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Synopsis The papers compiled in this volume were presented at the Pacific Asia Conference on Korean Studies organised by the Jawaharlal Nehru University. The conference brought together a number of scholars and experts of Korean studies as well as persons with expertise in other disciplines. The discussion groups and panels covered a wide range of subjects such as language, literature, art, history, religion, culture, economics, international relations and geography. The conference was the first one organized on this scale--over a 100 participants--by the Centres of Korean Language and Korean Studies of JNU. This volume comprises some of the papers that were presented on Korean history, religion and culture and cover a wide range of period. They will be of interest to Koreanologists as also others who have an interest in Korea.