The Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath had organized a national Seminar on "Sowa-Rigpa and Ayurveda" from 8-11 October 2007 to which scholars and practitioners of the two great Traditions of Medical systems were invited. This is an endeavour to revive the practice of the great Tibetan kings Songtan-Gampo (617-650) who invited Physicians from India, China and Persia. Thereafter, the King Trisong-Deu-Tsan (742-798) invited more Physician scholars from various places outside Tibet and from many Parts of Tibet for deliberations on medical science. This can, perhaps, be called the first international conference on medical Science ever held in human history. The Tibetan kings showed great Interest in the promotion of the medical system



Sowarigpa and Ayurveda: Proceedings of the National Seminar on Sowarigpa and Ayurveda held in October 2007, Pabitrakumar Roy (Ed.), CIHTS, 281 pp, $15.00

Pabitrakumar Roy, presently Fellow of Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, was till recently Senior Fellow of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi. Roy taught Philosophy for over three decades at Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan and the University of North Bengal. He had been Visisting Faculty at various Indian Universities and British Council Scholar at King's College Cambridge and University of Reading. Roy has authored scores of papers and some of his works are David Hume; Rabindranath Tagore; Hume and Kant: A Study in Linkages, Man and Technology. The areas of his interest lie in Moral Psychology and Aesthetics.