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Entering the Dharmadhtu: A Study of the Gandavyūha Reliefs of Borobudur: 26
Author(s): Jan Fontein (Author)
- Publisher: BRILL
- Publication Date: 20 Mar. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 272 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004211225
- ISBN-13: 9789004211223
Book Description
New identifications of the 460 bas-reliefs of Borobudur illustrating the Gandavyha, based upon a comparison with the contents of three early Chinese translations of Sanskrit manuscripts of the text of Central Asian or Indian provenance.
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About the Author
Jan Fontein, Ph.D. (1966) Leiden University in Far Eastern languages and Southeast Asian archaeology, was Curator of the Museum of Asiatic Art, Amsterdam from 1955 to 1966. From 1966 to 1992 he worked at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, first as curator and later as director. He has published books, exhibition catalogues, and articles on Asian art.
