Publications
Gandharan Art and the Classical World
A Short Introduction
by Peter Stewart
Published December 2023
This book offers an introduction to Gandharan art and the mystery of its relationship with the Graeco-Roman world of the Mediterranean. It presents an accessible explanation of the ancient and modern contexts of Gandharan art, the state of scholarship on the subject, and guidance for further, in-depth study.
Gandharan Art in Its Buddhist Context
edited by Wannaporn Rienjang and Peter Stewart
DOI 10.32028/9781803274737
Published March 2023
This fifth and final collection of workshop papers from the Gandhara Connections project addresses one of the most fundamental topics in the field: the religious functions and meanings of Gandharan sculpture. Five papers from the workshop look at dedicatory practices in Buddhist monasteries, the interpretation of Buddha iconography, and insights from archaeological excavation and survey in Swat and Malakand.
The View from Malakand
Harold Deane’s ‘Note on Udyana and Gandhara’
by Llewelyn Morgan and Luca Maria Olivieri
ISBN 9781803274744 (e-version)
DOI 10.32028/9781803274737
Published May 2022
This volume presents, annotates and contextualizes the newly discovered manuscript of Harold Deane's seminal account of the Gandharan antiquities of Swat.
The Rediscovery and Reception of Gandharan Art
Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 24th-26th March, 2021
edited by Wannaporn Rienjang and Peter Stewart
ISBN 978-1-80327-233-7
ISBN 978-1-80327-234-4 (e-Pdf)
DOI: http://doi.org/10.32028/9781803272337
Published March 2022
From the archaeologists and smugglers of the Raj to the museums of post-partition Pakistan and India, from coin-forgers and contraband to modern Buddhism and contemporary art, this fourth volume of the Classical Art Research Centre’s Gandhāra Connections project presents the most recent research on the factors that mediate our encounter with Gandhāran art.
The Global Connections of Gandharan Art
Proceedings of the Third International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 18th-19th March, 2019
edited by Wannaporn Rienjang and Peter Stewart
ISBN 978-1-78969-695-0
ISBN 978-1-78969-696-7 (e-Pdf)
DOI: 10.32028/9781789696950
Published September 2020
The third volume of the Gandhara Connections project at Oxford University’s Classical Art Research Centre presents a range of studies on the relationship of Gandhara to other art traditions. It addresses the project's key theme – the relationship between Gandharan art and the cultures of the Roman Empire and Greece – as well as examining the influence of this region on imagery elsewhere in Central Asia, South Asia, and China.
The Geography of Gandharan Art
Proceedings of the Second International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 22nd-23rd March, 2018
edited by Wannaporn Rienjang and Peter Stewart
ISBN 978 1 78491 855 2
ISBN 978 1 78491 856 (e-Pdf)
DOI: 10.32028/9781789691863
Published March 2019
This second volume of the Gandhara Connections project at Oxford University’s Classical Art Research Centre presents the proceedings of a workshop held in March 2018. Its aim is to pick apart the regional geography of Gandhāran art, presenting new discoveries at particular sites, textual evidence, and the challenges and opportunities of exploring Gandhāra’s artistic geography.
Problems of Chronology in Gandharan Art
Proceedings of the First International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 23rd-24th March, 2017
edited by Wannaporn Rienjang and Peter Stewart
ISBN 978 1 78491 855 2
ISBN 978 1 78491 856 (e-Pdf)
DOI: 10.32028/9781784918552
Published January 2018
This is the first publication of the Gandhāra Connections project at the University of Oxford’s Classical Art Research Centre, which has been supported by the Bagri Foundation and the Neil Kreitman Foundation. It presents the proceedings of the first of three international workshops on fundamental questions in the study of Gandhāran art, held at Oxford in March 2017.
