Essays and studies in the Art of Kucha
Konczak-Nagel, Ines and Monika Zin
₹ 3495.00
The series Leipzig Kucha Studies, in which seventeen volumes are planned, aims at publishing the results of the long-term research project (2016-2030) Buddhist Murals of Kucha on the Northern Silk Road. The project, conducted under the auspices of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, focuses on an impressive corpus of wall paintings datable to approximately the fifth to tenth centuries CE and located in the Buddhist cave complexes of the ancient kingdom of Kucha on the Northern Silk Road. These narrative and devotional paintings from one of the most important sources for our understanding of the religious and intellectual history of Buddhism in Central Asia during the first millennium.
ISBN 13: 9789387496262
ISBN 10: 9387496260
Year: 2020
Language: ENGLISH
Pages etc.: x+238p., (24)drawings, (89)illus., ind., 29cm.
Binding: Hardbound
Subject(s): Buddhism
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