BibliaImpex.Com - Sinhalese monastic architecture: the viharas of Anuradhapura Bandaranayake, Senake Orient BlackSwan 9788125036753 Anuradhapura was the major centre of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and the country's principal city from the 3rd century B.C. to the 10th century A.D. This study focuses on the remains of the Buddhist monasteries in and around the city. It proposes a framework for studying this monastic architecture, attempts an interpretation of the Sinhalese tradition and places its forms and concepts in a wide historical and architectural context.

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Sinhalese monastic architecture: the viharas of Anuradhapura.

by Bandaranayake, Senake

Anuradhapura was the major centre of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and the country's principal city from the 3rd century B.C. to the 10th century A.D. This study focuses on the remains of the Buddhist monasteries in and around the city. It proposes a framework for studying this monastic architecture, attempts an interpretation of the Sinhalese tradition and places its forms and concepts in a wide historical and architectural context.

ISBN: 9788125036753

Format: Paperback, , Reprint: xviii,404p., (55)pls., (163)figs., (1)map, abb., app., bibl., ind., 28cm.

Publisher: Orient BlackSwan, Hyderabad

Pub.Year: 2009

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