Kashmir Smast - The Earliest Seat of Hindu Learning (2 volumes)
Publisher: Centre for Gandharan and Buddhist Studies
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Peshawar, Pakistan
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 800
ISBN-13: 9789699270062
Description: This book in two volumes focuses on Kashmir Smast, one of the most important archaeological sites in ancient Gandhara. The publication discusses the historical, religious and political significance of the site and its other aspects such as landscape and environment, the role of mountains in religions, animism and folklore, Indian literature referring to the site, the languages, and scripts used in ancient inscription, coinage, political history of the region, etc.
Table of contents: title: Volume I; title: Contents; title: Acknowledgments…………………………i-iii; title: Preface………………………………	v-vii; title: Abbreviations……………………………	ix-x; title: Anecdotes…………………………………	xi-xii; title: Chapter 1: Kashmir Smast and Ancient Gandhāra……	1-11; title: Chapter 2:  Kashmir Smast - Landscape and Environment……	13-29; title: Chapter 3: Where do Gods reside? Mountains, Religions, Animism and Folklore……………31-37; title: Chapter 4: Mount Śrī Mīñja and the Ancient Sources……..    	39-57; title: Chapter 5: History of Archaeological Research…	59-70; title: Chapter 6: Survey and Documentation……………….………………………………….	71-110; title: Chapter 7: Excavations…………………………………………………….…………………..	111-155; title: Excavations in 2001-2015……………………………………………………………………….	112; title: Chapter 8: Town Planning and Architecture……………………………………………	157-196; title: Chapter 9: Art and iconography…………………………………………………………….	197-232; title: Chapter 10: Scripts, Langages and Inscriptions…………………………………………	233-273; title: Chapter 11: Coins, Chronology and Political Hegemony…………………………….	275-308; title: Chapter 10: Religions and Cultures……………………………………………………….	309-333; title: Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….	335; title: Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………….	345; title: Index……………………………………………………………………………………………….	361-381