TY - BOOK AU - Singh, Karan. AU - Vohra, N.N. TI - History culture and society in India and West Asia SN - 8175411236 U1 - 306.0954 PY - 2003/// CY - Delhi PB - Shipra KW - International relations KW - Civilization KW - Middle East N1 - "India International Centre." Series statement from ser. t.p. of India and Australasia, 2004; Preface / N.N. Vohra -- A message / Prince El Hassan bin Talal -- Introduction / Karan Singh -- Conceptualizing India-West Asia Relations: the macro-historical perspective / A.K. Ramakrishnan -- Kuwait and India: historical, cultural and social bonds / Rasha Al-Sabah -- Afro-Asian relations: the Sudanese perspective / Jaffar Mirghani Ahmed -- Contemporary Indo-Sudanese relations / Hassan Mekki -- Indo-Arab relationship: the Syrian perspective / Waiel S.H. Awwad -- Yemen and India: development of historical relationships / Saleh ALi Basurrah -- Egypt: a link between India and the Mediterranean / Mostafa El-Abbadi -- India and West Asia: sharing history and future challenges / Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri -- India and the Arab world: retropsect and prospects / Faisal Odeh Al-Rfou'h -- Personal reflections on Indo-Arab relations / Rafiq Zakaria -- Enduring relationships: maritime contacts in the Western Indian Ocean / Himanshu Prabha Ray -- Cultural implications of trades between South Asia, the Gulf and Mesopotamia in the Bronze Age / Shereen Ratnagar -- Arabian Gulf during the British era: the impact of India / Abdualla Elmadani -- India and West Asia relations: the changing economic matrix / Girijesh Pant -- Population dynamics in West Asia and North Africa / Prakash C. Jain -- Minorities in the Middle East: an inquiry / P.R. Kumaraswamy -- Globalisation and literature / Sadik J. Al-Azm -- Exploring composite culture in India / Neera Chandhoke -- Sanskrit's legacy to the Arab intellectual heritage / Abdul Ali -- Indo-Arab cultural relations: glimpses of Medieval Arabic texts / Abdul Bari -- South India and the Gulf: trade and diplomacy during the late eighteenth century / A.K. Pasha -- Medieval West Asian critical appreciation of India / M.A. Saleem Khan -- India-West Asia interaction / Akhtarul Wasey -- Unitary histories, epistemological divides: a summing up / Gulshan Dietl ER -