• Date: November 28th, Friday, 2025, 14:00 – 17:00
• Location: Room 304, SNUAC (Bldg. 101)

Presenter:  Jaekwan Shim (Sangji University)
Moderator: Sung Yong Kang (Director, CSAS)

The Center for South Asian Studies’ upcoming Workshop II on Medieval Indian Languages and Texts will focus on Indian temples and the medieval languages inscribed within them.
Professor  Jaekwan Shim (Sangji University), a distinguished scholar in this field in Korea, will lead the workshop with a lecture titled “The Languages of the Temples: Visual and Epigraphic Cultures of the Early Chalukyas”.

The temples located in Badami, the early capital of the Chalukya dynasty from the 6th century onward, and in its surrounding regions in Karnataka, display an abundant variety of architectural styles and sculptural works shaped by diverse religious traditions. The narrative reliefs carved on these temples go beyond mere ornamentation—they often functioned as a political language, depending on how they were composed. In addition, the temples contain numerous inscriptions in Sanskrit and Kannada, which provide valuable historical information. Through these examples, participants will gain insight into the linguistic, cultural, and political dimensions of temple art and inscriptional practices in medieval India.