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This short term course on Buddhist Studies its art and Philosophy will be conducted every Wednesday and Friday. The enrolment is free of cost and on a first come first basis. A certificate will be issued to students who attend all lectures on completion of course. For course details please contact Dr. Radha Banerjee Sarkar, In charge East Asia, IGNCA (rbsarkar18@gmail.com ) Ph 23388211 and Dr. Ajay Kumar Mishra akm67111@rediffmail.com and Dr. Kishor Kumar Tripathy kkumar.aum@gmail.com

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Venue: Auditorium, C.V. Mess, Janapath, New Delhi- 110001       Time: 3.30 p.m.

8th August 2014 
Presentation of Certificates by Hon’ble Member Secretary 
Ms. Dipali Khanna

Concluding Remarks, by Hon’ble Joint Secretary
Mrs. Beena Joshi

Venue- Auditorium, C.V. Mess Building, IGNCA

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being cut out of a single piece of rock from top to bottom and open to the sky. The presentation explores many contours of the temple, including the geo-location, the cultural/religious significance of the temple which is part of Ellora. Going deep into the history and mystery of the temple she has reached more questions than answers- Maharshi Valmiki and Vyasa sitting at the entrance, angels all over flying with garlands, the vaulted barrel structures, the kalashas, lion-like animals called sharduls at the top , guarding the temple and fighting with elephants. Is there any parallel of these barrel type to the arc of the covenant and of the Kalashas to the Holy Grail?’ The technology of rock cutting looks amazing as an in depth study has confirmed that there are no chisel marks at certain parts of the temple. The whole Kailash temple awaits multi-disciplinary research. Venue: IGNCA Lecture Room,11 Mansingh Road, New Delhi 110 001 Time: 4.00 p.m.

The talk shall throw light on The Indian classical Dance forms that are endowed with immense potential to energize the body and mind due to its many qualities which have been studied in detail by Kanaka Sudhakar for the past 20 years. The effects of dance on the muscular, nervous, circulatory, digestive, nervous systems and the various parameters affecting the mental potentials will be considered in this lecture. Venue: Lecture Room,11 Mansingh Road, Entry from Gate opp. Raksha Bhavan Time: 5.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.

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25th April 2014 – Project ‘Mausam’ — talk on ‘The Coastal Sites: Possible Port Towns of the Harappan Period in Gujarat’ by Dr. Y.S. Rawat, Director, Gujarat State Department of Archaeology.    Venue: Conference Room I, India International Centre (IIC),New Delhi   at 06:30PM.   For information about future talks and events, please contactmausamproject@gmail.com .

Abstract: In descriptive grammar the word substantive denotes a class of words primarily noun as ‘substances’ i.e. names of persons, places, things etc. Substantive verb on the other hand can be defined as set of verbs that denotes an affirmation or existence in opposite to negative verb that denotes negation. In Bengali as like many other languages of the world there is a superfluity of substantive verbs. In Bengali the three main substantive verbs are [hɔ/ ho] ‘to be’ , [ach] ‘is/are’ and [thak] ‘to remain’. Among these three verbs the second one is a defective verb in Bengali. Because the verb root [ach] is not conjugated in all tenses and moods. The verb [ach] has no future form in Bengali and it is neither conjugated in imperative mood. The scope of this paper is to show their use in syntactic level in Bengali where these verbs does not always have the role of substantive verb because of shift of semantic connotation.

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Lecture by Dr. Sara Kuehn on Monsters as Bearer of Life-Giving Powers? Trans-Religious Migrations of an Ancient Western Asian Symbolism (9th to 14th Century AD)

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Talk on “Manuscript collection of Rampur Raza Library: An Exposition” by Prof. Azizuddin Husain, Director, Rampur Raza Library on 16th December 2013 at 4:30PM Venue: Lecture Room , New Delhi – 110 001 Time: 4:30PM The exhibition will remain open to public from 16th- 22nd December, 2013, 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m