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BUDDHIST MONUMENTS AND SCULPTURES IN GUJARAT

A HISTORICAL SURVEY

By Kantilal F. Sompura,

M.A., L.L.B., Ph.D

Department of Indian Culture,

H.M.Arts College, Ahmedabad

VISHVESHVARANAND  INSTITUTE

38pages and 16 picts

CONTENTS

PREFACE

LIST OF PLATES

LIST OF ABREVIATIONS

I.                   BUDDHISM IN GUJARAT

II.                BUDDHIST MONUMENTS

(A)  STUPAS

1.      The Boria Stupa

2.      Devanĩ-Morĩ Stũpa

(B)  CAITYA-GRHAS

1.      Caitya-gra in Bãwã-Pyãrã Caves at Junagadh

2.      The rock-cut caitya-grha at Talaja

3.      Caitya-grha at Sanã

4.      Caitya-grha at Khambhalida

(C)  VIHARAS: ROCK-CUT

1.      Bãwã-Pyãrã Vihãra

2.      Mai-Gadechi

3.      Khengar’s Mahla

4.      Talaja

5.      Sanã Hill

6.      Bhima-Chauri

7.      Zinzurizar

8.      Kaprakodia

9.      Dhank

10.  Uparkot at Junagadh

11.  Khambhalida

12.  kadia

VIHARAS: BRICK

13.  Rdrasena Vihãra

14.  Devant-Morĩ Vihãra

III.             ARCHITECTURAL FORMS OF THE MONUMENTS

      (i) Ground-Plans

                  1, Stũpas

                  2. Caitya-grhas

                  3. Monasteries

      (ii) Pillars and Arches

1.      Bãwã-Pyãrã Math, Junagadh

2.      Bimachori Vihãra

3.      Zinzurizar

4.      Uparkot

5.      Devanĩ-Morĩ

            (iii) Motifs and Disigns

1.      The Caitya-window ornament

2.      Decoration at the façade

            (iv) Sculptures and Images

(a)    Sculptures

1.      Human figures

2.      Animal sculptures

3.      Floral designs

(b)   Images

1.      Terracotta figurines: Buddha

2.      Bodhisattvas

3.      Buddha on Isalava Hill near Valã

4.      Buddha image from Kotayarka

5.      Buddha from Nagar

6.      Buddhist goddess at Taranga

7.      Bhuj Buddha Bronze

8.      Images of Aksobhya

IV.             CHRONOLOGY OF THE BUDDHIST MONUMENTS

1.      ZinzurizarCaves

2.      Stũpa and Vihãra at Devant-Morĩ

      INDEX

PUBLISHER’S NOTE

BuddhistMonuments and Sculptures in Gujarat by Dr. K.F. Sompura present an up-to-date survey, in chronological sequence, of the main Buddhist remains scattered in Gujarat. The historical and cultural back-ground is provided in chapter I, entitled ‘Buddhism in Gujarat, chapter II, on ‘Buddhist monuments’, identifies and describes the Stũpas, Caityagrahas and rock-out Vihãras. The ‘Architectural forms of the monuments’ is analysed in chapter III. The last chapter attempts at providing a chronology of the monuments surveyed in the earlier chapters. The volume is illustrated with 18 plates and is provided with an exhaustive . Subject in dex. The book is a significant contribution to the subject of Indian archaecology and scultpure, especially with  reference to Gujarat.

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