[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology # The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology Origins of Buddhist art (aniconic symbols), East Gate of Sanchi, Greek origin of the Buddha image, Buddhist Madonna, eastern Iranian and Central-Asian Buddhist art. - **Language:** English - **Date:** 1867–1956 CE - **Authors:** [Alfred Foucher](https://indike.org/pramana/person/foucher-a), [L. A. Thomas](https://indike.org/pramana/person/thomas-la), [F. W. Thomas](https://indike.org/pramana/person/thomas-fw) - **Extent:** 1,084 passages, 113,828 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Translated by L. A. and F. W. Thomas, Paris: Geuthner / London: Humphrey Milford 1917; scan on archive.org,… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Alfred Foucher †1952; L. A. Thomas; F. W. Thomas… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c1) — 6 parts - [c2 The Beginnings of Buddhist Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c2) — 14 parts - [c3 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c3) — 11 parts - [c4 Illustrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c4) — 26 parts - [c5 The Beginnings of Buddhist Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c5) — 7 parts - [c6 The Representations of "Jâtakas" on the Bas-reliefs of Barhut](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c6) — 44 parts - [c7 The Eastern Gate of the Sânchî Stûpa](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c7) — 47 parts - [c8 The Greek Origin of the Image of Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c8) — 38 parts - [c9 The Tutelary Pair](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c9) — 229 parts - [c10 The Six-Tusked Elephant: An attempt at a chronological classification of the various versions of the Shaḍḍanta-Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c10) — 73 parts - [c11 Buddhist Art in Java](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c11) — 18 parts - [c12 The Buddhist Madonna](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c12) — 63 parts - [c13 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c13) — 58 parts - [c14 Addenda and Corrigenda](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917.c14) — 6 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.foucher-1917) · Pramāṇa