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From its inception, circa the 5th century ce, mahavihara or great monastery of Nalanda attracted monks from China, Korea and Tibet perhaps other distant places. Their written accounts, along with the records from the site provide considerable data, critically studied and contextualized in this volume.
This book sees the ancient mahavihara as a dynamic and ever-evolving complex rather than an institution that was static during the millennium it was active as a ...
This book is a culmination of Encyclopaedia Britannica's effort to write anew, the history of Indian visual art. It includes not only a narrative tracing of the history but also briefer articles on specific sites and individuals. Histories of art occarionally fail to recognize a dynamic present. That is all the more the case with Asian art, which is too often deemed to have lost its Asianness when it becomes part of a global contemporary art movement, forgetting, ...
Located seven miles South of Gaya, is Bodh Gaya, one of the most important and sacred Buddhist pilgrimage centres in the world. It was here under a pipal tree--now known as the Bodhi tree--Gautama attained the supreme knowledge to become Buddha, the enlightened one. Part of the prestigious Monumental Legacy Series, this book presents an engaging account of Bodh Gaya and related monuments. Frederick Asher takes readers on a graphic historical journey of the site ...