Title: Buddhism and Gandhara: An Archaeology of Museum Collections
Abstract: List of figures List of tables Contributors Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction [Himanshu Prabha Ray] 1. Greek or Indian? The Questions of Menander and Onomastic Patterns in Early Gandhara [Stefan Baums] 2. Tis All Here. A Treasure Locked.: Unlocking the Wonder House of the Chinese Buddhist Travelogues [Max Deeg] 3. Numismatics of 'The Other': Investigating Coinage and 'Greekness' at Taxila [Shailendra Bhandare] 4. Region through Text: Representation of Gandhara in the Mahabharata [Tanni Moitra] 5. Charles Masson: A Footloose Antiquarian in Afghanistan and Building up of Numismatic Collections in the Museums in India and England [Sanjay Garg] 6. The Collection of Gandharan Art in the Residence of the Malakand Political Agent, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan [Pia Brancaccio] 7. Vajirasthana/ Bazira and Beyond: Foundation and Current Status of the Archaeological Work in Swat [Luca M. Olivieri] 8. The Beginning and Development of Gandharan Collections in German Public Museums [Britta Schneider] 9. Decoding Gandharan Art: Making of Museum Collections in India [Himanshu Prabha Ray] Index
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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