BUDDHIST HERITAGE SITES OF INDIA

Author, traveller and
researcher Sunita Dwivedi recounts in this book the captivating tales of her
travels to the Buddhist heritage sites of India.Taking on this arduous yet
spiritually gratifying journey, she leaves no stone unturned in bringing us
closer to the antiquities and mysteries of the ancient Buddhist
sites—including the archaeological history of those built under the patronage
of Asoka the Great, traversed by the devoted and fearless Chinese pilgrims
and ambassadors, forgotten over time and rediscovered after centuries by
colonial explorations and excavations.A delight for travellers and sightseers
venturing into isolated Buddhist cultural geography, her wanderings account
the length and breadth of the country—from the better known in Uttar Pradesh
and Bihar to the more interior ones in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh,
Himachal Pradesh and even across the border into Lumbini and Tilaurakot in
Nepal; from West Bengal and Odisha in the east to Rajasthan, Gujarat and
Maharashtra in the west and through Madhya Pradesh finally to the south of
India.Offering an unforgettable kaleidoscope of awe-inspiring stupas,
monasteries, paintings and sculptures, Buddhist Heritage Sites of India is a
collation of complex and curious trajectories of a heritage that not only
belongs to India but also to the world at large.