Download or read book Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia Volume 3 written by Marylin M. Rhie and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting new studies on the chronology and iconography of Buddhist art during the Western Ch'in (385-431 A.D.) in northwest China, including Ping-ling ssu and Mai-chi shan, this book addresses issues of dating, textual sources, the five-Buddhas, and relation with Gandhara.

Download or read book Ajanta History and Development Volume 2 Arguments about Ajanta written by Walter Spink and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume Two begins with writings by some of the most important critics of Walter Spink's conclusions, interspersed with his own responses, using a thorough analysis of the great Cave 26 to support his assertions. The author then turns to matters of patronage, and to the surprising fact that, unlike most other Buddhist sites, Ajanta was purely "elitist", developed by less than a dozen major patrons. Its brief heyday traumatically ended, however, with the death of the great emperor Harisena in about 477, creating political chaos. Ajanta's anxious patrons now joined in a headlong rush to get their shrines dedicated, in order to obtain the expected merit, before they fled the region, abandoning their caves to the monks and local devotees remaining at the now-doomed site. These "intrusive" new patrons now filled the caves with their own helter-skelter votive offerings, paying no heed to the well-laid plans of the years before. A similar pattern of patronage is to be found in the redecoration of the earlier Hinayana caves, where the careful planning of the work being done during Harisena's reign is suddenly interrupted by a host of individual votive donations. The volume ends with a new and useful editing of Ajanta inscriptions by Richard S. Cohen.

Download or read book Greater Magadha written by Johannes Bronkhorst and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greater Magadha, roughly the eastern part of the Gangetic plain of northern India, has so far been looked upon as deeply indebted to Brahmanical culture. Religions such as Buddhism and Jainism are thought of as derived, in one way or another, from Vedic religion. This belief is defective in various respects. This book argues for the importance and independence of Greater Magadha as a cultural area until a date close to the beginning of the Common Era. In order to correct the incorrect notions, two types of questions are dealt with: questions pertaining to cultural and religious dependencies, and questions relating to chronology. As a result a modified picture arises that also has a bearing on the further development of Indian culture.

Download or read book Ancient India written by VD Mahajan and published by S. Chand Publishing. This book was released on 1962 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Indian history has always been mystical; more so a virtual utopia for historians and researchers. This scholarly text narrates the ancient Indian history from the genesis of civilisations to the early medieval ages. It examines the sources, chronology of civilisations and authoritatively details the facts, feats, triumphs and religious crusades of the period. It unveils the rich cultural, religious and social diversity that is uniquely and peculiarly Indian. The book is of immense use to students of arts and law courses as well as for candidates preparing for various competitive examinations.

Download or read book CTET and TET Social Science and Pedagogy for Class 6 to 8 for 2021 Exams written by Arihant Experts and published by Arihant Publications India limited. This book was released on 2021-05-26 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1.The book “Social Science& Pedagogy” prepares for teaching examination for (classes 6-8) 2.Guide is prepared on the basis of syllabus prescribed in CTET & other State TETs related examination 3.Divided in 4 Main Sections; History, Geography, Civics and Pedagogy giving Chapterwise coverage to the syllabus 4.Previous Years’ Solved Papers and 5 Practice sets are designed exactly on the latest pattern of the examination 5.More than 1500 MCQs for thorough for practice. 6.Useful for CTET, UPTET, HTET, UTET, CGTET, and all other states TETs. Robert Stenberg once said, “There is no Recipe to be a Great Teacher, that’s what, is unique about them”. CTET provides you with an opportunity to make a mark as an educator while teaching in Central Government School. Prepare yourself for the exam with current edition of “Social Science and Pedagogy – Paper II” that has been developed based on the prescribed syllabus of CTET and other State TETs related examination. The book has been categorized under 4 Sections; History, Geography, Civics& Pedagogy giving clear understanding of the concepts in Chapterwise manner. Each chapter is supplied with enough theories, illustrations and examples. With more than 1500 MCQs help candidates for the quick of the chapters. Practice part has been equally paid attention by providing Previous Years’ Questions asked in CTET & TET, Practice Questions in every chapter, along with the 5 Practice Sets exactly based on the latest pattern of the Examination. Also, Latest Solved Paper is given to know the exact Trend and Pattern of the paper. Housed with ample number of questions for practice, it gives robust study material useful for CTET, UPTET, HTET, UTET,CGTET, and all other states TETs. TOC Solved Paper I & II 2021 (January), Solved Paper I 2019 (December), Solved Paper II 2019 (December), Solved Paper 2019 (July), Solved Paper 2018 (December), History, Geography, Civics, PedagogyPractice Sets (1-5).

Download or read book CTET and TETs for Class 6 8 Social Science and Pedagogy 2020 written by Arihant Experts and published by Arihant Publications India limited. This book was released on 2020-01-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Stenberg once said, “There is no Recipe to be a Great Teacher, That’s what, is unique about them”. Every teacher has their own way of teaching who delicately shapes impressionable minds and molds it into a vessel that defines perceptions and ambitions that impact to the large part the society Central Teaching Eligibility Test or CTET is the national level examination that is conducted to recruit the most eligible candidates as teachers at Primary and Upper Primary Levels. It is held twice in a year in the month of July and December. The exam is divided into 2 Papers, As per the CTET 2020 Exam Pattern, Paper -1 is for the Classes 1-5 whereas Paper – 2 is meant for those who want to become a teacher of classes 6–8. To teach the students of Class 6-8 one has to appear for both the exams. The current edition of “Social Science & Pedagogy for classes VI to VIII” is the complete study guide that has been developed on the basis of the syllabus prescribed in the CTET & other State TETs related examination. The book is divided into 4 Sections and sub divided into chapters, giving the Chapterwise coverage to the text of the syllabus, Practice Exercise with previous years’ Question asked in the exam. 5 Practice sets including 2019 Solved paper have been provided in this text book that are designed exactly based on the latest pattern of the examination that help aspirants to know the trends. Housed with more than 1500 MCQs, it gives robust study material useful for CTET, UPTET, HTET, UTET, CGTET, and all other states TETs. TABLE OF CONTENTS Solved Paper 2019 (Dec), Solved Paper 2018 (Dec), Solved Paper 2016 (Sept), Solved Paper 2016 (Feb), History: When, Where and How, The First Cities, New Ideas, The Early State and First Empire, Contacts with Distant Land and Political Development, Culture and Science, New Kings and Kingdoms, Delhi Sultanate and Its Architecture, Mughal Empire, Social Change, Regional Culture, The Establishment of Company Power, Rural Life and Society Under Colonialism, Revolt of 1857, Peasant Labour and Tribal Movement, Social and Woman Reforms, National Movement and India after Independence, Geography: Geography as a Social Study and Science, Planet: Earth in the Solar System, Globe, Nature and Human Environment, Air, Water, Human Environment, Resources: Human and Natural, Agriculture, Civics: India: Unity in Diversity, Democracy and Constitution, Government: Local and State Government, Parliamentary Government, The Judiciary, Marginalisation and Social Justice, Understanding Media, Making Living, Pedagogy: Concept and Nature of Social Science, Classroom Processes Activities and Discourse, Developing Critical Thinking, Enquiry / Empirical Evidence, Problems of Teaching Social Science / Studies, Sources: Primary and Secondary, Project Work, Evaluation, Practice Sets (1-5).

Download or read book Architects of Buddhist Leisure written by Justin Thomas McDaniel and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Creative religious improvisations designed by Buddhists have been produced both within and outside of monasteries across the region—in Nepal, Japan, Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia’s culture of Buddhist leisure—what he calls “socially disengaged Buddhism”—through a study of architects responsible for monuments, museums, amusement parks, and other sites. In conversation with noted theorists of material and visual culture and anthropologists of art, McDaniel argues that such sites highlight the importance of public, leisure, and spectacle culture from a Buddhist perspective and illustrate how “secular” and “religious,” “public” and “private,” are in many ways false binaries. Moreover, places like Lek Wiriyaphan’s Sanctuary of Truth in Thailand, Suối Tiên Amusement Park in Saigon, and Shi Fa Zhao’s multilevel museum/ritual space/tea house in Singapore reflect a growing Buddhist ecumenism built through repetitive affective encounters instead of didactic sermons and sectarian developments. They present different Buddhist traditions, images, and aesthetic expressions as united but not uniform, collected but not concise: Together they form a gathering, not a movement. Despite the ingenuity of lay and ordained visionaries like Wiriyaphan and Zhao and their colleagues Kenzo Tange, Chan-soo Park, Tadao Ando, and others discussed in this book, creators of Buddhist leisure sites often face problems along the way. Parks and museums are complex adaptive systems that are changed and influenced by budgets, available materials, local and global economic conditions, and visitors. Architects must often compromise and settle at local optima, and no matter what they intend, their buildings will develop lives of their own. Provocative and theoretically innovative, Architects of Buddhist Leisure asks readers to question the very category of “religious” architecture. It challenges current methodological approaches in religious studies and speaks to a broad audience interested in modern art, architecture, religion, anthropology, and material culture. An electronic version of this book is freely available thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched, a collaborative initiative designed to make high-quality books open access for the public good. The open-access version of this book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which means that the work may be freely downloaded and shared for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author. Derivative works and commercial uses require permission from the publisher.

Download or read book Gandharan Buddhism written by Kurt Behrendt and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient region of Gandhara, with its prominent Buddhist heritage, has long fascinated scholars of art history, archaeology, and textual studies. Discoveries of inscriptions, text fragments, sites, and artworks in the last decade have added new pieces to the Gandharan puzzle, redefining how we understand the region and its cultural complexity. The essays in this volume reassess Gandharan Buddhism in light of these findings, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach that illuminates the complex historical and cultural dynamics of the region. By integrating archaeology, art history, numismatics, epigraphy, and textual sources, the contributors articulate the nature of Gandharan Buddhism and its practices, along with the significance of the relic tradition. Contributions by several giants in the field, including Shoshin Kuwayama, John Rosenfield, and the late Maurizio Taddei, set the geographical, historical, and archaeological parameters for the collection. The result is a productive interdisciplinary conversation on the enigmatic nature of Gandharan Buddhism that joins together a number of significant pieces in a complex cultural mosaic. It will appeal to a large and diverse readership, including those interested in the early Buddhist religious tradition of Asia and its art, as well as specialists in the study of South and Central Asian Buddhist art, archaeology, and texts. A Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and Comparative Religion.

Download or read book IAS Pre General Studies E written by Arihant Experts and published by Arihant Publications India limited. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. The book provides Chapterwise Solved Question of previous 27 Years' 2. Provides questions that are asked in UPSC examination 3. The whole syllabus of the book is divided into 2 main parts; Paper 1 & 2 4. It contains Solved Papers [1995-2021] for IAS (PRE) 5. This book uses simple language for better understanding Antonic De Saint Exupery once said, "A goal without a plan is just a wish". If you are aspiring to become a Civil Servant, make sure to prepare from IAS (PRE) - 27 Years' Chapterwise Topicwise Solved Papers (1995 - 2021). The current edition is designed on an exam oriented structure that facilitates deep coverage on all the topics which have been structured according to the UPSC Syllabus. This book has been divided into chapters that have been categorized under 2 Sections; Paper 1: General Studies and Paper 2: CSAT. As the title suggests, ample numbers of Questions are provided in a Chapterwise form and Solved Papers, which help in rising up level of preparation. Well detailed solutions are given for each question easing aspirants to understand the concepts. This book acts as a great help in achieving success for the upcoming exam. Table of Concept PAPER 1: History of India and Indian National Movement, Indian & World Geography, Indian Polity and Governance, Indian Economy, General Science and Science & Technology, General Knowledge, PAPER 2: Comprehension, Decision Making and Problem Solving, Logic Reasoning and Analytical Ability, General Mental Ability, Basic Numeracy, Data Interpretation.

Download or read book The Art of South and Southeast Asia written by Steven Kossak and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2001 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents works of art selected from the South and Southeast Asian and Islamic collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, lessons plans, and classroom activities.

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Download or read book The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues written by Masanori Nagaoka and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Open Access book explores heritage conservation ethics of post conflict and provides an important historical record of the possible reconstruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, which was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in Danger in 2003 as “Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley”. With the condition that most surface of the original fragments of the Buddha statues were lost due to acts of deliberate destruction, this publication explores a reference point for conservation practitioners and policy makers around the world as they consider how to respond to on-going acts of destruction of cultural heritage. Whilst there has been an emerging debate to the ethics and nature of heritage reconstruction, this volume provides a plethora of ideas and approaches concerning the future treatment of the Bamiyan Buddha statues. It also addresses a number of fundamental questions on potential heritage reconstruction: how it will be done; who will decide; and what it should be done for. Moreover when it comes to the inscribed World Heritage properties, how can reconstructed heritage using non-original materials be considered to retain authenticity? With a view to serving as a precedent for potential decisions taken elsewhere in the world for cultural properties impacted by acts of violence and destruction, this volume introduces academic researches, experiences and observations of heritage conservation theory and practice of heritage reconstruction. It also addresses the issue not merely from the point of a material conservation philosophy but within the context of holistic strategies for the protection of human rights and promotion of peace building.

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Download or read book The Arts of India Southeast Asia and the Himalayas at the Dallas Museum of Art written by Dallas Museum of Art and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the Dallas Museum of Art has expanded its collection of South Asian art from a small number of Indian temple sculptures to nearly 500 works, including Indian Hindu and Buddhist sculptures, Himalayan Buddhist bronze sculptures and ritual objects, artwork from Southeast Asia, and decorative arts from India's Mughal period. Artworks in the collection have origins from the former Ottoman empire to Java, and architectural pieces suggest the grandeur of buildings in the Indian tradition. This volume details the cultural and artistic significance of more than 140 featured works, which range from Tibetan thangkas and Indian miniature paintings to stone sculptures and bronzes. Relating these works to one another through interconnecting narratives and cross-references, scholars and curators provide a broad cultural history of the region. Distributed for the Dallas Museum of Art

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