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David (Hrsg.) Geary

Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on a Contested Buddhist Site

Bodh Gaya Jataka

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Bodh Gaya in the North Indian state of Bihar has long been recognized as the place where the Buddha achieved enlightenment. This book brings together the recent work of twelve scholars from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, art history, history, and religion - to highlight their various findings and perspectives on different facets of Bodh Gaya's past and present.Through an engaging and critical overview of the place of Buddha's enlightenment, the book discusses the dynamic and contested nature of this site, and looks at the tensions with the on-going efforts to define the place according to particular histories or identities. It addre… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Sayers, Matthew R. (Hrsg.) / Singh Amar, Abhishek (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-136-32067-5
  • EAN: 9781136320675
  • Produktnummer: 13998092
  • Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 224 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'963 KB
  • Abbildungen: 20 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 20 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor


David Geary is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Oxford, UK. His research interests include religion, diaspora and transnationalism, international development and the politics of World Heritage in South Asia.Matthew R. Sayers teaches religion at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania, USA. His research focuses on the rituals of ancestor worship in the transition from Vedic to Classical expressions of Indian religiosity, focusing particularly on the ritual of sraddha.Abhishek Singh Amar works in the Department of Religious Studies at Hamilton College, USA. His research interests include archaeological history of Buddhist and Hindu religious traditions in pre-modern India.

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