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This volume, which contains twelve articles of mixed quality, is introduced by one of the editors, M. Deeg, who outlines the purpose of the conference and surveys the content of the individual contributions, which cover topics from archaeology to art and text history in an area ranging from India and Tibet to Southeast and East Asia covering China, Japan and Korea (pp. 1–18). 1 The first article by Giovanni Verardi assesses the archaeological evidence on sites up to the supposed date of the Buddha, not only, but heavily relying on his own excavation at Gotihawa (Terai) in continuation of Herbert Härtel’s survey provided at the occasion of the symposium “The Dating of the Historical Buddha” held at Hedemünden in 1988 (pp. 19–39). 2 In spite of some criticism on Härtel’s views the result remains the same: The uncertainty in dating archaeological evidence does not allow any helpful contribution to determine the date of the Nirvāṇa, although the “short chronology” is favoured (p. 35). 3 A central point is the lack of evidence for the strong cultural change accompanying the emergence of Buddhism (p. 32), which can be seen clearly in the texts. In the very oldest layers of
Indo-Iranian Journal – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2014
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