India and Central Asia : Classical to Contemporary Periods/edited by J.N.
Roy and B.B. Kumar. New Delhi, Concept Pub., 2007, x, 318 p., tables, ISBN 81-8069-457-7.
India and Central Asia : Classical to Contemporary Periods/edited by J.N.
Roy and B.B. Kumar. New Delhi, Concept Pub., 2007, x, 318 p., tables, ISBN 81-8069-457-7.
Contents: Preface. Notes on contributors. I. Historical, cultural and religious links: 1. India and Central Asia: links and interactions/B.B. Kumar. 2. Notes on Central Asian Buddhist Iconography/Lokesh Chandra. 3. Historical and cultural relations between Kazhakhstan, Central Asia and India from ancient India to the beginning of the 20 century/M. Kh. Abuseitova. 4. Hindu Gods in Western Central Asia/S.P. Gupta. 5. Religious, cultural and artistic links between Ancient Kashmir, Afghanistan and Central Asia/S.S. Toshkhani. 6. India and Central Asia : Cultural relations in Middle Ages/Evgeni Kablukov. 7. India and Central Asia 1947-1991/Surender Gopal. 8. Cultural relations between India and Tibet: an overview of the light from India/Claude Arpi. 9. Indo-Uzbek literary and linguistic relations throughout 11-18 centuries/Azad N. Shamatov. II. Politics/Geo-politics and democracy in Central Asia: 10. Political system and democratic discourse in Central Asia: a view from outside/R.R. Sharma. 11. Central Asia : Changing Geo-political alignment in the aftermath of 11 September/Devendra Kaushik. 12. Geopolitical perspectives on Central Asia: an Indian view/Nirmala Joshi. 13. Politics of oil and natural gas in Central Asia--conflicts and co-operation/R.G. Gidadhubli. 14. India and Post-Soviet Asia: an appraisal of India's Central Asia Policy/Sheel K. Asopa. 15. Central Asia: Tulips have different Hews/P.L. Dash. III. Islamist Radicalism in Central Asia: 16. Central Asia after Collapse of USSR and Islamic Radicalism/Muzaffar Alimov. 17. Religious extremism in Central Asia: a case study of Uzbekistan/Ramakant Dwivedi. IV. Economy and energy resources: 18. Perspective of economic development in Uzbekistan and relations between Uzbekistan and India/Surat Mirkasymov. 19. Economic changes in Central Asia and Indian response/Gulshan Sachdeva. 20. Basic directions and mechanisms in the formation of a Joint Power Market on the Central Asian States/Gulmira Kurganbayeva. 21. Scientific and cultural cooperation development between India and Tajikistan/Sanavbar Vohidova. Annexures. Index.
"The volume in the collection of the papers contributed in the International Seminar on "India and Central Asia: Classical to Contemporary Periods" and some papers published in the Quarterly Dialogue of the Astha Bharati, Delhi.
The Central Asia forms part of our immediate neighbourhood in East Central Asia and extended neighbourhood in the West. India was geographically nearer to the Central Asian Republics before Partition of the country in 1947. Apart from common contiguous borders, climatic continuity, similar geographical features and geo-cultural affinities, India and Central Asia have long traditions of socio-cultural, political and economic contacts since remote past. Their relations have been multi-dimensional, deep, old and continuous. We have common concerns about international terrorism, religious extremism and drug-trafficking. India and Central Asian Republics may develop mutually beneficial trade relations as the latter ones are very rich in energy resources. The two regions also have geo-strategic importance for each other. The book highlights all these aspects in the papers contributed by the scholars of India and Central Asian Republics." (jacket)