Buddhapadas

Books about Buddhapadas

Contributed papers presented at the Seminar, organized by Birla Archaeological & Cultural Research Institute, Hyderabad; with reference to Andhra Pradesh, India.

Dedicating objects to the divine was a central component of both Greek and Roman religion. Some of the most conspicuous offerings were shaped like parts of the internal or external human body: so-calledanatomical votives. These archaeological artefacts capture the modern imagination, recalling vividly the physical and fragile bodies of the

Books about Buddhist Relic Caskets in Andhradesa

The Book presents individual studies of the epigraphy, architecture and the sculpture of the Amaravati stupa followed by a comparative study of the evidence provided by each aspect. The plates appended to the work are reproductions of the museum objects some of which had not been noticed earlier.

Books about Amarāvatī Stūpa: Text

Books about The King's Footprint

Step into a Burmese temple built between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries and you are surrounded by a riot of color and imagery. The majority of the highly detailed wall paintings displays Buddhist biographical narratives, inspiring the devotees to follow the Buddha’s teachings. Alexandra Green goes one step

This volume provides the first comprehensive chronology of the earliest known stone sculptures from the north Indian city of Mathura. It includes new evidence for the reattribution of objects, emergence of the anthropomorphic Buddha image, and predominance of a heterodox sect of Jainism.

Books about East and West