Early Buddhist Architecture in Context

Early Buddhist Architecture in Context
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9789004232839
ISBN-13 : 9004232834
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Book Synopsis Early Buddhist Architecture in Context by : Akira Shimada

Download or read book Early Buddhist Architecture in Context written by Akira Shimada and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-11-09 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides an updated chronology of the Amar?vat? st?pa and argues its close link with the long-term development of urbanization of this region between ca. 200 BCE-250 CE based on the latest archaeological, art-historical and epigraphic evidence.


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