Assam

Article on Sankardev now in Harvard University’s course material

Pratidin Bureau

Srimanta Sankardev – Assamese polymath: asaint-scholar, poet, playwright, social-religious reformer and a figure ofimportance in the cultural and religious history will now be a subject of studyby the students of Harvard University's Department of Religion.

Yes, the University has included "UniqueFeatures of Srimanta Sankaradeva's Religious Philosophy Vivartanavâda':[Comparisonwith other Sanâtana Hindu Philosophies]" in its course material.

"It feels great to find that Harvard University has included my article on Srimanta Sankaradeva's Religious Philosophy in their course material for the course RELIGION S-1010", the writer of the article Dr. Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti said.

Resources for the study of religion atHarvard are vast. They offer courses in the whole range of religious traditionsfrom the ancient Zoroastrian tradition to modern Christian liberationmovements, Islamic and Jewish philosophies, Buddhist social movements, and Hinduarts and culture.

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