Buddhism in Mongolian History, Culture, and Society

includes index and biblioraphy

Whatever happened to Queen Jonggen?.....3 The western mongolian clear script and the making of a buddhist state .......23 Shakur Lama : The last attempt to build the buddhist state ...37 Modernities, sense making, and the inscription of Mongolian buddhist place ............53 Envisioning a mongolian buddhist identity through chinggis khan .........70 Establishment of the mergen tradition of Mongolian buddhism ...............95 Zanabazar : Vajrayana art and the state in medieval mongolia .......116 The power and authority of Maitreya in Mongolia examined through mongolian art .............137 A literary history of Buddhisms in Mongolia ................160 How vajrapani became a mongol..........179 What do Protective deities, mongolian heroes, and fast streeds have in common ?..............202 Buddhist sacred mountains, auspicious landscapes, and their agency .........221 Criminal lamas: Court cases against buddhist monks in early socialist mongolia .........243 Transition and transformation : buddhist women of buryatia ...........261 The social and cultural practices of buddhism : The local context of Inner mogolia in the first half of the twentieth Centurey .........280