Centers of civilization
Coordinators:
Andrew Hardy and Catherine Scheer
Unit programmes
The Unit programmes are divided into three projects:
- Proto-urban Sites and Ancient Cities: surveys, archaeological excavations and monumental restoration
- Urban history, centralization and space management
- State and dynamics of the peripheries
A description (in french) is available here.
EFEO News
New Publication
Pondicherry,
- Āsanas of the Yogacintāmaṇi
- The Tamil Veda And Tangled Tales
- Naṭarājapaddhati of Rāmanāthaśiva
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- Āsanas of the Yogacintāmaṇi
- The Tamil Veda And Tangled Tales
- Naṭarājapaddhati of Rāmanāthaśiva
Read more
New Publication
Pondicherry,
Tirumaṅkai Āḻvār's Periya Tirumoḻi: Prayers of Place
Text with annotated translation by Lynn Ate
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Tirumaṅkai Āḻvār's Periya Tirumoḻi: Prayers of Place
Text with annotated translation by Lynn Ate
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New publication
New Publication
The Holy Island in the Kāverī: a Hagiotopography
Critical Edition and Translation of the Śrīraṅgamāhātmya
R. Sathyanarayanan, Marzenna Czerniak-Drożdżowicz
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New publication
Kyoto,
Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 32 (2023)
Aspect of Lived Religion in Late Medieval and Early Modern Japan
Aspects de la religion vécue dans le Japon de la fin du Moyen Âge et de l'époque prémoderne
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Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, vol. 32 (2023)
Aspect of Lived Religion in Late Medieval and Early Modern Japan
Aspects de la religion vécue dans le Japon de la fin du Moyen Âge et de l'époque prémoderne
Read more



