Buddhist Slabs from Nalanda

Claudine Bautze-Picron (1)

1 Mondes Iranien et Indien - UMR 7528

Studies a particular type of stone carving made to be inserted within an architectural setting. The central character, the Buddha or a Bodhisattva is surrounded by a frame of architectural inspiration. The stylistic study of such slabs has allowed to attribute here a group of them to the atelier of Nalanda (9th-11th c.)

Mots clés: Buddhist art; Buddha; Bodhisattva; Nalanda; Bihar

Domaines: Art et histoire de l'art; Religions

Claudine Bautze-Picron. Buddhist Slabs from Nalanda. Berliner Indologische Studien, 1990, 6/7 (1990/1991), pp.48-67. ⟨hal-00550038⟩