SHARED CULTURAL HERITAGE ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN

The ‘Indianization’ Debate: Historical Connections between South and Southeast Asia

Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Panellists: 

Maritime Cultural Heritage: From Nationalism to Trans-nationalism
By Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray, archaeologist and maritime historian

Indian Nationalist readings of Southeast Asian History
By Prof. Madhavan K. Palat, historian of Modern Europe and India 

The Impact of the Greater India Society on post-Independence Foreign Policy Initiatives
By Amb. T.C.A. Raghavan, diplomat and historian and former Director-General, Indian Council of World Affairs

A prelude to the two-day workshop on ‘Shared Cultural Heritage across the Indian Ocean’, the panel discussion will provide a backdrop to the wider issues of early cultural relations between India and Southeast Asia.