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Index
Cover
Copyright
Contents
Photographer's Preface
Author's Preface
PART I: History and Archaeology
Introduction
Buddhism in India and Beyond
Java and the Javanese
Traders and Pilgrims
Buddhism in Java
The Kings of Ancient Java
Old Javanese Buddhist Texts
Building Borobudur
For the Elite or for the Masses?
Asleep for a Thousand Years
The van Erp Restoration
Indonesia Reclaims Borobudur
Borobudur Today
Archaeology of the Kedu Plain
PART II: Architecture and Symbolism
Introduction
Monument With a Message
Architectural History
Borobudur as a Mountain
Borobudur as a Stupa
Borobudur as a Mandala
The Buddha Statues
A Vocabulary of Symbols
PART III: The Reliefs
Introduction
The Mahakarmavibhangga: Visions of Worldly Desire
The Jatakas and Avadanas: Previous Lives of the Buddhas
The Jatakamala Birth Stories
The Avadanas Heroic Deeds
The Lalitavistara: Life of Gautama Buddha
The Unfolding of the Play
The Gandavyuha: Travels of a Young Man in Search of Wisdom
The Story of Sudhana
APPENDIX A: Survey of Javanese Art
APPENDIX B: The World of Mandalas
APPENDIX C: Thunderbolts
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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