Table of Contents

1. The archaeology and politics of time at Udayagiri; 2. The establishment of the gods; 3. Ritual action and ritual actors.

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Willis examines how gods of early Hinduism came to be established in temples, combining Sanskrit textual evidence with archaeological data.

About the Author

Michael Willis is curator of the early South Asian and Himalayan collections at the British Museum. A Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and an Honorary Research Fellow at Cardiff University, he is the author of The Temples of Gopaksetra and Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India.

Reviews

"...this will be an essential study for all scholars interested in the historical development of medieval Indic temple religion." -John E. Cort, Religious Studies Review