Format:
1 online resource (328 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004233263
Series Statement:
Brill's Indological Library v.43
Content:
The book provides an updated chronology of the Amar?vat? st?pa and argues its close link with the long-term development of urbanization of this region between ca. 200 BCE-250 CE based on the latest archaeological, art-historical and epigraphic evidence.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND CITATION OF PRIMARY SOURCES -- LIST OF figures, tables, maps and plates -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- MAPS -- Plates -- PLATES -- INTRODUCTION -- DISCOVERY OF THE AMARĀVATĪ STŪPA -- I. Discovery of the Stūpa and Early Excavations -- II. Historiography -- 1. Archaeological, Epigraphic and Art-Historical Analysis -- (2) Chronological Reconstruction -- 2. Historical Analysis -- 3. Methodological Problems -- III. Possible Approaches -- 1. Comprehensive Examination of the Objects in Site Context -- 2. Intensive Survey of Archaeological and Epigraphic Data for Recovering Regional History -- 3. Active Reading of the Archaeological and Epigraphic Data -- IV. The Scheme of This Study -- CHAPTER ONE -- DYNASTIC HISTORY -- I. The Pre-Historic and Geographical Setting -- 1. The Lower Krishna Valley -- 2. Pre-Historic Settlements -- 3. Amarāvatī -- II. The Early Historic Period (ca. 300 bce-300 ce) -- 1. The Mauryan Period -- 2. The Post-Mauryan Period -- 3. The Sadas -- 4. The Sātavāhanas -- 5. The Ikṣvākus -- III. Chronological Framework -- 1. The Starting Date of the Later Sātavāhanas -- 2. The Termination Date of the Later Sātavāhanas -- 3. The Date of the Sadas -- 4. The Early Sātavāhanas -- Summary -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHRONOLOGICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL RECONSTRUCTION -- I. Mauryan (?) Foundation of the Stūpa and Early Period of Construction (ca. 200-100 bce) -- 1. Foundation of the Stūpa -- 2. Date for the Earliest Architectural Remains -- 3. Dimensions of the Early Stūpa -- 4. Link to Pre-Buddhist Building Traditions -- II. Late Period of Construction (ca. 50 bce-250 ce) -- 1. Enlargement of the Stūpa -- 2. Construction of a New Limestone Railing -- 3. Refurbishment of the Stūpa -- Summary -- CHAPTER THREE -- SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004232839
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Shimada, Akira, 1968 - Early Buddhist architecture in context Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2013 ISBN 9789004232839
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004232834
Language:
English
Subjects:
Art History
Keywords:
Amaravati
;
Buddhistische Kunst
;
Geschichtsschreibung
;
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