The Art of Nalanda

Buddhist sculpture development between AD 600 and 1200 Nalanda was not only a well-known meeting place for Buddhist Asia, but it was also a flourishing hub of artistic creation with exceptional aesthetic vision and inventive skill. The book is the first comprehensive examination of Buddhist sculpture from the site made of various materials, including stone, metal, and stucco. Based on a strong foundation of iconographic and stylistic study, it presents a condensed overview of the evolution of plastic. The author has aptly described Nalanda as the breeding ground for later Buddhist art and iconography of a much wider region beyond the geographical boundary of eastern India after tracing its Kusana-Gandhara and Gupta-Sarnath heritage and by touching upon its legacy on the art of Tibet in particular.