Buddhism
Contacts between the Buddhist borderlands of India and the borderlands of Russia from the pre-modern to the contemporary periods through Lhasa and Little Lhasa
By: M.N. RAJESH, LANUCHILA CHANGKIRI – Russia and India are both multi-ethnic countries and have fostered many ethnic groups and cultures through the long course of history. Some of these borderland cultures have also developed contacts with neighbouring and far off regions. In contemporary borderland studies discourse, the borderlands are represented as the other of…
Religions, Trade Networks and their Marketing Infrastructure in Asia
By: RUCHI AGARWAL – A number of researches outlines the relations between religions and trade but few focus on the two-way relationship shared between religions and trade networks and the role of the marketing infrastructure in facilitating this relationship. This article aims to fill this gap by examining the role of trade networks in the…