This groundbreaking work challenges contemporary stereotypes by revealing how both Buddhist and Muslim religious traditions were shaped by a millennium of cross-cultural exchange along the Silk Road from Iran to China.

Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road

Johan Elverskog

2010 | 352 pages | Cloth $69.95 | Paper $29.95
Asian Studies | Religion | History
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter One: Contact
Chapter Two: Understanding
Chapter Three: Idolatry
Chapter Four: Jihad
Chapter Five: Halal
Conclusion

Notes
Index
Acknowledgments