Among the treasures unearthed are hundreds of reliquaries--containers housing relics of the Buddha. This volume combines art history, Buddhist history, ancient Indian history, archaeology, epigraphy, linguistics, and numismatics to clarify the significance and function of these reliquaries.

Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries

by Elizabeth Errington, Stefan (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) Baums, David (Cultural Historian, Visiting Scholar, University Of Toronto) Jongeward e Richard (University Of Washington) Salomon

Property Description
ISBN: 9780295992365
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date: August of 2012
Language: English
Dimensions: 259 x 254 x 33 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Art > History of Art
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780295992365