Buddhist Monasteries of South Asia and China
author: Sanjay Garg
edition: 2019, Manohar Publishers and Distributors
pages: 403
ISBN-10: 9350981602
ISBN-13: 9789350981603
Topic: History
Chapter 4 - Buddhism in Gandhara
This chapter describes Buddhism in Gandhara by M. Nasim Khan located on page 87 in the book Buddhist Monasteries of South Asia and China compiled by Sanjay Garg. This book comprises 18 papers that were presented by leading archaeologists and art historians from South Asia and China at an international conference on ‘Buddhist Monasteries in South Asia and China’ organized by the Society for Buddhist Art and Archaeology (SBAA) in New Delhi in December 2015.
Buddhism binds the two most populated regions of the world-South Asia and China. This volume aims to provide fresh insights and information on new sites and place them along with the earlier known ones in a wider cultural landscape. This paper is named: Buddhism in Gandhara—Text vs. Architectural Space and Iconography: The Case of the Buddhist Site of Aziz Dheri and was originally published by M. Nasim Khan.
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Vietnamese Buddhist Art [by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh]
Bapat, 2500 Years of Buddhism, Delhi, India, 1997, p. 50 (* 4) Dietrich Seckel, The Art of Buddhism. trans by Ann. E. Keep, London: 1964, p. 22. (* 5) Ibid, p. 32. (* 6) Dietrich Seckel, The Art of Buddhism. trans by Ann. E....
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List of Mahabharata tribes [by Laxman Burdak]
(VI.10.52) kashmirah sindhusauvira gandhara darshakasa tada | Abhisara kulutasha ca shauvala bahlikasa tada (VI.10.52) The Mahabharata Tribe - Gandhara (gandhara) may be identified with Jat Gotra - Gandhar (gandhara) in Agra district in villages Bichpuri of Agra district. 23....
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Stupas in Orissa (Study) [by Meenakshi Chauley]
According to Foucher, the first image of Buddha was fashioned in Gandhara School of art (Bhattacharyya 1958: 5). Amaravati School is contemporaneous with the Gandhara School. The image of Buddha most probably came up during the Kushana Period with Gandhara and Mathura as contemporary art centres. The Gandhara art has foreign influence whereas Mathura art is more indigenous in nature....
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[Foreword by R.C. Agrawal]
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