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J. Ph. Vogel's Buddhist Art in India, Ceylon and Java is an English translation of the original De Buddhistische Kunst Van Voor-Indiee, enlarged in scope and including also an account of the Buddhist art of Ceylon and Java. The present book has been written with the chief object to give a historical outline of Indo-Buddhist art, to sketch its various schools in their main characteristics and to trace their mutual relationship. Attempt has also been made to show ...
The chapters in these volumes first appeared as seperate papers in the Journal of the Punjab Historical society as a contribution to the History of the Western Himalaya, and the authors desire to acknowledge the courtesy of that society in granting permission for their republication. The principal reason for doing so is, to place historical information they contain, in a more accessible form, at the disposal of Government and State officers, as well as students ...