Word: sanskrit
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...result of the collecting passion of a late 19th century noble, Khuda Bakhsh. Priceless treasures include the only existing copy of a history - illustrated in gold and indigo - of the Uzbek Emperor Tamerlane, whose dominions once stretched from Baghdad to Bengal. There are 500-year-old Sanskrit scriptures inscribed on palm leaves, Korans 25 mm wide (written so the verses form the shapes of animals) and, in the margins of verses by the poet Hafiz, annotations by the Mughal Emperors Humayun and Jahangir. There are even jottings by Byron - two verses added by the English poet...
...better relationship with the last superpower has obvious, tangible benefits. In America, such contact can most easily start in our universities, with their significant base of curiosity and knowledge of the outside world. To this end, Harvard’s East Asian Languages and Civilizations Department, or even the Sanskrit and Indian Studies Department at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences ought to hire a preceptor to teach Indonesian—just one. That is all it takes; cultural understanding can arise when we begin to speak the same language...
...multi-disciplinary group of scholars appointed to coordinate teaching and research on South Asia,” according to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Course website. But the committee does not grant undergraduate degrees, instead encouraging interested students to pursue degrees in history, religion, Sanskrit and Indian Studies, or other departments...
...honor. I do hope this won’t change anything—these past three years have been a period of incredible academic growth and intellectual inspiration, inside and outside of the lecture hall,” newly-elected member Shreya N. Vora ’06, a Sanskrit and Indian Studies concentrator, wrote in an e-mail...
...PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he'd answer questions "from my heart" during his March 14 news conference. His heart was well prepared. Most questions allowed at the event came from journalists whose queries were screened in advance by the Foreign Ministry?hence Wen's Sanskrit poetry recital after a question by an Indian reporter. In response to a TIME query, the ministry denied screening questions and said reporters "are free to raise any question." So long...