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 6 - Contextual Study of Images from Vihars at Sarnath
This chapter describes Contextual Study of Images from Vihars at Sarnath by Vidula Jayaswal and Meera Sharma located on page 111 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: Contextual Study of Images from Vihars at Sarnath— and was originally published by Vidula Jayaswal and Meera Sharma.
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Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain [by Chirantani Das]
We are concerned with the settlement growth and pattern at and around the two nodal points of Varanasi and Sarnath. They had a physical closeness and a direct relation. Two articles are of particular help in this regard. One is Meera Sharma’s “Ancient Varanasi Versus Sarnath: A Study in Interrelationship” notes that both archaeological and literary sources suggest Varanasi’s rise may be traced back from the mid second millennium BCE and Sarnath was a rural settlement near it....
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Vietnamese Buddhist Art [by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh]
Like Sarnath images (but unlike Gandharan and Amaravati ones), the urna was often omitted. In spite of the similarities between the Sarnath and Dvaravati images, however, there were also differences. The harmonious integration of parts that distinguished the Sarnath images were absent in most of the Dvaravati examples, and they lacked the gentle sway of the bodies that softened the formal frontality....
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Sripura (Archaeological Survey) [by Bikash Chandra Pradhan]
Among the artifacts discovered from the Vihar are beautiful images of Bodhisativas, Manuscripts, Avalokiteshwara, Shardul, mithuna couples, chavar dharinis and ganas were recovered, though in highly damaged condition. Other objects include glass bangles, terracotta figurines, iron objects like nails of various shapes and sizes, door jambs, dowels, chisels, punches, shaving razors etc....
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[Buddhist Monasteries of South Asia and China: index]
[Foreword by R.C. Agrawal]
[Introduction by Sanjay Garg]