Responsibilities
"A Study of Buddhism in Sātavāhana Western India: Perspectives from the Pūrṇāvadāna" (tentative title)
Shuning Zhang completed her M.A. in Indian Language and Literature-Buddhist Philology at Peking University in 2025. Her master's thesis was a philological study of the Diśāsauvastika-sūtra, examining its Sanskrit and Old Uyghur recensions transmitted along the Silk Route in present-day Xinjiang during the pre-modern period. Her research interests include textual history and the socio-economic dimensions of Buddhist communities. During her doctoral studies, she will focus primarily on Buddhist history in the Indian subcontinent, particularly in western India during the Sātavāhana period, alongside her ongoing interest in Central Asian Buddhism.
Contact
Email:
zhang.shuning@lmu.de