Early Buddhist Architecture in Context

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Early Buddhist Architecture in Context
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ISBN-10 : 9789004232839
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Book Synopsis Early Buddhist Architecture in Context by : Akira Shimada

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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