Germany: Hirmer Verlag, 2019. 600 coloured illustrations, 422pp, hardback. 29 x 32cm. The world-famous Buddhist monastery of Alchi lies at 3,500 metres in Ladakh (Northwest India) and is the best-preserved temple complex in the Himalayas. Inside it houses thousands of rare and incomparable paintings and sculptures dating back to 11th..... More
Bangkok. Orchid Press. 2001. First edition. Map, profuse colour photographic plates, folding landscape line illustration, xiv + 206pp, notes, bibliography, index, protected dustjacket. Quarto. The monumental cave complexes of the Baodingshan site at Dazu, in Sichuan Province, and their vast treasure trove of Buddhist sculpture and painting have been little..... More
United Kingdom: Yale University Press, 2010. Maps, 130 colour illustrations, 224pp, bibliography, glossary, index, a very good hardback copy. According to sacred texts, the historical Buddha encouraged his disciples to make pilgrimages to sites associated with his life. As sacred images of the Buddha proliferated over time, it is said..... More
Thailand. River Books. 2008. Maps, 396 pages, colour and black and white photographic illustrations, index, bibliography, glossary, dustjacket. Wat Si Chum is unique among Sukhothai temples. Inside, lining the ceiling of a dark and narrow staircase that leads to an open roof, are 86 inscribed stone reliefs depicting Jatakas, the..... More
Seattle. University of Washington. 2007. Maps, Colour and black and white illustrations,xv + 319pp, glossary, bibliography, index, dustjacket. "Explores the history and varied interpretations of the Wheel of Rebirth, a circle divided into sections depicting the Buddhist cycle of transmigration. This work shows how the metaphor of the wheel has..... More
