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Category : Amaravati (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 57
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Notes on the Amaravati Stupa
Author: Notes on the Amaravati Stupa
Author: Jas BurgessNotes on the Amaravati Stupa, by Jas Burgess
Author: James BurgessPublisher:
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Category : Amaravati (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 57
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Notes on the Amaravati Stupa Varanasi Prithivi Prakashan
Author: James BurgessNotes on the Amarāvati Stūpa
Author: Jas BurgessEarly Buddhist Architecture in Context
Author: Akira ShimadaPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004233261
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Since the dramatic discovery and tragic destruction of the monument in the 19th century, the Amarāvatī stūpa in the south-east Deccan has attracted many scholars but has also left many unanswered questions. Akira Shimada's Early Buddhist Architecture in Context provides an updated and comprehensive chronology of the stūpa and its architectural development based on the latest sculptural, epigraphic and numismatic evidence combined with the survey of the early excavation records. It also examines the wider social milieu of the south-east Deccan by exploring archaeological, epigraphic and related textual evidence. These analyses reveal that the flowering of the stūpa was not a simple accomplishment of the powerful Sātavāhana dynasty, but was the result of the long-term development of urbanization of this region between ca. 200 BCE-250 CE.
Buddhist Landscapes in Central India
Author: Julia ShawPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315432633
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1029
Book Description
The “monumental bias” of Buddhist archaeology has hampered our understanding of the socio-religious mechanisms that enabled early Buddhist monks to establish themselves in new areas. To articulate these relationships, Shaw presents here the first integrated study of settlement archaeology and Buddhist history, carried out in the area around Sanchi, a Central Indian UNESCO World Heritage site. Her comprehensive, data-rich, and heavily illustrated work provides an archaeological basis for assessing theories regarding the dialectical relationship between Buddhism and surrounding lay populations. It also sheds light on the role of the introduction of Buddhism in changing settlement patterns.This volume was originally published in 2007 by the British Association of South Asian Studies.
Crime and Punishment in Ancient India
Author: RamaPrasad Das GuptaPublisher:
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Category : Crime
Languages : en
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The Archaeology of South Asia
Author: Robin ConinghamPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316418987
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
This book offers a critical synthesis of the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE), when domestication began, to the spread of Buddhism accompanying the Mauryan Emperor Asoka's reign (third century BCE). The authors examine the growth and character of the Indus civilisation, with its town planning, sophisticated drainage systems, vast cities and international trade. They also consider the strong cultural links between the Indus civilisation and the second, later period of South Asian urbanism which began in the first millennium BCE and developed through the early first millennium CE. In addition to examining the evidence for emerging urban complexity, this book gives equal weight to interactions between rural and urban communities across South Asia and considers the critical roles played by rural areas in social and economic development. The authors explore how narratives of continuity and transformation have been formulated in analyses of South Asia's Prehistoric and Early Historic archaeological record.
A History of Ayutthaya
Author: Chris BakerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107190762
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
The first full history of a great commercial and political center that rose in Asia over almost five centuries.