Archaeological Research on Developmental Process of Buddhist Culture in the North-western Indian Subcontinent

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26770266
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: NAIKI Satoshi 京都大学, 文化財総合研究センター, 助教 (90726233)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 西北インド / ガンダーラ / 考古学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This Research focuses on the chronology of Gandharan Sculptures made in the north-western Indian Subcontinent in ancient times. By analyzing stylistic features of Gandharan sculptures based on archaeological information obtained in excavations which have been conducted so far there, we can get chronological benchmarks for the stylistic features. As a conclusion, there seems to have been a large alteration in Gandharan sculptures in the first half of the 3rd century CE.

Free Research Field

ガンダーラの考古学