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Glory of the Kushans: Recent Discoveries and Interpretations

Jayaswal, Vidula

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	Book ID : 40071
	ISBN-10 : 81-7305-427-4 / 8173054274
	ISBN-13 : 978-81-7305-427-3 / 9788173054273
	Place of Publication : Delhi
	Year of Publication : 2012
	Edition : (First Edition)
	Language : English
	xvi, 456p., 47 Col. & 294 B/W Illus., Bib., Index, 31 cm.

CONTENTS

CONTENTS:-

I. Discoveries: Old and Recent:
1. Rediscovering the Kushans / Joe Cribb.
2. Recent discovery of copper coins hoard of Kushan period from Basani, Varanasi / Savita Sharma.

II. Hegemony: Kushan Empire and Out Posts:
3. Eastern Baktria under da Yuezhi hegemony / Jeffery D. Lerner.
4. The Northern frontier region of the Kushan empire / Michael Mitchiner.

III. Chronology and Succession:
5. Chronology of the early Kushans: new evidence / Osmund Bopearachchi.
6. Kanishka in context with the historical Buddha and Kushan chronology / Hans Loeschner.

IV. Policies and Patronage: Kushan Religion:
7. Policy, patronage, and the shrinking pantheon of the Kushans / Robert Bracey.
8. Kanishka and the Sarvastivada synod / Charles Willemen.
9. Devaputra Kushan / Archana Sharma.
10. Lady donors and their contribution to the religious institutions in Kushan period / Arpita Chatterjee.

V. Architecture and Settlement: Kushan Archaeology:
11. Colonial archaeology and Buddhism: Punjab plains in the early centuries AD / Himanshu Prabha Ray.
12. Architectural and cultural facets of Kushan settlement at Sanghol, District Ludhiana, Punjab a study on the basis of excavated remains / C. Margabandhu.
13. Kushan township of Khairadih: an appraisal of excavated remains / Birendra Pratap Singh.
14. Urban traits and Kushan settlements of Ganga plain / Vidula Jayaswal and Manoj Kumar.

VI. Art Expressions: Kushan Portraits and Compositions:
15. Kushan portraits / T.K. Biswas and Savita Sharma.
16. Vajrapani and Vajra in Kushan art / Arundhati Banerji.
17. Jaina images of Kushan period: study in mutuality / Maruti Nandan Pd. Tiwari.
18. Folk practices and clay art of Kushan period / Vidula Jayaswal and Meera Sharma.

VII. Expansion and Continuity: Kushan Styles and Techniques:
19. Khotan: a Kushan outpost in Central Asia / Chhaya Bhattacharya Haesner.
20. Kushan influence on Gupta coinage: continuity and change / Prashant P. Kulkarni.
21. Gandhara Mathura and Buddhist sculptures of mediaeval China / Chongfeng Li.

DESCRIPTION

Advent of Kushans in the Indian subcontinent is a significant historical event. It is suggestive of such processes and factors which shaped early historic cultural milieu of India in particular and Asia in general. The Kushan kings played an important part in the ancient history of India and Central Asia, worthy contemporaries of the three great world powers of the early centuries of the first millennium AD, the Roman Empire, the Han Empire of China and the Arsacid and Sasanian Empires of Iran. During the first four centuries of the millennium, they controlled a vital space between these empires, acting the role of entrepreneurs in international trade and restoring unified rule to northern India. Their patronage of Buddhism enabled it to spread through Central Asia into China. However, in spite of their importance, very little information of their activities has survived into the modern period. This volume is an outcome of the International Seminar entitled, 'Kushan Glory and Its Contemporary Challenges', which was organized by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India), between October 3 and 5, 2008. Most of the papers were presented in the seminar but there are a few which were invited. Inclusion of these were intended to fill the gaps, in the otherwise holistic format of this volume. The 21 contributions of the volume are placed in seven distinct sections covering different themes, viz., (i) Discoveries: Old and Recent; (ii) Hegemony: Kushan Empire and Out-posts; (iii) Chronology and Succession; (iv) Policies and Patronage: Kushan Religion; (v) Architecture and Settlement: Kushan Archaeology; (vi) Art Expressions: Kushan Portraits and Compositions; (vii) Expansion and Continuity: Kushan Styles and Techniques. This strikingly illustrated volume is a significant contribution to the field of Kushan studies and is valuable for students and scholars of history.

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