Gandharan 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 Gandharan Buddhism write by Kurt Behrendt. This book was released on 2011-11-01. Gandharan Buddhism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The ancient region of Gandhara, with its prominent Buddhist heritage, has long fascinated scholars of art history, archaeology, and textual studies. Discoveries of inscriptions, text fragments, sites, and artworks in the last decade have added new pieces to the Gandharan puzzle, redefining how we understand the region and its cultural complexity. The essays in this volume reassess Gandharan Buddhism in light of these findings, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach that illuminates the complex historical and cultural dynamics of the region. By integrating archaeology, art history, numismatics, epigraphy, and textual sources, the contributors articulate the nature of Gandharan Buddhism and its practices, along with the significance of the relic tradition. Contributions by several giants in the field, including Shoshin Kuwayama, John Rosenfield, and the late Maurizio Taddei, set the geographical, historical, and archaeological parameters for the collection. The result is a productive interdisciplinary conversation on the enigmatic nature of Gandharan Buddhism that joins together a number of significant pieces in a complex cultural mosaic. It will appeal to a large and diverse readership, including those interested in the early Buddhist religious tradition of Asia and its art, as well as specialists in the study of South and Central Asian Buddhist art, archaeology, and texts. A Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and Comparative Religion.
Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries
Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries - 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 Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries write by David Jongeward. This book was released on 2012. Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gandhara, the ancient name for the region around modern Peshawar in northern Pakistan, was of pivotal importance in the production of Buddhist texts and art in the first centuries CE. Since the mid-nineteenth century, excavations of Gandharan monastery sites have revolutionized the study of early Buddhism. Among the treasures unearthed are hundreds of reliquaries--containers housing relics of the Buddha. This volume combines art history, Buddhist history, ancient Indian history, archaeology, epigraphy, linguistics, and numismatics to clarify the significance and function of these reliquaries. The story begins with the Buddha's last days, his death and funerary arrangements, and the distribution of the cremated remains, which initiated a relic cult. Chapters describe Gandharan reliquary types and subgroups, the archaeological and historical significance of collections, and the paleographic and linguistic interpretation of the inscriptions on the reliquaries. The 400 reliquaries illustrated and surveyed are from museums and private collections in Pakistan, India, Japan, Europe, and North America. Stone is the primary material of construction, along with bronze, gold, and silver. Shapes range from spherical and cylindrical to miniature stupas, a configuration that provides valuable information about the history of this Buddhist monumental form. David Jongeward is a visiting scholar at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Elizabeth Errington is curator of the Charles Masson Project, British Museum Department of Coins and Medals. Richard Salomon is professor of Asian languages and literature at the University of Washington. Stefan Baums is assistant adjunct professor of South and Southeast Asian studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and a research fellow at the School of Asian Studies, Leiden University.
Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara
Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara - 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 Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara write by Salomon Richard. This book was released on 2018-04-17. Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discover the fascinating history of a long-hidden Buddhist culture at a historic crossroads. In the years following Alexander the Great’s conquest of the East, a series of empires rose up along the Silk Road. In what is now northern Pakistan, the civilizations in the region called Gandhara became increasingly important centers for the development of Buddhism, reaching their apex under King Kaniska of the Kusanas in the second century CE. Gandhara has long been known for its Greek-Indian synthesis in architecture and statuary, but until about twenty years ago, almost nothing was known about its literature. The insights provided by manuscripts unearthed over the last few decades show that Gandhara was indeed a vital link in the early development of Buddhism, instrumental in both the transmission of Buddhism to China and the rise of the Mahayana tradition. The Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara surveys what we know about Gandhara and its Buddhism, and it also provides translations of a dozen different short texts, from similes and stories to treatises on time and reality.
The Art of Gandhara in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Art of Gandhara in the Metropolitan Museum of Art - 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 Art of Gandhara in the Metropolitan Museum of Art write by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). This book was released on 2007. The Art of Gandhara in the Metropolitan Museum of Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhāra
Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhāra - 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 Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhāra write by Richard Salomon. This book was released on 1999. Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhāra available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhara will appeal to a broad audience with interests in Buddhism, comparative religion, and Asian languages."--BOOK JACKET.
