Main entry:

Shimada, Akira, 1968-

Title & Author:

Early Buddhist architecture in context : the great stūpa at Amarāvatī (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE) / by Akira Shimada.

Publication:

Lieden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Description:

xxiii : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Brill's Indological library ; 43

Notes:
Outgrowth of the author's thesis (doctoral--University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260) and index.
I Discovery of the Stupa and Early Excavations 3 -- II Historiography 11 -- 1 Archaeological, Epigraphic and Art-Historical Analysis 11 -- 2 Historical Analysis 19 -- 3 Methodological Problems 22 -- III Possible Approaches 24 -- 1 Comprehensive Examination of the Objects in Site Context 25 -- 2 Intensive Survey of Archaeological and Epigraphic Data for Recovering Regional History 26 -- 3 Active Reading of the Archaeological and Epigraphic Data 26 -- IV The Scheme of This Study 27 -- 1 Dynastic History 31 -- I The Pre-Historic and Geographical Setting 31 -- 1 The Lower Krishna Valley 31 -- 2 Pre-Historic Settlements 33 -- 3 Amaravati 35 -- II The Early Historic Period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE) 37 -- 1 The Mauryan Period 37 -- 2 The Post-Mauryan Period 39 -- 3 The Sadas 40 -- 4 The Satavahanas 42 -- 5 The Iksvakus 47 -- III Chronological Framework 48 -- 1 The Starting Date of the Later Satavahanas 49 -- 2 The Termination Date of the Later Satavahanas 51 -- 3 The Date of the Sadas 54 -- 4 The Early Satavahanas 54 -- Summary 58 -- 2 Chronological And Architectural Reconstruction 59 -- I Mauryan Foundation of the Stupa and Early Period of Construction (ca. 200-100 BCE) 59 -- 1 Foundation of the Stupa 59 -- 2 Date for the Earliest Architectural Remains 66 -- 3 Dimensions of the Early Stupa 72 -- 4 Link to Pre-Buddhist Building Traditions 75 -- II Late Period of Construction (ca. 50 BCE-250 CE) 81 -- 1 Enlargement of the Stupa 81 -- 2 Construction of a New Limestone Railing 82 -- 3 Refurbishment of the Stupa 104 -- Summary 112 -- 3 Social Development 113 -- I Transition to Early Historic Society: The Mauryan Period 113 -- II Formation of Proto States: The Post-Mauryan Period 116 -- 1 Localization of State Infrastructures 116 -- 2 Socio-Economic Development 119 -- III Expansion and Intensification: The Sada-Satavahana Period 123 -- 1 From Regional State to Inter-regional State 123 -- 2 Expansion of Socio-Economic Spaces 128 -- IV The Transformation of Society: Epigraphic Evidence 135 -- 1 The Prevalence of Writing 136 -- 2 Distintegration of Traditional Society 142 -- Summary 145 -- 4 Buddhist Patronage 147 -- I The Development of Buddhist Patronage 148 -- 1 The Rise of the Urban Ethic in Early Historic India 148 -- 2 Buddhist Patronage 151 -- II Organization of Buddhist Construction Work 155 -- 1 The Laymen: the Intermediaries 155 -- 2 The Samgha: the Supervisor 158 -- 3 The Kings: A Catalyst 160 -- 4 Stupa: The Architecture of Collective Patronage 163 -- Summary 168 -- 5 City and Monastery 171 -- I The Spatial Relationship between Buddhist Monasteries and Cities 172 -- II Components of the 'Outside' Spaces 182 -- 1 Funerary Spaces 182 -- 2 Trade/Exchange 183 -- III Nature of the 'Outside' Spaces 185 -- 1 Insecurity 186 -- 2 Impurity 186 -- 3 Transcendence 188 -- IV Social Roles of Buddhist Monasteries in Peripheral Spaces 191 -- Summary 196.

Summary:

"Since the dramatic discovery and tragic destruction of the monument in the 19th century, the Amaravati stupa in the south-east Deccan has attracted many scholars but has also left many unanswered questions. Akira Shimada's Early Buddhist Architecture in Context provides an updated and comprehensive chronology of the stupa and its architectural development based on the latest sculptural, epigraphic and numismatic evidence combined with the survey of the early excavation records. It also examines the wider social milieu of the south-east Deccan by exploring archaeological, epigraphic and related textual evidence. These analyses reveal that the flowering of the stupa was not a simple accomplishment of the powerful Satavahana dynasty, but was the result of the long-term development of urbanization of this region between ca. 200 BCE-250 CE."--Publisher's description.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9789004232839 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9004232834 (hardback ; alk. paper)
(e-book)
9789004233263
9004233261

Subject:

Stūpas India Amaravati.
Buddhist architecture India Amaravati.
Stūpas Inde Amarāvatī.
Architecture bouddhique Inde Amarāvatī.
Buddhist architecture.
Buildings.
Stūpas.
Buddhistische Kunst
Geschichtsschreibung
Stupa
Amaravati (India) Buildings, structures, etc.
India Amaravati.
Amaravati

Added entries:

Brill's Indological library ; 43.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280882
Call No.: BIB 217935
Status: Available