Publisher's Synopsis
The Uyghurian civilisation between the Iranian and the oriental Chinese world reached its peak at the beginning of the 20th century AD. This volume focuses on Mahayana-Buddhism, the carrier of this high culture. Various aspects of the Buddhist civilisation of central Asia will be highlighted and the Uyghurian Buddhism from the pre-classical until the late classical time period (10th to the middle of the 15th century) will be analysed. Moreover, authors will edit or interpret Buddhist texts in the contact languages of the Uyghurian language Sanskrit, Chinese, Sogdian and Tocharian and discuss the various relations between the Indian, Chinese, Sogdian, Tocharian and Uyghurian Buddhism.
