The Nepalese caitya: 1500 years of Buddhist votive architecture in the Kathmandu Valley with drawings by Bijay Basukala and an essay by David Gellner

Gutschow, Niels

ISBN: 9789937733311, 9937733316

This volume is a compilation of architectural evidence. The text reveals a profound understanding of the cultural context of the caityas, their forms and sculptural decoration. It contains hundreds of beautifully executed measured drawings and finely printed photographs of never, or hardly ever studied monuments in the Kathmandu Valley.

A Buddhist manual of psychological ethics

Davids, A.F. Rhys

ISBN: 9788121226561, 8121226562

A Buddhist manual of psychological ethics of the fourth century B.C., being a translation, now made for the first time from the original Pali, of the first book in the Abhidhamma pitaka, entitled, Dhamma-sangani (Compendium of states or phenomena) with introductory essay and notes by the author. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremel...

India rediscovered: re-assessing the legacy of Alexander Cunningham,

ISBN: 9788173056857, 8173056854

Alexander Cunningham, contributed immensely to the cause of Indian art and archaeology. He was among the first to acknowledge the role of textual scholarship, particularly in understanding the sites of ancient India and paid particular attention to sculptural art and epigraphic records. His efforts to trace Buddhist history through the architectural remains greatly impacted the consolidation of...