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Gandhara with its wide variety of architectural remains and sculptures has for many decades perplexed students of south and central asia kurt behrendt in this volume for the first time and convincingly offers a description of the development of 2nd century bce to 8th century ce buddhist sacred centers in ancient gandhara today northwest pakistan. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for the buddhist architecture of gandhara handbook of oriental studies section 2 south asia at amazoncom read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Brills handbook of oriental studies section two south asia series primarily comprises graduate plus scholarly reference tools for the study of the history cultures religions and languages of south asia the series welcomes handbooks on either s see more. The buddhist architecture of gandh ra handbook the buddhist architecture of gandh ra handbook of oriental studies section 2 south asia hardcover by kurt a behrendt author art of gandhara tricycle this revelatory exhibition of buddhist art from gandhara an ancient kingdom whose center was the present day. Gandhara with its wide variety of architectural remains and sculptures has for many decades perplexed students of south and central asia kurt behrendt in this volume for the first time and convincingly offers a description of the development of 2nd century bce to 8th century ce buddhist sacred centers in ancient gandhara today northwest pakistan