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Art in Afghanistan : objects from the Kabul Museum / photographs by Frances Mortimer Rice, introduction and text by Benjamin Rowland.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Publication details: London : Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1971.Description: [9], 93 p., [192] p. of plates : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 870242253
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • N 3750 .K3 .R53 1971

“Includes bibliography”—(p. 64-66).

Contents: Introduction—1. Mundigak and the Indus valley culture—2. The Realm of Bactria and Hellenistic art in Asia—3. The Kushan empire—4. The treasure of Begram—5. India and Rome : the art of Gandhara—6. The Romano-gothic art of Hadda—7. The wall paintings of Bamiyan—8. Buddhist art of the Pilgrimage roads : Fondukistan—9. Hindu marbles—10. The arts of the Ghaznavid empire—11. The Pagan art of Kafiristan—References—Bibliography—Plates—Notes on illustrations.

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