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Eminent Scholar Inspires Audience Through a Journey From
India to Greece
Indo American News
June 13, 2013
Dr. Bharat Gupt engaging the audience in a lively Q&A
after an insightful talk.
Houston: On June 6, Houston played host to eminent
scholar Dr. Bharat Gupt, who spoke on the knowledge
transfers between ancient India and ancient Greece. The
talk was hosted by the local history enthusiasts group,
IHAR � Indian History Awareness and Research, an
initiative of Arsha Vidya Satsanga.
Dr. Bharat Gupt, an Associate Professor (Retired) in
English at the College of Vocational Studies of the
University of Delhi, is an Indian classicist, theater
theorist, sitar and surbahar player, musicologist,
cultural analyst, and newspaper columnist.� Trained both
in modern European and traditional Indian educational
systems, Dr. Gupt worked in classical studies, theatre,
music, culture and media studies.� Dr. Bharat Gupt was
Senior Fellow of the Onassis Foundation in Greece on
revival of ancient Greek theater. � His first book,
�Dramatic Concepts � Greek and Indian�, was directly
inspired by his Greek travels and studies, and offers a
fresh approach in comparing ancient Greek and Indian
dramatic theories.� He has also translated several
chapters of the Natyashastra.
Dr. Bharat Gupt is one of the founding members of the
International Forum for India�s Heritage,� a network of
scientists and thinkers who have come together to promote
India�s cultural heritage.� He has also participated in
the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, the apex body of Hindu
Acharyas, and the Hindu-Jewish Leadership Summit, both
spearheaded by H. H. Swami Dayananda Saraswati.
Speaking at the Mayuri restaurant before an audience shy
of a hundred, Dr. Gupt talked about the prevalence of
symbolism or gestures, music and dance in Greek theater
that is so close to the Indian theater model, and how
modern Western theater that claims heritage from the
Greek theater has omitted symbolism.
Dr. Bharat Gupt indicated that of the five types within
Indian Astrology (Jyotisha), one was inspired from Greek
Astrology.� Indian systems of medicine or Ayurved were
so well developed that Greek armies took Indian doctors
along with them.
Dr. Gupt gave examples such as the use of the word
�Atmos� in Classical Greece to refer to an individual,
like Atma in Sanskrit for the self.� The Bull is used as
a symbol of strength in Ancient Greece, while bulls are
prevalent in the Indus Valley seals. In the Bhagavad
Gita, Shri Krishna often refers to Arjun as the �Bull� of
India.
Dr. Gupt objected to western scholars� attempts to date
the origin of Vedas with reference to its availability in
�text� form only.� The existence of the Vedas in vocal
form and memory needs to be accepted and acknowledged.
Another subtle observation was that Indians are used to
calling Vedas as their �scripture�.� The word scripture
in the Abrahamic context specifically means a revelation
by a prophet at a specific time.� Since the Vedas are
apourusheya (not authored by a human being) and therefore
are timeless, he suggested using alternate Sanskrit words
such as shruti.
Speaking critically of the Aryan Invasion Theory, Dr.
Gupt called to attention the ancient Indus Valley
Civilization and showed photographs of seals showing a
proto-Shiv in yogic poses. Dr. Gupt also suggested that
Indian temples from 300 BCE were probably inspired by
Greek temples.
Dr. Gupt�s talk was succeeded by an animated question and
answer session. Speaking after the talk, community leader
Prabha Bala said, �I enjoyed Dr. Gupt�s non judgmental
and balanced presentation of ancient and classical
Greece, juxtaposing similarities seen in a parallel
Indian context. He indicated these in political, social,
cultural, art, architecture and worship aspects, such as
the symbolism of the goddess, snake, bull, exalted
positions of priests and so on, leaving it up to those in
the audience to draw their own inference. His skill in
being able to cover a broad range of topics in so
engagingly in a short duration was impressive�.
Haraprasad Sastry said, �It is understandable that Dr.
Gupt did not answer the question of origin of concepts of
Atma and its continuity � more research needs to be
done�.
Some stated that they expected a few more evidence
pointing towards India as a source of inspiration.
The meeting was called to attention by IHAR Director Dr.
Rajkumar Vedam.� Dr. Sarath Menon summarized the talk,
Dr. Bharat Srinivasan honored the guest, and the vote of
thanks was delivered by Dr. Jayakumar Srinivasan.
Arsha Vidya Satsanga would like to invite those
interested in joining this new and intense initiative.
For further information . . .
More at:
http://www.indoamerican-news.com/?p=17693
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Om Shanti
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India to Greece
Indo American News
June 13, 2013
Dr. Bharat Gupt engaging the audience in a lively Q&A
after an insightful talk.
Houston: On June 6, Houston played host to eminent
scholar Dr. Bharat Gupt, who spoke on the knowledge
transfers between ancient India and ancient Greece. The
talk was hosted by the local history enthusiasts group,
IHAR � Indian History Awareness and Research, an
initiative of Arsha Vidya Satsanga.
Dr. Bharat Gupt, an Associate Professor (Retired) in
English at the College of Vocational Studies of the
University of Delhi, is an Indian classicist, theater
theorist, sitar and surbahar player, musicologist,
cultural analyst, and newspaper columnist.� Trained both
in modern European and traditional Indian educational
systems, Dr. Gupt worked in classical studies, theatre,
music, culture and media studies.� Dr. Bharat Gupt was
Senior Fellow of the Onassis Foundation in Greece on
revival of ancient Greek theater. � His first book,
�Dramatic Concepts � Greek and Indian�, was directly
inspired by his Greek travels and studies, and offers a
fresh approach in comparing ancient Greek and Indian
dramatic theories.� He has also translated several
chapters of the Natyashastra.
Dr. Bharat Gupt is one of the founding members of the
International Forum for India�s Heritage,� a network of
scientists and thinkers who have come together to promote
India�s cultural heritage.� He has also participated in
the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, the apex body of Hindu
Acharyas, and the Hindu-Jewish Leadership Summit, both
spearheaded by H. H. Swami Dayananda Saraswati.
Speaking at the Mayuri restaurant before an audience shy
of a hundred, Dr. Gupt talked about the prevalence of
symbolism or gestures, music and dance in Greek theater
that is so close to the Indian theater model, and how
modern Western theater that claims heritage from the
Greek theater has omitted symbolism.
Dr. Bharat Gupt indicated that of the five types within
Indian Astrology (Jyotisha), one was inspired from Greek
Astrology.� Indian systems of medicine or Ayurved were
so well developed that Greek armies took Indian doctors
along with them.
Dr. Gupt gave examples such as the use of the word
�Atmos� in Classical Greece to refer to an individual,
like Atma in Sanskrit for the self.� The Bull is used as
a symbol of strength in Ancient Greece, while bulls are
prevalent in the Indus Valley seals. In the Bhagavad
Gita, Shri Krishna often refers to Arjun as the �Bull� of
India.
Dr. Gupt objected to western scholars� attempts to date
the origin of Vedas with reference to its availability in
�text� form only.� The existence of the Vedas in vocal
form and memory needs to be accepted and acknowledged.
Another subtle observation was that Indians are used to
calling Vedas as their �scripture�.� The word scripture
in the Abrahamic context specifically means a revelation
by a prophet at a specific time.� Since the Vedas are
apourusheya (not authored by a human being) and therefore
are timeless, he suggested using alternate Sanskrit words
such as shruti.
Speaking critically of the Aryan Invasion Theory, Dr.
Gupt called to attention the ancient Indus Valley
Civilization and showed photographs of seals showing a
proto-Shiv in yogic poses. Dr. Gupt also suggested that
Indian temples from 300 BCE were probably inspired by
Greek temples.
Dr. Gupt�s talk was succeeded by an animated question and
answer session. Speaking after the talk, community leader
Prabha Bala said, �I enjoyed Dr. Gupt�s non judgmental
and balanced presentation of ancient and classical
Greece, juxtaposing similarities seen in a parallel
Indian context. He indicated these in political, social,
cultural, art, architecture and worship aspects, such as
the symbolism of the goddess, snake, bull, exalted
positions of priests and so on, leaving it up to those in
the audience to draw their own inference. His skill in
being able to cover a broad range of topics in so
engagingly in a short duration was impressive�.
Haraprasad Sastry said, �It is understandable that Dr.
Gupt did not answer the question of origin of concepts of
Atma and its continuity � more research needs to be
done�.
Some stated that they expected a few more evidence
pointing towards India as a source of inspiration.
The meeting was called to attention by IHAR Director Dr.
Rajkumar Vedam.� Dr. Sarath Menon summarized the talk,
Dr. Bharat Srinivasan honored the guest, and the vote of
thanks was delivered by Dr. Jayakumar Srinivasan.
Arsha Vidya Satsanga would like to invite those
interested in joining this new and intense initiative.
For further information . . .
More at:
http://www.indoamerican-news.com/?p=17693
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj
o o o
o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used
for the educational purposes of research and open
discussion. The contents of this post may not have been
authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion
of the poster. The contents are protected by copyright
law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely
not be read, considered or answered if it does not
contain your full legal name, current e-mail and postal
addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
o Posted for information and discussion. Views
expressed by others are not necessarily those of the
poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted
material the use of which may or may not have been
specifically authorized by the copyright owner. This
material is being made available in efforts to advance
the understanding of environmental, political, human
rights, economic, democratic, scientific, social, and
cultural, etc., issues. It is believed that this
constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material
as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the
material on this site is distributed without profit to
those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving
the included information for research, comment,
discussion and educational purposes by subscribing to
USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more
information go to:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
If you wish to use copyrighted material from this article
for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you
must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
Since newsgroup posts are being removed by forgery by one
or more net terrorists, this post may be reposted several
times.
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