Buddhist Vows and the Act of Inscribing -- The Shaka Triad Inscription -- Inscribing Buddhist Statues in Seventh-Century Yamato -- Inscription Placement in Seventh-Century Sculpture -- Accumulating ...

There are difficulties in studying Shaka, founder of the Zulu state, because he is the subject of much myth. Separating historical fact from fallacy lies in the largely oral nature of nearly all of ...