Confluence of India and Central Asia through the Ages Edited by Syed Akhtar Husain
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- EDITOR : Syed Akhtar Husain
- HB ISBN : 978-93-6883-941-5
- Year : 2025
- Extent : 376
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Confluence of India and Central Asia through the Ages is a compendium of papers presenting the colourful past and promising future of Central and South Asia. Scholars have discussed Buddhism as the leitmotif of the Silk Route, criss-crossing Asia, in this book. The volume also deals with Persian and Urdu texts which demonstrate the cultural richness of the regions. Equally good number of chapters in the book give insight into connectivity, multilateralism, threats of terrorism to and hopes of peaceful coexistence and cooperation for India and Central Asia.
The Editor
Syed Akhtar Husain is Professor at the Centre of Persian and Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and President of the Institute of Indo-Persian Studies, New Delhi. He has published articles in leading journals of Persian studies in India and abroad and has two books to his credit. He has also co-edited Essays on the Arabian Nights (2015) and Revisiting Sadeq Hedayat’s Blind Owl: Writings on a Modern Persian Novel (2023).