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 Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks: Mobility and Exchange within and beyond the Northwestern Borderlands of South Asia

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xviii)   (543K)
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    • Contents
    • Foreword
    • Acknowledgments
    • Preface
    • List Of Tables, Maps And Figures
  • Introduction: Road Map For Travelers (1-64)   (1M)
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    • Models For The Movement Of Buddhism
    • Merit, Merchants And The Buddhist Saṅgha
    • Sources And Methods For The Study Of Buddhist Transmission
    • Outline Of Destinations
  • Historical Contexts For The Emergence And Transmission Of Buddhism Within South Asia (65-182)   (2M)
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    • Initial Phases Of The Establishment Of Buddhist Communities In Early India
    • Legacy Of The Mauryans: Aśoka As Dharmarāja
    • Migrations, Material Exchanges, And Cross-Cultural Transmission In Northwestern Contact Zones
    • Saka Migrants And Mediators Between Central Asia And South Asia
    • Dynamics Of Mobility During The Kusạ̄ṇa Period
    • Shifting Networks Of Political Power And Institutional Patronage During The Gupta Period
    • Cross-Cultural Transmission Between South Asia And Central Asia, Ca. 500–1000 CE
    • Conclusions
  • Trade Networks In Ancient South Asia (183-228)   (1M)
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    • Northern Route (Uttarāpatha)
    • Southern Route (Dakṣiṇāpatha)
    • Seaports And Maritime Routes Across The Indian Ocean
    • Conclusions
  • Old Roads In The Northwestern Borderlands (229-256)   (824K)
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    • Environmental Conditions For Buddhist Transmission in Gandhāra
    • Gandhāran Material And Literary Cultures
    • Gandhāran Nodes And Networks
    • Routes Of Buddhist Missionaries And Pilgrims To And From Gandhāra
    • Domestication Of Gandhāran Buddhism
    • Conclusion
  • Capillary Routes Of The Upper Indus (257-288)   (1M)
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    • Geography, Economy, And Capillary Routes In A High-Altitude Environment
    • Graffiti, Petroglyphs, And Pilgrims
    • Enigma Of An Absence Of Archaeological Evidence And Manifestations Of Buddhist Presence
    • Conclusions
  • Long-Distance Transmission To Central Asian Silk Routes And China (289-310)   (665K)
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    • Silk Routes Of Eastern Central Asia
    • Long-Distance Transmission Reconsidered
    • Conclusions
  • Conclusion: Alternative Paths And Paradigms Of Buddhist Transmission (311-320)   (478K)
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    • Catalysts For The Formation And Expansion Of The Buddhist Saṅgha
    • Changing Paradigms For Buddhist Transmission Within And Beyond South Asia
  • Bibliography (321-362)   (608K)
  • Index (363-372)   (485K)