Pratapaditya Pal is the General Editor of Marg Publications. He has been associated as curator with leading American museums with Indian collections and has taught in several universities. Recognized as an authority on the arts and cultures of the subcontinent, the Himalaya and Southeast Asia, he is a prolific author with over 60 publications.
Introduction
Pal, Pratapaditya
1. Pipal Tree, Tonsured Monks, and Ushnisha
Vajracharya, Gautama
2. The Representation of the Buddha's Birth and Death in the Aniconic Period
Leeuw, J.E. Van Lohuizen-de
3. Observations on The Representation of the Buddha's Birth and Death in the Aniconic Period
Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie
4. An Unusual Naga-Protected Buddha from Thailand
Pal, Pratapaditya
5. The Naga-Protected Buddha in the Norton Simon Museum: Further Comments
Sen, Joyanto K.
6. The Karandavyuha Sutra and Buddhist Art in 10th-Century Cambodia
Woodward, Hiram
7. Do Jewelleries Provide Chronological Clues? A Preliminary Study of Wrathful Deities in Early
Tibetan Thankas
Kossak, Steven
8. A 16th-Century Ladakhi School of Buddhist Painting
Lo Bue, Erberto
9. A Pilgrim to the Buddhist Himalayas
Poncar, Jaroslav