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Introduction
IthasbeenmorethantwodecadesnowsincetheSouthAsianStudiescentres
oftheCharlesUniversityinPragueandtheUniversityofMilanllaterjoined
graduallybytheJagiellonianUniversityinCracow,theUniversityofWarsaw
andtheUniversityofCagliarilinitiatedatraditionofholdingyearlyseminarson
specifictopicscarefullyselectedfromthefieldofIndianliteratureandculture,
organizedinrotationbythememberinstitutions,whichusuallyalsoprepare
thepapersforpublication.ThisfruitfulcooperationwasformalizedinWarsaw
on27September2008,whenthefirstfouroftheabove-mentioneduniversities
signedaLetterofIntent;theUniversityofCagliarisignedtheLetterin2015.
TherepresentativesoftheChairofSouthAsianStudies,FacultyofOriental
Studies,UniversityofWarsaw,havebeenparticipatingintheactivitiesofthe
networksince2002.Untilnow,theChairhavehadthehonourandpleasure
ofhostingthreeseminars,namely4TheCityandtheForestinClassicalIndian
Literature’in2008(theproceedingswerepublishedin20101),4TheStateand
SocietyatPeaceandWarinIndianLiteratureandArt’in2012and4Journeys
andTravellers,RoutesandDestinationsinIndianLiteratureandArt’in2017
(theproceedingswerepublished,intwovolumes,in20182).
TheInternationalSeminar4TheStateandSocietyatPeaceandWarinIndian
LiteratureandArt’,financiallysupportedbytheVice-RectoroftheUniversity
ofWarsaw,washeldontheUniversitypremisesbetween13-15September2012
andattendedby21activeparticipants,includingnotonlyrepresentativesofthe
cooperatinginstitutions,butalsoresearchersaffiliatedattheFreeUniversity
ofBerlin,MoscowStateUniversity,UniversityofBologna,Universityof
Cambridge,UniversityofLausanne,UniversityofMarburg,UniversityofZagreb,
AdamMickiewiczUniversityinPoznań,UniversityofWrocław,aswellasthe
UniversityofCalicut(India).Duetounforeseencircumstances,thepublication
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TheCityandtheForestinIndianLiteratureandArt,edsDanutaStasikandAnna
Trynkowska,Warsaw:DomWydawniczyElipsa,2010.
2
JourneysandTravellersinIndianLiteratureandArt,edsDanutaStasikandAnna
Trynkowska,2vols,Warsaw:DomWydawniczyElipsa,2018.
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