Cuttack - Cuttack

Japanese: カッタク - かったく
Cuttack - Cuttack

...The Pala style was introduced to Southeast Asia, Nepal, and Tibet, where it developed in new ways. It has also been shown that esoteric Buddhism flourished around Cuttack in Orissa at this time, as evidenced by the recent excavations of temple sites in Ratnagiri and elsewhere. The Sena dynasty, which took over control of Bengal at the end of the 11th century, protected Hinduism and built magnificent temples in the capital, Lucknowi, but these were destroyed by Muslims in the 14th century, and the stones were used to build mosques.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Cattaku" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このパーラ様式は東南アジア,ネパール,チベットに伝えられ,それらの地で新たな展開をみせた。なおこの頃オリッサ州のカッタク周辺でも密教が栄えたことは,近年発掘されて注目を集めているラトナギリその他の伽藍址から明らかとなった。パーラ朝に代わって11世紀末にベンガル地方を支配したセーナ朝はヒンドゥー教を保護し,首都ラクナウティーに壮麗な寺院を造立したが,14世紀にイスラム教徒に破壊され,その石材はモスク造営に転用された。…

※「カッタク」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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