Publisher's Synopsis
This volume aims to facilitate the people and government of India on the 50th anniversary of India's independence, to acknowledge the aways in which the study of India has stimulate US scholars during the period and to express grattitude on behalf of AIIS to people and the governement of India for their help in the scholar's endeavours. Papers in the volume highlight the role of AIIS during the last 50 years and brings out the study of India to various academic disciplines like anthropology, art history, economics, geography, history, languages, literature, linguistics, mahtematics, science, philosophy, political science, religious studies Sanskrit, sociology and performing arts,
