Transfer of Buddhism Across Central Asian Networks (7th to 13th Centuries).

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations, Maps and Tables -- General Abbreviations -- Bibliographical Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction-Dynamics of Buddhist Transfer in Central Asia -- Changing Political and Religious Contexts in Central Asia on a Micro-Historical Level -- Chapter 1 Changing Relations between Administration, Clergy and Lay People in Eastern Central Asia: A Case Study according to the Dunhuang Manuscripts Referring to the Transitionfrom Tibetan to Local Rule in Dunhuang, 8th-11th Centuries -- Textual Transfer -- Chapter 2 Tibetan Buddhism in Central Asia: Geopolitics and Group Dynamics -- Chapter 3 The Transmission of Sanskrit Manuscripts from India to Tibet: The Case of a Manuscript Collection in the Possession of Atiśa Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna (980-1054) -- Visual Transfer -- Chapter 4 The Tibetan Himalayan Style: Considering the Central Asian Connection -- Chapter 5 Origins of the Kashmiri Style in the Western Himalayas: Sculpture of the 7th-11th Centuries -- Transfer Agents -- Chapter 6 Buddhism in the West Uyghur Kingdom and Beyond -- Chapter 7 Esoteric Buddhism at the Crossroads: Religious Dynamics at Dunhuang, 9th-10th Centuries -- Bibliography -- Index.

Transfer of Buddhism across Central Asian Networks (7th to 13th Centuries), ed. Carmen Meinert, offers a transregional and transcultural vision for religious transfer processes in Central Asian history. It explores Buddhist localisations in the Tarim basin, the Transhimalaya and Tibet.

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