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020 |a9780203728543|q(e-book : PDF)
020 |a9781351394314|q(e-book: Mobi)
020 |z9781138304895|q(hardback)
024 7 |a10.4324/9780203728543 |2doi
035 |a(OCoLC)993983848
041 |aeng
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049 |aTürk Tarih Kurumu Kütüphanesi
050 4|aBQ239.S64|bR39 2018
082 04|a294.30954|bR263
100 1 |aRay, Himanshu Prabha,|eauthor.
245 10|aArchaeology and Buddhism in South Asia /|cHimanshu Prabha Ray.
264 1|aLondon :|bRoutledge,|c2018.
300 |a1 online resource (ix, 139 pages)
504 |aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 121-135) and index.
505 0 |achapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Spread of Buddhism: regional patterns -- chapter 2 The written word: language and identity -- chapter 3 Travelling relics: spreading the word of the Buddha -- chapter 4 Religious travel and rituals -- chapter 5 The shifting equations: Buddhism in a multireligious milieu.
520 |aThis book traces the archaeological trajectory of the expansion of Buddhism and its regional variations in South Asia. Focusing on the multi-religious context of the subcontinent in the first millennium BCE, the volume breaks from conventional studies that pose Buddhism as a counter to the Vedic tradition to understanding the religion more integrally in terms of dhamma (teachings of the Buddha), dana (practice of cultivating generosity) and the engagement with the written word. The work underlines that relic and image worship were important features in the spread of Buddhism in the region and were instrumental in bringing the monastics and the laity together. Further, the author examines the significance of the histories of monastic complexes (viharas, stupas, caityas) as also religious travel and pilgrimage that provided connections across the subcontinent and the seas. An interdisciplinary study, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars in South Asian studies, religion, especially Buddhist studies, history and archaeology.
650 0|aBuddhist antiquities|zSouth Asia.
650 0|aBuddhism|zSouth Asia|xHistory.
650 0|aArcheology and religion|zSouth Asia.
651 0|aSouth Asia|xHistory.
776 08|iPrint version: |z9781138304895
856 40|uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780203728543|zClick here to view.
901 |aTaylor & Francis
