Recent studies of intra-Asian trade and Buddhist networks have brought fresh perspectives to the understanding of the pre-modern interaction between South and Southeast Asia. This collection of essays, based on a conference held in conjunction with an exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, is a re-exploration of Buddhist art, archaeology, and epigraphy.
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Foreword / Alan Chong 3 Acknowledgements 4 Contributors 5 Introduction / Gauri Parimoo Krishnan 9 1. Transmission of Buddhist ideology, monastic organization, and artistic expression in Asia / Gauri Parimoo Krishnan 15 2. Xuanzang at Nalanda / Frederick M. Asher 27 3. Mainamati: an enigmatic centre of Buddhism in southeastern Bangladesh / Suchandra Ghosh 37 4. Writing and representation: inscribed objects in the Nalanda trail exhibition / Peter Skilling 51 5. Buddhism in the Bujang Valley, Kedah (5th to 10th century) / Nik Hassan Shuhaimi Nik Abdul Rahman 101 6. Buddhism in the Straits of Melaka and the archeology of Srivijaya / John N. Miksic 129 7. The roots and legacy of the art of Nalanda as seen at Srivijaya / Gauri Parimoo Krishnan 153 8. The Chinese assimilation of Avalokiteśvara / Teo Eng Soon 201 9. Housing the colossal images of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva in 10th century China / Ho Puay-Peng 223 10. Kizil, the hospitable halt on the Silk Road / Rajeshwari Ghose 243 Bibliography 268 Index 292
