Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
The Buddhist Bronzes of Surocolo
This chapter describes The Buddhist Bronzes of Surocolo located on page 121 of volume Volume 4 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 4 is devoted to the art, history and literature; inscriptions, statues and thought; mandalas, epics and legends of Classical Indonesia.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes The Buddhist Bronzes of Surocolo. 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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Triveni Journal
Iyer; Gauri–A Southern Bronze. Gauri A Southern Bronze The Saivite bronzes of South India are justly world-renowned. Since Dr. Coomaraswamy drew attention to their unique qualities, chiefly through such examples as the Nataraja images and the portrait bronzes of Saivite saints, other important pieces have come to light from the dark niches of ancient temples and have passed into private collections, where they await study. So exquisitely lovely are some of them that Mr. O. C....
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Sripura (Archaeological Survey) [by Bikash Chandra Pradhan]
The latest major discovery is the Buddhist Stupa,16a assigned to the time of Asoka, with renovations carried on it in subsequent times. (* 1) Sripura (Hindi), p. 50, Srivastava, M. C. , 1984, Bhopal. (* 2) IAR, 1954-55, 24; 1955-6, 26. (* 3) Special Report N. 1, Puramanthan No. 5; Buddhist Bronzes from Sirpur, 2010. (* 4) Special Report No. 1, p. 3. 16a. Puramanthan, op. cit. , pp. 1-10....
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Vietnamese Buddhist Art [by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh]
Various form of image was found such as: The Avalokitesvara with two armed; most represented by the bronzes, a padma is held in the right hand while a kamandalu appears in the left. These attributes conform to the iconographic formula which already prevailed in China during the fifth century A....
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