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The first scholarly monograph on Buddhist maṇḍalas in China, this book examines the Maṇḍala of Eight Great Bodhisattvas. This iconographic template, in which a central Buddha is flanked by eight attendants, flourished during the Tibetan (786–848) and post-Tibetan Guiyijun (848–1036) periods at Dunhuang. A rare motif that appears in only four cave shrines at the Mogao and Yulin sites, the maṇḍala bore associations with political authority and received patronage from local rulers. Attending to the historical and cultural contexts surrounding this iconography, this book demonstrates that transcultural communication over the Silk Routes during this period, and the religious dialogue between the Chinese and Tibetan communities, were defining characteristics of the visual language of Buddhist maṇḍalas at Dunhuang.

Eight Great Bodhisattvas (Buddhist deities) in art. --- Buddhist art and symbolism --- Mandala (Buddhism) --- Tantric Buddhism --- Buddhist symbolism --- Lamaist symbolism --- Symbolism and Buddhist art --- Symbolism --- Dunhuang (China) --- Tibet Region --- Bod Region --- Greater Tibet --- Hsi-tang Region --- Sitsang Region --- Thibet Region --- Tibbata Region --- Wei-tsang Region --- Xi zang Region --- Xizang Region --- Civilization. --- Dunhuang Shi (China) --- Tun-huang (China) --- Tun-huang shih (China) --- 敦煌 (China) --- 敦煌市 (China) --- Dunhuang Xian (China)