The Buddhist Caves at Aurangabad: Transformations in Art and Religion
The Buddhist Caves at Aurangabad: Transformations in Art and Religion

Author: Pia Brancaccio

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-12-17

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9004192123

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Drawing on a large corpus of cross-disciplinary evidence, this book sheds light on the life of the Aurangabad caves and offers new interpretations on the development of Buddhist art and practice in the region, from the diffusion of early rock-cut monasteries to the advent of Mahayana and the emergence of esoteric art and rituals.

Cultural and Visual Flux at Early Historical Bagh in Central India
Cultural and Visual Flux at Early Historical Bagh in Central India

Author: Archana Verma

Publisher: Archana Verma

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 1407301519

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A study of the region around the early historical Buddhist monastery in Bagh, in the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India; a special focus is given to the local cave art. The author argues that the visual art represents the religious assimilation by Buddhism, an approach caused by the process of transformation through three successive phases. The evolution of a Brahmanic class is also traced, together with the impact of Brahmanic ritual and class structures on the artwork of the monastery.