Comment le bouddhisme est devenu une religion mondiale

For centuries, Central Asia was one of the world's greatest centers of Buddhism. From the colossal Buddhas of Bamiyan to the painted caves of Kizil, from the oasis kingdoms of Khotan and Kucha to the Sogdian merchants of the Silk Road, this region, now predominantly Muslim, was a major religious, artistic, and intellectual crossroads. How did Buddhism spread from India to China? What role did the Kushan Empire, the Silk Road, and the kingdoms of the Tarim Basin play? Why did this religion almost disappear from Central Asia starting in the 7th century? A fascinating story where Greeks, Iranians, Indians, Turks, and Chinese intersected—and which profoundly shaped Buddhism as we know it today. ___________________________________________________________________________ My reviewers: Camille @LesOubliées Rob from @LHistoireAvecUneGrandeHache ___________________________________________________________________________ Bibliography: FILANOVIC (M.), USMANOVA (Z.); “The Western Frontiers of the Spread of Buddhism in Central Asia,” Cahiers d’Asie centrale: 1-2, 1996, electronic version accessed at http://journals.openedition.org/asiec... FOURNIAU (V.) “What is Central Asia?” Outre-Terre: 16 (3), 2006, pp. 15-29. https://doi.org/10.3917/oute.016.0015. MARTIN RHIE (M.); Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, volume 1, Later Han, Three Kingdoms and Western Chin in China and Bactria to Shanshan in Central Asia, Brill, 2007, 466p. NAMBA WALTER (M.); “Buddhism in Central Asian History”, In Poceski (M.) ed; The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism, Wiley Blackwell, 2014, pp. 21-39. RANTE (R.) & LINTZ (Y.) eds; Splendor of the oases of Uzbekistan. On the caravan routes of Central Asia, Exhibition catalogue, Paris: Louvre museum, 2022. ZALESKI (V.); “The spread of Buddhism in the lands of Tajikistan”, In Tajikistan. In the Land of Rivers of Gold, exhibition catalog, Guimet Museum of Asian Arts, Paris 2021. ____________________________________________________________________________ Music Credits: "Eastminster" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ "Asian Drums - Vadodara" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ "The Voyage" by Audionautix is ​​licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Artist: http://audionautix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ #Buddhism #CentralAsia #SilkRoads #History #Archaeology #KushanEmpire #Gandhara #Bamiyan