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Barabudur: Archaeological Description; 5 Volumes / Krom, N.J.
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  Book ID : 19431
  ISBN-10 : 81-212-0039-3 / 8121200393
  ISBN-13 : 978-81-212-0039-4 / 9788121200394
  Place of Publication : Delhi
  Year of Publication : 1997
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  Language : English
  viii, 478+365p., 442 Plts., Maps, Illus., Bib., Index.
   
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CONTENTS:- 1. Foundation and history of Barabudur. 2. The reliefs on the covered base. The frieze of the base. 3. The story of the life of Buddha (First gallery, chief wall, top series). 4. The Avadana's and Jataka's Part I. (First gallery, chief wall, lowest series). 5. The Jatakamala. (First gallery, balustrade; top series, first part). 6. The Avadana's and Jataka's. Continuation and conclusion. (First gallery, balustrade, top series, second part; lowest series; second gallery, balustrade). 7. The Gandavyuha (second gallery, chief wall). 8. Maitreya and Samantabhadra (Third and fourth gallery, chief wall). 8. Tales of Maitreya and other Bodhisattva's (Third and fourth gallery, balustrade). 10. The Dhyani-Buddha's and the chief statue. 11. Barabudur as a monument of Hindu-Javanese art and culture. 12. The Barabudur pantheon. 13. The Buddhism of Barabudur.
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Barabudur, the most magnificent monument in Java, Indonesia, is a colossal structure justly regarded as a veritable wonder by the whole world. This noble architecture, built in the early ninth century A.D. consists of nine gradualy receding terraces, three uppermost ones being encircled by rings of stupas, each containing an image of the Buddha within a perforated framework. The five lower terraces are encircled by four successive galleries which contain eleven series of sculptured panels depicting the life of the Buddha and other Buddhist stories. The total number of sculptured panels in the galleries is about 1500. Not only this massive grandeur but the fine quality of the immense decorations, extensive relief sculptures and the numerous images of the Buddha deeply impress any visitor. The combination of massive quantity and fine quality invests Barabudur with a unique character. It has hardly any parallel in the world, and it may be truly remarked of its artists that 'they conceived like giants and finished like jewellers'. The life of the Buddha and other Buddhist stories depicted on the sculptures of Barabudur are not the imagination of the artists but based on the imagination of Sarvastivada and Vajrayana schools of Buddhism and are directly related to the ancient texts like Avadanas, Jatakas, Jatakamala, Gandavyuhastura, etc. A complete explanation of all that is depicted in this most splendid creation of Hindu-Javan culture was, therefore, not very easy, though efforts had been made since the beginning of the present century. It was possible thanks to the interest and enthusiasm of the then Government of the Netherlands. A complete series of photographs of the monument were made between 1907 and 1911. Then Koninklijk Institut vooi de Taat, Land-en Volkenkunde van Neder-Landsch-Indie was commissioned to publish the archaeological and architectural descriptions of Barabudur. The result of this project was the publication of a monograph in Dutch, in two volumes, the archaeological part by Nicholas Johannes Krom and the architectural part by T. Van Erp, with photographs in three big folios. The work well represents the quantity and quality of the subject it deals with. The author of the archaeological part has recorded all that is known about the significance of Barabudur and what could be gained from the original sources mentioned above. An English edition of the archaeological part, in very limited copies, was issued, in 1927, in two volumes with 442 plates of photographs which is long out of print. The present publication if an photographic reproduction of the 1927 English edition in its entirety of the text and the illustrations.
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