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The Art Of Gandhara In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
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Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2007
The Art Of Gandhara In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art categories.
The Grandeur Of Gandhara
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Author : Rafi U. Samad
language : en
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Release Date : 2011
The Grandeur Of Gandhara written by Rafi U. Samad and has been published by Algora Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
The northwestern regions of Pakistan and southeastern regions of Afghanistan were once the heart of a highly developed civilization whose cultural impact was felt from China to Persia. A major center of Buddhism, its cultural attainments were highlights of ancient civilization. The author's research, accompanied by some 60 illustrations, offers Americans an entirely new understanding of the desolate region shown on the nightly news. The Persian, Greek and Central Asian invasions of Gandhara, rather than causing wide scale destruction in the region, promoted the development of a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic society. After a gestation period of about half a millennium, this region blossomed into a unique civilization in the opening years of the Common Era. Detailed archaeological excavations were started at sites in northern Pakistan and Afghanistan in the late-19th century. Through these excavations, eminent archaeologists such as Aurel Stein, Alexander Cunningham, John Marshall, J. Barthoux and Professor A.H. Dani recovered hundreds of thousands of beautiful stone sculptures belonging to the Gandhara Civilization. In the last century or so, much has been written about the artistic quality of these beautiful stone sculptures. But hardly anything has been written about the Civilization itself that gave birth to these extraordinary pieces of art. In this book an effort has been made to present Gandhara in its wider perspective, highlighting the different features of a unique civilization in which many different races contributed and many cultures merged to bring about a major sociological change and establish a distinct cultural identity in this region of the South Asian sub-continent. This book is based on the author's analysis of archaeologists' reports, information gathered through extended visits to numerous archaeological sites associated with the lost Gandhara Civilization including those in the Taxila, Peshawar, Charsadda, Mardan and Swat regions in Pakistan, and study in museums. His research reveals a great deal of continuity in the field of socio-cultural development of the region, which is referred to in this book as Greater Gandhara, from the time it became a part of the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BCE till the end of Kidara Kushan's rule in the 5th century CE. Further, it reveals that after the Achaemenids had established the physical and administrative infrastructure in Greater Gandhara, the continuity in socio-cultural development in the region was maintained mainly by the growing Buddhist population. This book illustrates the spirit of independence and features in the character of the ancient people of the Gandhara region which facilitated the sustained progress towards the emergence of the Gandhara Civilization. Following the invasion of Alexander the Great, his successors had no difficulty in colonizing Bactria (Northern Afghanistan) and Sogdia (Uzbekistan), but they could not do the same in Gandhara. Similarly the Scythians, Parthians and the Kushans ruled over the Central Asian region as colonizers, but not so in Gandhara. Here they ruled not over the people, but with the people. Their administration was highly de-centralized, with the locals playing a major role in the regional administration and having a major say in the social and cultural affairs of the entire population. Finally, the book highlights the interactive environment which prevailed in Gandhara throughout the transient and mature phases of the Gandhara Civilization: Alexander's companions hobnobbing with the naked fakirs of Taxila; Menander, the great Indus-Greek ruler, finding time to engage in prolonged question-and-answer sessions with Buddhist scholars at the monastery near Sagala (Sialkot); and the greatest of the Kushan conquerors, Kanishka, finding pleasure in the company of local intellectuals and artists such as Asvaghosha and Vasumitra, and presiding over the official launch of Mahayana Buddhism.
Buddhism And Gandhara
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Author : Himanshu Prabha Ray
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-12-01
Buddhism And Gandhara written by Himanshu Prabha Ray and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-01 with History categories.
Gandhara is a name central to Buddhist heritage and iconography. It is the ancient name of a region in present-day Pakistan, bounded on the west by the Hindu Kush mountain range and to the north by the foothills of the Himalayas. ‘Gandhara’ is also the term given to this region’s sculptural and architectural features between the first and sixth centuries CE. This book re-examines the archaeological material excavated in the region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and traces the link between archaeological work, histories of museum collections and related interpretations by art historians. The essays in the volume underscore the diverse cultural traditions of Gandhara – from a variety of sources and perspectives on language, ethnicity and material culture (including classical accounts, Chinese writings, coins and Sanskrit epics) – as well as interrogate the grand narrative of Hellenism of which Gandhara has been a part. The book explores the making of collections of what came to be described as Gandhara art and reviews the Buddhist artistic tradition through notions of mobility and dynamic networks of transmission. Wide ranging and rigorous, this volume will appeal to scholars and researchers of early South Asian history, archaeology, religion (especially Buddhist studies), art history and museums.
Handbuch Der Orientalistik
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Author : Kurt A. Behrendt
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2004
Handbuch Der Orientalistik written by Kurt A. Behrendt and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Religion categories.
Kurt Behrendt in this book for the first time and convincingly offers a description of the development of 2nd century B.C.E. to 8th century C.E. Buddhist sacred centers in ancient Gandhara, today northwest Pakistan.
Buddhist Literature Of Ancient Gandhara
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Author : Salomon Richard
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2018-04-17
Buddhist Literature Of Ancient Gandhara written by Salomon Richard and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-17 with Religion categories.
Discover the fascinating history of a long-hidden Buddhist culture at a historic crossroads. In the years following Alexander the Great’s conquest of the East, a series of empires rose up along the Silk Road. In what is now northern Pakistan, the civilizations in the region called Gandhara became increasingly important centers for the development of Buddhism, reaching their apex under King Kaniska of the Kusanas in the second century CE. Gandhara has long been known for its Greek-Indian synthesis in architecture and statuary, but until about twenty years ago, almost nothing was known about its literature. The insights provided by manuscripts unearthed over the last few decades show that Gandhara was indeed a vital link in the early development of Buddhism, instrumental in both the transmission of Buddhism to China and the rise of the Mahayana tradition. The Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara surveys what we know about Gandhara and its Buddhism, and it also provides translations of a dozen different short texts, from similes and stories to treatises on time and reality.
Notes On The Ancient Geography Of Gandhara
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Author : A. Hargreaves Foucher
language : en
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
Release Date : 2005
Notes On The Ancient Geography Of Gandhara written by A. Hargreaves Foucher and has been published by Asian Educational Services this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.
Buddha In Gandhara
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
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Cultural History Of Kapisa And Gandhara
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Author : Nilima Sen Gupta
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Cultural History Of Kapisa And Gandhara written by Nilima Sen Gupta and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Gandhara (Pakistan and Afghanistan) categories.
Gandharan Buddhism
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Author : Kurt Behrendt
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
Gandharan Buddhism written by Kurt Behrendt and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with Religion categories.
The ancient region of Gandhara, with its prominent Buddhist heritage, has long fascinated scholars of art history, archaeology, and textual studies. Discoveries of inscriptions, text fragments, sites, and artworks in the last decade have added new pieces to the Gandharan puzzle, redefining how we understand the region and its cultural complexity. The essays in this volume reassess Gandharan Buddhism in light of these findings, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach that illuminates the complex historical and cultural dynamics of the region. By integrating archaeology, art history, numismatics, epigraphy, and textual sources, the contributors articulate the nature of Gandharan Buddhism and its practices, along with the significance of the relic tradition. Contributions by several giants in the field, including Shoshin Kuwayama, John Rosenfield, and the late Maurizio Taddei, set the geographical, historical, and archaeological parameters for the collection. The result is a productive interdisciplinary conversation on the enigmatic nature of Gandharan Buddhism that joins together a number of significant pieces in a complex cultural mosaic. It will appeal to a large and diverse readership, including those interested in the early Buddhist religious tradition of Asia and its art, as well as specialists in the study of South and Central Asian Buddhist art, archaeology, and texts. A Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and Comparative Religion.
Gandhara
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Author : Muhammad Ashraf Khan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Gandhara written by Muhammad Ashraf Khan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art, Buddhist categories.