Encountering Buddhism and Islam in Premodern Central and South Asia

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Encountering Buddhism and Islam in Premodern Central and South Asia

Edited by: Blain Auer and Ingo Strauch

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

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Volume 9 | Welten Süd- und Zentralasiens / Worlds of South and Inner Asia / Mondes de l'Asie du Sud et de l'Asie Centrale

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This volume brings together a variety of historians, epigraphists, philologists, art historians and archaeologists to address the understanding of the encounter between Buddhist and Muslim communities in South and Central Asia during the medieval period. The articles collected here provoke a fresh look at the relevant sources. The main areas touched by this new research can be divided into five broad categories: deconstructing scholarship on Buddhist/Muslim interactions, cultural and religious exchanges, perceptions of the other, transmission of knowledge, and trade and economics. The subjects covered are wide ranging and demonstrate the vast challenges involved in dealing with historical, social, cultural and economic frameworks that span Central and South Asia of the premodern world. We hope that the results show promise for future research produced on Buddhist and Muslim encounters. The intended audience is specialists in Asian Studies, Buddhist Studies and Islamic Studies.

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Ingo Strauch and Blain Auer, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
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Introduction: Situating the Encounter between Buddhist and Muslim Communities in South Asia Blain Auer and Ingo Strauch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
The Power of the Islamic Sword in Narrating the Death of Indian Buddhism Audrey Truschke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	14
Reassessing the Muslim Attacks and the Decline of Buddhist Monasteries in the Thirteenth Century Magadha Abhishek S. Amar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	48
The Narratives on the Bāmiyān Buddhist Remains in the Islamic Period Minoru Inaba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
Ibn Baṭṭūṭa’s Buddhists: Monuments, Memory, and the Materiality of Travel Tamara I. Sears Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	97
Buddhism and Islam in Kashmir as Represented by Rājataraṅgiṇī Authors Walter Slaje Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	128
The Avatāra in Medieval South Asian Contexts: Dynamic Translation Across Hindu, Buddhist and Islamic Traditions in the Ghaznavid Period Sara Cappelletti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	161
Buddhists, Hellenists, Muslims, and the Origin of Science Bart Dessein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
Medieval Endowment Cultures in Western India: Buddhist and Muslim Encounters – Some Preliminary Observations Annette Schmiedchen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	219
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	220

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August 19, 2019

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9783110631685

Hardcover published on:

August 19, 2019

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9783110629163

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5

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228

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12

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110631685

eBook ISBN: 9783110631685

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110629163

Keywords for this book

Spread of Islam; Premodern Buddhism; Sufi Islam; Musk Routes

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Scholars in the fields of Asian studies, Buddhist studies and Islamic studies

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Encountering Buddhism and Islam in Premodern Central and South Asia

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