SOUTH ASIA BEYOND BORDERS: NEW RESEARCH IN HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

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Buddhism Beyond Boundaries: Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Punjab, Pakistan 

Speaker: Dr. Muhammad Hameed, Chairman, Department of Archaeology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Chair: Shri K.N. Srivastava, Director, IIC

In recent years, the Directorate of Archaeology, Government of Punjab, and Department of Archaeology, University of the Punjab, have explored, documented, excavated several sites which have yielded exciting evidence of the dominant presence of Buddhism in the plains of Punjab, Pakistan. The lecture will highlight evidence from sites such as Nihang, Sargodha, Jhelum, Mianwali, Sui Vihar, Dillu Roye and Dera Ghazi Khan, which have added a new chapter in the history of Buddhism in Pakistan
   
(Collaboration: Ashoka University)