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Buddhism in Mongolian History; Culture; and Society explores the unique elements of Mongolian Buddhism while challenging its stereotyped image as a mere replica of Tibetan Buddhism. Vesna A. Wallace brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars to explore the interaction between the Mongolian indigenous culture and Buddhism; the features that Buddhism acquired through its adaptation to the Mongolian cultural sphere; and the ways Mongols have constructed their Buddhist identity. The contributors explore the ways that Buddhism retained unique Mongolian features through Qing and Mongol support; and bring to light the ways in which Mongolian Buddhists saw Buddhism as inseparable from "Mongolness." They show that by being greatly supported by Mongol and Qing empires; suppressed by the communist governments; and experiencing revitalization facilitated by democratization and the challenges posed by modernity; Buddhism underwent a series of transformations while retaining unique Mongolian features.The book covers historical events; social and political conditions; and influential personages in Mongolian Buddhism from the sixteenth century to the present; and addresses the artistic and literary expressions of Mongolian Buddhism and various Mongolian Buddhist practices and beliefs.