Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Legend of Krsna: Hellenistic echoes
This chapter describes Legend of Krsna: Hellenistic echoes located on page 221 of volume Volume 3 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
Volume 3 begins with a new perspective on the evolution of tantras, based on Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, Indonesian, and Simhalese sources. It further shows that the deification of kings and colossi of the Avatamsaka in Afghanistan, China and Japan are a crucial stage in tantra development.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Legend of Krsna: Hellenistic echoes. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Sanskrit sources of Kerala history [by Suma Parappattoli]
Padmanabhacarita by Krishna Sarma. Sri Padmanabhacarita is an unpublished Campu kavya describes the legendary history. The first five of Tvm in 6 stabakas and some portions of the 6th stabaka are available and the rest is lost to us. The author of this Campu [Padmanabhacarita] is a poet named Krsna [Krishna Sarma] as is evident from the following passage....
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Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology [by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri]
Moreover one lead coin on the obverse bears a legend ‘Rano Siri Satakanisa . The Mahastupa at Candavaram is a splendid structure with a medhi, anda and harmika. However, the chhatra is missing. The basal diameter of the stupa is 24m and the dome is about 5. 4 m. The ayaka platform was constructed at four cardinal points. The Mahastupa was built in three phases....
Read full contents: Lower Krishna Valley (15): Chandavaram
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain [by Chirantani Das]
Whether Jarasandha was defeated by Krishna according to Puranic tradition or Krishna and his clan left Mathura out of Jarasandha’s fear it appears from all angles that Jarasandha was a very powerful king, well known for his military and monetary strength. Even if Krishna had defeated him, it was not an easy victory and some corrupt practices were involved in it....
Read full contents: Part 6 - Rajagriha supreme seat (a): King Jarasandha
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