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
Paris, France,
Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient 109 (2023), École française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris, 2024, 400 pages
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Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient 109 (2023), École française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris, 2024, 400 pages
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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
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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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