The Buddhist Art of Gandhara: The Story of the Early School, its Birth, Growth and Decline (The Buddhist Art of Gandhāra: The Story of the Early School, its Birth, Growth and Decline)
Chronology of Gandhāran sculpture from the Taxila excavations: Śaka–Parthian beginnings, Kuṣāṇa maturity, stucco phase; 150 plates.
- Language
- English
- Author
- John Marshall
- Extent
- 504 passages, 53,732 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1960; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (John Marshall †1958)
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 8 parts
- c2 Contents — 15 parts
- c3 List of Illustrations — 8 parts
- c4 Preface — 13 parts
- c5 Publisher's Note — 1 part
- c6 List of Abbreviations — 16 parts
- c7 Chapter 1. Introduction — 10 parts
- c8 Chapter 2. The Early Indian School of Art — 20 parts
- c9 Chapter 3. The Beginnings of Gandhāra Art: The Śaka Period — 22 parts
- c10 Chapter 4. The Renaissance of Hellenistic Art under the Parthians and its Effect on Gandhāra Art — 17 parts
- c11 Chapter 5. Childhood of Gandhāra Art — 15 parts
- c12 Chapter 6. Adolescence — 23 parts
- c13 Chapter 7. Adolescence (continued) — 3 parts
- c14 Chapter 8. Period of Maturity — 10 parts
- c15 Chapter 9. Early Maturity Period — 37 parts
- c16 Chapter 10. Later Maturity Period: Reliefs — 26 parts
- c17 Chapter 11. Later Maturity Period: Images and Decorative Carvings — 23 parts
- c18 Chapter 12. Conclusion — 175 parts
- c19 Index — 35 parts