Lecture Series by deptt of Ancient History, PU
The Department of Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology, Panjab University, as part of its ongoing series of specialised lectures, invited Professor Susmita Basu Majumdar from University of Calcutta to speak on “Reading Silence, Whisper and Voices : Readings through the Epigraphic Lens”.
As a renowned epigraphist and numismatist she spoke at length about how epigraphs
can help us decipher history. About 100 postgraduate students, research
scholars and faculty members attended the lecture. An interactive session followed.
Chairperson of the Department Dr Paru Bal Sidhu is organising the series of special
lectures on Ancient history, Culture & Archaeology in the hope that this will
popularise this discipline and benefit students, researchers & public at large. She informed that Professor Basu Majumdar is an accomplished and erudite scholar.
