The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces
The Archaeology of Sacred Spaces

Author: Susan Verma Mishra

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-08-05

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1317194136

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This volume focuses on the religious shrine in western India as an institution of cultural integration in the period spanning 200 BCE to 800 CE. It presents an analysis of religious architecture at multiple levels, both temporal and spatial, and distinguishes it as a ritual instrument that integrates individuals and communities into a cultural fabric. The work shows how these structures emphasise on communication with a host of audiences such as the lay worshipper, the ritual specialist, the royalty and the elite as well as the artisan and the sculptor. It also examines religious imagery, inscriptions, traditional lore and Sanskrit literature. The book will be of special interest to researchers and scholars of ancient Indian history, Hinduism, religious studies, architecture and South Asian studies.

The Sculpture of Early Medieval Rajasthan
The Sculpture of Early Medieval Rajasthan

Author: Cynthia Packert Atherton

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 9789004107892

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A survey of artistic, religious, and historical developments in early medieval Rajasthan. It analyzes patterns of change in temple sculpture and architecture, and argues for a reinterpretation of the relationship between art, religion, and politics.

Ajanta
Ajanta

Author: Sheila L. Weiner

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2022-07-15

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 0520332571

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.

Esoteric Buddhism in Mediaeval Maritime Asia
Esoteric Buddhism in Mediaeval Maritime Asia

Author: Andrea Acri

Publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

Published: 2016-09-05

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9814695084

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This volume advocates a trans-regional, and maritime-focused, approach to studying the genesis, development and circulation of Esoteric (or Tantric) Buddhism across Maritime Asia from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries ce. The book lays emphasis on the mobile networks of human agents (‘Masters’), textual sources (‘Texts’) and images (‘Icons’) through which Esoteric Buddhist traditions spread. Capitalising on recent research and making use of both disciplinary and area-focused perspectives, this book highlights the role played by Esoteric Buddhist maritime networks in shaping intra-Asian connectivity. In doing so, it reveals the limits of a historiography that is premised on land-based transmission of Buddhism from a South Asian ‘homeland’, and advances an alternative historical narrative that overturns the popular perception regarding Southeast Asia as a ‘periphery’ that passively received overseas influences. Thus, a strong point is made for the appreciation of the region as both a crossroads and rightful terminus of Buddhist cults, and for the re-evaluation of the creative and transformative force of Southeast Asian agents in the transmission of Esoteric Buddhism across mediaeval Asia.

Connections and Complexity
Connections and Complexity

Author: Shinu Anna Abraham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-16

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 1315431831

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This compilation of original research articles highlight the important cross-regional, cross-chronological, and comparative approaches to political and economic landscapes in ancient South Asia and its neighbors. Focusing on the Indus Valley period and Iron Age India, this volume incorporates new research in South Asia within the broader universe of archaeological scholarship. Contributions focus on four major themes: reinterpreting material culture; identifying domains and regional boundaries; articulating complexity; and modeling interregional interaction. These studies develop theoretical models that may be applicable researchers studying cultural complexity elsewhere in the world.

Grants and Gods in Gujarat
Grants and Gods in Gujarat

Author: Dr. Ranjana Bhattacharya

Publisher: Prowess Publishing

Published: 2021-09-08

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1545754314

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The western state of Gujarat has been a hub of religious and trading activity from the eighth century onwards. The medieval history of Gujarat unlike other states in India is not very well known. The present book analyses the religious changes in early medieval Gujarat and examines the social context especially in reference to the rise of Brahmanism, Jainism and Buddhism and their support from the local kings and chieftains.