Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks : Mobility and Exchange Within and Beyond the Northwestern Borderlands of South Asia
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Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks : Mobility and Exchange Within and Beyond the Northwestern Borderlands of South Asia

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Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks : Mobility and Exchange Within and Beyond the Northwestern Borderlands of South Asia

About this book

This book examines catalysts for Buddhist formation in ancient South Asia and expansion throughout and beyond the northwestern Indian subcontinent to Central Asia by investigating symbiotic relationships between networks of religious mobility and trade.

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Yes, you can access Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks : Mobility and Exchange Within and Beyond the Northwestern Borderlands of South Asia by Jason Neelis in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Theology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Brill
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9789004194588
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Theology

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Preface
  5. List of Tables, Maps and Figures
  6. Chapter One Introduction: Road Map for Travelers
  7. Chapter Two Historical Contexts for the Emergence and Transmission of Buddhism within South Asia
  8. Chapter Three Trade Networks in Ancient South Asia
  9. Chapter Four Old Roads in the Northwestern Borderlands
  10. Chapter Five Capillary Routes of the Upper Indus
  11. Chapter Six Long-Distance Transmission to Central Asian Silk Routes and China
  12. Chapter Seven Conclusion: Alternative Paths and Paradigms of Buddhist Transmission
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index