HISTORY AND HERITAGE: THE AFTERLIFE OF MONUMENTS

Conceptualised by Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray

God on the Hill – The Secret Life of Monuments

Illustrated lecture by Dr. Srikumar M. Menon, Associate Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies. An architect who specializes in ancient and early architecture of the Indian subcontinent, Srikumar’s academic interest focus on ancient architecture, prehistoric monuments, as well as later monuments, such as stupas and temples

Chair: Dr. Shashank Shekhar Sinha, Publishing Director, Taylor & Francis Group

The book, God on the Hill and Other stories is a collection of ten stories mostly set around ancient monuments and the sites they occupy. Inspired by locales, monuments and myths associated with them, encountered by the author during nearly two decades of fieldwork studying the ancient architecture of India, these stories focus attention to less-known aspects of these monuments. The talk will bring alive the remarkable monuments and locales which inspired the ten stories ranging from megalithic structures in Kerala and Karnataka and an early historic Buddhist stupa to an exquisite rock-cut temple on the Kumaon Himalaya