MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
South Asian Studies Council

Osmund Bopearachchi

Visiting Professor, Religious Studies
South Asian Studies Council
Academic Year: 2009-10
Osmund Bopearachchi

Osmund Bopearachchi, PhD Archaeology, Sorbonne University, Paris, 1987, and Professor at CNRS, Paris. His interests include classical Indian numismatics; ancient art and material culture of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia and India; and Buddhism in Sri Lanka and India, among other things. He will offer two undergraduate and two graduate courses, including Buddhism and Hinduism in Gandhara, and Buddhism and Trade in Sri Lanka.