Buddhism

R Balasubramanian

Amaravati marbles: Study and Care

2000

The Government Museum, Chennai holds a very significant collection of sculptures, in particular the sculptures from the Buddhist site of Amaravati. I took up the Fellowship in November 2000 in order to see the collection of Amaravati sculptures in the British Museum and to learn about display and conservation techniques. I learned from the British Museum how they had refurbished the Hotung and Asahi Shimbun galleries. The British Museum has conserved all the Amaravati sculptures and then mounted them on steel frames supported by treated rubber cushions.

Nehru Trust Awards

Dr B Jambulingam

Study of the origin and spread of Buddhism in Tamil Nadu with special reference to the Chola country

Small Study and Research Grant (India)

1999

Buddhism Sculpture Tamil Nadu

I felt very happy at the time of receiving the award as my burden was reduced to some extent. For my thesis " Buddhism in the Chola country" I had to cover nearly 100 villages in and around the region. During the fieldwork I was able to photograph nearly 50 granite Buddhas in the area for which the only financial support was the NTICVA grant. I was also able to contact museums inside and outside India to get photographs of Nagapattinam Buddha bronze sculptures. The grant allowed me to carry out and complete this work in a nice manner.

Nehru Trust Awards

Ajit Kumar

Sculptural Bas reliefs in Western Indian Caves (2nd Century BC to 3rd Century AD)

Small Study and Research Grant (India)

1994

Archaeology Sculpture Antiquity Hinduism Buddhism Maharashtra

During 1990 Shri N M Deshpande, one of the doyens of Indian archaeology, suggetsed that as nobody had studied the sculptural bas reliefs in early Buddhist caves in Maharashtra, I should try to study them. While conducting the primary study on the area, I was transferred to Madras, and lost hope of continuing my interest with this transfer and shelved the project, but a friend suggested that I apply to the NTICVA for a grant. I did so and was very happy to receive the grant.

Nehru Trust Awards

Shyala Mysore Chandrasekhar

A critique on Ajanta Mural Painting

Small Study and Research Grant (India)

1993

Art History Buddhism Painting Antiquity Maharashtra

This grant helped me further my career as an artist. As a student it was a real encouragement to an amateur artists to explore about Ajanta and its great art and this is still helping me with my approach towards art.

Nehru Trust Awards

Sahiba Hashmi

A study of the murals of Alchi monastery

Small Study and Research Grant (UK)

1993

Buddhism Art History Painting Ladakh

This grant was to facilitate research for my MA dissertation, and was a great help. It supported my travel to Leh and Alchi as well as enabling me to photo document the monasteries of Alchi.

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