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Tables of Contents for Discourse in Early Buddhist Art
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Photographic Sources
ix
Part I Discourse and Story
1
72
On Modes of Visual Narration
3
33
The Multivalent Sign in Early Buddhist Art
36
19
Text and Image
55
18
Part II Sites of Narrative
73
202
Towards Narrative: Sanchi Stupa 2
75
8
Emergence of Visual Narrative: Bharhut Stupa
83
27
Narrative Achieves Assurance: Sanchi Stupa 1
110
25
Variations in Narrativity: Lesser Monasteries
135
15
Maturity of Narrative: Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda
150
33
Narrative Cycles at Gandhara
183
24
Ajanta's Painted Murals
207
31
The Narrative Tradition Recedes
238
33
Concluding Remarks
271
4
Appendices
275
23
Appendix One Donative Inscriptions on Bharhut Sculptures
277
4
Appendix Two Jatakas at Bharhut
281
2
Appendix Three Location of the Sanchi Gateway Narratives
283
4
Appendix Four Vajrapani in Gandharan Narratives
287
3
Appendix Five Inscriptions of Ajanta's Major Donors
290
3
Appendix Six Ajanta's Minor Donative Inscriptions
293
3
Appendix Seven Viharasvamin/Viharasvamini
296
2
Notes
298
18
Glossary
316
2
Bibliography
318
11
Index
329