Chapter Medieval Endowment Cultures in Western India: Buddhist and Muslim Encounters - Some Preliminary Observations

• Main Author: Schmiedchen, Annette (auth)
• Other Authors: Strauch, Ingo (Editor), Auer, Blain (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2019
• Series: Welten Süd- und Zentralasiens / Worlds of South and Inner Asia / Mondes de l'Asie du Sud et de l'Asie Centrale 9
• Subjects: Australasian & Pacific history; Buddhism; Islam; Islamic studies; Spread of Islam; Premodern Buddhism; Sufi Islam; Musk Routes
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The volume analyses the encounter between Buddhist and Muslim communities in South and Central Asia during the medieval period. The articles by historians, epigraphists, philologists, art historians and archaeologists provoke a fresh look at relevant sources, focusing on the areas: deconstructing sc...