Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. A Note on Names and Spellings xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Learning through Polemics in the Bay of Bengal 34
7. 2. The Muslim Discovery of Buddhism 83
8. 3. Lessons from Japan between India and Iran 133
9. 4. The Constraints of a Muslim Japanology 175
10. 5. Interpreting China across Maritime Asia 214
11. 6. China in the Mirrors of Buddhism and Islam 265
12. Conclusions: “Asia Finds Herself” 316
13. Notes 331
14. Bibliography of Primary Sources 413
15. Index 433