Chorten in Nepal: architecture and Buddhist votive practice in the Himalaya in Dhading-Rasuwa, Dolpo, Humla, Manang, Mustang, Sindhupalcok-Dolakha

Gutschow, Niels

ISBN: 9783869227429, 3869227427

For more than two millennia Buddhism shaped the cultures of Central, South, Southeast, and East Asia. Each territory had its own peculiar way of developing representations of the Buddha, the Bodhisattvas, and a variety of guardian deities and saints. Of particular importance is the representation of the Buddha and his teachings in an iconic form in the shape of an impassable building. Called St...

Restoration of Itumbaha, Kathmandu March 2023

ISBN: 9789937136372, 9937136377

Buddhist Kathmandu Campaign - Itumbaha Initiative 2002-2016. A campaign for architectural preservation initiated by the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust in collaboration with the Kathmandu Metropolitan city and the department of Archaeology (DOA). Report by Dr. Niels Gutschow, Thomas Schrom and Rohit Kumar Ranjitkar, contributions by Alexander Rospatt, Nutandhar Sharma, David Adolfatto and M...

India in Chinese travelogues

Lama, G.K.

ISBN: 9789395276078, 939527607X

Buddhism gave a sublime culture and a spiritual wisdom to China affecting a total facelift. Before Buddhism reached China, there was total chaos and confusion. The book presents every aspect of Indian society from 1st to 10th century CE as described in Chinese travelogues.

The Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya

Sato, Ryojun

ISBN: 9788120839434, 8120839439

The Mahabodhi Mahavihara which stands majestically identifying the spot of the Buddha's Enlightenment is not only an artistic edifice but is also a place of worship where people and practitioners have immense faith and belief and is also a cultural landmark which identifies itself with the message of the master with that of love and compassion, equanimity and sacrifice, unity and brotherhood.

Transfer of Buddhism across Central Asian networks (7th to 13th centuries),

ISBN: 9789360809461, 9360809462

This book offers a new transregional and transcultural vision for religious transfer processes in Central Asian history.

The Jataka: stories of the Buddha's former births, 6 vols. in 3 parts, ed. & tr. from the Pali by E.B. Cowell, 6th Reprint.

ISBN: 9788120807259, 8120807251

Searching for Ashoka: questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand, General Editor: Rudrangshu Mukherjee

Lahiri, Nayanjot

ISBN: 9788178246543, 8178246546

This book spans the gap between travelogue, travel history, and historical memory in relation to the Emperor Ashoka. It explores how this most famous emperor of ancient India has been remembered and recast over time.

The pilgrimage of Buddhism and a Buddhist pilgrimage,

Pratt, James Bissett

ISBN: 9788119139439, 8119139437

The book talks about the different types of Buddhism practiced in India, Ceylon, Siam, Cambodia, Burma, China, Korea, and Japan while exclusing Buddhism in Nepal, Tibet, and Mongolia.

The return of the Buddha: ancient symbols for a new nation

Ray, Himanshu Prabha

ISBN: 9781138096035, 1138096032

This book traces the development of Buddhist archaeology in colonial India, examines its impact on the reconstruction of India's Buddhist past, and the making of a public and the academic discourse around these archaeological discoveries.