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SUMMARY:“India as the Land of Marvels in Medieval European and Middle Eastern Accounts” - A Talk by Dr. Sunil Sharma, Professor, Boston University, USA
DESCRIPTION:\n\nDr. Sunil Sharma is Professor of Persian & Indian Literatures at Bo
 ston University's Department of World Languages & Literatures. He has a
 uthored a number of books and articles on a broad range of subjects from In
 do-Persian literature, visual cultures, and travel writing.\n\n\nDescriptio
 ns of India featured centrally in the popular literary genres of mirabilia 
 and aja'ib in medieval Europe and the Middle East respectively. The origin 
 of much of this material can be found in the various offshoots of the Greek
  Alexander romance. In this lecture, we will trace several textual and visu
 al articulations of India as the land of marvellous creatures as well as wi
 se men, and the innovative way in which these views were expressed within S
 ultanate India by the poet-courtier Amir Khusraw of Delhi.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><br /><br />Dr. Sunil Sharma is Professor of Persian &amp; Indian Litera
 tures at Boston University's Department of World Languages &amp; Literature
 s. He has authored a number of books and articles on a broad range of subje
 cts from Indo-Persian literature, visual cultures, and travel writing.<br /
 ><br /><br />Descriptions of India featured centrally in the popular litera
 ry genres of mirabilia and aja'ib in medieval Europe and the Middle East re
 spectively. The origin of much of this material can be found in the various
  offshoots of the Greek Alexander romance. In this lecture, we will trace s
 everal textual and visual articulations of India as the land of marvellous 
 creatures as well as wise men, and the innovative way in which these views 
 were expressed within Sultanate India by the poet-courtier Amir Khusraw of 
 Delhi.</p>
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