Format:
1 Online-Ressource (240 p)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9789814786027
,
9789814786652
,
9814786020
Series Statement:
Nalanda-Sriwijaya Series
Content:
Bagan and the world : early Myanmar and its global connections -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Keynote: The Myth of "Splendid Isolation" -- 2. Analysis of Construction Techniques in Pyu Cities and Bagan -- 3. Khraung-kaik Pitaka-taik: 16th-Century Repositories for Buddhist Scriptures in Mrauk-U -- 4. Religious Symbols as Decorations on the Sikhara of Ancient Monuments in the Late Bagan Period -- 5. The Viṣṇu on Garuḍa from the Nat Hlaung Kyaung Temple, Bagan -- 6. A Thousand Years before Bagan: Radiocarbon Dates and Myanmar's Ancient Pyu Cities -- 7. Ta Mok Shwe-Gu-Gyi Temple Kyaukse and Bagan -- 8. Silver Links! Bagan-Bengal and Shadowy Metal Corridors: 9th to 13th Centuries -- 9. Positioning Bagan in the Buddhist Ecumene: Myanmar's Trans-Polity Connections -- 10. Orthogeneity, Settlement Patterns and Earthenware Pottery Distribution in Bagan -- Index -- Nalanda-Sriwijaya Series.
Content:
The archaeological site of Bagan and the kingdom which bore its name contains one of the greatest concentrations of ancient architecture and art in Asia. Much of what is visible today consists of ruins of Buddhist monasteries. While these monuments are a major tourist attraction, recent advances in archaeology and textual history have added considerable new understanding of this kingdom, which flourished between the 11th and 14th centuries. Bagan was not an isolated monastic site; its inhabitants participated actively in networks of Buddhist religious activity and commerce, abetted by the sites location near the junction where South Asia, China and Southeast Asia meet
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
URL:
http://erf.sbb.spk-berlin.de/han/iglibrary/portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/ISEASB0000610.html
