This volume brings together a variety of historians epigraphists philologists art historians
and archaeologists to address the understanding of the encounter between Buddhist and Muslim
communities in South and Central Asia during the medieval period. The articles collected here
provoke a fresh look at the relevant sources. The main areas touched by this new research can
be divided into five broad categories: deconstructing scholarship on Buddhist Muslim
interactions cultural and religious exchanges perceptions of the other transmission of
knowledge and trade and economics. The subjects covered are wide ranging and demonstrate the
vast challenges involved in dealing with historical social cultural and economic frameworks
that span Central and South Asia of the premodern world. We hope that the results show promise
for future research produced on Buddhist and Muslim encounters. The intended audience is
specialists in Asian Studies Buddhist Studies and Islamic Studies.
