HS 508 – BUDDHISM IN INDIA & BEYOND
IITGN Indian Knowledge Systems – Spring 2025
IITGN AB 1/101
Week 1: Thursday 9 January 2025 @ 5pm – Buddhism: An Overview
Presentation: A Very Short, Utterly Cursory Introduction to Buddhism
Speaker: Srinivas Reddy
Week 2: Tuesday 14 January 2025 @ 5pm – Early Buddhism
Presentation: Voyage of Dhamma Transcending Borders
Speaker: Godabarisha Mishra
Week 3: Tuesday 21 January 2025 @ 5pm – Buddhism and Archaeological Sciences
Presentation: Five Degrees of Variation at Nalanda: A Stellar Hypothesis
Speaker: M. B. Rajani
Week 4: Tuesday 28 January 2025 @ 5pm – Buddhism in Japan
Presentation: India in Japan: A Journey through Cultural Exchange and Influence
Speaker: Siddharth Singh
Week 5: Tuesday 4 February 2025 @ 5pm – Buddhist Art & Archaeology I
Presentation: Buddhist Art & Architecture of Ajanta & Ellora
Speaker: V. N. Prabhakar
Week 6: Tuesday 11 February 2025 @ 5pm – Buddhist Art & Archaeology II
Presentation: Buddhism in South India: The Amaravati School of Art
Speaker: Jyoti Rohilla Rana
Week 7: Tuesday 18 February 2025 @ 5pm – Buddhism in Southeast Asia
Presentation: A Buddhist Ritual Object as a Voyaging Object
Speaker: Suchandra Ghosh
Week 9: Tuesday 4 March 2025 @ 5pm – Tibetan Buddhism & Science (Online Lecture)
Presentation: Convergence and Diversion of Ontology in Buddhist Philosophy and Quantum Physics
Speaker: Geshe Dorji Damdul
Week 11: Tuesday 18 March 2025 @ 5pm – Global Buddhism
Presentation: Rise, Decline and Resurgence in Global Buddhism
Speaker: Srinivas Reddy
Week 12: Tuesday 25 March 2025 @ 5pm – Navayana Buddhism
Presentation: Ambedkar, Kabir and Navayana Buddhism
Speaker: S. Anand
Week 13: Tuesday 1 April 2025 @ 5pm – Buddhism in China (Online Lecture)
Presentation: An Overview of Chinese Buddhism
Speaker: Larson DiFiori
Week 14 & 15: 8, 10, 15 & 17 April 2025 @ 5pm – Class Presentations
Presentation: Individual Final Project Presentations in Panel Format
Speakers: All Students