Archaeologies of Buddhist propagation in ancient India: ‘ritual’ and ‘practical’ models of religious change

Figures & data

1. Buddhist sites and urban centres during and after the time of the Buddha.

2. Sanchi Survey Project: site distribution (Buddhist sites, settlements and reservoirs).

3. Platformed monastery at More Khurd (SSP), second century BC.

4. Sanchi survey project: stūpas, monasteries and prehistoric remains.

5. Nāga image on Nagauri hill, to the south of Sanchi hill (mid-first century BC).