Tamil Heritage Trust
June 16 - 21, 2025, 5.30 pm
THT Indology Festival 2025, the annual, week-long online event of Tamil Heritage Trust.
This year, #THTIndoFest2025 brought together leading scholars, authors,
and experts to explore how India was perceived, experienced, and
recorded by travellers from distant lands through the centuries. 12 talks scheduled over six days with
the theme of "Wanderers and Witnesses: Travellers' Tales of India".
YouTube link for all talks
From Megasthenes in the court of Chandragupta Maurya to the medieval
journeys of Marco Polo, from the religious quest of Xuanzang to the
insightful writings of Al Biruni, from the shrewd political observations
of Domingo and Paes at Vijayanagar to the detailed travelogues of
Tavernier and Bernier, the accounts of foreign travellers have long
shaped our understanding of India’s past. These narratives - whether
motivated by curiosity, conquest, trade, or spiritual pursuit - offer a
unique and often vivid lens into the social, political, and cultural
life of the subcontinent. And they remain invaluable to historians
today.
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