Records, Recoveries, Remnants and Inter-Asian Interconnections: Decoding Cultural Heritage

Records, Recoveries, Remnants and Inter-Asian Interconnections: Decoding Cultural Heritage has its conceptual core in the inter-regional networks of Nalanda Mahavihara and its unique place in the Asian imaginary. The revival of Nalanda university in 2010 as a symbol of a shared inter-Asian heritage is this collection's core narrative. The multidisciplinary essays interrogate ways in which ideas, objects, texts, and travellers have shaped — and in turn have been shaped by — changing global politics and the historical imperative that underpins them. The question of what constitutes cultural authenticity and heritage valuation is inscribed from positions that support, negate, or reframe existing discourses with reference to Southeast and East Asia. The essays in this collection offer critical, scholarly, and nuanced views on the vexed questions of regional and inter-regional dynamics, of racial politics and their flattening hegemonic discourses in relation to the rich tangible and intangible heritage that defines an interconnected Asia.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Dedication
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Contributors
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Acknowledgements
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1 - Introduction: Records, Recoveries, Remnants and Inter-Asian Interconnections — Decoding Cultural Heritage
pp 1-31
- By Anjana Sharma, Nalanda University
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2 - Negotiating Place and Heritage: Creating Nalanda University
pp 32-50
- By Gopa Sabharwal, Nalanda University
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3 - India, Magadha, Nalanda: Ecology and a Premodern World System
pp 51-69
- By Frederick Asher, American Institute of Indian Studies
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4 - Collecting the Region: Configuring Bihar in the Space of Museums
pp 70-85
- By Sraman Mukherjee, Nalanda University
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5 - Heritage Preservation in the Gaya Region
pp 86-104
- By Abhishek S. Amar, Hamilton College
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6 - Setting the “Records” Straight: Textual Sources on Nālandā and Their Historical Value
pp 105-140
- By Max Deeg, Cardiff University
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7 - “Central India Is What Is Called the Middle Kingdom”
pp 141-159
- By Anne Cheng, Collège de France
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8 - The Object | The Tree: Emissaries of Buddhist Ground
pp 160-183
- By Padma D. Maitland, University of California
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9 - Tracing Transregional Networks and Connections Across the Indic Manuscript Cultures of Nusantara (AD 1400–1600)
pp 184-221
- By Andrea Acri, Nalanda University
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10 - Seeking a Sufi Heritage in the Deccan
pp 222-238
- By Kashshaf Ghani, Nalanda University
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11 - Archaeological Remains at Nalanda: A Spatial Comparison of Nineteenth Century Observations and the Protected World Heritage Site
pp 239-256
- By M.B. Rajani, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Sonia Das, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)
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12 - A Heritage Gem Sits in the Heart of a City, Unacknowledged, Incognito: The Case for Recognizing Kolkata Chinatown as a Historic Urban Landscape
pp 257-270
- By Rinkoo Bhowmik, The Cha Project (Cities • Heritage • Architecture)
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Index
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Miscellaneous Endmatter
pp 284-285
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Contributors
pp ix-xiv

Acknowledgements
pp xv-xvii

1 - Introduction: Records, Recoveries, Remnants and Inter-Asian Interconnections — Decoding Cultural Heritage
pp 1-31

2 - Negotiating Place and Heritage: Creating Nalanda University
pp 32-50

3 - India, Magadha, Nalanda: Ecology and a Premodern World System
pp 51-69

4 - Collecting the Region: Configuring Bihar in the Space of Museums
pp 70-85

5 - Heritage Preservation in the Gaya Region
pp 86-104

6 - Setting the “Records” Straight: Textual Sources on Nālandā and Their Historical Value
pp 105-140

7 - “Central India Is What Is Called the Middle Kingdom”
pp 141-159

8 - The Object | The Tree: Emissaries of Buddhist Ground
pp 160-183

9 - Tracing Transregional Networks and Connections Across the Indic Manuscript Cultures of Nusantara (AD 1400–1600)
pp 184-221

10 - Seeking a Sufi Heritage in the Deccan
pp 222-238

11 - Archaeological Remains at Nalanda: A Spatial Comparison of Nineteenth Century Observations and the Protected World Heritage Site
pp 239-256

12 - A Heritage Gem Sits in the Heart of a City, Unacknowledged, Incognito: The Case for Recognizing Kolkata Chinatown as a Historic Urban Landscape
pp 257-270

Index
pp 271-283

Miscellaneous Endmatter
pp 284-285

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