ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA - Hardcover

Art and Archaeology of South-East Asia is an outcome of two consecutive seminars organised by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi. It has eleven selected studies on South-East Asia by eminent scholars of the subject. Cultural contacts between India and South-East Asia began much before the appearance of Sanskrit inscriptions in the middle of the first millennium AD. This book contains a wealth of information on sculptural, architectural and monumental art forms of South-East Asia and its contemporaneous art forms in India. In its stride it explores the common narratives and the aesthetic and iconographic links between India and South-East Asia. Dr. Bachchan Kumar, D., D.Litt., specializes in art, history and culture of South-East Asia. He has published a number of books and research papers. His latest book is The Buddhist Art: Vietnamese Perspectives. He is a recipient of Prof. A. K. Narain Award (2002) for the study of culture and civilizations of countries other than India offered by Indian Archaeological Society, New Delhi; Asia Fellows Awards (2004-2005) and Asia Fellows Follow-Up Award (2007) awarded by Asian Scholarship Foundation, Bangkok under Ford Foundation, USA. Dr. Kumar has organised and participated in various national and international seminars and conferences in India and abroad. He is in charge of South-East Asian Studies, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi.