This volume presents 150 objects of Hindu and Buddhist iconography from the Bassoul Collection of Southeast Asian art. There are accounts of Hinduism and Hindu art, of the Buddha story and the spread of Buddhism and Buddhist art in Southeast Asia, all written for the art lover, as well as explanatory commentaries, provenance details and colour plates for each of the artifacts.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\…
For a number of centuries, Nalanda Mahavihara was a beacon of knowledge and wisdom in Asia Scholars came from all over Asia to study a range of suject including philosophy and logic. Education in Nalanda was holistic, imparting to the student a view of life that was open-minded, tolerant, and at one with nature.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nThe philosophy of Buddhism underlay that education…