The first study by Ines Konczak-Nagel, "Painted Buddhist Cosmology: The Pictorial Programme of Central Pillar Caves in Kizil", demonstrates how Buddhist cosmology, always seen in connection with the Buddhist path of salvation, is represented in the selection of topics and the arrangement of paintings on the cave walls.
The second study by the same author, "Re presentations of Architecture and Architectural Elements in the Wall Paintings of Kucha", is part of an ongoing extensive analysis of the material culture depicted in the paintings. The architecture represented provides insights into the local Tocharian architecture of Kucha, which has since disappeared.
The study of Monika Zin, "The Monk Kasyapa in Kucha, the First Council, and the Furtherance of Buddhist Teaching" examines the inclusion of multi-scenic representations of the first council at Rajagṛha into the sequence of paintings illustrating the events connected with Buddha's death. There is good reason to believe that the monk Mahākāśyapa who according to legend convoked the council was worshipped in Kucha as a saintly guardian watching over the perpetuation of the Buddhist teachings.
Monika Zin studied Art History, Indology and Dramatics in Krakow and Munich. Between 1994 and 2016 she taught Indian Art History in Munich at the Institute of Indology, Ludwig Maximilian University. Since April 2016 Professor Zin is team leader of the Research Centre "Buddhist Murals of Kucha on the Northern Silk Road" at the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig. Her scholarly contributions include numerous articles on the identification of narratives in early Indian Art and several monographs: Ajanta -Handbuch der Malereien, 2: Devotionale und ornamentale Malereien (2003, English version to be published by IGNCA), Mitleid und Wunderkraft. Schwierige Bekehrungen und ihre Ikonographie im indischen Buddhismus (2006), Samsara cakra (2007, with Dieter Schlingloff). The Kanaganahalli Stūpa (2018).
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Buddha (1958)
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Mahayana (420)
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Tantric Buddhism (94)
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