Table of Contents

Introduction

Volume I: Text

1. The Site of Begram

1.1 Geography of the Region

1.2 History of the Site

1.3 Archaeological Evidence Beyond the 'Treasure'

1.4 The Begram 'Treasure'

2. The Ivory and Bone Objects: Technology and Social Context

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Preservation and Reconstruction

2.2 Preservation and Reconstruction (Continued)

2.3 Carving Techniques and Styles

2.4 Bone and Ivory

2.5 Artisans

3. Iconography

3.1 Animate

3.2 Inanimate

3.3 Auspicious Symbols

3.4 Subject Matter

4. Comparative Studies

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Analogous Ivories and Bone Objects

4.2b Analogous Ivories and Bone Objects (Continued)

4.3 Commparisons to the Art of Central Asia and India

4.3bComparisons to the Arts of Central Asia and India, Conclusions

4.4 Earlier Ivory Carvings from Central Asia and the Near East

5. The Begram Ivory and Bone Carvies: A Chronology

5.1 Introduction: Initial Chronologies

5.2 Architectural and Numismatic Evidence

5.3 Chronology Based on Camparative Material

5.4 Dating on the Basis of Other Objects Discovered in Rooms 10 and 13

5.5 Conclusion

6. New Hypotheses: The Nature of the Begram Site and the Ivory and Bone Carvings

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Begram and a Reexamination of Hsuan-tsang's Kapisa

6.3 Non-Royal Structures, Non-Luxury Objects

6.4 Dating and Abandonment of the Objects

Conclusion: Begram in a Larger Network of Trade

Volume II: Catalogue and Plates

1. Introduction

2. Classification

3. Catalogue entries

 

List of Figures

List of Abreviations

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