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South Asian Studies Courses

Courses relating to South Asia on offer at Yale during the current or upcoming semester are listed below. For detailed course descriptions, visit Yale Course Search.

Spring 2026

Language Courses

Elementary Hindi II
HNDI 1200/5200 | Swapna Sharma 

Intermediate Hindi II
HNDI 1400/5400 | Mansi Bajaj 

Accelerated Hindi II
HNDI 1420/5420 | Mansi Bajaj 

Internal Migration and Hindi in Diaspora
HNDI 1560/5560 | Swapna Sharma 

Introductory Sanskrit II
SKRT 1200/5200, LING 1250/5250 | Aleksandar Uskokov 

Introduction to Vedic Sanskrit
SKRT 1410/5410, LING 1580/5580, SAST 3590 | Aleksandar Uskokov and Christopher Minkowski

Graduate Directed Readings in Sanskrit
SKRT 5570 | Christopher Minkowski

Elementary Telugu II
TLGU 1200/5200 | Shiva Sai Ram Urella

Intermediate Telugu II
TLGU 1400/5400 | Shiva Sai Ram Urella

 
*Additional language courses including Bengali, Nepali, Punjabi, Sinhala, Tamil, and Classical and Modern Tibetan offered through the Shared Course Initiative with Cornell and Columbia.
 

South Asian Studies (SAST) Courses

British Raj and Indian Nation
SAST 2230, HIST 2414 | Rohit De

Mughal India, 1500-1800 
SAST 2579, RLST 1800, HIST 1442 | Sonam Kachru

Gods and Robots
SAST 3690, RLST 3105, PHIL 3105 | Sonam Kachru 

Corporations & Communities
SAST 3040, ANTH 3858 | Jane Lynch

Mutual Dependence: Journalism and Democracy in South Asia
SAST 3470, GLBL Elective | Sushant Singh

Mystical Dimensions of Islamic Art
SAST 3670, HSAR 4391, MMES 3386, ARCH 3119 | Kishwar Rizvi

The Middle Way (Madhyamaka)
SAST 3710, RLST 3200, HUMS 4539, PHIL 3321 | Sonam Kachru

Tibetan Buddhism
SAST 3720, EAST 4601, RLST 3430 | Tulku Ngawang Sonam

Water and Society: Culture, Life, and Values
SAST 3830, ANTH 3873, EVST 3873 | Lav Kanoi

Exploring South Indian Rhythmic Design
SAST 4730, MUSI 4106 | Fugan Dineen

Artists and the East India Company
SAST 5640, HSAR 6680 | Timothy Barringer
 

Other Courses Relating to South Asia

Labs and Landscapes of the Green Revolution
ARCH 5004, ENV 638 | Anthony Acciavatti