The 8th Annual Allchin Symposium on South Asian Archaeology will take place on Saturday 3 December 2022, from 9am to 3pm (GMT). This will be a hybrid event, which will be held in person at the Ancient India and Iran Trust and online via Zoom.
Download the schedule and abstracts of the talks
If you would like to attend the event in person, please email Munizha Ahmad-Cooke: info@indiran.org
All other enquiries should be addressed to the organisers at: archaeologysouthasia@gmail.com
Symposium Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/allchinsymposium
The Annual Allchin Symposium on South Asian Archaeology was established to commemorate the work of Raymond and Bridget Allchin, and the outstanding contribution that they made to development of South Asian studies in the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom is currently home to the largest community of scholars working on South Asia outside of South Asia itself. Yet, until recently, there has been no regular forum to meet, exchange ideas and share research. The Annual Allchin Symposium provides an opportunity to bring together UK-based scholars working in South Asian Archaeology, and also those researching South Asian History and the History of Art and Architecture, including established lecturers as well as post-doctoral researchers and PhD students. It creates a much-needed forum for the presentation and discussion of current research as well as methodological and theoretical concerns that affect research in South Asia. Discussions will strengthen existing research, foster new ideas and promote synergies between different areas, periods and subjects of study. This symposium creates the opportunity to bring together scholars and students as a community that can explore the full range of the many and varied needs and questions relevant to the study of ancient South Asia.
Traditionally the event has been relatively informal with the aim of providing a welcoming atmosphere where new, developing, and more senior researchers can present research that is at various stages of completion and interact with scholars that have a range of specialities under the broad banner of South Asian Archaeology, History and the History of Art and Architecture. We limit the number of speakers to ensure that we are able to highlight the broad range of possible topics, and speakers are given 20 minutes to present, and then there is time for questions. There are also opportunities for broader discussion by attendees.
09:00 Registration
09:20 Welcome
09:30
Abdul Adil Paray (zoom)
Transition from Neolithic to Megalithic Culture in Kashmir Valley, India ‐ A New Perspective
09:50
Himanshu Shekar (zoom)
Megalithic monuments and ancestral sites of Austroasiatic communities of Jharkhand
10:10
Aditi Mann (zoom)
Study of Art Remains of Sacred Landscape of Kurukshetra, India
10:30 Tea break
10:50
Varada Khaladkar (zoom)
From Margins and beyond: Middle Bhima Basin in Early Historic Western Deccan
11:10
Sneha Kapote (zoom)
A Numismatic Survey of The Kidarite Coinage of Kashmir in The Light of New Material
11:30
Ritvik Balvally (zoom)
Polity and Trade: A study of Sasanian and Early Islamic contact with Western India
11:50
Gaurav Kumar Pal and MB Rajani (zoom)
Geo‐spatial analyses and field investigation of the remains of Jahanpanah Fort and its drainage network
12:10 Lunch break
12:50
Kaushik Gangopadhyay (zoom)
Northern Bay of Bengal in the early historic and early medieval period: Recent archaeological investigations in coastal Medinipur district, West Bengal.
13:10
Mayur Thakare (zoom)
Archaeology of European Expansion and Colonial Archaeology in India: Prospect and Present Status with a Case Study from Coastal Maharashtra
13:30
Christos Nikolaou (in person)
An Investigation into Religion and Hybridity in the Urban Landscapes of Ai Khanoum
13:50
Elisa Iori (zoom)
Kushano‐Sasanian material culture in Gandhara: the archaeological case of Barikot (Swat, Pakistan)
14:10 Tea break
14:30
Iqtedar Alam (in person)
Mapping the Shah Nahr: A Study of the Mughal Hydrological Landscape of Shahjahanabad, Delhi
14:50
Shreya Gupta (in person)
Punjab, “an ideal hunting ground for the coin collector”: Collecting coins in colonial India
15:00 Close