buddhist population (i.e. the female Buddhist patrons and practitioners) into obscurity. This work uses gender as a framework to re-examine archaeological data in order to better understand the socio-cultural aspects of Buddhism in South Asia. In doing so it also examines the various types of structures at Buddhist sites that have revealed distinct evidence of association with the feminine in varying contexts.

Chair: Shri B.M. Pande

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