This volume deals with a unique group of stone sculptures, representations of the Buddha's Wheel of the Law, found in present-day Thailand that date from about the seventh-eighth centuries CE. The book places these sculptures in their historical, religious, and art historical contexts to determine what they meant to the culture (called Dvāravatī) that produced them. Thus, other art historical material associated with the Wheels, including stone deer, Buddha images, and stupas, are discussed. Of greatest importance is how these sculptures relate to both the art in Cambodia and that in India, and to determine what these relationships can tell us about the process (called Indianization) by which Indian culture, religion, and art were adapted in Southeast Asia.
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PART I: The History 1. The Background: History, Mandala, and Cambodia 3 2. The Interface: Northeastern and Southern Thailand 19 3. The Center: Central and Eastern Thailand 46 PART II: The Content 4. The Cakras and their Related Monuments 69 5. The Cakras and their Related Inscriptions 96 PART III: The Form 6. The Cakra Sequence 123 7. The Cakra Patterns and their Relationships 138 8. The Cakra Patterns and their Organization 159 9. Planned Inconsistencies and Anomaly in Cakra Designs 175 Conclusion 183 Appendix 200 Bibliography of Cited Works 203 Bibliography of Cited Works in Thai Transcription 217 Index 231
