2019/08/30 by Hans Bakker · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Chinese history and philosophy #Eurasian Exchange Networks #Indian and Buddhist Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.1163/9789004412071
openalex publication_date 2019/08/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/22
The selected and revised articles in this volume by Hans Bakker deal with Indian culture, religion and history: Hinduism, epigraphy, archaeology, iconography in combination with Sanskrit textual studies. The studies focus on the Skandapurana, Vakataka—Gupta history, Ramtek (Ramagiri), Mansar, Ayodhya, Benares, pilgrimage and holy places (tirtha). Readership: All interested in the cultural history of Northern India of the classical and medieval periods. Sanskritists, historians of religion and historians of Indian art and iconography, as well as historians of Shaivism (Pasupata).