Author: British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
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Category : Coins, Bactrian
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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Author: Percy Gardner
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781332959716
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Excerpt from The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum After this expedition, for the period of a century, that is to say during the third century before our era, India proper was governed altogether by native rulers the'power of the Seleucidae and Greek kings of Bactria stopping at the Indian Caucasus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Edinburgh University Library
Publisher: Edinburgh : T. and A. Constable
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1404

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Author: British Museum Dept of Coins and Medal
Publisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781377247281
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Spink & Son
Publisher:
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Category : Numismatics
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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Author: Yuvraj Krishan
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
ISBN: 9788121505659
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Illustrations: 247 b/w illustrations Description: This book deals with crucial though controversial questions in Buddhist art: the origin of the Buddha image and the iconography of the Buddha images. The earliest Buddhist art of Sanchi and Bharhut is aniconic : The Buddha is represented in symbols only. In the later Buddhist art of Gandhara and Mathura, the Buddha is represented in human form: he is the principal subject of sculptural art. The book seeks to explore the geographical area in which the image of the Buddha first emerged and whether the Buddhist doctrines-Hinayana or Mahayana-had anything to do with this transformation. The Buddha image, as developed eventually at Sarnath, became the model for the Buddha images in whole of Asia, south-east, central and eastern Asia. The iconographic features of the Buddha image are superficially an aberration, being in apparent conflict with the doctrine. The Buddha had cut off his hair at the time of his renunciation; the rules of the order enjoin that a monk must be tonsured and must discard and eschew all riches. However, in his images, the Buddha has hair on his head; later he is also endowed with a crown and jewels. After an exhaustive examination of the views of various scholars, the book answers these questions and resolves the controversies on the basis of literary, numismatic and epigraphic sources. More importantly it makes use of the valuable evidence from the contemporaneous Jaina art : Aniconism of early Jaina art and the iconographic features of Jaina images. The implications of this study are also important : Does India owe idolatry to Buddhism? Was this of foreign inspiration? Was the Buddha image fashioned after the Vedic Brahma and whether the Buddha's usnisa and Buddhist art motifs are rooted in the Vedic tradition? The book is profusely illustrated and provides rich and stimulating fare to students of Indian art in general and of Buddhist art in particular.

Author: British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coins, Bactrian
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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Publisher: Alpha Edition
ISBN: 9789353899226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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Author: Percy Gardner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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Author: Gardner Percy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780259701958
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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