Kimiaki Tanaka

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A UNIQUELY RICH EXPLORATION OF THE MANDALA? HISTORY AND MEANING. This book offers a detailed history of the genesis and development of the mandala?rom its prehistory, to the fifth and sixth centuries (when the mandala first emerged in India), to the tenth and eleventh centuries, when the K?lacakratantra appeared just before the dissolution of Buddhism in India. The book also includes exemplars of mandalas from Tibet, Japan, and China. With thorough, helpful illustrations and charts and particu…