Cultural Parallels: India and Iran

A.K. Sinha, M.A., D.Phil. (University of Allahabad, Allahabad) teaches in the Department of Ancient History and Culture, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly since 1985. Dr. Sinha specializes in the History of Ideas, Philosophy of History and Historiography. He has to his credit five research books and more than fifty research papers published in prestigious journals. He has presented papers in the World Philosophical Congress, International Colloquium on Thucydides at Athens, Greece; International Seminar on ‘Relevance of Classics in the New Millennium’ and two international conferences of Indian Society for Greek and Roman Studies besides a number of national level seminars and conferences. He is closely associated with several academic organizations like Indian History Congress, UP History congress, Indian History and Culture Society, Indian Society for Greek and Roman Studies and Heritage Trust to name a few. He is Assistant Editor of research journal Yavanika: Indo-Hellenic Studies and Associate Editor of various other publications. A prolific writer, Dr. Sinha has contributed a good number of creative articles in magazines and papers and given talks on All-India Radio and Doordarshan.