The Buddhist caves at Aurangabad [electronic resource] : transformations in art and religion / by Pia Brancaccio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brancaccio, Pia, 1966-

Series:

Brill's Indological library ; v. 34.

Brill's Indological library, 0925-2916 ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist art--India--Deccan.

Buddhist art.

Buddhist architecture--India--Deccan.

Buddhist architecture.

Buddhist art--India--Aurangabad Caves.

Buddhist architecture--India--Aurangabad Caves.

Aurangabad Caves (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a study that focuses on the art and architecture of a group of Buddhist rock-cut monuments excavated on the western edge of the Deccan Plateau in India. It analyses the various cultural, historical and religious phenomena that shaped the caves at Aurangabad through the first seven centuries of the Common Era and it comments on the Buddhist tradition of the western Deccan as a whole. The result is a comprehensive work that does not address exclusively iconography and chronology, but looks beyond Aurangabad to the larger artistic and religious traditions of the Indian Subcontinent.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / P. Brancaccio

Introduction: Why Aurangabad? / P. Brancaccio

Chapter One. The Caves / P. Brancaccio

Chapter Two. The Beginnings At Aurangabad / P. Brancaccio

Chapter Three. The Aurangabad Renaissance In The Fifth Century / P. Brancaccio

Chapter Four. Buddhist Practice At Aurangabad In The Sixth Century / P. Brancaccio

Chapter Five. The Eastern Group Of Caves / P. Brancaccio

Chapter Six. Summary And Conclusion / P. Brancaccio

Bibliography / P. Brancaccio

Index / P. Brancaccio

Illustration Section / P. Brancaccio.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-228) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-11959-5

9786613119599

90-04-19212-3

OCLC:

729863838

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004185258.i-332 DOI