Voices from the Mountain: The Sailendra Inscriptions Discovered in Central Java and on the Malay Peninsula
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Sata-Pitaka Series
Book: 648Author
Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788177421415
Length
xviii+356p., Illustrations; Maps; 29cm.
Subjects
The book is a study of the inscriptions produced during the Classic Age of Central Java to examine the historical evolution of the civilisation there during the eighth and ninth centuries AD. The focus is on the flowering of Mahayana Buddhism in the region under the royal patronage of the Shailendra dynasty. Attempting a systematic and comprehensive review of the Sanskrit inscriptions attributed to the monarchs of the dynasty, it shows that they provide a wealth ...