The spread of buddhism in Serindia—Buddhism among iranians, tocharians and turks before the 13th century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20069372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xavier Tremblay (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 75-129 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Spread of Buddhism (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik) (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/ej.9789004158306.i-474.26 |
| OpenAlex | W192313724 |
| ISBN | 9789004158306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
The term Serindia, coined by Aurel Stein, combines Northwestern Afghanistan, and the former Soviet and Chinese Turkestans. In all Serindian countries Buddhism coexisted with other religions: Iranian Mazdeism, Turkic tarism, and also Nestorian Christianity and Manichaeism. The manuscripts found around Termez date from the Hepthalite period and the Great Buddhas of Bamiyan were erected under the Hephthalites. The first datable reference to Buddhism in Sogdiana might be the name tamsc (wt'ms'c) Venerator of Gotam in the third Ancient Letter (313 AD). The Manichaean propaganda in Sogdian addressed Buddhists, since it mimicked the Buddhist terminology In the spread of Buddhism in Central Asia, we can distinguish two periods: a Bactrian one (1st-6th century) and a Chinese one (6th-14th century). The earliest Buddhist texts translated in Chinese were in fact doctrinally crude. Keywords: Buddhism; hepthalite period; Iranians; Termez date; Tocharians; Turks
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Buddhism · China · Christianity · Linguistics · Terminology · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Philosophy · Religious studies
The Syntax of Colophons
Collapse of a Eurasian Hybrid
The Stateless Nomads of Central Eurasia
The Languages of Christianity on the Silk Roads and the Transmission of Mediterranean Culture into Central Asia
Sasanian Iran and Its Northeastern Frontier
Sasanian Iran and the Projection of Power in Late Antique Eurasia
Central Asia in the Late Roman Mental Map, Second to Sixth Centuries
Trade and Exchanges along the Silk and Steppe Routes in Late Antique Eurasia
Followers and Leaders in Northeastern Eurasia, ca. Seventh to Tenth Centuries
Patterns of Roman Diplomacy with Iran and the Steppe Peoples
The Relations between China and the Steppe
“Charismatic” Goods
Ethnicity and Empire in the Western Eurasian Steppes
Aspects of Elite Representation among the Sixth- and Seventh-Century Türks
The Circulation of Astrological Lore and Its Political Use Between the Roman East, Sasanian Iran, Central Asia, India, and the Türks
Byzantium’s Eurasian Policy in the Age of the Türk Empire
Sogdian Merchants and Sogdian Culture on the Silk Road
How the Steppes Became Byzantine
Infrastructures of Legitimacy in Inner Asia
Epilogue
Empires and Exchanges in Eurasian Late Antiquity
On the Road
Lurching Towards a Canon
Manichaeism and Buddhism in Contact
The Sogdians and Their Religions in Turfan
Two Seal Impressions from Kāfer Qalʿa (Samarkand) and the Representations of Iranian Divinities
Meditation, Idealism and Materiality
From Ancient India to Medieval Shiraz
Kush-e Pildandān, the Anti-Hero
Mahāyāna Sūtras in Khotan
God of Gods’
| Unique citing works | 31 |
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| Citations per year | 2.38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |