The Buddhist Architecture of Gandhāra

Kurt Behrendt in this book for the first time and convincingly offers a description of the development of 2nd century B.C.E. to 8th century C.E. Buddhist sacred centers in ancient Gandhara, today northwest Pakistan.

About the author

Kurt A. Behrendt, Ph.D. (1997) in South Asian Art History, University of California, Los Angeles, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Temple University, Pennsylvania. He has published on early Buddhist art of South Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Kurt A Behrendt, Kurt A. Behrendt
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2003
• EAN: 9789004135956
• ISBN: 978-90-04-13595-6
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 245 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 984 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous