Early Buddhist art of China and Central Asia, Volume 2: The Eastern Chin and Sixteen Kingdoms Period in China and Tumshuk, Kucha and Karashahr in Central Asia

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Volume two of Marylin Rhie's widely acclaimed and formative multi-volume work presents a comprehensive, scholarly and detailed study of the Buddhist art of China and Central Asia from 316-439 A.D. during the formative early periods of Buddhism in the Eastern Chin and Sixteen Kingdoms Period. Using texts translated from the Chinese together with stylistic and technical analyses, the chronology and sources of the art are more clearly defined than in previous studies for the regions of South and North China (other than Kansu) and the important sites of Tumshuk, Kucha and Karashahr on the Northern Silk Route in eastern Central Asia. Furthermore, by incorporating extensive religious and historical materials, this work not only contributes to clarifying the regional characteristics of the art, but also offers new insights into the broader, interregional relationships of this politically fragmented period. Text Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of maps Introduction Part I: China: The Eastern Chin in the South (317-420) and Various Dynasties in the North During the Sixteen Kingdoms Period (316-439 A.D.) 1. BUDDHISM AND BUDDHIST ART IN THE SOUTH UNDER THE EASTERN CHIN (317-420) I. Aspects ef Buddhism II. Buddhist Monasteries, Stupas and Images from Literary Sources III. Remains of Buddhist Art and Related Works IV. Summary Conclusions to Chapter 1 2. BUDDHISM AND BUDDHIST ART IN THE NORTH (ca. 317-439 AD.) I. Phase I: Former Chao (319-329) and Later Chao (330-352 A.D.) II. Phase II: Former Ch'in (351-385/394 A.D.), Former Yen (352-370), Western Yen (384-394), Later Yen (384-408), and the Rise ef the T'o-pa (?-398) III. Phase III: Later Ch'in (386-418), Ta Hsia (407-431), Southern Yen (398-410), Northern Yen (409-438), and Ear(y (Northern) Wei (398-439) Part II: Central Asia: The Northern Silk Road in Eastern Central Asia: Sites and Art of Tumshuk, Kucha and Karashahr 3. TUMSHUK I. Introduction II. Toqquz-Sarai III. Tumshuk-Tagh IV. Conclusions: Summary and Earty Chronology ef Sites and Sculptures at Tumshuk 4. THE KUCHA OASIS I. History ef the Kucha Regi,on: Han Dynasry-Sixteen Kingdoms Period II. Buddhism in the Kucha Region III. Buddhist Sites and Art Remains IV. Conclusions: Kucha 5. KARASHAHR I. Introduction II. Buddhist Remains ef the Shorchuk Ming-oi Site III. Buddhist Remains ef Khora IV. Conclusions: Karashahr Conclusions: Volume II Bibliography Index Illustrations Abbreviated List of Illustrations and Drawings Color Plates