Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India

by Michael D. Willis

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Relics played a key role in early Buddhism. As Buddhism spread across Asia, so did the cult of relics and practice of building shrines to contain them. The 24 reliquaries from Sanchi and neighbouring sites in central India are the earliest examples known. This is a catalogue of this important material. All the reliquaries are illustrated, and critical editions of all the inscriptional texts are provided. The introduction examines early relic worship and the control of sacred space by the show more early monastic community, provides a reassessment of early Indian history, based on inscriptions and numismatics, and re-evaluates the chronology of early Indian sculpture. show less

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Michael D. Willis
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Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Art & Design, History
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732.44 — Arts & recreation Sculpture, ceramics & metalwork Sculpture from earliest times to ca. 500, sculpture of nonliterate peoples
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NK1676 .W55 — Fine Arts 3600-(9990) Other arts and art industries Decorative arts Religious art
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