Buddhist Landscapes in Central India - Sanchi Hill and Archaeologies of Religious and Social Change, c. Third Century BC to Fifth Century AD (Hardcover)

The "monumental bias" of Buddhist archaeology has hampered our understanding of the socio-religious mechanisms that enabled early Buddhist monks to establish themselves in new areas. To articulate these relationships, Shaw presents here the first integrated study of settlement archaeology and Buddhist history, carried out in the area around Sanchi, a Central Indian UNESCO World Heritage site. Her comprehensive, data-rich, and heavily illustrated work provides an archaeological basis for assessing theories regarding the dialectical relationship between Buddhism and surrounding lay populations. It also sheds light on the role of the introduction of Buddhism in changing settlement patterns.
This volume was originally published in 2007 by the British Association of South Asian Studies.

General

Imprint:	Left Coast Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	August 2013
Authors:	Julia Shaw
Dimensions:	302 x 213 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	359
ISBN-13:	978-1-61132-344-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General
LSN:	1-61132-344-4
Barcode:	9781611323443

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