Sraman Mukherjee
Biographic Data
| ID | 5442072 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sraman Mukherjee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sraman |
| FAMILY NAME | Mukherjee |
| SIGNATURE | MUKHERJEE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bamiyan Comes to Bangkok
This paper traces the making of Bamiyan Buddhas beyond the Bamiyan valley in Afghanistan since 2002. Recounting the building and rebuilding of a monastic complex in Bangkok, the study focuses on one of these new Buddhas, more complete than the "original" Bamiyan Buddha of the dually inscribed grotto, "Bamiyanguha-Bamiyan Museum", at Wat Saket. In their global manifestations, the Bamiyan Buddhas have emerged as mobile sites, as place holders with …
Imagining Asia(s)
Configuring Sacred Spaces
This essay explores the problems of archaeological conservation of ancient temples in active worship in colonial India, specifically in the province of Orissa. Colonial archeology's investment in conserving these temples asserted the proprietary rights of the colonial state over the history and heritage of the colony. However, subjecting old structural remains to new regimes of historicity remained a process fraught with tensions. During the open…
Being and Becoming Indian
Focusing on one particular moment of the centenary celebrations of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1961, this essay seeks to map the politics of configuring an academic discipline, Indian archaeology, in the public domain through three interlocked sites of visual simulations: documentary film screenings, an exhibition venue, and written non-specialist ‘histories’ of national heritage. Like other practices of official nationalism, particular…
New province, old capital
In 1912, Bihar and Orissa was carved out of the erstwhile Bengal Presidency as a separate Province. The next year saw the beginnings of one of the most lavishly financed archaeological excavations of colonial India in the new province—the Pataliputra excavations funded by Ratan Tata and supervised, on behalf of the Archaeological Survey of India, by D.B. Spooner. The excavations discovered Patna, the new Provincial capital, as the ancient city of…
New province, old capital
In 1912, Bihar and Orissa was carved out of the erstwhile Bengal Presidency as a separate Province. The next year saw the beginnings of one of the most lavishly financed archaeological excavations of colonial India in the new province—the Pataliputra excavations funded by Ratan Tata and supervised, on behalf of the Archaeological Survey of India, by D.B. Spooner. The excavations discovered Patna, the new Provincial capital, as the ancient city of…
Configuring Sacred Spaces
This essay explores the problems of archaeological conservation of ancient temples in active worship in colonial India, specifically in the province of Orissa. Colonial archeology's investment in conserving these temples asserted the proprietary rights of the colonial state over the history and heritage of the colony. However, subjecting old structural remains to new regimes of historicity remained a process fraught with tensions. During the open…
Being and Becoming Indian
Focusing on one particular moment of the centenary celebrations of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1961, this essay seeks to map the politics of configuring an academic discipline, Indian archaeology, in the public domain through three interlocked sites of visual simulations: documentary film screenings, an exhibition venue, and written non-specialist ‘histories’ of national heritage. Like other practices of official nationalism, particular…
New province, old capital
In 1912, Bihar and Orissa was carved out of the erstwhile Bengal Presidency as a separate Province. The next year saw the beginnings of one of the most lavishly financed archaeological excavations of colonial India in the new province—the Pataliputra excavations funded by Ratan Tata and supervised, on behalf of the Archaeological Survey of India, by D.B. Spooner. The excavations discovered Patna, the new Provincial capital, as the ancient city of…
Being and Becoming Indian
Focusing on one particular moment of the centenary celebrations of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1961, this essay seeks to map the politics of configuring an academic discipline, Indian archaeology, in the public domain through three interlocked sites of visual simulations: documentary film screenings, an exhibition venue, and written non-specialist ‘histories’ of national heritage. Like other practices of official nationalism, particular…
Configuring Sacred Spaces
This essay explores the problems of archaeological conservation of ancient temples in active worship in colonial India, specifically in the province of Orissa. Colonial archeology's investment in conserving these temples asserted the proprietary rights of the colonial state over the history and heritage of the colony. However, subjecting old structural remains to new regimes of historicity remained a process fraught with tensions. During the open…
Imagining Asia(s)
Bamiyan Comes to Bangkok
This paper traces the making of Bamiyan Buddhas beyond the Bamiyan valley in Afghanistan since 2002. Recounting the building and rebuilding of a monastic complex in Bangkok, the study focuses on one of these new Buddhas, more complete than the "original" Bamiyan Buddha of the dually inscribed grotto, "Bamiyanguha-Bamiyan Museum", at Wat Saket. In their global manifestations, the Bamiyan Buddhas have emerged as mobile sites, as place holders with …
Archaeology (4 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (2 works) · Art (2 works)