The Silk Road Interwoven History

Volume Two of the series, The Silk Road: Interwoven History, examines the historyof the Buddhism along the Silk Road from antiquity to the fifteenth century. Theemphasis is on the cultural contacts between East and West as Buddhism spreadthrough many regions, including India, Gandh?ra, the Tarim Basin (Khotan andDunhuang), Mongolia, and China. The authors of the individual chapters approachthis variously through the lenses of art history, archaeology, iconography, astrologicalscience,...
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Volume Two of the series, The Silk Road: Interwoven History, examines the historyof the Buddhism along the Silk Road from antiquity to the fifteenth century. Theemphasis is on the cultural contacts between East and West as Buddhism spreadthrough many regions, including India, Gandh?ra, the Tarim Basin (Khotan andDunhuang), Mongolia, and China. The authors of the individual chapters approachthis variously through the lenses of art history, archaeology, iconography, astrologicalscience, calligraphy, and literary analysis. Throughout historical times, the Silk Roadserved as the major conduit for the transmission and transformation of Buddhism aswell as other world religions, connecting the major civilizations of East and West.