108 Buddhist statues in Tibet: evolution of Tibetan sculptures, with DVD

Schroeder, Ulrich von

ISBN: 9781932476385, 1932476385

This book is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the stylistic development of Buddhist sculptures in Tibet. By using existing examples in monasteries, it also acts as a catalogue record of these objects that helps to ensure these objects remain there in the foreseeable future.

Dictionary of Buddhist iconography, Vol. 7: Ma.bdud-Manjushiri

Lokesh Chandra

ISBN: 9788177420517, 8177420518

Ajanta of Ladakh: Gon-Nila-Phuk meditation caves, Saspol (English, Hindi and Tibetan)

Sonam, Tsering

Ajanta paintings: unidentified and misinterpreted

Talim, Meena

ISBN: 9789380852140, 9380852142

Ancient pagan: Buddhist plain of merit, photographs by Michael Freeman et al

Stadtner, Donald M.

ISBN: 9786167339320, 6167339325

Pagan is the largest and most replacement centre of Buddhist art in the ancient world. Indeed, nearly three thousand brick monuments dot the landscape up and down the banks of the Irrawaddy as far as the eye can see. Construction at Pagan peaked between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries when the city was home to the country's kings and its chief religious personalities. The author a disting...

Ancient Sculpture, Chief ed. Xiao Xiaoming, text by Wu Wen et al., tr. by Xu Rong

ISBN: 9787119030494, 7119030493

Full English text.

Antiquities of northern Tibet: pre-Buddhist archaeological discoveries on the high plateau: findings of the Changthang Circuit Expedition, 1999

Bellezza, John Vincent

ISBN: 9788187392187, 8187392185

This pioneering research lays the groundwork for pre-Buddhist studies in Tibet by providing the requisite data needed to forge ahead in our understanding of prehistoric and protohistoric Tibet.

Appreciation of Chinese Thangka arts of ancient China

ISBN: 9787807359753, 7807359757

In Chinese.

Art and architecture of the Gaya and Bodh Gaya

Kumar, Anjani (b.1962)

ISBN: 9788185205557, 8185205558

Presents a study of archaeological sites and artistic as well as architectural material remains from old Gaya district in Bihar. Based primarily on archaeological evidences, it focuses mainly on religious structures, stone sculptures, bronze statuettes and terracota figurines.;

Art from Sri Lanka & Southeast Asia

Pal, Pratapaditya

ISBN: 9780300101485, 0300101481

This volume includes some 190 artworks including pottery from the ancient Ban Chiang tradition and rain drums related to the classic Dong Son culture of northern Vietnam. While some masterpieces may be familiar to scholars, the vast majority of these outstanding works are published here for the first time.

The art of ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu and Jain

Huntington, Susan L

ISBN: 9788120836174, 8120836170

This book works and monuments included in this volume have been selected not only for their artistic merit but also in order to both provide general coverage and include transitional works that furnish the key to an all encompassing view of the art.

The art of Bodhgaya, 2 vols., foreword by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness The Dalai Lama

Biswas, S.S.

ISBN: 9788174791986, 8174791981

Bodhgaya is one of the four important religious sites (Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath and Kusinagar) of pilgrimage for the Buddhists.The present volume is for the first time provides a panorama of historical evolution of Indian Art at Bodhgaya and also brings together all the art objects preserved in the archaeological site museum in the form of a comprehensive illustrated catalogue.

Art of Tibet

Fisher, Robert E.

ISBN: 9780500203088, 0500203083

The book focuses on the inextricably intertwined relationship between the art and the spiritual life of the region, from the Potala in Lhasa to painting, sculpture, manuscripts, silk embroidery and its highly developed tradition of portraiture and ritual objects, Tibet's unique artistic culture is vividly presented in this compelling study.

The arts and crafts of Myanmar: the Indian Museum collection

Bhattacharya, Asok K

The collection, accumulated in about 100 years was mostly so long languishing in the secured reserves of the museum. The monograph introduces the objects in the following categories: sculpture, textile, lacquerwork, ceramics, metal-work, musical instruments and miscellaneous objects.

Ashtamahabodhisattva: the eight great Bodhisattvas in art and literature

Banerjee, Radha

ISBN: 9788185704227, 8185704228

The present book gives a brief but succinct survey of the main features of the eight great Mahayana Bodhisattvas in literature and art.

Bauddha kala mein nari (in Hindi)

Rao, Vinay Kumar (b.1971)

The bejewelled Buddha from India to Burma: new considerations (Sixth Kumar Sarat Kumar Roy Memorial Lecture)

Bautze-Picron, Claudine

ISBN: 9788190995009, 8190995006

This book represents a comprehensive study of `The Bejewelled Buddha' considering stylistic as well as iconographic issues.

Bellanwila Murals, photographs by Gamini Jayasinghe, 2nd ed.

Dharmasiri, Albert (ed.)

ISBN: 9789555735612, 9555735611

A blessing for the land: the architecture, art and history of a Buddhist convent in Mustang, Nepal

Harrison, John et al.

ISBN: 9789937928823, 9937928826

This book brings to light a forgotten gem of Nepal's architectural and artistic heritage, while the archives of the community offer a window onto the lives of the lama who built it as a blessing for the land, and of the nuns for whom it was a centre of spiritual activity for almost three centuries.

Bod kyi ldebs ris phyogs bsdus mnga ris kyi pod, 2 vols.

Vol.1: ISBN: 9787223029797;Vol.2: ISBN: 9787223029780;Preface & description of Thangka in Tibetan and Chinese.