Description: History of Uyghur Buddhism, Paperback by Elverskog, Johan, ISBN 0231215258, ISBN-13 9780231215251, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Today most Uyghurs are Muslims, but this has not always been so. For centuries they were Buddhists, forging their distinctive tradition along the Silk Road at the center of Buddhist Eurasia. In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries they were so renowned for their monuments, which spanned Beijing to Baghdad, that Tibetans considered their kingdom to be the mythical land of Shambhala. And yet, during the Qing period they converted to Islam, rewriting their past and erasing their Buddhist history. In theearly nineteenth century the European orientalists rediscovered Uyghur Buddhism but did not develop their knowledge until the late 1800s when explorers discovered the treasures of the long-lost civilizations of the Silk Road. The Uyghurs, it turned out, had been not onlyBuddhists but also Christians and Manichaeans, raising questions about why they became Buddhists and why they converted to Islam"--
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Book Title: History of Uyghur Buddhism
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: History of Uyghur Buddhism
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Asia / Central Asia, Buddhism / History, Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Asia / China
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Johan Elverskog
Subject Area: Religion, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
