October 2, 2025Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public MediaOpen Access

From Monasteries to Mandates: The Political Uses of Buddhism in the Silk Road

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Buddhist patronage was strategically used by Silk Road rulers for political legitimization and territorial control.
The study identifies key strategies: religious art as territorial markers and monastic engagement in trade networks.
Evidence includes Xuanzang's Great Tang Records and archaeological findings in the Kizil and Kumtura caves.
Buddhism served dual roles: a spiritual doctrine and a political tool for managing multiethnic empires.

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This research explores how rulers on the Silk Road utilized buddhism for political legitimization, highlighting territory control through religious art and monastic institutions.

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Ailin Zhang (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68de6f4283cbc991d0a22e45 https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/2025.ne27172

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This research explores how rulers on the Silk Road utilized buddhism for political legitimization, highlighting territory control through religious art and monastic institutions.

From Monasteries to Mandates: The Political Uses of Buddhism in the Silk Road

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From Monasteries to Mandates: The Political Uses of Buddhism in the Silk Road

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