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Nālandā Mahāvihāra : a critical analysis of the archaeology of an Indian Buddhist site

Title
Nālandā Mahāvihāra : a critical analysis of the archaeology of an Indian Buddhist site / Mary L. Stewart.
Author
Stewart, Mary L.
Publication
New Delhi : Manohar, 2018.

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Description
xxiii, 268 pages : illustrations, maps, plans; 25 cm
Subject
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > India > Nālandā
  • Buddhist antiquities > India > Nālandā
  • Buddhist antiquities
  • Excavations (Archaeology)
  • Nālandā Mahāvihāra Site (India)
  • India > Nālandā
  • India > Nālandā Mahāvihāra Site
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-259) and index.
Contents
Indian archaeological scholars on Nālandā -- The religious context : Buddhism according to western scholars -- The art history context: Buddhist architecture and images -- The literary context : Chinese and Tibetan literary sources -- The first explorations : British surveyors and archaeologists in Bihar, 1812-1861 -- The first archaeological survey of India, 1861-1871 -- The archaeological survey of India : Marshall, First Phase, 1916-1921 -- ASI second phase, 1921-1929 -- ASI third phase, 1929-1938 -- Evaluating the evidence : literary sources revisited -- The archaeology at Nālandā -- The archaeology at Nālandā : evaluating the recorded accounts.
ISBN
  • 9789350981146
  • 9350981149
LCCN
2018325299
OCLC
  • on1055291590
  • 1055291590
  • SCSB-9798995
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library