The Buddhist Art of Kauśāmbī

The Buddhist Art of Kauśāmbī
Author: Aruna Tripathi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2003
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The Book Highlights The Art Treasures Of Kosambi, A Famous Ancient Centre Of Buddhist Art, Through A Study Of Over 300 Stone Sculptures, Paying Special Attention To Their Iconographic Features, The Stone Types, Carving, Grinding And Polishing Techniques And Their Aesthetic Appeal. It Discusses The Uniqueness Of Kosambi Art As Compared To Mathura And Sarnath Schools.

The Buddhist Art of Kauśāmbī

The Buddhist Art of Kauśāmbī
Author: Aruna Tripathi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2003
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The Book Highlights The Art Treasures Of Kosambi, A Famous Ancient Centre Of Buddhist Art, Through A Study Of Over 300 Stone Sculptures, Paying Special Attention To Their Iconographic Features, The Stone Types, Carving, Grinding And Polishing Techniques And Their Aesthetic Appeal. It Discusses The Uniqueness Of Kosambi Art As Compared To Mathura And Sarnath Schools.

Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India

Tree and Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India
Author: John Guy
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2023-07-17
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1588396932

A pioneering study of the emergence of Buddhist art in southern India, featuring vibrant photography of rare works, many published here for the first time Named for two primary motifs in Buddhist art, the sacred bodhi tree and the protective snake, Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India is the first publication to foreground devotional works produced in the Deccan from 200 BCE to 400 CE. Unlike traditional narratives, which focus on northern India (where the Buddha was born, taught, and died), this groundbreaking book presents Buddhist art from monastic sites in the south. Long neglected, this is among the earliest surviving bodies of Buddhist art, and among the most sublimely beautiful. An international team of researchers contributes new scholarship on the sculptural and devotional art associated with Buddhism, and masterpieces from recently excavated Buddhist sites are published here for the first time—including Kanaganahalli and Phanigiri, the most important new discoveries in a generation. With its exploration of Buddhism’s emergence in southern India, as well as of India’s deep commercial and cultural engagement with the Hellenized and Roman worlds, this definitive study expands our understanding of the origins of Buddhist art itself.

Historical Dictionary of Ancient India

Historical Dictionary of Ancient India
Author: Kumkum Roy
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2009
Genre: India
ISBN: 0810853663

India's history and culture is ancient and dynamic, spanning back to the beginning of human civilization. Beginning with a mysterious culture along the Indus River and in farming communities in the southern lands of India, the history of India is punctuated by constant integration with migrating peoples and with the diverse cultures that surround the country. Placed in the center of Asia, history in India is a crossroads of cultures from China to Europe, as well as the most significant Asian connection with the cultures of Africa. The Historical Dictionary of Ancient India provides information ranging from the earliest Paleolithic cultures in the Indian subcontinent to 1000 CE. The ancient history of this country is related in this book through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on rulers, bureaucrats, ancient societies, religion, gods, and philosophical ideas.

Globalization and Transculturality from Antiquity to the Pre-Modern World

Globalization and Transculturality from Antiquity to the Pre-Modern World
Author: Serena Autiero
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2021-09-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000432858

This book explores how globalization and transculturality are useful theoretical tools for studying pre-modern societies and their long-distance connections. Among the themes explored are how these concepts can enhance our understanding of trade networks, the spread of religions, the diffusion of global fashions, the migration of technologies, public and private initiatives, and wider cultural changes. In this book, archaeologists and ancient historians demonstrate how in diverse contexts – from the Bronze Age to colonial times – humanity displayed an urge and an incredible capacity to connect with distant lands and people. Adopting and modifying approaches originally developed for the study of contemporary societies, it is possible to enhance our understanding of the human past, not only in economic terms, but also the cultural significance of such interconnections. This book provides both the wider public and the specialist reader with a fresh point of view on global issues relating to the past; in turn, allowing us to look anew at developments in the contemporary world. Its large chronological and geographical scope should prove appealing to those who want more than mere Eurocentric history. Teachers and students of world history and archaeology will find this book a useful resource.

Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 1 Later Han, Three Kingdoms and Western Chin in China and Bactria to Shan-shan in Central Asia

Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 1 Later Han, Three Kingdoms and Western Chin in China and Bactria to Shan-shan in Central Asia
Author: Marylin Martin Rhie
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 924
Release: 2019-01-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9047430751

A comprehensive analysis of the earliest Buddhist art of China, Bactria, and the Southern Silk Road in Central Asia from ca. 1st - 4th century A.D., elucidating the inter-relationships, history, religious elements, sources, dating and chronology.

Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 2 The Eastern Chin and Sixteen Kingdoms Period in China and Tumshuk, Kucha and Karashahr in Central Asia (2 vols)

Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 2 The Eastern Chin and Sixteen Kingdoms Period in China and Tumshuk, Kucha and Karashahr in Central Asia (2 vols)
Author: Marylin Martin Rhie
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 1635
Release: 2019-07-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 900439186X

Volume two of Marylin Rhie’s widely acclaimed and formative multi-volume work presents a comprehensive, scholarly and detailed study of the Buddhist art of China and Central Asia from 316-439 A.D. during the formative early periods of Buddhism in the Eastern Chin and Sixteen Kingdoms Period. Using texts translated from the Chinese together with stylistic and technical analyses, the chronology and sources of the art are more clearly defined than in previous studies for the regions of South and North China (other than Kansu) and the important sites of Tumshuk, Kucha and Karashahr on the Northern Silk Route in eastern Central Asia. Furthermore, by incorporating extensive religious and historical materials, this work not only contributes to clarifying the regional characteristics of the art, but also offers new insights into the broader, interregional relationships of this politically fragmented period.

Buddhist Architecture

Buddhist Architecture
Author: Huu Phuoc Le
Publisher: Grafikol
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2010
Genre: Buddhist architecture
ISBN: 0984404309

"The volume thoroughly examines the origins and principal types of Buddhist architecture in Asia primarily between the third century BCE-twelfth century CE with an emphasis on India. It aims to construct shared architectural traits and patterns alongwith the derivative relationships between Indian and Asian Buddhist monuments. It also discusses the historical antecedents in the Indus Civilization and the religious and philosophical foundations of the three schools of Buddhism and its founder, Buddha. Previously obscure topics such as Aniconic and Vajrayana (Tantric) architecture and the four holiest sites of Buddhism will also be covered in this comprehensive volume. The author further investigates the influences of Buddhist architecture upon Islamic, Christian, and Hindu architecture that have been overlooked by past scholars."