03403nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10470511 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100701s2011 ne ab sb 001 0 eng d 2010028032 9789004181595 (hc : alk. paper) 9004181598 (hc : alk. paper) 9789004194588 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)727951411 a------ BQ270 .N44 2011eb 294.3/7209021 22 Neelis, Jason Emmanuel. Early Buddhist transmission and trade networks [electronic resource] : mobility and exchange within and beyond the northwestern borderlands of South Asia / by Jason Neelis. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. xviii, 371 p. : ill., maps. Dynamics in the history of religion, 1878-8106 ; v. 2 Includes bibliographical references and index. Road Map for Travelers. Models for the Movement of Buddhism ; Merit, Merchants, and the Buddhist Sangha ; Sources and Methods for the study of Buddhist ; Transmission ; Outline of Destinations -- Two Historical Contexts for the Emergence and Transmission of Buddhism within South Asia. Initial Phases of the Establishment of Buddhist Communities in Early India ; Legacy of the Mauryans: Asoka as Dharmaraja ; 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 Kusana 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 -- Trade Networks in Ancient South Asia ; Northern Route (Uttarapatha) ; Southern Route (Daksinapatha) ; Seaports and Maritime Routes across the Indian Ocean -- Old Roads in the Northwestern Borderlands ; Environmental Conditions for Buddhist Transmission in Gandhara ; Gandharan Material and Literary Cultures ; Gandharan Nodes and Networks ; Routes of Buddhist Missionaries and Pilgrims to and from Gandhara ; Domestication of Gandharan Buddhism -- Capillary Routes of the Upper Indus. 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 -- Long-Distance Transmission to Central Asian Silk Routes and China. Silk Routes of Eastern Central Asia ; Long-distance Transmission Reconsidered -- Alternative Paths and Paradigms of Buddhist Transmission. Catalysts for the Formation and Expansion of the Buddhist Sangha ; Changing Paradigms for Buddhist Transmission within and beyond South Asia. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Buddhist geography Asia. Trade routes Asia History. Buddhists Travel Asia. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Dynamics in the history of religion ; v. 2. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10470511 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 214802 214802