Excavations, Conservation, and Active Reconstruction: Lives of Buddhist Materials Remains in Andhra
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20 Jan
2024
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Buddhist Aesthetics
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Akira Shimada
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Image: Amaravati stupa (June 2022)
Since the discovery of the great stupa at Amaravati in 1798, archaeological excavations revealed more than a hundred Buddhist monastic remains from the Andhra region, southeastern India. As represented by the destruction of the Amaravati stupa and sculptures after the excavations, such surveys at times entailed some unintended results. By exploring the fates of Buddhist remains in Andhra after the modern discovery, this session examines the achievements and ramifications of archaeological surveys of Buddhism.
Session 1: Early Excavations in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Session 2: More Recent Excavations and Transformations of the Sites.
In-person with live streaming on ZOOM
Duration -
January 20, 2024
Timing: Tea: 6:00 pm | Lecture: 6:30 - 8:30 pm IST
Fees
Rs. 1,000 (For student discounts registrations kindly email info@jp-india.org)
Registrations Closed
Akira Shimada
Akira Shimada (Ph.D. in South Asian History, University of London, 2006) is a Professor of History Department at the State University of New York at New Paltz. His publications includes Early Buddhist Architecture in Context: The Great Stupa at Amaravati (ca. 300 BCE–300 CE), Leiden, 2013,Buddhist Stūpas in South Asia: Recent Archaeological, Art-Historical and Historical Perspectives, New Delhi, 2009; Amaravati: The Art of Early Buddhist Monument in Context, London, 2016. He is developing a new book entitled From Amaravati to Nagarjunakonda and beyond: History of South Indian Buddhism after the Sātavāhanas.