The Stupa of Kanaganahalli: Art historical and religious historical analysis of the illustrations along the circambulation path

Kanaganahalli 佛塔：对流通路径上的插图进行艺术历史和宗教历史分析

基本信息

批准号：
270746539
负责人：
Professor Dr. Jens-Uwe Hartmann
金额：
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依托单位：
Institut für Indologie und Tibetologie
依托单位国家：
德国
项目类别：
Research Grants
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
德国
起止时间：
2014-12-31 至 2018-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/270746539?language=en
关键词：
Stupa Kanaganahalli Art historical religious

项目摘要

The Buddhist site of Kanaganahalli with its large central stupa existed from the pre-Christian era until the 4th century CE. In its importance it has to be compared with two other classic sites of early Buddhist art, Bharhut and Sanchi, and its discovery is seen as one of the most important archaeological findings of the 20th century in India. Regrettably, the documentation of the site in India does not correspond with its importance; so far only the inscriptions have received an adequate treatment in a publication in 2014. A first project was dedicated to the study of the large relief slabs that once covered the dome of the stupa and can be dated to the first decades CE. The scenes on these slabs have been described and analyzed, their contents identified and then compared with depictions of the same themes from other regions of India. This study is nearly finished. Its results place Kanaganahalli within the development of early Buddhist art in India, and they demonstrate the importance of the site for our knowledge of Indian Buddhism. Numerous images from the stupa are unique, among them the inscribed portraits of the Satavahana kings, but also inscriptions documenting episodes from the life of the Buddha that have not been passed on in the literary tradition, and titles of stories about previous births of the Buddha that differ from the ones presently known. The present application completes the project and the study of the sculptural material from Kanaganahalli; it will focus on the reliefs that once covered the lower part of the stupa and were seen close-up by the visitor during her/his ritual circumambulation of the stupa. These reliefs do not depict narrative scenes; rather, with images of sacred sites related to the Buddha legend, but also with symbolic depictions of the Buddha's presence and with figures like nagas and yakshas, they create a kind of 'sacred geography' that will be examined further in the course of the project. On the four projecting platforms that were added to the stupa at around 120 CE, scenes from the life of the Buddha are depicted. These 32 scenes, some of which were repeated, serve as excellent examples for the mutual influences between Kanaganahalli and other art centres in Andhra Pradesh. The project furthermore encompasses the three-dimensional sculptures within the area of the circumambulation, among them an inscribed series of the eight 'historical' Buddhas including Maitreya, as well as the ornamental objects. These include a multitude of examples for the close contacts of the site with artistic regions outside India, notably with Rome. The most remarkable example for this intensive exchange that flourished in the wake of trade contacts between the Satavahana empire and the Mediterranean is the representation of the Buddhist wheel of law with a lion-head hub as it is known from Roman chariots.

从基督教前时代到公元4世纪，卡纳加纳哈利河具有较大的中央佛塔的佛教遗址。至关重要的是，必须将其与其他两个早期佛教艺术的经典景点Bharhut和Sanchi进行比较，并且其发现被视为20世纪最重要的考古发现之一。遗憾的是，印度该地点的文档与其重要性不符；到目前为止，只有铭文在2014年的出版物中得到了足够的待遇。第一个项目专门研究曾经覆盖佛塔圆顶的大型浮雕板的研究，可以追溯到CE的最初几十年。这些平板上的场景已经进行了描述和分析，它们的内容被确定，然后与印度其他地区相同主题的描述进行了比较。这项研究快要完成了。它的结果使Kanaganahalli在印度的早期佛教艺术的发展中，并证明了该地点对我们对印度佛教的了解的重要性。佛塔的许多图像都是独一无二的，其中包括萨塔瓦哈纳国王的铭文肖像，但也铭文记录了佛陀一生中尚未在文学传统中传递过的情节，以及关于佛陀先前出生的故事的标题这与目前已知的不同。本应用程序完成了该项目的研究和研究的研究。它将集中于曾经覆盖佛塔下部的浮雕，并在访客对佛塔的仪式表现过程中被特写。这些浮雕没有描绘出叙事场景。相反，借助与佛陀传奇相关的神圣遗址的图像，以及象征性地描绘佛陀的存在以及纳加斯和Yakshas等人物，它们创造了一种“神圣地理”，将在项目过程中进一步研究。在公元120年左右添加到佛塔的四个投影平台上，描绘了佛陀一生的场景。这32个场景重复了，这是Kanaganahalli与安得拉邦其他艺术中心之间相互影响的极好例子。该项目进一步涵盖了周围区域内的三维雕塑，其中包括包括Maitreya在内的八个“历史”佛像中的刻有刻有刻画的雕塑。其中包括与印度以外的艺术区域密切联系的众多示例，特别是与罗马。在萨塔瓦哈纳帝国和地中海之间的贸易接触之后，这种强化交流的最显着示例是佛教法与狮子头枢纽的代表，如罗马战车所知。