Buddhist Art
243 books
Over 180 color photographs from temples, museums, historical sites, and private collections enhance this attractive survey of the Buddhist art of India, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan, Nepal, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It presents the life story and teachings of Sakyamuni Buddha, founder of Buddhism, as shown in paintings, sculptures, and other works of art, and explores the major schools of ...
Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC), responsible for management, upkeep, and improvement of the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya and for ensuring the welfare and safety of its pilgrims, around Kalachakra event in 2017 decided to commission a Coffee Table Book for positioning the Mahabodhi Temple and the holy land of Bodhgaya for the benefit of visiting pilgrims, travellers, and tourists. Through this illustrated volume, the BTMC decided to reach out to the ...
The discovery of ninety-two brinze icons, majority of which are Buddhism from Achutarajpur of Banpur in 1963 was rather unusual. Never before so many metal objects connected to Buddhism were found from any part of the state despite Odhisha being an important center of Buddhism. It is rather strange that no scholar ever tried to study the evolution of Buddhism images in the religion which started opposing idolatry. Though none of the bronzes bear any name on its ...
In this book, a Burmese manuscript from the mid-nineteenth century is the catalyst for a study of the multifaceted Buddhist cosmos. The manuscript not only lays out the complex array of realms in the Buddhist universe but also ventures into a number of esoteric and little-understood aspects of the Theravāda cosmological system and its inhabitants. By presenting translations and narration of much of the manuscript's text and sharing his careful analysis of its ...
Nalanda is the first book of its kind prepared on nearly all the important aspects of Nalanda Sources, History, Education, Religion and Philsophy. Art, Iconography, Architecture etc. It Excels all other such publications in this respect. A peep into his book means a pilgrimage to all the leading centres of Magadhan an India Art. It gives a graphic picture of the conditions of Buddhist as it prevailed in Eastern India from beginning to end.
This monumental book is ...
The Present book "Buddhist Art: Sanchi to Early Mathura" deals with the development, adaption and changes from Sunga art style froms (including the art style of Bharhut, Sanchi Stupa No. II and other contempoary sites) with special reference to stupa No. I of sanchi to early Kusana art of Mathura.
So far no serious research work has been conducted in this direction particularly on Transitional phase of Sunga art to early Kusana art of Mathura, the ...
The Archaeology of Buddhism involves the recovery and scientific investigation of the material remains of past cultures that can illuminate the periods, events and other descriptions mentioned in the religious tests. It is hoped that this volume will underscore the imperative need for institutionalizing the archaeology of Buddhism as a specialized branch of the study of our shared heritage, and will promote a better appreciation of the archaeological heritage of ...
Though large numbers of tourists and pilgrims visit the Buddhist sites in India and the ancient cities in Sri Lanka today, few are aware that, before the arrival of the British, the locations of the Indian sites were mostly unknown. The Sri Lankan historical cities had been abandoned and overrun by jungle. The story of how, firstly, amateur British Orientalists and then the colonial authorities rediscovered and restored these sites is a remarkable one and is the ...
Bodhgaya is one of the four important religious sites (Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath and Kusinagar) of pilgrimage for the Buddhists. Of the four sites connected with the life of Buddha, Bodhgaya occupies a place of pre-eminence for it was here that Sakyamuni Gautama attained enlightenment and became ‘Buddha’ – the awakened one. The event of Buddha’s enlightenment at Bodhgaya inspired artistic creative urge among the artists for generations ...
This groundbreaking volume explores a revelatory Andharan style relief recently discovered in Sri Lanka. It adds to the growing body of archeological evidence of important exchanges between the Buddhists of Sri Lanka and their co-religionists in the Krishna Valley. This relief is the most ancient document attested to date depicting the events that took place during the first seven weeks following the enlightenment of the Buddha. Its unique iconography leads the ...
Buddhism is vast field spanning a wide variety of concerns. For twenty five centuries Buddhism has inspired the greatest achievements of Asian thought and culture, and today the impact of its message is beginning to be felt in the western world as well. The greatness of the religion lies in the method of its spread. In the entire world religions, Buddhism is the only religion which made its way without persecution, censorship or inquisition. As H.G. Wells, the ...
The volumes are in honour of the contributions of Dr. B. R. Mani, a renowned archaeologist, numismatist and art critic.
The research articles on Indian archaeology, art, heritage, museology, culture and traditions covering a range of subjects in different areas of study. Over 95 papers, in English and Hindi, study the evolution of art traditions. They covers themes broadly relating to the study of palaeolithic and chalcolithic cultures in the trans Himalayan ...
Antiquities of Zhang Zhung systematically describes the physical remains of 404 Upper Tibetan monumental sites documented since 2001.1 It is an inventory of archaic or prospective archaic archaeological sites. These sites differ from Lamaist monuments in terms of morphology, function, mythology, and geographic orientation. This catalogue of archaeological sites should prove useful to scholars working in a variety of disciplines. As a reference work, it is well ...
The study of western Indian Buddhist caves has always been concerned with the chronology of the caves based on the political chronology of ruling dynasties. The present work is an attempt to a broader concern with the visuality and its pattern of architectural and decorative designs such as how a particular pattern of articulation was evolved? How did the artisans work in the society with the available tradition/skill and what was the role and politics of ...
This is a groundbreaking book, about the Ancient art of Gandhara and Mathura schools. These art schools are known for their sculptural art. This had its origin in the centuries immediately before the commencement of the Christian era. It was Kushana period when, these schools of art were on the peak.
The book contains various dimensions of both schools. The book have simple language and very important for researchers and scholars also. The book is very ...