TY - BOOK ID - 77890650 TI - The Spread of Buddhism Among Western Mongolian Tribes Between the 13th and 18th Centuries PY - 2010 SN - 0773421610 9780773421615 PB - Lewiston Edwin Mellen Press DB - UniCat KW - Buddhism -- Asia, Central -- History. KW - Buddhism -- East Asia -- History. KW - Buddhism. KW - Oirats KW - Buddhism KW - Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East KW - History & Archaeology KW - East Asia KW - Dȯrbȯn oirat (Asian people) KW - Dȯrvȯn Oĭrad (Asian people) KW - Oyrats KW - Western mongols KW - Ethnology KW - Mongols KW - Religion KW - History KW - Mongolia KW - Religion. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77890650 AB - Unlike the majority of Mongolian scholarship, this work examines the history of Buddhism among Mongolian ethnic groups. Numerous works exist on the Oirats and their history, but most of the research has been devoted to the study of Buddhism in the Mongolian empire during its formative years. ER -