Author: Sakti Kali Basu
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Category : Art, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The present monograph makes an analytical and exhaustive study of different iconic representations appearing in numerous terracotta plaques and also in uninscribed and inscribed seals (carrying legends in Brahmi, Kharoshi and/ or a mixed script called kharoshi-Brahmi), besides a number of Articrafts in stone, ivory and wood found in ancient Vanga that included within its limits the lower West Bengal and the coastal zone of Bangladesh upto the mouth of the Padma or rather the joint streams of the Padma Meghna and Brahmaputra, The critical study shows that an undercurrent force of polytheistic beliefs was prevailing in the land of ancient Vanga during the post-Maurya and pre-Gupta period and deities of Brahmanical faith, of Buddhist religion and of local origin were allowed to be adorned and worshipped in a spirit of peaceful religious co-exixtence.
Development of Iconography in Pre-Gupta Vaṅga
Author: Sakti Kali Basu
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The present monograph makes an analytical and exhaustive study of different iconic representations appearing in numerous terracotta plaques and also in uninscribed and inscribed seals (carrying legends in Brahmi, Kharoshi and/ or a mixed script called kharoshi-Brahmi), besides a number of Articrafts in stone, ivory and wood found in ancient Vanga that included within its limits the lower West Bengal and the coastal zone of Bangladesh upto the mouth of the Padma or rather the joint streams of the Padma Meghna and Brahmaputra, The critical study shows that an undercurrent force of polytheistic beliefs was prevailing in the land of ancient Vanga during the post-Maurya and pre-Gupta period and deities of Brahmanical faith, of Buddhist religion and of local origin were allowed to be adorned and worshipped in a spirit of peaceful religious co-exixtence.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The present monograph makes an analytical and exhaustive study of different iconic representations appearing in numerous terracotta plaques and also in uninscribed and inscribed seals (carrying legends in Brahmi, Kharoshi and/ or a mixed script called kharoshi-Brahmi), besides a number of Articrafts in stone, ivory and wood found in ancient Vanga that included within its limits the lower West Bengal and the coastal zone of Bangladesh upto the mouth of the Padma or rather the joint streams of the Padma Meghna and Brahmaputra, The critical study shows that an undercurrent force of polytheistic beliefs was prevailing in the land of ancient Vanga during the post-Maurya and pre-Gupta period and deities of Brahmanical faith, of Buddhist religion and of local origin were allowed to be adorned and worshipped in a spirit of peaceful religious co-exixtence.
Archaeology of Eastern India
Author: Sheena Panja
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
The book highlights the emperical work in diverse archaeological areas of Eastern india & deals with related problems of the region. Like new.
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
The book highlights the emperical work in diverse archaeological areas of Eastern india & deals with related problems of the region. Like new.
Indian National Bibliography
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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American Book Publishing Record
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography Mainly Based on the Sādhanamālā and Other Cognate Tāntric Texts of Rituals
Author: Benoytosh Bhattacharyya
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Excavation at Wari-Bateshwar
Author: Enamul Haque
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Category : Bateshwar (Bangladesh)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Category : Bateshwar (Bangladesh)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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The Indianized States of Southeast Asia
Author: George Coedès
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824803681
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Traces the story of India's expansion that is woven into the culture of Southeast Asia.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824803681
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Traces the story of India's expansion that is woven into the culture of Southeast Asia.
The "Påala-Sena" Schools of Sculpture
Author: Susan L. Huntington
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN: 9789004068568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN: 9789004068568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Sun Worship in Ancient India
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ISBN: 9788171105588
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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ISBN: 9788171105588
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Iconography of Buddhist and Brahmanical Sculptures in the Dacca Museum
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ISBN: 9788121225205
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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ISBN: 9788121225205
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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