Indian Asia

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The Making of the Past
The Making of the Past is a new series designed to provide a complete survey of the early history of the world as revealed by archaeology and related disciphnes. Its subject is a new history, the making of a new past, freshly uncovered and reconstructed in recent years by skilled specialists. Beautifully illustrated with photographs, many in full colour, and with maps, diagrams and line drawings including reconstructions, the series will be completely authoritative and up to date, while losing nothing of the excitement of recent discoveries about the ancient past.
About this volume
Indian Asia
214 illustrations, 148 in colour
Philip Rawson
Indian civilization, between about 500 BC . and 1200 AD, was perhaps the most glorious and influential the world has ever seen. This book surveys the history and archaeology of the sub-continent and its satellites (Tibet, Southeast Asia and the East Indies) during this period, from the birth of the... Tovább

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About the series
The Making of the Past
The Making of the Past is a new series designed to provide a complete survey of the early history of the world as revealed by archaeology and related disciphnes. Its subject is a new history, the making of a new past, freshly uncovered and reconstructed in recent years by skilled specialists. Beautifully illustrated with photographs, many in full colour, and with maps, diagrams and line drawings including reconstructions, the series will be completely authoritative and up to date, while losing nothing of the excitement of recent discoveries about the ancient past.
About this volume
Indian Asia
214 illustrations, 148 in colour
Philip Rawson
Indian civilization, between about 500 BC . and 1200 AD, was perhaps the most glorious and influential the world has ever seen. This book surveys the history and archaeology of the sub-continent and its satellites (Tibet, Southeast Asia and the East Indies) during this period, from the birth of the Buddha until the arrival of Islam. After introductory chapters on the geographical, archaeological and political history of the area, the core of the book discusses in turn the evolution and diffusion of the Buddhist stupa and of the Hindu temple. Since religion has always been the inspiration for most of Indian art and architecture, it is here made the vehicle for an examination of early Indian society with an emphasis on the physical arts. The book ends with a persuasive analysis of the themes of Indian art, notably unity and immensity, which serves to remind us of India's generous legacy to the modern world. Four visual stories portray in pictures ancient and modern rnanifestations of the dance as Hindu ritual, the excavation of Taxila, the evolution of the Buddha image and the great city of Angkor in Cambodia. Vissza