Monumental Entrance to Gandharan Buddhist Architecture

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_5502
dc.title	Monumental Entrance to Gandharan Buddhist Architecture. Stairs and Gates from Swat
dc.contributor.author	Iori Elisa
dc.contributor.author	Olivieri Luca M.
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2021/1/monumental-entrance-to-gandharan-buddhist-architec/
dc.description.abstract	The article presents a series of pieces excavated by the ISMEO Italian Archaeological Mission in two Buddhist sacred areas in Swat (Pakistan). The pieces are chosen for their connection to the theme of monumental entrances of cultic buildings. In the first case (Gumbat), the building is a shrine. In the second, (Amluk-dara) it is a Main Stupa. The pieces belong to three different entrance parts: lower sides of the stairs, decorated steps or stair-riser friezes, and decorated frames of doors. Pieces like these, which belong to specific architecture, can be hypothetically positioned in their places, allowing thus a more vivid reconstruction of the original appearance of the monuments. The decorative apparatus of the entrances to Buddhist monuments, although apparently extraneous to the religious language, is not less rich than the Buddhist iconographic programme illustrated on the stupas or inside the shrines. The second part of the article deals with the interpretation of the language of the entrance as ‘symbolic capital’ of the political élites, who were the donors of the great Buddhist architecture in Swat.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 57 \| Giugno 2021
dc.issued	2021-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2021-04-26
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-01-22
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2021/01/009
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Buddhist architecture
dc.subject	Buddhist architecture
dc.subject	Gandhara
dc.subject	Gandhara
dc.subject	Oḍi-rajas
dc.subject	Oḍi-rajas
dc.subject	Stair-risers
dc.subject	Stair-risers
dc.subject	Stupa
dc.subject	Stupa
dc.subject	Swat
dc.subject	Swat
dc.subject	Symbolic capital
dc.subject	Symbolic capital

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Stairs and Gates from Swat

Luca M. Olivieri Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

Elisa Iori Max-Weber-Kolleg, Universität Erfurt/ISMEO

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abstract

The article presents a series of pieces excavated by the ISMEO Italian Archaeological Mission in two Buddhist sacred areas in Swat (Pakistan). The pieces are chosen for their connection to the theme of monumental entrances of cultic buildings. In the first case (Gumbat), the building is a shrine. In the second, (Amluk-dara) it is a Main Stupa. The pieces belong to three different entrance parts: lower sides of the stairs, decorated steps or stair-riser friezes, and decorated frames of doors. Pieces like these, which belong to specific architecture, can be hypothetically positioned in their places, allowing thus a more vivid reconstruction of the original appearance of the monuments. The decorative apparatus of the entrances to Buddhist monuments, although apparently extraneous to the religious language, is not less rich than the Buddhist iconographic programme illustrated on the stupas or inside the shrines. The second part of the article deals with the interpretation of the language of the entrance as ‘symbolic capital’ of the political élites, who were the donors of the great Buddhist architecture in Swat.

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30 Giugno 2021

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26 Aprile 2021

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22 Gennaio 2021

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Keywords: Swat • Stair-risers • Oḍi-rajas • Buddhist architecture • Stupa • Symbolic capital • Gandhara

permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2021/01/009

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