Buddhist Art from Bengal. by Anusua Sengupta

The present work is an outcome of a survey and research of Buddhism and Buddhist Art in Undivided Bengal in an evolutionary sequence from the earliest period toabout the thirteenth century A.D. It is a comprehensive survey of the socio-economic background of the growth and spread on the religion concerned along with the structural characteristics of Buddhist monuments and the stylistic and iconographic features of the Buddhist icons in stone, bronze, stucco, terracotta and paintings in the perspective of their respective sources.