Gandhāran Art in Its Buddhist Context - Papers from the Fifth International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxfo

This book considers Gandhāran art in relation to its religious contexts and meanings within ancient Buddhism. Addressing the responses of patrons and worshippers at the monasteries and shrines of Gandhāra, papers seek to understand more about why Gandhāran art was made and what its iconographical repertoire meant to ancient viewers.