عنوان

The East : Buddhists, Hindus and the sons of heaven

Title Proper

The East : Buddhists, Hindus and the sons of heaven

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Abingdon

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Routledge

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2008

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viii, 915 p.: illus )chiefly col.(, col. maps

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Architecture in Context

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2

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Christopher Tadgell

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1

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Part I. Buddhist and Brahmanical : 1.1. The Indian subcontinent ; The Mauryas and their successors ; Hellenistic intruders and the Mahayana ; The pantheon of the gods ; Hindu empire and the fruits of the dynastic rivalry ; The south and the great Dravidian vimana ; The north and the 'Nagara' temple mountains ; Central synthesis ; Forts ; Sri Lanka ; Nepal -- 1.2. South-east Asia : Java and its neighbours ; The advent of the Khmer ; Angkor ; The Cham and the late ascent of the Mahayana at Angkor ; Mons and Myenmar ; Thais and their eastern neighbours -- Part II. Heaven's empires : 2.1. China and its orbit : The generation of conservative traditions ; Interregnum and the impact of Buddhism ; Middle age, Sui, Tang and Song ; The Yuan interregnum and Tibet ; Ming and the Qing: longevity and sclerosis ; Himalayan theocracy and imperial Lamaism ; Korea -- 2.2. Japan : Origins ; From Asuka to Heian ; Kamakura and Muromachi ; From Momoyama to Edo

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Asia ، Architecture

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Asia ، Architecture, Hindu

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Asia ، Architecture, Buddhist

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Tadgell, Christopher

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