History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura, ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE
History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura, ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE

Author: Sonya Rhie Quintanilla

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007-03-15

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 9047419308

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume provides the first comprehensive analysis and chronology of the earliest known stone sculptures from the north Indian city of Mathura, dating prior to the famous Kushan period. It includes numerous new attributions of objects based primarily on epigraphic and visual analysis. The sculptures attributable to these pre-Kushan periods reveal new evidence for the reasons behind the emergence of the anthropomorphic image of the Buddha at Mathura, the predominance of a heterodox sect of Jainism, and the proliferation of cults of nature divinities. This book provides a wealth of reference material useful for historians of early Indian art, religion, and epigraphy. The book is illustrated with over three hundred photographs, and it includes epigraphic appendices with complete transcriptions and updated translations.

The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent
The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent

Author: James C. Harle

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 616

ISBN-13: 9780300062175

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Thirty years' research and first-hand knowledge of the area have enabled the author to trace the cultural contacts which have contributed to the rich mosaic of sculpture, temples, mosques, and painting that have gone towards the creation of one of the great civilizations of the world.