THE GOLDEN LANDS: ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUDDHIST WORLD

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Hardcover, 280 pages, 300 full colour illustration
ISBN: 978-967-0138-03-9

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By Vikram Lall
With Editorial direction by Joan Foo Mahony

Over the course of its 2,500-year history, Buddhism has found expression in countless architectural forms, from the great monastic complexes of ancient India to the fortifed dzongs of Bhutan, the rock-carved temple grottoes of China, the wooden shrines of Japan, and the colorful wats of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. Architecture of the Buddhist World, a projected six-volume series by the noted architect and scholar Vikram Lall, represents a new multi-disciplinary approach to this fascinating subject, showing how Buddhist thought and ritual have interacted with local traditions across the Asian continent to produce masterpieces of religious architecture.

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Weight 2.5 kg
Dimensions 33.2 × 27.3 × 2.5 cm