Indology with Comparative Indo-European philology

Indology — or Indian studies — covers a wide range of subjects related to classical and modern languages, literatures and cultures of South Asia.

The largest country in South Asia is India, but it encompasses a large region stretching from Afghanistan in the northwest to Sri Lanka in the southeast, and from the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh east of Bhutan to the so-called Pepper Coast in southernmost India. The discipline of Indology at Uppsala University has both a classical and a modern specialization.

Research areas

Indology as a subject at Uppsala university covers both Indology (classical and modern) and Comparative Indo-European philology. The main weight is attributed to Sanskrit (including Vedic) and Hindi, the modern language which unites the Indian federation. Hindi is spoken and understood in most parts of India, and uses the Devanagari writing system, which is also the system most commonly used in Sanskrit. Classical Sanskrit is considered as the cultural basis for Hinduism and Buddhism, and is also fundamental in the Indian traditions of belles lettres. Texts in Vedic belong to the oldest texts authored and preserved in the Indo-European language family. We also teach other South Asian languages, such as Urdu and Pali.

Group members

 

Armin Chiocchetti, PhD student
Christiane Schaefer, senior lecturer
Heinz Werner Wessler, professor

Contact

  • info@lingfil.uu.se

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