Early Buddhist architecture in context : the great stupa at Amaravati (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE) / / by Akira Shimada.

• Author: Shimada, Akira, 1968-
• प्रकाशन का वर्ष : 2013
• भाषा: English
• श्रृंखला: Brill's Indological library ; v. 43; Brill's Indological Library 43.
• भौतिक वर्णन: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• टिप्पणियाँ: Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies).

Since the dramatic discovery and tragic destruction of the monument in the 19th century, the Amarāvatī stūpa in the south-east Deccan has attracted many scholars but has also left many unanswered questions. Akira Shimada's Early Buddhist Architecture in Context provides an updated and comprehen...