This is a report on the International Seminar on Asian and European Epics held from 26th to 29th October, 2002, to create an awareness of the importance of epics. The themes of this seminar were: Epics as a document of history, Epics as literary heritage, Epics as religion, Epics as materials for performing arts and inspiration for the visual arts. The report contains the aims and objectives of the seminar, a brief introduction of the speakers and abstracts of their papers and a summary of the outcome of the seminar.
Readership: Students, researchers, professionals interested in cultural heritage.