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100	1		_aBopearachchi, Osmund, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aFrom Bactria to Taprobane : _bSelected Works of Osmund Bopearachchi. Volume II: Art History and Maritime Trade / _cOsmund Bopearachchi.
246	3		_aSelected Works of Osmund Bopearachchi. Volume II: Art History and Maritime Trade
264		1	_aLeiden ; _aBoston : _bBrill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2015
300			_a1 online resource (480 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_tPreliminary Material / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- A Faience Head of a Graeco-Bactrian King from Ai Khanum* / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Gilded Silver Statue of a Modest Venus from Begram / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Two Greek Bracelets with Greek Inscriptions found in Hellenised Central Asia / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Acroliths from Bactria and Gandhāra / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- An Enigmatic Image of Varāha-Visnu from Gandhāra / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- In Search of Utpalavarnā in Gandhāran Buddhist Art / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- The First Kushan Sovereigns: Chronology and Monetary Iconography / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- The Pleasure Gardens of Sigiriya: A New Approach / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Sculptures of Amaravati Tradition in Sri Lanka / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Andhra-Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka: Early Buddhist Sculptures of Sri Lanka / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Seafaring in the Indian Ocean: Archaeological Evidence from Sri Lanka / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Codrington’s Studies on Sri Lankan Numismatics: Past and Present / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Archaeological Evidence on Changing Patterns of International Trade Relations of Ancient Sri Lanka / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Port Sites and Emporia of Ancient Sri Lanka: New Archaeological Data / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Archaeological Evidence on Shipping Communities of Sri Lanka / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- An Inscribed Abhisheka Lakshmi Coin from Sri Lanka / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Circulation of Roman and Byzantine Gold Coins in Sri Lanka: Fact or Fiction? / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Tamil Traders in Sri Lanka and Sinhalese Traders in Tamil Nadu / _rOsmund Bopearachchi -- Index / _rOsmund Bopearachchi.
520			_aThe second volume of Osmund Bopearachchi has articles and monographs on Central Asian and Indian art, South Indian and Sri Lankan art and finally maritime trade in the Indian Ocean. While documenting thousands of coins in the Pakistani markets from 1992 onwards, Bopearachchi realised that one has to go beyond the traditional approach of simply cataloguing coins, and as a result he has made an attempt to link numismatics with sculptural and pictorial iconography. His studies on Utpalavarnā, the courtesan who later became a bhiksunī (Buddhist nun) and on the earliest iconography of Hindu gods like Śiva, Brahmā, Vi]s]nu and Varāha have revolutionised our knowledge of these domains. His writings giving the results of the archaeological excavations and explorations carried out by the Department of Archaeology and the French Archaeological Mission in Sri Lanka along the estuaries and rivers provide substantial evidence to indicate that in ancient times large ships could cast anchor in the sea close to river mouths and commodities were taken to inland markets using the rivers and waterways. His work also shows how the movements caused by these human activities have amalgamated local traditions with foreign identities and created new forms of art and belief. His research on sculptures imported to the island from Amarāvatī-Nāgārjunakonda deals with the inspiration of these schools of art over the early forms of Buddhist sculpture in Sri Lanka. The different architectural aspects of the royal palace complex of Sigiriya, built by King Kassapa (477-95 CE) clearly demonstrate that various external ideas and concepts were used to convert this huge lofty rock into a more elaborate harmonious whole, in another words, a paradise or an Alakmanda.
546			_aEnglish
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aNumismatics _zAsia, Central.
650		0	_aNumismatics _zIndia.
650		0	_aShipping _zIndian Ocean _zHistory.
651		0	_aAsia _zBactria.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tFrom Bactria to Taprobane : Selected Works of Osmund Bopearachchi. Volume II: Art History and Maritime Trade. _dLeiden ; Boston : Brill | Manohar Publishers & Distributors, 2015. _z9789350980705 _w(OCoLC)909012463 _w(DLC) 2015358140
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004752146
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