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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454289403321

Titolo

Gandhāran Buddhism [[electronic resource] ] : archaeology, art, texts / / edited by Pia Brancaccio and Kurt Behrendt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-74099-7

9786612740992

0-7748-5503-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Collana

Asian religions and society series

Altri autori (Persone)

BrancaccioPia <1966->

BehrendtKurt A. <1964->

Disciplina

294.30934

Soggetti

Buddhism - Gandhara (Pakistan and Afghanistan) - History

Relics - Gandhara (Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Buddhist art - Gandhara (Pakistan and Afghanistan)

Art, Gandhara

Electronic books.

Gandhara (Pakistan and Afghanistan) Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Prologue: Some Debating Points on Gandharan Buddhism and Kusna History; PART I: ARCHAEOLOGY; PART II: TEXTS; PART III: ART; Contributors; Index; 2 Recent Archaeological Research in Gandhara: The New Evidence; 3 Buddhist Presence in the Urban Settlements of Swat, Second Century BCE to Fourth Century CE; 4 Relic Shrines of Gandhara: A Reinterpretation of the Archaeological Evidence; 5 Pilgrimage Route Changes and the Decline of Gandharra; 6 New Manuscript Sources for the Study of Gandharan Buddhism

7 Bodhisattvas in Gandharan Art: An Aspect of Mahayana in Gandharan Buddhism 8 The Nature and Use of the Bodily Relics of the Buddha in Gandhara; 9 Gateways to the Buddha: Figures under Arches in Early Gandharan Art; 10 A Gandharan Relief with Two Scenes from Buddha's Life; 11 Local Crafts in Early Gandharan Art; 12 Ananda and Vajrapani: An Inexplicable Absence and a Mysterious Presence in Gandharan Art;



13 Design Diversity in Kaniska's Buddha Coins;