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‎Gender in Gandharan Art. Representations and Interactions in the Buddhist Context (1st - 4th centuries CE)‎

‎, Brepols, 2025 Hardback, Pages: 149, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:107 col., 2 tables b/w., 2 maps color, Language: English. ISBN 9782503609515.‎

‎Summary Gandh?ran art developed around the first century BCE till the fourth century CE in parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan and has been the focus of intense scholarly debates in both Classical and South Asian Studies for many decades. In this book, Ashwini Lakshminarayanan offers, for the first time, a specialized study on gender using Gandh?ran visual culture and convincingly proposes new readings that go beyond Eurocentric and postcolonial interpretations. This book sets the stage with a detailed overview of the local context of Gandh?ran art by analysing the gendered use of space, and the gender and roles of Buddhist donors. At its core, the book gives prominence to stone reliefs and statues from ancient Gandh?ra and examines how male and female bodies are represented, how they interact, and how gender ideals and values were embedded in art. With an important comparative overview of the Gandh?ran artistic production and new illustrations, this work is indispensable for all those interested in the study of gender in ancient art, the interaction between Graeco-Roman and Indic cultures, and the development of the early Buddhist artistic tradition in South and Central Asia that also shaped Buddhist visual culture eastwards in China. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1: Gandh?ra, Gender and the Study of Buddhism Chapter 2: Political Context Chapter 3: Gandh?ran Buddhist Sites Chapter 4: Gender and Donors in Gandh?ran Buddhism Chapter 5: Gandh?ran Visual Language for Drapery and Semi-Nudity Chapter 6: Meaning and Identity of Figures Chapter 7: Romantic Interludes in the Wedding of Siddh?rtha Chapter 8: Violent Interactions in the Conversion of A?gulim?la Chapter 9: Visualising the Cityscape with Women Epilogue: Finding a Narrative on Gender Bibliography‎