On the Cusp of an Era: Art in the Pre-Kuṣāṇa WorldDoris Srinivasan BRILL, 2007 - 402 pages South Asian religious art became codified during the Ku a Period (ca. beginning of the 2nd to the mid 3rd century). Yet, to date, neither the chronology nor nature of Ku a Art, marked by great diversity, is well understood. The Ku a Empire was huge, stretching from Uzbekistan through northern India, and its multicultural artistic expressions became the fountainhead for much of South Asian Art. The premise of this book is that Ku a Art achieves greater clarity through analyses of the arts and cultures of the Pre- Ku a World, those lands becoming the Empire. Fourteen papers in this book by leading experts on regional topography and connective pathways; interregional, multicultural comparisons; art historical, archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic and textual studies represent the first coordinated effort having this focus. |
Table des matières
A New Concept | 1 |
Chapter Two Pathways Between Gandhàra | 29 |
aka and Kußàa | 55 |
Chapter Four Numismatic Evidence for a Chronological | 95 |
Chapter Five Acroliths from Bactria and Gandhàra | 119 |
Chapter Six Barikot An IndoGreek Urban Center | 133 |
Chapter Seven The Artistic Center of Butkara I | 165 |
Chapter Eight Kañjùr Ashlar and Diaper Masonry | 201 |
Chapter Nine Coinage from Iran to Gandhàra with | 233 |
Chapter Ten Dynastic and Institutional Connections | 267 |
Chapter Eleven Art Beauty and the Business of Running | 287 |
Chapter Twelve The PreKußàa and Early Kußàa | 319 |
Chapter Thirteen Monumental Nàginìs from Mathurà | 351 |
Multicultural | 385 |
Index | 399 |
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