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

182 linrothe Figure 5.20 11-headed Avalokiteśvara, mural painting, ca. Dungkar Cave 2, ca. 11th c. Ngari Prefecture, Tibet. Phot ...

origins of the kashmiri style 183 Figure 5.21 Maitreya and Mañjuśrī Bodhisattvas, stone, above Manda village, ht. 87 and 55 cm r ...

184 linrothe Figure 5.22 Two-armed Maitreya, carved on stone cliff at Apati village, approx. 5.5–5.9 cm, ca. 11th c. Kargil Dist ...

origins of the kashmiri style 185 5 Apati Northeast of Kargil towards Hambuting pass, a pass located between Kargil and Batalik, ...

186 linrothe these [types of sculptures] were made over a long period beginning from the 6th–7th century.”61 Van Ham links it to ...

origins of the kashmiri style 187 Figure 5.23 Standing bodhisattva, wood, Sumda Chun village, approx. 70–80 cm, ca. 11th c. Leh ...

188 linrothe Kashmir to neighbouring Ladakh and Zangskar. The subject matter—mainly Maitreya65 but also Avalokiteśvara66—and the ...

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192 wilkens nearly collapsed during the rebellion of An Lushan (755–763, 安祿山).6 On the one hand, the steppe empires were connect ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 193 constructed a new identity of a powerful polity in the steppe supportive of a ...

194 wilkens The most important written source from the First Türk Empire, the Bugut Inscription (dated around 582), is still som ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 195 2 The Uyghurs When the Uyghurs first made contacts with Buddhism is not known ...

196 wilkens A travelogue by the Muslim author Tamīm ibn Baḥr, which cannot be dated with absolute certainty but which was probab ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 197 In the following, I would like to highlight some aspects of Uyghur Buddhist c ...

198 wilkens power of the East Uyghur Empire in Mongolia, until they were overthrown by the Ädiz in 795. The population, which th ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 199 Gaochang 高昌), located near present day Turfan, is in scholarly literature usu ...

200 wilkens parts of the Tarim basin approached Buddhism in various ways. Some groups converted at an early stage whereas others ...

buddhism in the west uyghur kingdom and beyond 201 We have five stake inscriptions from the Turfan area, four in Uyghur script a ...