Description |
xi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
An Orion Press book |
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Orion Press book
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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 |
Notes |
Originally published: Paris : Librarie Plon, c1929 |
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Translation of: Sur les traces du Bouddha |
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Translation of: Sur les traces du Bouddha |
Subject |
Xuanzang, approximately 596-664.
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Yijing, 635-713.
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Buddhism -- History.
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Buddhism.
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SUBJECT |
Asia -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008609
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China -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024032
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China -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024177
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India -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064947
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Author |
Leon, Mariette.
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LC no. |
70143531 |
ISBN |
0670400211 |
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