Author : Niels Gutschow
Publisher : Edition Axel Menges
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 48,8 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 3930698757
Includes not only architectural information, but also the cultural significance of these Buddhist monuments.
Author : David Waterhouse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 34,1 MB
Release : 2004-10-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1134383649
Brian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820 to 1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. Contributors from leading historians of Nepal and South Asia and from specialists in Buddhist studies, art history, linguistics, ornithology and ethnography, critically examine Hodgson's life and achievement within the context of his contribution to scholarship. Many of the drawings photographed for this book have not previously been published.
Author : Huu Phuoc Le
Publisher : Grafikol
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 42,24 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Buddhist architecture
ISBN : 0984404309
"The volume thoroughly examines the origins and principal types of Buddhist architecture in Asia primarily between the third century BCE-twelfth century CE with an emphasis on India. It aims to construct shared architectural traits and patterns alongwith the derivative relationships between Indian and Asian Buddhist monuments. It also discusses the historical antecedents in the Indus Civilization and the religious and philosophical foundations of the three schools of Buddhism and its founder, Buddha. Previously obscure topics such as Aniconic and Vajrayana (Tantric) architecture and the four holiest sites of Buddhism will also be covered in this comprehensive volume. The author further investigates the influences of Buddhist architecture upon Islamic, Christian, and Hindu architecture that have been overlooked by past scholars."
Author : Nepal Research Centre
Publisher :
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 35,45 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Bibliography, National
ISBN :
Vols for 1981-82 also include Nepalese national bibliography for 1981-82
Author : Eric Huntington
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,89 MB
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0295744073
Winner, 2018 Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities Buddhist representations of the cosmos across nearly two thousand years of history in Tibet, Nepal, and India show that cosmology is a rich language for the expression of diverse religious ideas, with cosmological thinking at the center of Buddhist thought, art, and practice. In Creating the Universe, Eric Huntington presents examples of visual art and architecture, primary texts, ritual ideologies, and material practices—accompanied by extensive explanatory diagrams—to reveal the immense complexity of cosmological thinking in Himalayan Buddhism. Employing comparisons across function, medium, culture, and history, he exposes cosmology as a fundamental mode of engagement with numerous aspects of religion, from preliminary lessons to the highest rituals for enlightenment. This wide-ranging work will interest scholars and students of many fields, including Buddhist studies, religious studies, art history, and area studies. Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/creating-the-universe
Author : John C. Huntington
Publisher : Serindia Publications, Inc.
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 35,77 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Art, Tantric-Buddhist
ISBN : 1932476016
Published in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition co-organized by the Columbus Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this hefty, oversize (10x13 catalogue features approximately 160 powerful masterpieces of Indian, Nepalese, Tibetan, Chinese, and Mongolian art produced over the pa
Author : Axel Michaels
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 35,8 MB
Release : 2024-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0197650937
This comprehensive history of Nepal spans pre-historic times and the Licchavi Period to more recent developments, such as the Maoist insurgency and the rise of the republic. In addition to religious history and histories of selected regions (Mustang, Sherpa, Tarai, and others), it covers the nation's relations with its powerful neighbors and its cultural aspects, especially its rich history of arts, architecture, and crafts.
Author : D. Christian Lammerts
Publisher : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 22,18 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9814762059
The study of historical Buddhism in premodern and early modern Southeast Asia stands at an exciting and transformative juncture. Interdisciplinary scholarship is marked by a commitment to the careful examination of local and vernacular expressions of Buddhist culture as well as to reconsiderations of long-standing questions concerning the diffusion of and relationships among varied texts, forms of representation, and religious identities, ideas, and practices. The twelve essays in this collection, written by leading scholars in Buddhist Studies and Southeast Asian history, epigraphy, and archaeology, comprise the latest research in the field to deal with the dynamics of mainland and (pen)insular Buddhism between the sixth and nineteenth centuries C.E. Drawing on new manuscript sources, inscriptions, and archaeological data, they investigate the intellectual, ritual, institutional, sociopolitical, aesthetic, and literary diversity of local Buddhisms, and explore their connected histories and contributions to the production of intraregional and transregional Buddhist geographies.
Author : Nanda R. Shrestha
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 50,94 MB
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : History
ISBN : 144227770X
Nepal is a living example of contrasts and contradictions.It is a country that was born in medieval times, grew up in the 16th century, and now finds itself engulfed in the high-tech gadgets and material marvels of the 21st century. Nepal has its share of problem which include inadequate economic development and social infrastructure, poverty and corruption, plus worsening pollution, but now it finally has relative peace and quiet after a hasty Maoist uprising. Indeed, it has passed through several democratic elections, and finally seems to be getting on the right track. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Nepal contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Nepal.
Author : UNESCO Office Kathmandu
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 14,59 MB
Release : 2015-07-20
Category : Cultural property
ISBN : 9231000705
