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Bharat - Nusantara: Rediscovering the 2,000-year civilizational bridge across the Indian Ocean
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Bharat - Nusantara: Rediscovering the 2,000-year civilizational bridge across the Indian Ocean

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Why does Indonesia's national emblem feature Garuda? Why do the Ramayana and Mahabharata still thrive across its islands? The answers lie in a 2,000-year-old maritime story that connected Bharat and Nusantara.

27 Jul 2026
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Introductory Memo


The Indian Ocean has been one of humanity's greatest highways of thoughts. Long before colonial empires redefined the boundaries of global cultures, Indian merchants, scholars, rulers and seafarers navigated seasonal winds to establish enduring cultural and commercial ties with the Indonesian archipelago. This Info Pack uncovers that overlooked history, from Sanskrit inscriptions and Hindu temples to shared epics and maritime trade and traces the evolution of a relationship that speaks about the power of peaceful cultural exchange across the seas.




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