UID:
almahu_9949702417202882
Format:
1 online resource (xxiv, 266 pages)
ISBN:
9789004233263
Series Statement:
Brill's Indological library ; 43
Content:
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 circa 200 BCE-250 CE.
Note:
Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies).
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1. Dynastic History -- 2. Chronological And Architectural Reconstruction -- 3. Social Development -- 4. Buddhist Patronage -- 5. City and Monastery -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Shimada, Akira, 1968- Early Buddhist architecture in context. Boston : Brill, 2012 ISBN 9789004232839
Language:
English
