The Department of Indological Studies is responsible for research and education in Classical Sanskrit, Vedic, Pali, Middle Indic languages as well as in the philological, philo-sophical, and cultural-historical study of the ancient Indian li-terature. Elementary Sanskrit is a prerequisite for those who major in Indological Studies. Students are trained in under-graduate courses to master a solid philological discipline for advanced research of Sanskrit. Both undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in Indian philosophy are trained to read the treatises of philosophy (dars’ana), and to acquire proficiency in the philological and thought-historical methods of research. Also, they are required to obtain a reading knowledge of German and French, in addition to that of English, during the undergraduate period.

The chairperson, Prof. Akamatsu, is a specialist of the Logic, Epistemology and Linguistic Philosophy in classical India. Assoc. Prof. Yokochi is working on the Pura-n,ic Studies and the Classical Sanskrit Literature. Dr. Acharya is well versed in Sanskrit language and literature. He is expert on Indian manuscriptology and eminent epigraphist. Thus, our Department covers, in research and education, major areas of Sanskrit studies from Vedic to Epic and Classical Sanskrit literature.

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