Even though the Empress Dowager Ling’s rule was problematic and short — resulting in her assassination — she laid the foundation for other, more successful female rulers across medieval East Asia.

Southeast Asia has been inhabited for more than half ... the establishment and promotion of Theravada Buddhism as the official religion (to differentiate his kingdom from the neighboring Hindu ...

"Studies in East Asian Buddhism" and "Classics in East Asian Buddhism." Gregory's research has focused on medieval Chinese Buddhism, especially the Chan and Huayan traditions during the Tang and Song ...

But the major impact of Sinhalese culture was on Southeast Asia - on Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, southern Vietnam and the Yunnan province of China. Sinhala Bhikkhus taught Pali, the language of ...

Part 2 of “The Nirvana Route”: How early encounters between India, China, and Southeast Asia shaped Asian civilization.

This was a type of governance that was widely practiced in premodern East Asia. Even though Buddhist statecraft was widespread in the empress dowager’s time, she was the first woman to directly ...