06-10-2008, 08:12 PM
International Conference on Indian History
ICIH 2009, January 9-11, 2009, IIC, New Delhi
Dear
I am writing to invite you to support a forthcoming International Conference on Indian History. The conference has basically two objectives. One is to increase awareness of strategic thinking and to show that a strategic approach based on long-term objectives is key to creating an environment for a civilization in which the future is less threatening and offers greater and better choices. The second objective is to increase awareness of the importance of learning the accurate history of India and its impact on the future choices that a people can and should make in their vital interest. The premise behind the conference is that the current narrative of the history of the Indic peoples is seriously and fatally flawed.
I am requesting also that you assist us with financial support for the conference. We are expecting the cost of the conference will run around $35,000/=, mainly for travel, accommodation and food. In addition these funds are intended to fund scholarships for future scholars in History. We have a commitment from about 80 scholars to present their studies at the conference. I would appreciate your publicizing this to those who may have an interest in these topics. I would be happy to pitch a presentation based on the work I have done in Indic contributions to Ancient Astronomy and Mathematics
The conference is convened by the Indic Studies Foundation, of which I am a founder and Executive Director. I have recently conducted a seminar on Distorted History at HEC2007 in Dallas, TX and have published the resulting deliberations in the form of a book titled Astronomical Dating of Events & Select Vignettes from Indian History. This is available online at a couple of outlets, lulu.com and amazon.com. I also have another book out on The South Asia File, which is also available online.
I might be candid with you in that the viewpoint, regarding the chronology and history of India, that we espouse is not subscribed to by the current ruling elite in India. Neither has it been championed to any appreciable degree by the so called Hindu nationalists when they were in power and what i refer to as the Colonial Paradigm reigns supreme in the text books today. But few have refuted our assertions on academic grounds. However, our emphasis will be on the academic quality of the presentation and we are confident that this conference and its successors will provide an alternate forum for scholars, to the current narrative of the history of India which is essentially an Occidental revision initiated by the speculations of Sir William Jones and his decision to base the sheet anchor of Indian History on the Greek Synchronism of equating Sandracottus of Megasthenes with Chandragupta Maurya. Needless to say, we will not refuse any presentation based primarily on ideological grounds.
Our preliminary findings indicate that the chronology of Bharata matches the Puranic accounts as expounded by scholars such as Pandit Bhagwat Datta (sp) and the late Pandit Kota Venkatachalam. We do not labor under any illusions that the task of correcting this History is a trivial one, which is why we need your assistance. Can you help and more importantly will you help.
With warm regards,
Kosla
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ICIH 2009, January 9-11, 2009, IIC, New Delhi
Dear
I am writing to invite you to support a forthcoming International Conference on Indian History. The conference has basically two objectives. One is to increase awareness of strategic thinking and to show that a strategic approach based on long-term objectives is key to creating an environment for a civilization in which the future is less threatening and offers greater and better choices. The second objective is to increase awareness of the importance of learning the accurate history of India and its impact on the future choices that a people can and should make in their vital interest. The premise behind the conference is that the current narrative of the history of the Indic peoples is seriously and fatally flawed.
I am requesting also that you assist us with financial support for the conference. We are expecting the cost of the conference will run around $35,000/=, mainly for travel, accommodation and food. In addition these funds are intended to fund scholarships for future scholars in History. We have a commitment from about 80 scholars to present their studies at the conference. I would appreciate your publicizing this to those who may have an interest in these topics. I would be happy to pitch a presentation based on the work I have done in Indic contributions to Ancient Astronomy and Mathematics
The conference is convened by the Indic Studies Foundation, of which I am a founder and Executive Director. I have recently conducted a seminar on Distorted History at HEC2007 in Dallas, TX and have published the resulting deliberations in the form of a book titled Astronomical Dating of Events & Select Vignettes from Indian History. This is available online at a couple of outlets, lulu.com and amazon.com. I also have another book out on The South Asia File, which is also available online.
I might be candid with you in that the viewpoint, regarding the chronology and history of India, that we espouse is not subscribed to by the current ruling elite in India. Neither has it been championed to any appreciable degree by the so called Hindu nationalists when they were in power and what i refer to as the Colonial Paradigm reigns supreme in the text books today. But few have refuted our assertions on academic grounds. However, our emphasis will be on the academic quality of the presentation and we are confident that this conference and its successors will provide an alternate forum for scholars, to the current narrative of the history of India which is essentially an Occidental revision initiated by the speculations of Sir William Jones and his decision to base the sheet anchor of Indian History on the Greek Synchronism of equating Sandracottus of Megasthenes with Chandragupta Maurya. Needless to say, we will not refuse any presentation based primarily on ideological grounds.
Our preliminary findings indicate that the chronology of Bharata matches the Puranic accounts as expounded by scholars such as Pandit Bhagwat Datta (sp) and the late Pandit Kota Venkatachalam. We do not labor under any illusions that the task of correcting this History is a trivial one, which is why we need your assistance. Can you help and more importantly will you help.
With warm regards,
Kosla
Attachments
mk