Turkish Encounters with Monuments and the Decline of Buddhism in North India

Richard Eaton

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Chapter 1 Turkish Encounters with Monuments and the Decline of Buddhism in North India

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004704374_002

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A longstanding problem in Indian historiography – indeed, world history – is why and how Buddhism disappeared from India, the land of its birth. The most popular theory focuses on Turkish invasions of north India at the turn of the thirteenth century and their alleged violent iconoclasm respecting Buddhist monastic institutions. Examining archaeological, architectural, and contemporary written evidence, this paper explores this vexing problem. The analysis is structured within a broader typology respecting the relationship between architecture and power, and in particular what happens when power confronts monuments of earlier dispensations, defeated rulers, oppressed minorities, and the like.

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Transforming Empire: The Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean

Essays in Honor of Linda Darling

Series: The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, Volume: 80

Cover Transforming Empire: The Ottomans from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean

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Print Publication Date:: 17 Sep 2024

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