Introduction – by Wannaporn Rienjang and Peter Stewart
Numismatic evidence and the date of Kaniṣka I – by Joe Cribb
Positioning Gandhāran Buddhas in chronology: significant
coordinates and anomalies – by Juhyung Rhi
A framework for Gandhāran chronology based on relic inscriptions –
by Stefan Baums
On Gandhāran sculptural production from Swat: recent archaeological
and chronological data – by Luca Maria Olivieri and Anna
Filigenzi
The chronology of stūpa relic practice in Afghanistan and
Dharmarājikā, Pakistan, and its implication for the rise in
popularity of image cult – by Wannaporn Rienjang
Buddhist art’s late bloomer: the genius and influence of Gandhāra –
by Monika Zin
On the relationship between Gandhāran toilet-trays and the early
Buddhist art of northern India – by Ciro Lo Muzio
Is it appropriate to ask a celestial lady’s age? – by Robert
Bracey
Architectural evidence for the Gandhāran tradition after the third
century – by Kurt Behrendt
Wannaporn Rienjang is Project Assistant of the Gandhāra Connections Project at the Classical Art Research Centre, Oxford. She completed her doctoral degree in Archaeology at the University of Cambridge on Buddhist relic cult in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Before starting her PhD, she worked as a research assistant for the Masson Project at the Department of Coins and Medals, the British Museum. Her research interests include the art and archaeology of Greater Gandhāra, Buddhist studies, and working technologies of stone containers and beads.
Peter Stewart is Director of the Classical Art Research Centre and Associate Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford. He has worked widely in the field of ancient sculpture. His publications include Statues in Roman Society: Representation and Response (2003) and The Social History of Roman Art (2008). Much of his research concerns the relationship between Gandhāran art and Roman sculpture.
'This book is therefore an essential contribution to Gandhāran
studies, by favouring an approach through various disciplines and
paving the way for further studies.' – Olivier Bordeaux (2020),
Ancient West & East
*Ancient West & East*
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