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 5 - Investigating Networks of Patronage
This chapter describes Investigating Networks of Patronage by Abhishek S. Amar located on page 103 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: Investigating Networks of Patronage—Society and Sangha in the Early Medieval Magadha and was originally published by Abhishek S. Amar.
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Secondly it is also worthwhile to note that the elaborate trade network that developed around Varanasi in the early days later came to be utilised by Magadha. In case of Varanasi its urbanity did not depend on favourable political conditions. In a waning Kashi kingdom Varanasi was a prosperous city and a thriving force. It may be said that Varanasi after the initial days did not depend much on royal patronage, rather derived its rationale from trade more than anything else. (* 1) E.B. Cowell ed....
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[Buddhist Monasteries of South Asia and China: index]
[Foreword by R.C. Agrawal]
[Introduction by Sanjay Garg]