Multicultural Religious Interactions in Ancient Central and South Asia

Chapter 1. Introduction (Lakshminarayanan and Mendoza).- Part 1. Central Asia.- Chapter 2. Textual Archaeology: On sacred groves in Hellenised Central Asia (Mendoza).- Chapter 3. Making Space for Buddhism: Early Buddhist Practice in Hellenistic Central Asian Religious Spaces (Ross).- Chapter 4. The merging of Theravādin and Mahāsaṁghika traditions in the decoration of Haḍḍa monasteries (Vanleene).-  Chapter 5. Power through religion and religion through power. Royal agency and local cults in Hellenistic Central Asia and Northwest India (Coloru).- Part 2. South Asia.- Chapter 6. Representation of Gandhāra as a multireligious place in Vita Apollonii by Philostratus (Kubica).-  Chapter 7. Dance around the Buddha: Multicultural Performances in Gandhāran Art (Lakshminarayanan).- Chapter 8. Jaina and Vīraśaiva Interactions in South India: Archaeological Evidence for Dependencies and Mutual Exchange (Hegewald).- Chapter 9. “Protector of all Practices”: The Religious Endowments of a Hoysaḷa Queen (Gururaja).- Chapter 10. Conclusions (Lakshminarayanan and Mendoza).

• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.02.2026
• Autor/Autorin: Marc Mendoza
• Reihe: History (R0)
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