The Buddhist Architecture of Gandhāra Kurt Behrendt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Behrendt, Kurt.

Series:

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia 17.

Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist architecture--Gandhara (Pakistan and Afghanistan).

Buddhist architecture.

Sculpture, Gandhara--Gandhara (Pakistan and Afghanistan).

Sculpture, Gandhara.

Buddhist sculpture--Gandhara (Pakistan and Afghanistan).

Buddhist sculpture.

Architecture bouddhique--Gandhara (Pakistan et Afghanistan).

Architecture bouddhique.

Sculpture du Gandhara--Gandhara (Pakistan et Afghanistan).

Sculpture du Gandhara.

Sculpture bouddhique--Gandhara (Pakistan et Afghanistan).

Sculpture bouddhique.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 335 pages, 98 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2004.

Summary:

Gandhara, with its wide variety of architectural remains and sculptures, has for many decades perplexed students of South and Central Asia. Kurt Behrendt in this volume for the first time and convincingly offers a description of the development of 2nd century B.C.E. to 8th century C.E. Buddhist sacred centers in ancient Gandhara, today northwest Pakistan. Regional variations in architecture and sculpture in the Peshawar basin, Swat, and Taxila are discussed. At last a chronological framework is given for the architecture and the sculpture of Gandhara, but also light is being shed on how relic structures were utilized through time, as devotional imagery became increasingly significant to Buddhist religious practice. With an important comparative overview of architectural remains, it is indispensable for all those interested in the development of the early Buddhist tradition of south and central Asia and the roots of Buddhism elsewhere in Asia.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Kurt A. Behrendt

Introduction / Kurt A. Behrendt

Overview of Greater Gandhāra / Kurt A. Behrendt

Architecture and Sculpture from Phase I / Kurt A. Behrendt

The Development of Relic Shrines: Phases I and II / Kurt A. Behrendt

The Phase II Sacred Area / Kurt A. Behrendt

The Phase II Distribution and Function of Sculpture / Kurt A. Behrendt

Phase III Architecture and Sculpture from Taxila / Kurt A. Behrendt

Phase III and IV Architecture in the Peshawar Basin / Kurt A. Behrendt

Phase III Sculpture in the Peshawar Basin / Kurt A. Behrendt

Buddhist Architecture and Sculpture of Gandhāra: Conclusions / Kurt A. Behrendt

The Four-Phase Chronological System / Kurt A. Behrendt

Dating Gandhāran Sculpture / Kurt A. Behrendt

Reuse of Images and Its Bearing on the Dating of Gandhāran Sculpture / Kurt A. Behrendt

Numeric Count of Sculpture Types from Some Peshawar Basin Sites / Kurt A. Behrendt

Glossary / Kurt A. Behrendt

Bibliography / Kurt A. Behrendt

Index / Kurt A. Behrendt

Handbbook of Oriental Studies / Kurt A. Behrendt

Dharmarajika Complex / Kurt A. Behrendt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-474-1257-5

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047412571 DOI