Buddhist Art in India, Ceylon and Java/J. Ph. Vogel.Buddhist Art in India, Ceylon and Java/J. Ph. Vogel. Translated from the Dutch by A.J. Barnouw. Reprint. New Delhi, AES, 1998, xii, 116 p., 39 plates, $20. ISBN 81-206-1225-6.

    Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. The monuments of Asoka (250 B.C.) and the national school of sculpture of Central India (150-50 B.C.). 3. The Graeco-Buddhist art of Gandhara (50 B.C. – A.D. 500). 4. The sculpture of Mathura under the Kushana dynasty (A.D. 50-200). 5. The South-Indian art of Amaravati (A.D. 150-300). 6. The golden age during the Gupta dynasty (A.D. 300-600). 7. The Buddhist cave temples (50 B.C. – A.D. 700). 8. Aftermath and decline (A.D. 600 – 1200). 9. The Buddhist art of Ceylon. 10. The Buddhist art of Java. Bibliography.

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