The Eight Protectors of Kohtan reconsidered
- This paper provides an overview of the group of Eight Protectors of Khotan described in Khotanese, Tibetan and Chinese literary texts and manuscripts. The paper then identifies images of this group depicted in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, where they appeared from the late 9th to 10th centuries. Inclusion of the Eight Protectors of Khotan in caves sponsored by the Dunhuang Governors, in particular, indicates not only a close political relation between Dunhuang and Khotan, but also the profound influence of Khotanese Buddhist culture in the Dunhuang Caves art.
| Author: | Xinjiang RongGND, Lishuang ZhuGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-62961 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.13154/rub.br.117.102 |
| ISSN: | 2628-2356 |
| Parent Title (English): | Ancient central Asian networks : rethinking the interplay of religions, art and politics across the Tarim Basin (5th-10th c.) |
| Subtitle (English): | from Khotan to Dunhuang |
| Series (Serial Number): | BuddhistRoad Paper (6.1,S3) |
| Editor: | Erika Forte |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2019/02/22 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2019/01/31 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | BuddhistRoad, Project ID: 725519 |
| Pagenumber: | 41 |
| Note: | BuddhistRoad, Project ID: 725519 |
| Relation (DC): | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/725519 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | Religion / Religion, Religionsphilosophie |
| OpenAIRE: | OpenAIRE |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International |
