Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne

Van Schaik, Sam, Daniela de Simone, Gergely Hidas, and Michael Willis, eds., Precious Treasures from the Diamond Throne: Finds from the Site of the Buddha's Enlightenment (London: The British Museum Press, 2021). Mahabodhi Temple Complex (Buddh Gaya, India) Excavations (Archaeology) -- India -- Buddh Gaya. Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India -- Buddh GayaCONTENTS: Introduction Michael Willis, Sam van Schaik, John Clarke 1. The Mahabodhi Temple Before its Restoration (J. P. Losty) 2. The Asana: Where the Buddha Sat (Daniela De Simone, Daniel Balogh, Sven Bretfield) 3. Pithipati Puzzles: Custodians of the Diamond Throne (Daniel Balogh) 4. Early Burmese Inscriptions from Bodhgaya (Tilman Frasch) 5. The Internalisation of the Vajrasana (Sam van Schaik) 6. Tibetan Inscriptions in the British Museum Archive (Tsering Gonkatsang, Michael Willis) 7. Buddhist Sealings and the ye dharma Stanza (Peter Skilling) 8. Dharan i Seals in the Cunningham Collection (Gergely Hidas) 9. A Terracotta Plaque with an Old Mon Inscription (Marc Miyake, Tilman Frasch, Michael Willis) 10. Five Terracotta Plaques with Figurative Imagery (Serena Biondo) 11. The Mahabodhi Plaque of the Goddess Marici (Jinah Kim, Kashinath Tamot, Sushma Jansari) 12. From Bodhgaya to Berlin (Claudine Bautze-Picron) 13. Numismatic Finds at Bodhgaya (Robert Bracey) 14. Deposits at Bodhgaya: Objects, Materials, Analysis (Michael Willis, Joanna Whalley, Beatriz Cifuentes, Robert Bracey) 15. Chinese Inscriptions from Bodhgaya (Michael Willis, Serena Biondo) 16. Materials of Plaques 1887,0717.146-147 (Marei Hacke