Art of Nagarjunikonda

Nagarjunikonda was the focus, at its height some seventeen hundred years ago, of the votaries of Buddhism from the entire arc of countries from Ceylon, through Burma, the Indonesian archipelago, Thailand and Indo-China to China. The art of Nagarjunikonda was the farthest amplitude in India of the classical Andhra art of Amaravati, and it was from Nagarjunikonda. in the main, that this gloriously indigenous art sailed forth to inspire the national arts of East Asia. The book presents this inestimable heritage, its perspective and import. In the process, it essays a revaluation of the facts of history, because, as regards Nagarjunikonda, they are largely unsettled. The book provides rare views of this magnificent artistic heritage.