Main description: This study is based on a Sino-Tibetan manuscript from the late 960s, carried by a Chinese pilgrim through the Hexi corridor on his way from Wutaishan to India. Included is a series of Tibetan letters of introduction that functioned as a passport as the monk sto…
One of thousands of documents sealed in a cave in Dunhuang, in Chinese Central Asia, in the early 11th century, the text studied here is a record of the pilgrimage of a Chinese monk to India about 960. The manuscript is now in the British Library, where Van Schaik and Galambos w…
This study is based on a Sino-Tibetan manuscript from the late 960s, carried by a Chinese pilgrim through the Hexi corridor on his way from Wutaishan to India. Included is a series of Tibetan letters of introduction that functioned as a passport as the monk stopped in monasterie…
For 250 years, the Turkic Muslims of Altishahr--the vast desert region to the northwest of Tibet--have led an uneasy existence under Chinese rule. Today they call themselves Uyghurs, and they have cultivated a sense of history and identity that challenges Beijing's official nati…
"" ... Lively and intellectually stimulating ... ""--Speculum""Wunderli ... has lucidly reconstructed a controversial conflict in 15th-century south-central Germany ... this engaging narrative takes off from Hans Behem-the peasant who claimed to see the Virgin and gained followe…
"Pilgrimage to ritually significant places is a part of daily life in the Maya world. These journeys involve important social and practical concerns, such as the maintenance of food sources and world order. Frequent pilgrimages to ceremonial hills to pay offerings to spiritual f…
