The Great Buddha of the Khalkha River
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12558239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Nivison Haining (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 231-239 |
| Publication date | 1992-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-1863 • E-ISSN: 1474-0591 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1356186300002406 |
| OpenAlex | W2134786185 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The Khalkha River ( Khalkhin Gol ), which forms part of the north-east frontier between the Mongolian People–s Republic (MPR) and the People's Republic of China (PRC), is famous in Mongolian history for the 1939 Battle of Khalkhin Gol (Nomonhan), in which joint Mongolian-Soviet forces finally repulsed the attempted invasion of the MPR by the Japanese Army of Manchukuo. Less well known, however, is the existence on the left bank of that river of one of Mongolia's most interesting religious antiquities, the remains of a gigantic Buddhist statue, known as the Great Buddha ( Ikh Burkhan )
Ancient history · Archaeology · Battle · Buddhism · China · Frontier · Gautama Buddha · Geography · Kazakh · Statue · Archaeological Research and Protection · Chinese history and philosophy · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |