Heart of the Mountain by Benoy K Behl
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Online Event, India Habitat Centre,
Online Event, India Habitat Centre, 27th January, 2024
Talk and Screening of Film Produced for Doordarshan.
By Benoy K Behl
Introduction by Sujata Chatterji 00:05; Subject Intro 02:13; Film 07:34; Talk and Q&A 31:29
In the Shunga and Satavahana periods, from the 2nd century BCE till the 2nd-3rd centuries CE, were formulated the themes and fundamentals of Indian art. There was a common artistic tradition and the same motifs in Buddhist and Jaina art. These included Yakshas, Yakshis and the deity Lakshmi. While stupas with sculpted railings and gateways were made in Central India, great rock-cut caves were excavated in the hills of Western and Eastern India. These are among the greatest artistic heritage of mankind.
The exteriors of the caves had images of the life of nature. Deep in the silence of the mountain was simplicity itself. The stupa: a symbolic representation of the escape from the illusions of the material world.
Magnificent Buddhist prayer halls and Viharas for the residence of monks were made under the rule of the Satavahanas and the Kshatrapas. These cave sanctuaries were all made on the caravan trade routes, which came from central India to the ports on the coast of Maharashtra.
Talk and Screening of Film Produced for Doordarshan.
By Benoy K Behl
Introduction by Sujata Chatterji 00:05; Subject Intro 02:13; Film 07:34; Talk and Q&A 31:29
In the Shunga and Satavahana periods, from the 2nd century BCE till the 2nd-3rd centuries CE, were formulated the themes and fundamentals of Indian art. There was a common artistic tradition and the same motifs in Buddhist and Jaina art. These included Yakshas, Yakshis and the deity Lakshmi. While stupas with sculpted railings and gateways were made in Central India, great rock-cut caves were excavated in the hills of Western and Eastern India. These are among the greatest artistic heritage of mankind.
The exteriors of the caves had images of the life of nature. Deep in the silence of the mountain was simplicity itself. The stupa: a symbolic representation of the escape from the illusions of the material world.
Magnificent Buddhist prayer halls and Viharas for the residence of monks were made under the rule of the Satavahanas and the Kshatrapas. These cave sanctuaries were all made on the caravan trade routes, which came from central India to the ports on the coast of Maharashtra.
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