Part I: Transmission of Buddhism before the seventh century -- 1. Networks for Long-distance Transmission of Buddhism in South Asian Transit Zones, /by Jason Neelis -- 2. Truth and Scripture in Early Buddhism: Categorial Reduction as Exegetical Method in Ancient Gandhara and Beyond, /by Stefan Baums -- 3. Now You Hear it, Now You Don't: The Phrase "Thus Have I Heard" in Early Chinese Buddhist Translations, /by Jan Nattier -- 4. The First Agama Transmission to China, /by Elsa Legittimo -- 5. What is a "Hinayana Zealot" Doing in Fifth-Century China?, /by Daniel Boucher -- 6. Meditation Traditions in Fifth-Century Northern China: With a Special Note on a Forgotten "Kasmiri Meditation Tradition Brought to China by Buddhabhadra (359-429), / by Chen Jinhua -- ^

7. Transmission of the Dharma and Reception of the Text: Oral and Aural Features in the Fifth Chapter of the Book of Zambasta, /by Giuliana Martini. Part II: Buddhism across Asia between the seventh and fifteenth centuries -- 8. On Kuiji's Sanskrit Compound Analyses: Transmission of Sanskrit Grammar in the Early Tang Dynasty, /by Teng Weijen -- 9. Abridged Teaching (Lue Jiao): Monastic Rules between India and China, /by Ann Heirman -- 10. From Nalanda to Chang'an: A Survey of Buddhist Libraries in Medieval China (618-907), /by Wang Xiang -- 11. Multiple Traditions in One Ritual: A Reading of the Lantern-Lighting Prayers in Dunhuang Manuscripts, /by Chen Huaiyu -- 12. The Idea of India (Tenjiku) in Pre-Modern Japan: Issues of Signification and Representation in the Buddhist Translation of Cultures, /by Fabio Rambelli -- 13. The Buddhist Image Inside-Out: On the Placing of Objects Inside Statues in East Asia, /by James Robson -- ^

14. Indian Abhidharma Literature in Tibet: A Study of the Vijnana Section of Sthiramati's Pancaskandhakavibhasa, /by Jowita Kramer -- 15. From Asoka to Jayavarman VII: Some Reflections on the Relationship between Buddhism and the State in India and Southeast Asia, /by Hermann Kulke -- 16. The Theravada Buddhist Ecumene in the Fifteenth Century: Intellectual Foundations and Material Representations, /by Tilman Frasch. Part III: Buddhist connections after the fifteenth century -- 17. The Sphere of the Sasana in the Context of Colonialism, /by Anne M Blackburn -- 18. Patronage and Place: The Shwedagon in Times of Change, /by Elizabeth Howard-Moore -- 19. Wang Hongyuan and the Import of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism to China during the Republican Period, /by Erik Schicketanz -- 20. Buddhist Practices and Institutions of the Chinese Community in Kolkata, India, /by Zhang Xing.