Select Bibliography on Buddhism in Western Central Asia
Buddhism in Western Central Asia
Comprehensive Literature
Harmatta J. (a. o.): Religions in the Kushan empire. In: History of civilizations of Central Asia. Vol. II. The development of sedentary and nomadic civilizations: 700 B.C. to A.D. 250. Editor: J. Harmatta. Paris 1994, pp. 313-329
Litvinskiï B. A. (Litvinsky B. A.): Outline history of Buddhism in Central Asia. Moscow 1968
Litvinskiï B. A.: Buddizm i sredneaziatskaya civilizaciya. In: Indiïskaya kul'tura i buddizm. Sbornik stateï pamyati akademika F. I. Shtsherbatskogo. Otv. red. N. I. Konrad, G. M. Bongard-Levin. Moskva 1972, pp. 148-169
Litvinskiï B. A.: Rasprostranenie buddizma v Sredneï Azii. In: Central'naya Aziya v Kushanskuyu epochu. T. II. Moskva 1975, pp. 191-198
Litvinskiï B. A.: Buddizm. In: Vostotshnyï Turkestan v drevnosti i rannem srednevekov'e. Etnos, yazyki, religii. Pod redakcieï B. A. Litvinskogo. Moskva 1992, pp. 427-507 (in particular pp. 427-438)
Staviskiï B. Ya.: Kushanskaya Baktriya. Problemy istorii i kul'tury. Moskva 1977
Staviskiï B. Ya. (Stavisky B. J.): On the formation of two types of Buddhist temples in Central Asia. In: Orient und Okzident im Spiegel der Kunst. Festschrift Heinrich Gerhard Franz (...). Graz 1986, pp. 381-388
Staviskiï B. Ya. (Staviskij B. Ja.): La Bactriane sous les Kushans. Problèmes d'histoire et d'culture. Édition revue et augmentée. Paris 1986
Staviskiï B. Ya. (Stavisky B. J.): The fate of Buddhism in Middle Asia - in the light of archaeological data. In: Silk Road Art and Archaeology (Kamakura), 3 (1993/1994), 1993, pp. 113-142
Staviskiï B. Ya.: Sud'by buddizma v Sredneï Azii. Po dannym arkheologii. Moskva 1998 (=Kul'tura narodov Vostoka. Materialy i issledovaniya)
Vorob'ëva-Desyatovskaya M. I.: Nakhodki sanskritskikh rukopiseï pis'mom brakhmi na territorii Sovetskoï Sredneï Azii. In: Sanskrit i drevneindiïskaya kultura. Moskva 1979, tsh. I, pp. 123-133
Vorob'ëva-Desyatovskaya M. I.: Pamyatniki pis'mom kkharoshtkhi i brakhmi iz Sovetskoï Sredneï Azii. In: Istoriya i kul'tura Central'noï Azii. Moskva 1983, pp. 22-96
Vorobëva-Desyatovskaya M. I. (Vorobyova-Desyatovskaya M. I.): Buddhism. In: History of civilizations of Central Asia. Vol. III. The crossroads of civilizations: A.D. 250 to 750. Editor: B. A. Litvinsky. Co-editors: Zhang Guang-da, R. Shabani Samghabadi. Paris 1996, pp. 431-448
Note: This list does not cover references to stray finds or finds from non-Buddhist sites.
Litvinskiï B. A. - Zeïmal' T. I.: Buddiïskiï syuzhet v zhivopisi Sredneï Azii (k interpretacii sceny daronoscev iz Adzhina-Tepe). In: Sovetskaya etnografiya, 1968, no. 3, pp. 106-112
Litvinskiï B. A. - Zeïmal' T. I.: Adzhina-Tepa. Arkhitektura, zhivopis', skul'ptura. Moskva 1971 (=Pamyatniki drevnego iskusstva)
Litvinskiï B. A. - Zeïmal' T. I.: Pervye glinyanye modeli stupa iz Sredneï Azii. In: Sanskrit i drevneindiïskaya kul'tura. Moskva 1979, tsh. I, pp. 186-199
Litvinskiï B. A. - Zeïmal' T. I.: Nekotorye aspekty ierarkhii i semantiki stupa v Sredneï Azii. In: Drevnyaya Indiya. Istoriko-kul'turnye svyazi. Otv. red. G. M. Bongard-Levin. Moskva 1982, pp. 164-186
Lo Muzio C.: On the musicians of the Airtam capitals. In: In the land of the gryphons. Papers on Central Asian archaeology in antiquity. Ed. by A. Invernizzi. Firenze 1995, pp. 239-257
Pugatshenkova G. A.: Dve stupa na juge Uzbekistana. In: Sovetskaya Arkheologiya, 1967, no. 3, pp. 257-263
Pugatshenkova G. A. (Pugachenkova G. A.): The Buddhist monuments of Airtam. In: Silk Road Art and Archaeology (Kamakura), 2, (1991/1992), pp. 23-41
Turgunov B. A.: K izutsheniyu Aïrtama. In: Iz istorii antitshnoï kul'tury Uzbekistana. Tashkent 1973, pp. 52-77
Turgunov B. A.: Novye nakhodki iz Aïrtama. In: Gorodskaya kul'tura Baktrii-Tokharistana i Sogda. Antitshnost', rannee srednevekov'e. Materialy sovetsko-francuzskogo kollokviuma (Samarkand, 1986). Red. kollegiya: G. A. Pugatshenkova (a.o.). Tashkent 1987, pp. 144-147
Turgunov B. A. - Livshic V. A. - Rtveladze E. V.: Otkrytie baktriïskoï monumental'noï nadpisi v Aïrtame. In: Obshtshestvennye nauki v Uzbekistane, 1982, no. 3, pp. 38-48
Goryatsheva V. D.: Rannesrednevekovye buddiïskie pamyatniki Kirgizii. In: Istoriko-kul'turnye svyazi narodov Central'noï Azii. Otv. red. Sh. B. Tshimitdorzhiev. Ulan-Ude 1983, pp. 68-77
Goryatsheva V. D. - Peregudova S. Ya.: Buddiïskie pamyatniki Kirgizii. In: Vestnik drevneï istorii, 1996, no. 2, pp. 172-182
Khmel'nickiï S. G.: Opyt rekonstrukcii buddiïskogo khrama gorodishtsha Ak-Beshim. In: Trudy Kirgizskoï arkheologo-etnografitsheskoï ekspedicii. Moskva, II, 1959, pp. 243-265
Kozhemyako P. N.: Rannesrednevekovye goroda i poseleniya Tshuïskoï doliny. Frunze 1959
Kyzlasov L. R.: Arkheologitsheskie issledovaniya na gorodishtshe Ak-Beshim v 1953-1954 gg. In: Trudy Kirgizskoï arkheologo-etnografitsheskoï ekspedicii. Moskva, II, 1959, pp. 155-242
Zyablin L.: Vtoroï buddiïskiï khram Ak-Beshimskogo gorodishtsha. Frunze 1961
Dal'verzintepe. Kushanskiï gorod na yuge Uzbekistana. Otv. redaktor L. I. Rempel'. Tashkent 1978
Pugatshenkova G. A.: Novoe v izutshenii Dal'verzin-tepe. In: Sovetskaya arkheologiya, 1971, no. 4, pp. 186-203
Pugatshenkova G. A. (Pougachenkova G.): Les trésors de Dalverzine-tépé. Leningrad 1978
Silvi Antonini C.: The Dalverzin temple. In: In the land of the gryphons. Papers on Central Asian archaeology in antiquity. Ed. by A. Invernizzi. Firenze 1995, pp. 259-268
Turgunov B. A.: Raskopki vtorogo buddiïskogo khrama na Dal'verzintepe (predvaritel'noe soobshtshenie). In: Antitshnye i rannesrednevekovye drevnosti Yuzhnogo Uzbekistana. V svete novykh otkrytiï Uzbekistanskoï iskusstvovedtsheskoï ekspedicii. Otv. redaktor: G. A. Pugatshenkova. Tashkent 1989, pp. 81-95
Turgunov B. A.: Excavations of a Buddhist temple at Dal'verzin-tepe. In: East and West (Rome), vol. 42, 1992, pp. 131-153
Al'baum L. I.: Raskopki buddiïskogo kompleksa Fayaz-Tepe. In: Drevnyaya Baktriya. Predvaritel'nye soobshtsheniya ob arkheologitsheskikh rabotakh na yuge Uzbekistana. Otv. red. V. M. Masson. Leningrad 1974, pp. 53-58
Al'baum L. I.: Issledovanie Fayaz-Tepe v 1973 g. In: Baktriïskie drevnosti. Predvaritel'nye soobshtsheniya ob arkheologitsheskikh rabotakh na yuge Uzbekistana. Otv. red. V. M. Masson. Leningrad 1976, pp. 43-45
Litvinskiï B. A. - Denisov E. P.: Buddiïskaya tshasovnya na Kafyr-kale. In: Arkheologitsheskie raboty v Tadzhikistane, vyp. X (1970 g.), 1973, pp. 165-171
Litvinskiï B. A. - Solov'ëv V. S.: Srednevekovaya kul'tura Tokharistana - v svete raskopok Vakhshkoï doline. Moskva 1985
Litvinskiï B. A. - Solov'ëv V. S.: (Litvinsky B. - Solov'ev V.): The architecture and art of Kafyr Kala (Early medieval Tokharistan). In: Bulletin of the Asia Institute. New Series, 4, 1990, pp. 61-75
Litvinskï B. A. - Solov'ëv V. S. (Litvinskij B. A. - Solovjev V. S.): Kafyrkala. Frühmittelalterliche Stadt im Vachshtal, Süd-Tadzhikistan. München 1985 (=Materialien zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Archäologie, Bd. 28)
Solov'ëv V. S.: Nastennaya zhivopis' gorodishtsha Kafyr-Kala. In: Materialy yubileïnykh konferencii molodykh utshënykh Akademii nauk Tadzhikskoï SSR (obshtshestvennye nauki). Pod red. R. K. Rakhimova. Dushanbe 1976, pp. 144-149
Main publication series:
Grek T. V. - Ptshelina E. G. - Staviskï B. Ya.: Kara-tepe - buddïskï peshtshernyï monastyr' v Starom Termeze.Osnovnye itogi rabot 1937, 1961-1962 gg. i indïskie nadpisi nakeramike. Moskva 1964 (=Materialy Sovmestnoï arkheologitsheskoï ekspedicii na Kara-tepe, (1))
Buddiïskie peshtshery Kara-Tepe v Starom Termeze. Osnovnye itogi rabot 1963-1964 gg. Nadpisi, terrakoty, kamennye rel'efy. Redaktor: B. Ya. Staviskiï. Moskva 1969 (=Materialy Sovmestnoï arkheologitsheskoï ekspedicii na Kara-tepe, (2))
Buddiïskiï kul'tovyï centr Kara-Tepe v Starom Termeze. Osnovnye itogi rabot 1965-1971 gg. Red.: B. Ya. Staviskiï. Moskva 1972 (=Materialy Sovmestnoï arkheologitsheskoï ekspedicii na Kara-tepe, (3))
Novye nakhodki na Kara-tepe v Starom Termeze. Osnovnye itogi rabot 1972-1973 gg. Otv. red. B. Ya. Staviskiï. Moskva 1975 (=Materialy Sovmestnoï arkheologitsheskoï ekspedicii na Kara-tepe, (4))
Buddiïskie pamyatniki Kara-tepe v Starom Termeze. Osnovnye itogi rabot 1974-1977 gg. Otv. red. B. Ya. Staviskiï. Moskva 1982 (=Materialy Sovmestnoï arkheologitsheskoï ekspedicii na Kara-tepe, (5))
Buddiïskie kompleksy Kara-tepe v Starom Termeze. Osnovnye itogi rabot 1978-1989 gg. Moskva 1996 (=Materialy Sovmestnoï arkheologitsheskoï ekspedicii na Kara-tepe, (6))
Further publications:
Lelekov L. A.: Buddiïskiï kul'tovyï centr Kara-tepe na perekrestke mirovykh kul'tur. In: Kul'turnye zvyazi narodov Sredneï Azii i Kavkaza. Drevnost' i srednevekov'e. Otv. redaktory: A. M. Leskov, B. Ya. Staviskiï. Moskva 1990, pp. 14-21
Mkrtytshev T. K. (Mkrtychev T. K.): Buddhist ritual practice of Kara-Tepe - based on materials of complex E. In: Silk Road Art and Archaeology (Kamakura), 3 (1993/1994), 1993, pp. 97-112
Mkrtytshev T. K. (Mkrtychev T.): New Buddhist sculpture from Kara-Tepe. In: Bulletin of the Asia Institute. New Series, vol. 9, 1997, pp. 159-166
Neglinskaya M. A.: Khudozhestvennye osobennosti syuzhetnoï zhivopisi buddiïskogo kul'tovogo centra Kara-tepe. In: Kul'turnye zvyazi narodov Sredneï Azii i Kavkaza. Drevnost' i srednevekov'e. Otv. redaktory: A. M. Leskov, B. Ya. Staviskiï. Moskva 1990, pp. 22-29
Staviskiï B. Ya.: Izutshenie buddiïskogo kul'tovogo centra Kara-Tepe v Starom Termeze v 1972-1973 gg. In: Baktriïskie drevnosti. Predvaritel'nye soobshtsheniya ob arkheologitsheskikh rabotakh na yuge Uzbekistana. Otv. red. V. M. Masson. Leningrad 1976, pp. 39-43
Staviskiï B. Ya. (Stawiskij B.): Kara Tepe in Old Termez. A Buddhist religious centre of the Kushan period on the bank of the Oxus. In: From Hecataeus to al-Huwarizmi. Ed. by J. Harmatta. (=Collection of the sources for the history of pre-Islamic Central Asia, ser. I, vol. III). Budapest 1984, pp. 95-135
Staviskiï B. Ya. (Staviskiï B.): Tshetvert' veka na Karatepe (Zapiski natshal'nika arkheologitsheskoï ekspedicii). Tashkent 1986
Staviskiï B. Ya.: Le problème des liens entre le bouddhisme bactrien, le zoroastrisme et les cultes mazdéens locaux à la lumière des fouilles de Kara-tepe sur le site de l'antique Termez (Ouzbékistan). In: Cultes et monuments religieux dans l'Asie Centrale préislamique. Sous la direction de F. Grenet. (=Mémoire no. 2 des publications de l'U.A. 1222 (ex U.R.A. 29)). Paris 1987, pp. 47-51
Staviskiï B. Ya. (Stavisky B. J.): Kara-Tepe in Old Termez (Southern Uzbekistan). Summary of the work done in 1978-1982. In: Orientalia Iosephi Tucci memoriae dicata. Ed. cur. G. Gnoli, L. Lanciotti. (=IsMEO, Serie Orientale Roma, LVI:1-3). Roma, vol. 3, 1988, pp. 1391-1405
Staviskiï B. Ya.: Issledovanie Kara-tepe v Starom Termeze i znatshenie ego dlya izutsheniya kul'turnykh vzaimosvyazeï mezhdu narodami drevnego mira. In: Kul'turnye zvyazi narodov Sredneï Azii i Kavkaza. Drevnost' i srednevekov'e. Otv. redaktory: A. M. Leskov, B. Ya. Staviskiï. Moskva 1990, pp. 6-13
Staviskiï B. Ya. - Mkrtytshev T. K. (Staviskii B. - Mkrtychev T.): Qara-Tepe in Old Termez: On the history of the monument. In: Bulletin of the Asia Institute. N. S., vol. 10, 1996, pp. 219-232
Vertogradova V. V.: O naimenovanii buddiïskogo peshtshernogo monastyrya na Kara-tepe v Starom Termeze. In: Sanskrit i drevneindiïskaya kul'tura. Moskva 1979, tsh. I, pp. 83-96
Vertogradova V. V. (Vertogradova V.): Some study problems of Indian inscriptions in Kara-tepe. In: Information Bulletin. International Association for the Study of the Cultures of Central Asia (Moscow), 13, 1987, pp. 17-33
Vertogradova V. V.: Indiïskaya epigrafika iz Kara-tepe v Starom Termeze. Problemy deshivrovki i interpretacii. Moskva 1995
Mullokandov M. M.: Rannesrednevekovyï buddiïskiï monastyr' Khisht-tepa v Khovalingskom raïone Tadzhikistana. In. Mezhdunarodnaya associaciya po izutsheniyu kul'tur Central'noï Azii. Informacionnyï byulleten', vyp. 17, 1990, pp. 12-20
Vertogradova V. V.: Glinyanye tabletki s indiïskimi tekstami iz Khisht-tepa. In. Mezhdunarodnaya associaciya po izutsheniyu kul'tur Central'noï Azii. Informacionnyï byulleten', vyp. 17, 1990, pp. 21-25
Goryatsheva V. D.: Rannesrednevekovye buddiïskie pamyatniki Kirgizii. In: Istoriko-kul'turnye svyazi narodov Central'noï Azii. Otv. red. Sh. B. Tshimitdorzhiev. Ulan-Ude 1983, pp. 68-77
Goryatsheva V. D.: Gorod zolotogo verblyuda (Krasnoretshenskoe gorodishtshe). Frunze 1988
Goryatsheva V. D. - Peregudova S. Ya.: Buddiïskie pamyatniki Kirgizii. In: Vestnik drevneï istorii, 1996, no. 2, pp. 172-182
Krasnaya retshka i Burana (Materialy i issledovaniya Kirgizskoï arkheologitsheskoï ekspedicii). Red.kollegiya: V. A. Livshic, V. M. Ploskikh, V. D. Goryatsheva. Frunze 1989
Peregudova S. Ya.: O vtorom buddiïskom khrame Krasnoretshenskogo gorodishtsha (k rekonstrukcii plana svyatilishtsha). In: Iz istorii i arkheologii drevnego Tyan'-Shanya. Otv. redaktory K. I. Tashbaeva, D. F. Vinnik, L. M. Vedutova. Bishkek 1995, pp. 187-201
Bulatova-Levina V. A.: Buddiïskiï khram v Kuve. In: Sovetskaya arkheologiya, 1961, no. 3, pp. 241-250
Bulatova V. A.: Drevnyaya Kuva. Tashkent 1972
Callieri P.: Hephthalites in Margiana? New evidence from the Buddhist relics in Merv. In: La Persia e l'Asia Centrale da Alessandro al X secolo. Roma 1996 (=Academia Nazionale dei Lincei. Atti dei convegni lincei, 127), pp. 391-400
Gaïbov V. - Koshelenko G. A. - Novikov S. V. (Gajbov V. - Koshelenko G. - Novikov S.): Nouveaux documents pour une histoire des religions dans le Turkménistan méridional à l'époque parthe et sassanide. In: Histoire et cultes de l'Asie Centrale Préislamique. Sources écrites et documents archéologiques. Actes du Colloque international du CNRS, ed. P. Bernard et F. Grenet. Paris 1991, pp. 85-94
Koshelenko G. A.: Unikal'naya vaza iz Merva. In: Vestnik drevneï istorii, 1966, no. 1, pp. 92-105
Koshelenko G. A.: The beginning of Buddhism in Margiana. In: Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, t. 14, Budapest 1966, pp. 175-183
Koshelenko G. A.: Issledovanie buddiïskikh pamyatnikov v Merve. In: Drevnie kul'tury Sredneï Azii i Indii. Pod redakcieï V. M. Massona. Leningrad 1984, pp. 137-141
Masson M. E.: Iz rabot Yuzhno-Turkmenistanskoï arkheologitsheskoï kompleksnoï ekspedicii Akademii nauk Turkmenskoï SSR v 1962 g. In: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoï SSR. Seriya obshtshestvennykh nauk (Ashkhabad), no. 3, 1963, pp. 45-58
Nikitin A. B.: Srednepersidskie ostraki iz buddiïskogo svyatilishtsha v Starom Merve. In: Vestnik drevneï istorii, 1992, no. 1, pp. 95-105
Pugatshenkova G. A. - Usmanova Z. I.: Buddiïskiï kompleks v Gyaur-kale Starogo Merva. In: Vestnik drevneï istorii, 1994, no. 1, pp. 142-171
Pugatshenkova G. A. - Usmanova V.: Buddhist monuments in Merv. In: In the land of the gryphons. Papers on Central Asian archaeology in antiquity. Ed. by A. Invernizzi. Firenze 1995, pp. 51-81
Rtveladze E. V.: Novyï buddiïskiï pamyatnik v Starom Merve. In: Trudy Yuzhno-Turkmenistanskoï arkheologitsheskoï Kompleksnoï ekspedicii, t. 15, 1973, pp. 231-235
Staviskiï B. Ya.: O buddiïskoï obshtshine v Merve. In: Kul'tura Vostoka: Problemy i pamyatniki. Kratkie tezisy dokladov nautshnoï konferencii 21-25 yanvarya 1992 goda. Gosudarstvennyï Ermitazh. Nautshnye redaktory: E. V. Zeïmal', A. B. Nikitin. Sankt-Peterburg 1992, pp. 73-76
Usmanova I. Z.: Buddiïskiï pamyatnik v Merve. In: Materialy po istorii, istoriografii i arkheologii. Sbornik nautshnikh trodov Tashkentskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta, no. 533. Tashkent 1975, pp. 12-20
Litvinskiï B. A.: Nastennaya zhivopis' Kalai-Kafirnigana. In: Kavkaz i Srednyaya Aziya v drevnosti i srednevekov'e (istoriya i kul'tura). Pod redakcieï B. A. Litvinskogo. Moskva 1981, pp. 116-138
Litvinskij B. A.: Kalai Kafirnigan. Problems in the religion and art of early mediaeval Tokharistan. In: East and West (Rome), vol. 31, 1981, pp. 35-66
Arshavskaya Z. A. - Rtveladze E. V. - Khakimov Z. A.: Srednevekovye pamyatniki Surkhandar'i. Tashkent 1982
Zeïmal' T. I.: Buddiïskiï kompleks Ushtur-Mullo. In: Arkheologitsheskie raboty v Tadzhikistane, vyp. XIX (1979 g.), 1986, pp. 186-202
Zeïmal' T. I.: Buddiïskaya stupa u Verblyuzh'eï Gorki (k tipologii stup pravoberezhnogo Tokharistana). In: Proshloe Sredneï Azii. Otv. red. V. A. Ranov. Dushanbe 1987, pp. 70-78
Zeïmal' T. I.: Raskopki buddiïskogo kompleksa Ushtur-mullo v 1981 g. In: Arkheologitsheskie raboty v Tadzhikistane, vyp. XXI (1981 g.), 1988, pp. 325-336
Zeïmal' T. I.: Buddiïskiï monastyr' Ushtur-Mullo (raboty 1982 g.). In: Arkheologitsheskie raboty v Tadzhikistane (Dushanbe), vyp. XXII (1982 g.), 1990, pp. 255-261
Abdullaev K. A. - Zav'yalov V. A.: Buddiïskie motivy v gorodskoï kul'ture pozdnekushanskogo vremeni. (Po materialam Zar-Tepe). In: Vestnik drevneï istorii, 1985, no. 4 (175), pp. 111-121
Masson V. M.: Zar-tepe, eine Stadt der Kuschana in Südusbekistan. In: Das Altertum, Bd. 33, H. 1, 1987, pp. 49-53
Pidaev Sh. R.: Raskopki buddiïskoï stupy u gorodishtsha Zartepa. In: Obshtshestvennye nauki v Uzbekistane, 1986, no. 4, pp. 49-52
Pilipko V. N.: Raskopki svyatilishtsha pozdnekushanskogo vremeni na gorodishtshe Zar-tepe. In: Baktriïskie drevnosti. Leningrad 1976, pp. 59-68
Pugatshenkova G. A.: Dve stupa na juge Uzbekistana. In: Sovetskaya Arkheologiya, 1967, no. 3, pp. 257-263
Strelkov A. S.: Zurmala ili Katta-tyupe okolo Termeza. In: Kul'tura Vostoka. Vyp. I. Moskva 1927, pp. 27-30
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