Research Article

Indo-Turkic Cultures and Civilizational Exchanges between Central Asia and South Asia (c. 700-1500 CE)

Volume: 1 Number: 1 August 15, 2023
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Indo-Turkic Cultures and Civilizational Exchanges between Central Asia and South Asia (c. 700-1500 CE)

Abstract

Central Asia is located at the nexus of many great world civilizations, including the Persian, Indian, Turkic, and Chinese, and it has been the crossroads of the diverse cultures and civilizations since antiquity. It is an incredibly multi-cultural region that has played a unique role in human history. As the homeland of the Indo-Aryans who brought Hinduism to India, the region later became home to Zoroastrianism, and adopted Buddhism and Islam. It is considered the heart of Asia because of its centrality, but its crucial importance to the human story is little appreciated by the general public. The people of Central Asia, like those of India, have historically improved scientific and cultural practices of global importance, as well as innovating new technologies and enriching learning in all fields. This paper explores the exchanges of Indian and Turkic cultures in this essentially Persian cultural sphere during the period 700-1500 CE. This period spans the early Arab-Islamic conquests, the medieval Golden Age, the Mongol invasion, and the emergence of the major early modern civilizations of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires. This period saw remarkable socio-cultural development with the fusions of many ethnic and cultural artefacts that were steadily reconciled and integrated into a remarkable civilization in its own right. While Islam provided the matrix for this remarkable exchange, it also included the contributions of peoples of diverse faiths and backgrounds, in a culture than celebrated diversity and multi-faith spirit, rather than merely tolerating others. It presents a valid illustration of the collaboration of human minds and the influences of intellectual and civilizational links on native traditions, belief, literature and arts. This analysis of Indo-Turkic cultures and civilizational exchanges between Central Asia and South Asia is based mainly on Arabic, Persian, Urdu and English sources, focused on the intellectual legacy, achievements, and role of Muslim polymaths in the preservation and development of wisdom, language, arts, architecture, culture, sciences, medicine, philosophy, and literature in relation to the Turkic and Indian cultural spheres.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Classical Turkish Literature Out of Ottoman Field, Studies of Asian Society

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 15, 2023

Submission Date

July 22, 2023

Acceptance Date

July 25, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 1 Number: 1

APA
Islam, A. (2023). Indo-Turkic Cultures and Civilizational Exchanges between Central Asia and South Asia (c. 700-1500 CE). ASA Dergisi, 1(1), 39-54. https://izlik.org/JA29YC75SZ
AMA
1.Islam A. Indo-Turkic Cultures and Civilizational Exchanges between Central Asia and South Asia (c. 700-1500 CE). ASA Dergisi. 2023;1(1):39-54. https://izlik.org/JA29YC75SZ
Chicago
Islam, Arshad. 2023. “Indo-Turkic Cultures and Civilizational Exchanges Between Central Asia and South Asia (c. 700-1500 CE)”. ASA Dergisi 1 (1): 39-54. https://izlik.org/JA29YC75SZ.
EndNote
Islam A (August 1, 2023) Indo-Turkic Cultures and Civilizational Exchanges between Central Asia and South Asia (c. 700-1500 CE). ASA Dergisi 1 1 39–54.
IEEE
[1]A. Islam, “Indo-Turkic Cultures and Civilizational Exchanges between Central Asia and South Asia (c. 700-1500 CE)”, ASA Dergisi, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 39–54, Aug. 2023, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA29YC75SZ
ISNAD
Islam, Arshad. “Indo-Turkic Cultures and Civilizational Exchanges Between Central Asia and South Asia (c. 700-1500 CE)”. ASA Dergisi 1/1 (August 1, 2023): 39-54. https://izlik.org/JA29YC75SZ.
JAMA
1.Islam A. Indo-Turkic Cultures and Civilizational Exchanges between Central Asia and South Asia (c. 700-1500 CE). ASA Dergisi. 2023;1:39–54.
MLA
Islam, Arshad. “Indo-Turkic Cultures and Civilizational Exchanges Between Central Asia and South Asia (c. 700-1500 CE)”. ASA Dergisi, vol. 1, no. 1, Aug. 2023, pp. 39-54, https://izlik.org/JA29YC75SZ.
Vancouver
1.Arshad Islam. Indo-Turkic Cultures and Civilizational Exchanges between Central Asia and South Asia (c. 700-1500 CE). ASA Dergisi [Internet]. 2023 Aug. 1;1(1):39-54. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA29YC75SZ