PDF Solo hay un Dios (Spanish Edition) by Reza Aslan in History

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This volume deals with a unique group of stone sculptures; representations of the Buddha's Wheel of the Law; found in present-day Thailand that date from about the seventh-eighth centuries CE. The book places these sculptures in their historical; religious; and art historical contexts to determine what they meant to the culture (called Dv?ravat?) that produced them. Thus; other art historical material associated with the Wheels; including stone deer; Buddha images; and stupas; are discussed. Of greatest importance is how these sculptures relate to both the art in Cambodia and that in India; and to determine what these relationships can tell us about the process (called Indianization) by which Indian culture; religion; and art were adapted in Southeast Asia.