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Participants and Papers (a provisional list)

Section 14 - History, Epigraphy, and Art History
Conveners: Hans Bakker, Diwakar Acharya, Keiji Sadakane

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Diwakar AcharyaThe Cult of Composite Lakṣmīvāsudeva as reflected in the Vāsudevakalpa
Daud AliBhoja and the Image of Kingship in Medieval India
Hans BakkerKing Rudrasena II: his Capital, his Wife, and his Sons -- A Formative Episode of the Vākāṭaka History Revisited
Stefan BaumsA Reliquary Miscellany: towards a new edition of Gandhāran reliquary inscriptions
Harry FalkA Series of Inscribed Metal Objects from Gandhara
Ryosuke FuruiAgrarian Expansion and Local Power Relation in the Seventh and Eighth Century East Bengal: A study on copper plate inscriptions
Dominic GoodallŚaiva Naming Conventions in Theory and in Practice
Arlo GriffithsCurious Misinterpretations in the National History of Indonesia -- The unpublished Sanskrit inscription of Śamkara
Oskar von HinüberLinguistic Experiments -- Language and identity in Aśokan inscriptions and in early Buddhist texts
Ruriko SakumaMotifs of Miniatures on Illuminated Manuscripts of the Kāraṇḍavyūha-sūtra and its Cultural Background
Henri SchildtThe Late Mediaeval Wooden Carvings of the Front Pavilions in the Trichur Vaṭakkunnātha Temple
Charlotte SchmidFrom Son to Father: genealogy matters in the Kailāsanātha of Kāñcipuram (with specific reference to the Original Skandapurāṇa)
Annette SchmiedchenThe Praśastis of the Maitraka Kings: Dynastic Tradition and Historical Discontinuity
Jae-Eun ShinChanging Dynasties, Enduring Genealogy: A critical study on the political legitimation in Early Medieval Kamarupa
Gautama Vajra VajracharyaRatnins, Cakravartin and Gechiṃjāka: Discerning Archaic Elements in the Seventh Century Licchavi inscription of Nepal