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Amar Delivers Keynote Address at Yale Symposium

Asian Studies

Abhishek Amar
Abhishek Amar  Photo: Nancy L. Ford
Professor of Asian Studies Abhishek Amar was invited to deliver the keynote address at the symposium “Ephemera & Place in the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern World,” which was organized by Yale University’s art history department on April 17.

Amar’s talk, titled “Gaya’s Palimpsests: Intertwined Histories of Ancestral Offerings and Sacred Landscape,” focused on unraveling the multiple layers of Gaya’s sacred history, which were shaped by the rituals of ancestral offerings by pilgrims.

The talk also drew upon Amar’s DH project on the site of Gaya, which examines the ongoing dynamic relationships between sacred Hindu texts (Puranas and Mahatmya) and material culture (early medieval sculptures, temples and shrines).

Posted April 29, 2026

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