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“The Sarvatathāgatādhisthānasatvāvalokanabuddhaksetrasandarśana-vyūha: A Mahāyāna Sūtra from Gilgit,” Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies 11 (2010): 199-251.

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Beyond Enlightenment: Buddhism, Religion Modernity. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2006.

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“Ajanta’s Inscriptions.” In Walter M. Spink, Ajanta: History And Development, volume 2: Arguments About Ajanta (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2006), pp. 273-339.

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“Response: The Circle Without a Center: Rethinking Religious Authority in India,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 73/1 (March 2005): 133-150.

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“Why Study Indian Buddhism?” In The Invention of Religion: Rethinking Belief in Politics and History ed. by Derek R. Peterson and Darren R. Walhof (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002), pp. 19-36.

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“Kinsmen of the Son: Śākyabhiksus and the Institutionalization of the Bodhisattva Ideal,” History of Religions. 40/1 (August 2000): 1-31.

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“Nāga, Yaksinī, Buddha: Local Deities and Local Buddhism at Ajanta,” History of Religions. 37/4 (May 1998): 360-400.

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“Problems in the Writing of Ajanta’s History: The Epigraphic Evidence,” Indo-Iranian Journal. 40/2 (April 1997): 125-48.

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“How Useful is the Complexity Paradigm Without Quantifiable Data? A Test Case: The Patronage of Fifth Century Buddhist Caves in India.” In Chaos and Society ed by Alain Albert (Amsterdam: IOS Press, 1995), pp. 83-99.

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Setting the Three Jewels: The Complex Culture of Buddhism at the Ajanta Caves. Ph.D. dissertation. The University of Michigan, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures: Program in Buddhist Studies. 1995.

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