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Jewish Studies Between the Disciplines: Judaistik Zwischen Den Disziplinen : Papers in Honor of Peter Schafer on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday

By Giuseppe Veltri , Peter Schafer , Margarete Schluter

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2003
ISBN
9004135650, 9789004135659
ISSN
1570–1522
Open Library ID
OL9084779M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3050550 bytes)
Pages
502\526
Time added
2012-03-17 06:00:00

Description

This volume provides the first comprehensive analysis and chronology of the earliest known stone sculptures from the north Indian city of Mathura, dating prior to the famous Kushan period. It includes numerous new attributions of objects based primarily on epigraphic and visual analysis. The sculptures attributable to these pre-Kushan periods reveal new evidence for the reasons behind the emergence of the anthropomorphic image of the Buddha at Mathura, the predominance of a heterodox sect of Jainism, and the proliferation of cults of nature divinities. This book provides a wealth of reference material useful for historians of early Indian art, religion, and epigraphy. The book is illustrated with over three hundred photographs, and it includes epigraphic appendices with complete transcriptions and updated translations.

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