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125516 results in Asian Studies

Page 1995 of 6276

  • Libraries, Schoolrooms, and Mud Gadowns: Formal Scenes of Reading at East India Company Stations in India, c. 1819–1835

  • SHARON MURPHY
  • Journal:
    Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society / Volume 21 / Issue 4 / October 2011
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    29 November 2011, pp. 459-467
    Print publication:
    October 2011

  • The East India Company began to establish lending libraries for soldiers at its stations in India from about 1891 and, by the early 1830s, the majority of those responsible for the day-to-day operation of these institutions were keen to stress their beneficial effect upon the readers who frequented them. In a series of reports that were written at this time station chaplains and commanding officers emphasised that reading was having a positive effect upon the men's behaviour. What also emerges from these reports is evidence of a contemporary belief that the ‘setting’ in which reading took place determined the degree to which the activity was beneficial.

  • Influence of Indian Music in the Far East

  • from Part Three - Articles in Bengali
  • Compiled by Bangwei Wang, Tansen Sen
  • Book:
    India and China: Interactions through Buddhism and Diplomacy
    Published by:
    Anthem Press
    Published online:
    05 March 2012
    Print publication:
    01 October 2011, pp 209-212

  • Summary

    The rich Indian culture spread to various cultural spheres of the Far East. Indian philosophy, literature, science and art left their distinct marks through Buddhism. Over the ages the profound impact of the multifaceted Indian culture enriched these countries by enkindling their creativity in various spheres of culture. However, the influence of Indian music remains hidden behind the history of the music of these countries.

    Many civilised nations and races inhabiting Central Asia adopted Indian music and, due to cultural contacts, the prevalent music of Central Asia was incorporated into Indian treatises on music. From the various references to Indian ragas (principal modes of Indian classical music) in our treatise on music, there are indications of this unique absorption of foreign music. Todi and Khambaj, two North Indian ragas and principal modes of Indian classical music, could have some connection with Turkey and Kamboj (i.e., ancient Iran) as the names of these ragas suggest. In the fifth and sixth centuries of the Christian Era, the Turkish people infiltrated into India. Similarly, an ethnic group of people from Central Asia called Kamboj also migrated to India and settled permanently on the northwestern frontiers of the country. It is quite likely that the infiltration of these foreigners had impact on the cultural life of people and music occupies an integral part of culture.

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