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The Jewel in the Crown
Lessons on Heritage from Phanigiri
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The remains of what must have been a jewel of a Buddhist monastery, perched high on a granite massif, have been found at Phanigiri, 150 km from Hyderabad. The main construction and artefacts date between the 2nd to 4th centuries AD—a decisive period when Buddhism was sharing space with a rising number of organised sects. How did that impact its art and architecture? Prof. Naman Ahuja will take the audience through the astounding quality of the sculpture at Phanigiri and focus the audience’s attention on one piece in particular, a narrative that forms one of the key moments in Buddhist art.
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Naman P Ahuja
Naman P Ahuja is a curator and Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, specializing in art history. His studies on ancient terracottas and small, everyday objects, have laid new foundations for the field of Indian visual aesthetics. Through several publications and curatorial projects he has drawn attention to the metaphors implicit in Indian iconography, transcultural networks in antiquity and the historiography of the Arts and Crafts Movement. He is also the General Editor of Marg publications.
