Carmen Meinert, Dr. phil. (2001), Bonn University, is Professor of Central Asian Religions at Bochum University. She has published on Buddhism in Central Asia, on Tibetan-Chinese relations, and monographs including Buddha in the Yurt — Buddhist Art from Mongolia (Hirmer, 2011).

• Contents:AcknowledgementsGeneral AbbreviationsBibliographical AbbreviationsIllustrationsNotes on contributors- Introduction: Dynamics of Buddhist Transfer in Central AsiaCARMEN MEINERT- Changing political and Religious Contexts in Central Asia on a Micoro-Historical LevelChapter 1: Changing Relations between Administration, Clergy and Lay People in Eastern Central Asia: A Case Study According to the Dunhuang Manuscripts Referring to the Transition from Tibetan to Local Rule in Dunhuang, 8th–11th CenturiesGERTRAUD TAENZER - Textual TransferChapter 2: Tibetan Buddhism in Central Asia: Geopolitics and Group DynamicsSAM VAN SCHAIKChapter 3: The Transmission of Sanskrit Manuscripts from India to Tibet: The Case of a Manuscript Collection in the Possession of Atiśa Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna (980–1054)KAZUO KANO - Visual TransferChapter 4: The Tibetan Himalayan Style: Considering the Central Asian ConnectionLINDA LOJDA/DEBORAH KLIMBURG-SALTER/ MONICA STRINUChapter 5: Origins of the Kashmiri Style in the Western Himalayas: Sculpture of the 7th–11th CenturiesROB LINROTHE- Transfer AgentsChapter 6: Buddhism in the West Uyghur Kingdom and BeyondJENS WILKENSChapter 7: Esoteric Buddhism at the Crossroads: Religious Dynamics at Dunhuang, 9th–10th CenturiesHENRIK H. SØRENSEN- Bibliography- Index