Buddhist Archaeology in Andhra Pradesh
Author : B. Subrahmanyam
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 18,48 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Buddhist antiquities
ISBN : 9788192072739
Author : B. Subrahmanyam
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 18,48 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Buddhist antiquities
ISBN : 9788192072739
Author : K. R. Subramanian
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 34,36 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788120604445
Author : Andhra Pradesh (India). Department of Archaeology
Publisher :
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 24,80 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Andhra Pradesh (India)
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Publisher :
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 39,98 MB
Release : 2005
Category :
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Author : J. Krishna Kumari
Publisher : Readworthy
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 49,51 MB
Release : 2013-08-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8193534565
Tourism is one of the potential segments of economy to promote both direct and indirect employment opportunities and thereby national income. It also plays a significant role in promotion of mutual understanding among people of different lands and cultures. This book attempts to study the prospects of tourism in Andhra Pradesh, with special emphasis on Buddhist Circuits. Taking a lose look at the development of tourism in the state, it traces the history, sites and monuments of Buddhism. It also presents a detailed study of Buddhist Circuits and tourism in the state.
Author : Lars Fogelin
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 11,77 MB
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 0199948232
""Examines Indian Buddhism from its origins in c. 500 BCE, through its ascendance in the first millennium CE and subsequent decline in mainland South Asia by c. 1400 CE"--Provided by publisher"--
Author : Catherine Becker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 13,66 MB
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199359415
In this wide-ranging exploration of the creation and use of Buddhist art in Andhra Pradesh, India, Catherine Becker examines how material remains and visual experiences shape and reveal essential human concerns. Shifting Stones, Shaping the Past addresses the fundamental Buddhist question of how humanity progresses centuries after the passing of its teacher, the Buddha Sakyamuni. How might the Buddha's distant teachings be made immediate and accessible? Beginning with an analysis of the spectacular relief sculptures that once adorned the stupas. Over a period of almost two millennia, many of these stupas have fallen into disrepair. While it is tempting to view these monuments as ruins, they are by no means "dead." Turning to the 20th and 21st centuries, Becker analyzes examples of new Buddhist imagery, recent state-sponsored tourism campaigns, and new devotional activities at the sites in order to demonstrate that the stupas of Andhra Pradesh and their sculptural adornments continue to engage the human imagination and are even ascribed innate power and agency. Shifting Stones, Shaping the Past reveals intriguing parallels between ancient uses of imagery and the new social, political, and religious functions of these objects and spaces.
Author : Devarapalli Jithendra Das
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 21,86 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Buddhist temples
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Author : Akira Shimada
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 16,84 MB
Release : 2012-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004233261
Since the dramatic discovery and tragic destruction of the monument in the 19th century, the Amarāvatī stūpa in the south-east Deccan has attracted many scholars but has also left many unanswered questions. Akira Shimada's Early Buddhist Architecture in Context provides an updated and comprehensive chronology of the stūpa and its architectural development based on the latest sculptural, epigraphic and numismatic evidence combined with the survey of the early excavation records. It also examines the wider social milieu of the south-east Deccan by exploring archaeological, epigraphic and related textual evidence. These analyses reveal that the flowering of the stūpa was not a simple accomplishment of the powerful Sātavāhana dynasty, but was the result of the long-term development of urbanization of this region between ca. 200 BCE-250 CE.
Author : Lars Fogelin
Publisher : AltaMira Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 2006-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0759114447
How do archaeologists explore the various dimensions of religion? Lars Fogelin uses archaeological work at Thotlakonda in Southern India as his lens in a broader examination of Buddhist monastic life. He discovers the tension between the desired isolation of the monastery and the mutual engagement with neighbors in the Early Historic Period. He also sketches how religious architectural design and use of landscape helped to shaped these relationships. Drawing on historical accounts, religious documents, and inscriptions, as well as results of his systematic archaeological survey, Fogelin is able to shed new light on the ritual and material workings of Early Buddhism in this region, and shows how archaeology can contribute to our understanding of religious practice.