Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Buddhist Site: Bodh Gaya Jataka - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415684528 ISBN 13 : 9780415684521

Editeur : Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

Bodh Gaya in the North Indian state of Bihar has long been recognized as the place where the Buddha achieved enlightenment. This book brings together the recent work of twelve scholars from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, art history, history, and religion - to highlight their various findings and perspectives on different facets of Bodh Gaya's past and present.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David Geary is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Oxford, UK. His research interests include religion, diaspora and transnationalism, international development and the politics of World Heritage in South Asia.

Matthew R. Sayers teaches religion at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania, USA. His research focuses on the rituals of ancestor worship in the transition from Vedic to Classical expressions of Indian religiosity, focusing particularly on the ritual of śrāddha.

Abhishek Singh Amar works in the Department of Religious Studies at Hamilton College, USA. His research interests include archaeological history of Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions in pre-modern India.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415684528
• ISBN 13: 9780415684521
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Geary David, Sayers Matthew, Singh Amar Abhishek
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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