5. Stone Hymn – The Buddhist Colophon of 579 Engraved on Mount Tie, Shandong

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. 2. Buddhism in the West? Buddhist Indian Sailors on Socotra (Yemen) and the Role of Trade Contacts in the Spread of Buddhism 15
5. 3. Non-Buddhist Customs of Buddhist People: Visual and Archaeological Evidence from North-West Pakistan 53
6. 4. Translation, Transcription, and What Else? Some Basic Characteristics of Chinese Buddhist Translation as a Cultural Contact between India and China, with Special Reference to Sanskrit ārya and Chinese sheng 85
7. 5. Stone Hymn – The Buddhist Colophon of 579 Engraved on Mount Tie, Shandong 101
8. 6. “To Overcome the Tyranny of Time”: Stars, Buddhas, and the Arts of Perfect Memory at Mt. Asama 119
9. 7. In the Footprints of the Buddha: Ceylon and the Quest for the Origin of Buddhism in Early Modern Japan – A Minor Episode in the History of the Japanese Imagination of India 151
10. 8. From Geographical Periphery to Conceptual Centre: The Travels of Ngagchang Shakya Zangpo and the Discovery of Hyolmo Identity 169
11. 9. Indo-Tibetan Relations in Tibetan Polemical Discourse: Reconsidering Cultural Dynamics between Tradition and Innovation 201
12. 10. Revisiting the Emic Perspective: Lessons to Be Learnt from the Worldly–Other-Worldly Distinction in Tibet and Beyond 225
13. Index 261