Il tempio vishnuita di Barikot: nuovi dati archeologici e qualche riflessione sul paesaggio identitario

An iconographic and iconological analysis of some fragments of marble sculpture from the Brahmanic temple of Barikot (Swat, Pakistan), their identification, and their significance with relation to the spread of Hinduism and its confrontation with the long-standing predominance of Buddhism in the region; the circulation of models. The article also touches upon the role of the landscape in the construction of a sacred and ideological topography