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The Archaeology of Hindu Ritual: Temples and the Establishment of the Gods |
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Willis, Michael (著)
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| Date | 2009.04 |
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| Pages | 390 |
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| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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https://www.cambridge.org/
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| Location | Cambridge, UK [劍橋, 英國] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Michael Willis is curator of the early South Asian and Himalayan collections at the British Museum. A Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and an Honorary Research Fellow at Cardiff University, he is the author of The Temples of Gopaksetra and Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India. |
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| Abstract | In this groundbreaking study, Michael Willis examines how the gods of early Hinduism came to be established in temples, how their cults were organized, and how the ruling elite supported their worship. Examining the emergence of these key historical developments in the fourth and fifth centuries, Willis combines Sanskrit textual evidence with archaeological data from inscriptions, sculptures, temples, and sacred sites. The centrepiece of this study is Udayagiri in central India, the only surviving imperial site of the Gupta dynasty. Through a judicious use of landscape archaeology and archaeo-astronomy, Willis reconstructs how Udayagiri was connected to the Festival of the Rainy Season and the Royal Consecration. Through his meticulous study of the site, its sculptures and its inscriptions, Willis shows how the Guptas presented themselves as universal sovereigns and how they advanced new systems of religious patronage that shaped the world of medieval India. |
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| Table of contents | List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgements xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
1. The archaeology and politics of time at Udayagiri 10
2. The establishment of the gods 79
3. Ritual action and ritual actors 167
Appendix I. Astronomy and Udayagiri 247
Appendix II. Mean Annual Run-off into the Udayagiri Tank 251
Notes 253
Bibliography of Key Works Cited 339
Index 359 |
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| ISBN | 9780521518741 (hb); 9781107460164 (pbk) |
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| Created date | 2025.08.05 |
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| Modified date | 2025.08.05 |
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