Buddhism before the First Diffusion? The case of Tangol, Dras, Phikhar and Sani-Tarungtse in Purig and Zanskar (Ladakh)

2020/01/01 by Quentin Devers · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Archaeology #Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography #Buddhism #Diffusion #Eurasian Exchange Networks #History #Indian and Buddhist Studies #Physics

paper · pdf · doi:10.4000/emscat.4226

published in Études mongoles sibériennes centrasiatiques et tibétaines 51

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Abstract

This paper explores the question of the introduction of Buddhism to Ladakh by looking at a series of recently documented ruins that appear to be monasteries from before the First Diffusion.

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