The Buddhist monastery, art and teachings as a factor in the development of North Indian and Central Asian Islamic practice and architecture

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dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Angela
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-06T23:54:36Z
dc.date.available2026-02-06T23:54:36Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe teachings and practices of Buddhism resonated with many nascent Islamic Sufi orders in the northern Indian and Central Asian contexts, starting with the arrival of Islam to the region in the 7th Century, gaining momentum with the expansions of the Ghaznvid and Ghurid Empires in the 12th Century, and continuing into our own times through philosophies and local customs. The contrasting reputations of the two traditions, with Buddhism often viewed as a peaceful journey towards enlightenment and Islam as a faith bent on military conquest, have restricted historical investigations of Buddhism and Islam’s relationship with one another and have often removed these practices from time and place. This dialogue can be made more fruitful by entering through the specific examples offered by the architecture of the Buddhist monastery structure or sangha and the Islamic Sufi lodge or khanqah between the 12th and 15th Centuries.
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduate
dc.identifier.citationAndersen, A. (2012). The Buddhist monastery, art and teachings as a factor in the development of North Indian and Central Asian Islamic practice and architecture. Illumine, 11(1), 83–99. https://doi.org/10.18357/illumine.andersena.1112012
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18357/illumine.andersena.1112012
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23263
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIllumine
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectBuddhism
dc.subjectmonastry
dc.subjectart
dc.subjectarchitecture
dc.subjectIslamic practice
dc.subjectteachings
dc.subjectIslam
dc.subjectSufi
dc.subjectreligion
dc.subjectsociety
dc.subjectculture
dc.subjectIllumine
dc.subjectCSRS
dc.subjectUVic
dc.subjectUniversity of Victoria
dc.subjectCentre for Studies in Religion and Society
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Art History and Visual Studies
dc.titleThe Buddhist monastery, art and teachings as a factor in the development of North Indian and Central Asian Islamic practice and architecture
dc.typeArticle

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