Buddhism in Mongolian History, Culture, and Society

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Acknowledgments ; Notes on Transliteration ; Contributors xi Introduction Vesna A. Wallace ; part i; Whatever Happened to Queen Jönggen? Johan Elverskog ; The Western Mongolian Clear Script and the Making of a Buddhist State Richard Taupier ; Shakur Lama: The Last Attempt to Build the Buddhist State Baatr Kitinov ; Modernities, Sense Making, and the Inscription of Mongolian Buddhist Place Matthew King ; Envisioning a Mongolian Buddhist Identity Through Chinggis Khan Vesna A. Wallace ; part ii; Establishment of the Mergen Tradition of Mongolian Buddhism Uranchimeg B. Ujeed ; Zanabazar (1635–1723): Vajrayāna Art and the State in Medieval Mongolia Uranchimeg Tsultemin ; The Power and Authority of Maitreya in Mongolia Examined Through Mongolian Art Uranchimeg Tsultemin ; A Literary History of Buddhism in Mongolia Simon Wickham-Smith ; How Vajrapāṇi Became a Mongol Vesna A. Wallace ; What Do Protective Deities, Mongolian Heroes, and Fast Steeds Have in Common? Vesna A. Wallace ; Buddhist Sacred Mountains, Auspicious Landscapes, and Their Agency Vesna A. Wallace ; part iii ; Criminal Lamas: Court Cases Against Buddhist Monks in Early Socialist Mongolia Christopher Kaplonski ; Transition and Transformation: Buddhist Women of Buryatia Karma Lekshe Tsomo ; The Social and Cultural Practices of Buddhism: The Local Context of Inner Mongolia in the First Half of the Twentieth Century Hürelbaatar Ujeed ; bibliography ; index ;