| Early Buddhist Architecture in Context: The Great Stūpa at Amarāvatī (Ca. 300 Bce-300 Ce) Contributor(s): Shimada (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004232834 ISBN-13: 9789004232839 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $155.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - History | Asia - India & South Asia - Architecture | History - General |
| Dewey: 934.84 |
| LCCN: 2012019855 |
| Series: Brill's Indological Library |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.5" (1.45 lbs) 328 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
