Chair, Tang Center for Silk Road Studies; Vice Chair, The Numata Center for Buddhist Studies; Lecturer in Central Asian Archaeology
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Dr. Sanjyot Mehendale is an archaeologist specializing in the trade and cultural exchange networks of Eurasia, commonly known as the Silk Roads. She received her Doctorandus degree in Indo-Iranian art and archaeology from the Rijksuniversiteit Leiden in The Netherlands. In 1992, she joined the Near Eastern Studies Department’s doctoral program at the University of California, Berkeley, focusing on early Common Era central Asia and the ancient site of Begram, Afghanistan. After completing her dissertation in 1997, she began teaching central Asia and Silk Roads courses as a Lecturer in Near...
