The book, an outcome of the research papers presented in the International Conference on `The Heritage of Nalanda' held at Nalanda (February 12 to 14, 2006), is a landmark in the field of scholarship. In its six parts with its critical delineation, has a veritable coverage as: (i) History. (ii) Art and Archaeology, (iii) Early Medieval Scholasticism: Logic, Philosophy and Esoterism, (iv) Literature, (v) Monastic Education: Ideals of Nalanda Mahavihara, and (vi) Nalanda Experience. The strikingly illustrated book is a significant contribution to the field of Buddhist studies and is valuable for a general interest reader as well as an academician.

ISBN 13: 9788173053306

ISBN 10: 8173053308

Year: 2008

Pages etc.: xl,296p., (61)col. pls., (26)ill., bibl., ind., 31x23cm.

Binding: Hardbound

Subject(s): Archaeology, Buddhism