Buddhist Art in India

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In the following investigation an attempt will be made to retrace this retrograde path and to determine some of the principal types, on the basis of the materials now accessible, and to analyse the component forms. For this reason - although the investigation only concerns ancient Indian art - we shall frequently have to go beyond India, especially with a view to determine the types; for Tibetan and Japanese forms present highly interesting develop ments of Indian models. As an aid to understanding the summary of the history of the Buddhist religion, the following chronological tablel may be found useful.