Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra

Sree Padma Holt is Administrative Director of the ISLE Program at Bowdoin College. She is the author of Costume, Coiffure, and Ornaments in the Temple Sculpture of Northern Andhra. A. W. Barber is Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Calgary. He is the editor of Tibetan Tripitaka, Taipei Edition.

• IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsA Note on Transliteration IntroductionSree Padma and A. W. Barber 1. Material Culture and the Emergence of Urban Buddhism in AndhraSree Padma 2. Of Tempted Arhats and Supermundane Buddhas: Abhidharma in the Krishna RegionBart Dessein 3. Amaravati As Lens: Envisioning Buddhism in the Ruins of the Great StūpaJacob N. Kinnard 4. Buddhism in Andhra and Its Influence on Buddhism in Sri LankaSree Padma and John Clifford Holt 5. Candrakīrti on the Medieval Military Culture of South IndiaKaren C. Lang 6. Two Mahāyanā Developments Along the Krishna RiverA. W. Barber 7. Dhanyakataka Revisited: Buddhist Politics in Post-Buddhist AndhraJonathan S. Walters Sanskrit Place NamesBiographies of ContributorsIndex

"…the volume is a first serious attempt to understand a longer history of Andhran Buddhism in [a] comprehensive and interdisciplinary manner. It is certainly a major contribution to the further development of this important but less-noticed subject." — International Journal of Hindu Studies"…a welcome addition to the growing body of research that attempts to better understand the history of Indian Buddhism through a multidisciplinary approach … a valuable resource for both the general reader and the specialist scholar interested in one of the various methodologies or historical periods addressed in individual chapters." — Religion"This book will fill in scholarly lacunae where little has been published on the history of Buddhist communities in Andhra and their influence on historical and contemporary developments in this tradition, including in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. It forms a well-crafted whole and offers valuable insights into this neglected and understudied region." — Juliane Schober, editor of Sacred Biography in the Buddhist Traditions of South and Southeast Asia