Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India.

The Journal of the American Oriental SocietyVol. 124 Nbr. 1, January 2004

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Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India.

Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India. By MICHAEL WILLIS, with contributions by Joe Cribb and Julia Shaw. London: BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS, 2000. Pp. 112, figs. $175.

The central focus of this book is the Buddhist reliquaries which were found at Sanchi and other nearby stupa sites (Satdhara, Sonari, Bhojpur, and Andher) by Alexander Cunningham and F. C. Maisey in 1851, and which are now in the collection of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The rationale for the publication of this volume is given by the principal author as follows: "While the monuments of Sanchi have...

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