Eurasia and India - Regional Perspectives

List of contents

1. Introduction, Devendra Kaushik
2. Historical and Cultural Role of Indian Mitra & Maitreya Cults in the Uniting Process of Eurasia, Sergey Lepekhov
3. The Vedic Constants of Historical and Cultural Kinship of the Peoples of Siberia and India, I.A. Zhernosenko
4. Eurasia and India: Historical-Cultural Linkages, K. Warikoo
5. Cultural links of Southern Siberia and India: Fine Arts and Music, M. V. Dorina
6. Indian Buddhist Heritage in Central Asia and Eurasia, Baatr U. Kitinov
7. Nikolai Roerich and Eurasia: The Ambivalent Horizon Line, Rashmi Doraiswamy
8. Shamanism in Central Asia, V. N. Tuguzhekova
9. Eurasian Factor in Russian Foreign Policy: Implications for India, Tatiana Shaumyan
10. Eurasian Vector of Kazakhstan’s Policy: Relevance for India, Fatima Kukeyeva
11. Eurasianism and Kazakhstan’s Foreign Policy, Angira Sen Sarma
12. International Transport Corridors of Eurasia: History, Problems and Perspectives, M. Baldano
13. Eurasian Regional Economic Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges, Gatikrushna Mahanta

About the author

Dr. K. Warikoo is Professor at the Centre for Inner Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Author of several books on Kashmir, Central Asia and Afghanistan, he is the founding Editor of Himalayan and Central Asian Studies, which was first published in 1997. His books Xinjiang: China’s North West Frontier (2016); Religion and Security in South and Central Asia (2011); Himalayan Frontiers of India (2009) were also published by Routledge.

Summary

This book provides analyses on the historico-cultural linkages between Eurasia and India through history. It examines the process of the revival of indigenous traditions in the region in the post-Soviet period, the importance of the Eurasian vector in Russian and Kazakhstan’s foreign policy and the development of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Product details

• Authors: K. Warikoo, K. (Jawaharlal Nehru University Warikoo
• Assisted by: K. Warikoo (Editor), K. (Jawaharlal Nehru University Warikoo (Editor), Warikoo K. (Editor), Shirin Akiner (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2017
• EAN: 9781138048003
• ISBN: 978-1-138-04800-3
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Central Asia Research Forum; Central Asia Research Forum
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, International Relations, India, Central Asia, Regional / International studies, Asian History, General and world history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General