The series Leipzig Kucha Studies, in which seventeen volumes are planned, aims at publishing the results of the long-term research project (2016–2030) “Buddhist Murals of Kucha on the Northern Silk Road”. The project, conducted under the auspices of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, focuses on an impressive corpus of wall paintings datable to approximately the fifth to tenth centuries CE and located in the Buddhist cave complexes of the ancient kingdom of Kucha on the Northern Silk Road. These narrative and devotional paintings form one of the most important sources for our understanding of the religious and intellectual history of Buddhism in Central Asia during the first millennium. The project is devoted to recording and annotating all surviving paintings of the region, including the fragments that were removed from their original sites as well as destroyed murals from which only drawings and historical photographs remain.
The project also provides a platform for research on the history of Buddhism in the Kucha region and on the spread of Buddhism from South to East Asia.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:84092 |
| Date | 16 March 2023 |
| Creators | Franco, Eli, Zin, Monika |
| Publisher | Dev Publishers & Distributors |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:Periodical, info:eu-repo/semantics/Periodical, doc-type:Collection |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | qucosa:84093 |
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