History of early stone sculpture at Mathura, ca. 150 BCE-100 CE / / by Sonya Rhie Quintanilla ; with a preface by Pramod Chandra.

• Superior document: Studies in Asian art and archaeology, v. 25
• Author: Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Asian art and archaeology ; v. 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (538 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This volume provides the first comprehensive analysis and chronology of the earliest known stone sculptures from the north Indian city of Mathura, dating prior to the famous Kushan period. It includes numerous new attributions of objects based primarily on epigraphic and visual analysis. The sculptures attributable to these pre-Kushan periods reveal new evidence for the reasons behind the emergence of the anthropomorphic image of the Buddha at Mathura, the predominance of a heterodox sect of Jainism, and the proliferation of cults of nature divinities. This book provides a wealth of reference material useful for historians of early Indian art, religion, and epigraphy. The book is illustrated with over three hundred photographs, and it includes epigraphic appendices with complete transcriptions and updated translations.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Chapter One. Evidence For Stone Sculpture At Mathura Before The Mid-Second Century Bce / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Chapter Two. Abstracted Forms: The ‘Bharhut Style’ Of The Mathura Region (Ca. 150 Bce) / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Chapter Three. Iconographic Diversification And Narrative Maturation (Ca. 120–75 Bce) / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Chapter Four. Àyàgapatas: Defining The Framework / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Chapter Five. The Emergence Of Naturalism (Ca. 50–20 Bce) / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Architectural Sculpture / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Chapter Six. Sculpture Of Mathura During The Reign Of Sodàsa (Ca. 15 Ce) / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Chapter Seven. Antedating Kaniska: Mathura Sculptures Of Ca. 50–100 Ce / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Chapter Eight. Concluding Remarks / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Appendix I. Inscription Transcriptions, Translations, And Notes / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Appendix II. List Of Àyàgapatas With Inscriptions And Epigraphical Notes / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Glossary / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Select Bibliography / S. Rhie Quintanilla -- Index / S. Rhie Quintanilla.