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.

History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura
History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura

Author: Sonya Rhie Quintanilla

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 539

ISBN-13: 9004155376

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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.

On the Cusp of an Era
On the Cusp of an Era

Author: Doris Srinivasan

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007-04-30

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 9047420497

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

South Asian religious art became codified during the Kuṣāṇa Period (ca. beginning of the 2nd to the mid 3rd century). Yet, to date, neither the chronology nor nature of Kuṣāṇa Art, marked by great diversity, is well understood. The Kuṣāṇa Empire was huge, stretching from Uzbekistan through northern India, and its multicultural artistic expressions became the fountainhead for much of South Asian Art. The premise of this book is that Kuṣāṇa Art achieves greater clarity through analyses of the arts and cultures of the Pre- Kuṣāṇa World, those lands becoming the Empire. Fourteen papers in this book by leading experts on regional topography and connective pathways; interregional, multicultural comparisons; art historical, archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic and textual studies represent the first coordinated effort having this focus.

Mathura Art in the Baroda Museum
Mathura Art in the Baroda Museum

Author: Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar

Publisher:

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

On the sculptures and terracottas found at Mathura acquired by the Museum and Picture Gallery, Baroda.