This is a mainly pictorial work, featuring recent colour
photographs taken in the main by the author of the many different
styles and features of Buddhist images, stupas or dagobas and
temples found in the two oldest Buddhist countries in Asia.
Accompanying the photographs is a brief text describing the
magnificent architectural heritage of Buddhism, and also explaining
the origin and development of the images and stupas. Very little
has been published specifically on these subjects in a single
volume and presented in an attractive manner for the serious
student or the interested general reader. Older works on Buddhist
iconography and temples tend to have mainly black and white
photographs of sites which have now changed considerably, with
development by UNESCO and governments. These photographs are
current and in resplendent colour. They endeavour to exhibit the
physical expression of one of the world's major religions, which
now has many adherents in the West as well as in the East. These
Buddhist sites now attract many thousands of visitors, both
pilgrims and tourists, all year round. This book would provide a
beautiful memento of visits to some of these places, as well as
providing more information for those who wish to pursue the subject
more deeply.
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