Early Buddhist Architecture in Context - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Early Buddhist Architecture in Context write by Akira Shimada. This book was released on 2012-11-09. Early Buddhist Architecture in Context available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The book provides an updated chronology of the Amar?vat? st?pa and argues its close link with the long-term development of urbanization of this region between ca. 200 BCE-250 CE based on the latest archaeological, art-historical and epigraphic evidence.
Early Buddhist Architecture in Context
Early Buddhist Architecture in Context - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Early Buddhist Architecture in Context write by Akira Shimada. This book was released on 2013. Early Buddhist Architecture in Context available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Four Great Temples
The Four Great Temples - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Four Great Temples write by Donald F. McCallum. This book was released on 2008-11-30. The Four Great Temples available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In his detailed analysis of the four temples, McCallum considers historiographical issues, settings and layouts, foundations, tiles, relics, and icons and allows readers to follow their chronological evolutions.
Archaeology of Early Buddhism
Archaeology of Early Buddhism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Archaeology of Early Buddhism write by Lars Fogelin. This book was released on 2006-02-09. Archaeology of Early Buddhism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How do archaeologists explore the various dimensions of religion? Lars Fogelin uses archaeological work at Thotlakonda in Southern India as his lens in a broader examination of Buddhist monastic life. He discovers the tension between the desired isolation of the monastery and the mutual engagement with neighbors in the Early Historic Period. He also sketches how religious architectural design and use of landscape helped to shaped these relationships. Drawing on historical accounts, religious documents, and inscriptions, as well as results of his systematic archaeological survey, Fogelin is able to shed new light on the ritual and material workings of Early Buddhism in this region, and shows how archaeology can contribute to our understanding of religious practice.
Amaravati
Amaravati - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Amaravati write by Akira Shimada. This book was released on 2016. Amaravati available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Buddhism originated in north India and spread to other parts of the subcontinent in the third century BCE. The Andhra region, located along the south-east coast of India, welcomed Buddhism and an important shrine was built at Amaravati, probably to house relics of the Buddha brought from the north. Amaravati was enlarged and embellished over several centuries from about 200 BCE, transforming it into what ancient inscriptions describe as a mahācetiya or 'great shrine'. Although one of the most important Buddhist monuments in India, Amaravati declined from the 14th century. It was re-discovered and then excavated during the 19th century. In 1880 more than 120 of the Amaravati sculptures entered the collection of the British Museum, while other pieces found their way to museums in India, Europe and America. The papers in this book emerged from a conference at the British Museum held in September 2014 that brought together leading specialists from around the world to address aspects of Amaravati and its sculpture. Subjects covered in this volume include the rediscovery of the site at the end of the 18th century as well as its recreation and reinterpretation in the 21st century. The art of Amaravati is also placed in the context of other sites and remains from the Andhra region which, despite its importance, has been relatively neglected in the study of the religious and visual cultures of South Asia." -- Publisher's website
