FEATURES

Showing results for "antiquities"

<i>Buddhistdoor View</i>: Respectful Scholarship – Moving Forward and Learning from the Past
Recent controversy exposes dilemmas in antiquities research
Uploaded 6 Mar 2021
Moghalmari Buddhist Monastery: A Notable Heritage Site in West Bengal
Early medieval Buddhist settlement believed to have flourished from the 6th–12th century
Uploaded 12 Feb 2016
Echoes of Tantra: The Buddhist Triangle
In the years after the Buddha and the conquest of Asoka, the sasana moved east and became widespread throughout the contiguous area made up of the modern states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal
Uploaded 7 Sep 2013
Part Four: New Ideas
  Beginning in the mid-1980’s, American scholars John and Susan Huntington turned Buddhist art history on its head with claims that the first Buddha images were made shortly after the Buddha’s death,
Uploaded 4 Feb 2013
Part Two: The Traditional View
Perhaps no religious icon is as widely used and well-known as the image of the Buddha seated in meditation.  Yet one of the curiosities of history is that there is no evidence of images of the Buddha,
Uploaded 1 Dec 2012
"In My Image" - The Missing Buddha in Buddhist Art
The gentle face of the Buddha is respected and loved across the world. However, this famous image has mysterious origins, and didn't appear as an artistic theme until centuries after the Buddha's deat
Uploaded 6 Nov 2012
Part One: The Missing Buddha
Who doesn’t recognize the Buddha?  His image appears these days on watches, tennis shoes, t-shirts – nearly any kind of manufactured product you might think of.  There’s ev
Uploaded 6 Nov 2012
Back to Top