B. Subrahmanyam
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Jatakas in South Indian Art Early Buddhist monastic establishments of South India between 2nd century B.C., and 5th century A.D. were embellished with sculptural paneis depicting the life events of the Buddha and his former births. These visual narratives were created with a view to educate the pilgrims, patrons and also general public about the morals and ethics contained in them. Though the sculptural panels depicted with Jatakas recovered from various sites ...
The present book dealing with the holy relics and reliquaries discovered at a host of Buddhist stupas in various parts of South India is the first of its kind. Incidentally it examines the various caskets, the different kinds of materials used for preparing them, their shapes and sizes and finally the method of consecration followed for enshrining these holy relics. Alongside it also provides an uptodate account of Buddhism in South India, its rise, growth and ...
The Buddhist Monastic establishments across the Indian sub-continent were richly embellished with the sculptural panels of visual narratives. The narrative art mainly centered around the great events in the life time of Buddha and his Previous Birth Stories. In the early centuries of Christian era, the Kings and Donors gave more preference to the Previous Birth Stories of the Enlightened One as they convey morals and ethics, useful to the society.
The book ...