History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura: Ca. 150 BCE - 100 CEThis volume provides the first comprehensive analysis and chronology of the earliest known stone sculptures from the north Indian city of Mathura, dating prior to the famous Kushan period. It includes numerous new attributions of objects based primarily on epigraphic and visual analysis. The sculptures attributable to these pre-Kushan periods reveal new evidence for the reasons behind the emergence of the anthropomorphic image of the Buddha at Mathura, the predominance of a heterodox sect of Jainism, and the proliferation of cults of nature divinities. This book provides a wealth of reference material useful for historians of early Indian art, religion, and epigraphy. The book is illustrated with over three hundred photographs, and it includes epigraphic appendices with complete transcriptions and updated translations. |
Contents
Chapter One Evidence for Stone Sculpture at Mathura Before the MidSecond Century BCE | 1 |
The Bharhut Style of the Mathura Region Ca 150 BCE | 8 |
Chapter Three Iconographic Diversification and Narrative Maturation Ca 12075 BCE | 36 |
Defining the Framework | 97 |
Chapter Five The Emergence of Naturalism Ca 5020 BCE | 142 |
Architectural Sculpture | 144 |
Chapter Six Sculpture of Mathura During the Reign of Sodàsa Ca 15 CE | 168 |
Mathura Sculptures of Ca 50100 CE | 219 |
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History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura, ca. 150 BCE - 100 CE Sonya Rhie Quintanilla Limited preview - 2007 |
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