[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › The Buddhist Art of Gandhara: The Story of the Early School, its Birth, Growth and Decline # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/person/marshall-j) - **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](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c1) — 8 parts - [c2 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c2) — 15 parts - [c3 List of Illustrations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c3) — 8 parts - [c4 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c4) — 13 parts - [c5 Publisher's Note](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c5) — 1 part - [c6 List of Abbreviations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c6) — 16 parts - [c7 Chapter 1. Introduction](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c7) — 10 parts - [c8 Chapter 2. The Early Indian School of Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c8) — 20 parts - [c9 Chapter 3. The Beginnings of Gandhāra Art: The Śaka Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c9) — 22 parts - [c10 Chapter 4. The Renaissance of Hellenistic Art under the Parthians and its Effect on Gandhāra Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c10) — 17 parts - [c11 Chapter 5. Childhood of Gandhāra Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c11) — 15 parts - [c12 Chapter 6. Adolescence](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c12) — 23 parts - [c13 Chapter 7. Adolescence (continued)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c13) — 3 parts - [c14 Chapter 8. Period of Maturity](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c14) — 10 parts - [c15 Chapter 9. Early Maturity Period](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c15) — 37 parts - [c16 Chapter 10. Later Maturity Period: Reliefs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c16) — 26 parts - [c17 Chapter 11. Later Maturity Period: Images and Decorative Carvings](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c17) — 23 parts - [c18 Chapter 12. Conclusion](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c18) — 175 parts - [c19 Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960.c19) — 35 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.marshall-1960) · Pramāṇa