Author: D C Ahir
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 373
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170307740
Description
This book is the first of its kind which gives complete information on the history, art & architecture of more than 250 Buddhist sites and shrines in India. The presentation is state-wise, covering 25 modern states, in alphabetical order, from Andhra Pradesh to West Bengal. The most sacred shrines, sanctified by the Buddha, are in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
There other states where the Best Buddhist heritage has survived are – Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. And the best gompas monasteries in the high Himalayan Valleys where Buddhism has been a living faith through the ages, are in Arunachal Pradesh, Hamachal Pradesh, Ladakh (Kashmir) and Sikkim. To make this volume complete in all respects, five additional notes have been added.
There are on – The Edicts of Asoka (3rd Century BC); Buddhist monasteries seen by Hiuen Tsang the Chinese pilgrim, in the 7th Century AD; Sacred Relics of the Buddha; Buddhist Remains in Pakistan, and Bhddhist Sites in Bangla Desh. All this information naturally makes this volume a very useful Reference Book on the Buddhist Sites and Shrines in Ancent India.
Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Arunachal Pradesh
3. Assam
4. Bihar
5. Chhattisgarh
6. Delhi
7. Goa
8. Gujarat
9. Haryana
10. Himachal Pradesh
11. Jammu & Kashmir
12. Karnataka
13. Keral
14. Madhya Pradesh
15. Maharashta
16. Orissa
17. Pondicherry
18. Punjab
19. Rajasthan
20. Sikkim
21. Tamil Nadu
22. Tripura
23. Uttaranchal
24. Uttar Pradesh
25. West Bengal
APPENDICES
1. The Edicts of Asoka
2. Buddhist Monasteries seen by Hiuen Tsang
3. Sacred Relics of the Buddha
4. Buddhist Remains in Pakistan
5. Buddhist Sites in Bangla Desh
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX