Dear Metthew,

thanks! My books are packed because I'm moving to a new flat and the department's library is closed in August, so it's quite difficult to read new material.

I don't know if I'll never try to plan a project on Chandelas. But I find strong analogies with the Pala of Kamarupa (that now is my main geographical area of research):

Both are supposed to be hinduized or mixed-blood (samkarajati) dynasties.
Both reigned between the X and the XIII century CE.
Both were linked to the cult of the yogini. 
Both produced erotic sculpures. 

So, I need to know much more about Chandelas, their origins and their religious life - maybe through the iconographical study of their temples. 

Best,
Paolo



On 9 August 2018 at 15:51, Matthew Kapstein <mkapstei@uchicago.edu> wrote:

Dear Paolo,


Please see the introduction to my translation of the Prabodhacandrodaya, available here:

https://www.academia.edu/27671250/Introduction_to_The_Rise_of_Wisdom_Moon_Prabodhacandrodaya_


It certainly does not include everything about the Candellas, but it does have some additional references for you. I am sorry that I do not have pdf-s, however -- I was using old-fashioned xerox copies that are now in a storage box and not easy for me to access. If your project on the Candellas will continue for some months, I will be happy to see if I can locate what I have and then send it to you in the autumn, I do not believe that I will be returning to Candella studies myself. A lot of the useful work on the Candellas, by the way, is in Hindi.


best of luck,

Matthew


Matthew Kapstein
Directeur d'études,
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes

Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
The University of Chicago
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Subject: [INDOLOGY] Chandela of Bundelkhand (bibliographical request)
 
Dear all,

I am looking for a pdf of

Suśīla Kumāra Sullere. 2004. Chandella Art.
Dikshit, R.K. 1976. The Candellas of Jejākabhukti

I also would appreciate any suggestion for publications that studied ritual and religious life during the Chandela's kingdom (X-XIII c.).

Best,
Paolo


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PhD in Civilizations of Asia and Africa
(South Asia Section)
Italian Institute of Oriental Studies
'Sapienza' University of Rome

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--
Paolo E. Rosati
PhD in Civilizations of Asia and Africa
(South Asia Section)
Italian Institute of Oriental Studies
​
'Sapienza' University of Rome

Skype: paoloe.rosati
Mobile: (+39) 338 73 83 472