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Ja Elsner is Professor of Late Antique Art at the University of Oxford and a specialist in comparative art and archaeology. He is the author or editor of many books including Roman Eyes: Visuality and Subjectivity in Art and Text (2007).
"""The book argues for a 'visual Buddhology' by triangulating Amarāvatī's sculptural 'text' with Buddhist suttas, commentaries, and history. In doing so, it breaks down disciplinary barriers, restores the Indian cultural element in Indian Buddhist studies, and revises arguments about the rise of Mahayana in early India . . . revolutionary in its outlook and approach.""--Deven M. Patel, author of 'Text to Tradition: The Naisadhiyacarita and Literary Community in South Asia'"
