South Asian Archaeology & History (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka)
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Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne: Finds from the Site of the Buddha’s Enlightenment [Paperback]
Sam van Schaik (Editor); Daniela De Simone (Editor); Gergely Hidas (Editor); Michael Willis (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9780861592289
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 228
The Mahābodhi temple at Bodhgayā in eastern India has long been recognised as the place where the Buddha sat in meditation and attained enlightenment. The site, soon identified as the ‘Diamond Throne’ or vajrāsana, became a destination for pilgrim... .... Learn More -
The Compassionate Bodhisattva: Unique Southeast Asian images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara [Paperback]
Sofia Sundström (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9789088906176
Published by : Sidestone Press
Southeast Asia has a long history with Buddhism that continues to the present day. Centuries ago, Buddhism spread to various areas of Southeast Asia, where some of the greatest Buddhist images and monuments were produced over 1,000 years ago. Thes... .... Learn More -
The Compassionate Bodhisattva: Unique Southeast Asian images of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara [Hardback]
Sofia Sundström (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9789088906183
Published by : Sidestone Press
Southeast Asia has a long history with Buddhism that continues to the present day. Centuries ago, Buddhism spread to various areas of Southeast Asia, where some of the greatest Buddhist images and monuments were produced over 1,000 years ago. Thes... .... Learn More -
Relics and Relic Worship in Early Buddhism: India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Burma [Paperback]
Janice Stargardt (Editor); Michael Willis (Editor)
£35.00ISBN: 9780861592180
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: British Museum Research Publications
Volume: 218
Among world religions, only Buddhism and Christianity attach a central significance to the role of relics. These two traditions, however, are different in both conceptual and material terms. In Buddhism, the most sacred relics are those considered... .... Learn More -
Archaeological investigations in the Niah Caves, Sarawak, 1954-2004 [Hardback]
Graeme Barker (Editor)
Regular Price: £65.00
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9781902937601
Published by : McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Series: McDonald Institute Monographs
Volume: 2
This book is the companion volume to Rainforest Foraging and Farming in Island Southeast Asia: the Archaeology of the Niah Caves, Sarawak. Together they present the results of new fieldwork in the caves and new studies of finds fr... .... Learn More -
Lamak: Ritual objects in Bali [Paperback]
Francine Brinkgreve (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9789088903908
Published by : Sidestone Press
A lamak is a long narrow ritual hanging that is an essential requirement at almost all rituals in Bali. It is hung from altars and shrines at temple festivals and on festive holy days. Made usually of palm leaves, it is by nature ephemeral and it ... .... Learn More -
Lamak: Ritual objects in Bali [Hardback]
Francine Brinkgreve (Author)
£195.00ISBN: 9789088903915
Published by : Sidestone Press
A lamak is a long narrow ritual hanging that is an essential requirement at almost all rituals in Bali. It is hung from altars and shrines at temple festivals and on festive holy days. Made usually of palm leaves, it is by nature ephemeral and it ... .... Learn More -
Man and Environment in Prehistoric and Protohistoric South Asia: New Perspectives [Paperback]
Aurore Didier (Editor); Benjamin Mutin (Editor)
Regular Price: £51.99
Special Price: £25.00
ISBN: 9782503568034
Published by : Brepols
This volume focuses mainly on the complex relationships between man and a changing environment in prehistoric and protohistoric South Asia. The European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art promotes the study of archaeology, art history... .... Learn More -
Holocene Foragers of North India: The Bioarchaeology of Mesolithic Damdama [Paperback]
John R. Lukacs (Author); Jagannath Pal (Author)
Regular Price: £51.00
Special Price: £20.00
ISBN: 9781407314525
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2783
A fresh and innovative approach to the skeletal biology of prehistoric South Asians is presented in this volume. It is the first comprehensive bioarchaeological study of an early Holocene human skeletal series from the Gangetic Plain of North Indi... .... Learn More -
Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins [Hardback]
David Jongeward (Author); Joe Cribb (Author)
£99.00ISBN: 9780897223348
Published by : American Numismatic Society
Volume: 12
The Kushan Empire was a vast inland empire that stretched across Central and South Asia during the first to fourth centuries AD. The origins of Kushan dynasty continue to be debated, and precise dates, especially for the late Kushan kings, remain ... .... Learn More
