AUSTRALIA: Scholars organise country's first Sanskrit Festival

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Updated November 16, 2007 20:03:00

Australia will this weekend hold its first ever National Sanskrit festival. The event is being organised by Australian Sanskrit experts and aims to bring together established and emerging scholars to share their research.

Presenter: Girish Sawlani
Speakers: Dr. McComas Taylor, head of the South Asia Centre, Australian National University; Dr.Ram Nath Jha, assistant professor at the Special Centre for Sanskrit Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi)

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