Ikh Khüree and the Later Buddhist Art of Mongolia

The Book is based on my Ph.D. Dissertation, titled Ikh Khüree: a Nomadic Monastery and the Later Buddhist Art of Mongolia, published by the University of California in 2009. It analyzes a quintessential Khalkha Mongolian monastery, Ikh Khüree, and its numerous migrations: the First Jebtsundampa Zanabazar (1635-1723) and his art; portraits of Jebtsundampa reincarnate rulers; rituals, images and a temple of Maitreya in Ikh Khüree; and the Eighth Bogd Gegeen's (1870-1924) idiosyncratic paintings "One Day in Mongolia," and "Green Palace." The book's main argument is that art and images were used in Ikh Khüree for political purposes relating to Tibet–Qing–Khalkha relations.