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Early Buddhist art of China and Central Asia. V. 3, The western Ch'in in Kansu in the sixteen kingdoms period and inter-relationships ... /

This book, third in a series on the early Buddhist art of China and Central Asia, centers on Buddhist art from the Western Ch'in (385-431 A.D.) in eastern Kansu (northwest China), primarily from the cave temples of Ping-ling ssu and Mai-chi shan. A detailed chronological and iconographic study...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rhie, Marylin M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Netherlands : Brill Academic Pubs, 2010.
Colección:Handbuch der Orientalistik. China.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One The Western Ch'in (385-431 A.D.): History and Buddhism
  • Chapter Two Bronze Buddha Altar from Ching-ch'uan
  • Chapter Three Ping-ling ssu Stone Caves: Introduction and Niche No. 1
  • Chapter Four Ping-ling ssu Cave 169: West (Rear) Wall
  • Chapter Five Ping-ling ssu Cave 169: East and South Walls
  • Chapter Six Ping-ling ssu Cave 169: North Wall (I)
  • Chapter Seven Ping-ling ssu Cave 169: North Wall (II)
  • Chapter Eight The Five Buddhas and Sets of Multiple Buddhas in the Art of Gandhāra and Afghanistan and their Relation to Cave 169 at Ping-ling ssu and the Five T'an-yao Caves at Yün-kang
  • Chapter Nine Mai-chi shan: Early Caves
  • Conclusions: Volume III
  • Appendix I: Communication Routes during the Sixteen Kingdoms Period
  • Appendix II: Table of Texts Regarding Amitāyus and Sukhāvatī
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Color Plates.