Carmen Meinert is Professor for Central Asian Religions and Principal Investigator of the ERC project BuddhistRoad at CERES, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. Her recent publications include Buddhist Encounters and Identities across East Asia (co-edited with Ann Heirman and Christoph Anderl) (Leiden: Brill, 2018).Henrik H. Sørensen is the Research Coordinator of the ERC project BuddhistRoad at CERES, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. His recent publications include "Buddhist Pilgrimage and Spiritual Identity: Korean Sŏn Monks Journeying to Tang China in Search of the Dharma" in: Buddhist Encounters and Identities Across East Asia, ed. Ann Heirman, Carmen Meinert, and Christoph Anderl (Leiden: Brill, 2018).

• ContentsForewordAcknowledgmentsIllustrations and TablesAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction—Piety, Power, and Place in Central and East Asian BuddhismCarmen Meinert and Henrik H. Sørensen Part 1: Patronage and Legitimation1 Who Is Legitimating Whom? On Justifying Buddhism’s Place in the Body PoliticSem Vermeersch2 Images of Patronage in KhotanErika Forte3 Uyghur Royal Patronage and the Buddhist Legitimation Yukiyo Kasai4 Donors and Esoteric Buddhism in Dunhuang during the Reign of the Guiyijun Henrik H. Sørensen5 The Formation of Tangut Ideology: Buddhism and ConfucianismKirill SoloninPart 2: Sacred Space and Pilgrimage6 From Padmasambhava to Gö Tsangpa: Rethinking Religious Patronage in the Indian Himalayas between the 8th and 13th CenturiesVerena Widorn7 Sacred Space in Uyghur Buddhism Jens Wilkens8 Pilgrims in Old Uyghur Inscriptions: A Glimpse behind Their Records Simone-Christiane Raschmann9 Looking from the Periphery: Some Additional Thoughts on Yulin CaveMax Deeg10 Creation of Tantric Sacred Spaces in Eastern Central AsiaCarmen MeinertBibliographyIndex