| Description |
xi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
An Orion Press book
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| Note |
Translation of Sur les traces du Bouddha. |
| Contents |
China in the age of epics -- The call of Buddhism -- Across the great west -- Persian paintings in the heart of the Gobi -- On the eve of the convulsion -- The Greco-Buddhist world -- On to the holy land of the Ganges -- The holy places of Buddhism -- A journey around the Deccan at the time of Ajanta -- Nalanda, the monastic city -- Harsha, the poet king -- From the Pamirs to Tun-huang -- The glory of the T'ang -- Pilgrims of the southern seas -- The voyages of Yi Tsing -- The peace of the pagodas -- The soaring metaphysics of the Mahayana -- The mystical heavens of Buddhism -- The apocalypse of the Indian aesthetic. |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- History.
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| Added Title |
Sur les traces du Bouddha. English
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| ISBN |
0670400211 |
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9780670400218 |
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