Journal of Eurasian Studies

JOURNAL OF
EURASIAN STUDIES
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Journal of the Gábor Bálint de Szentkatolna Society
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor-in-Chief
FARKAS, Flórián
The Hague, Holland
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
OBRUSÁNSZKY, Borbála
Budapest, Hungary
Editors
ALIMBAY, Nursan
Almaty, Kazakhstan
ARADI, Éva
Budapest, Hungary
BÉRCZI, Szaniszló
Budapest, Hungary
BÍRÓ, András
Budapest, Hungary
CSORNAI, Katalin
Budapest, Hungary
CZEGLÉDI, Katalin
Pécs, Hungary
ERDÉLYI, István
Göd, Hungary
HORVÁTH, Izabella
Hangzhou, China
KARATAY, Osman
İzmir, Turkey
MAHAPATRA, Debidatta Aurobinda
Boston, MA, USA
MARÁCZ, László
Amsterdam, Holland
MARCANTONIO, Angela
Rome, Italy
MURAKEÖZY, Éva Patrícia
The Hague, Holland
SARBASSOVA, Guldana
Amsterdam, Holland
SECHENBAATAR
Hohhot, China
UCHIRALTU
Hohhot, China
ZOMBORI, Andor
Nagoya, Japan

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CONTENTS
Dear Reader, ............................................................................................................................................. 6
HISTORY ............................................................................................................ 8
REZA, Mohammad Habib & BANDYOPADHYAY, Soumyen & MOWLA, Azizul
Traces of Buddhist Architecture in Gupta and post-Gupta Bengal: Evidence from
Inscriptions and Literature ................................................................................................................. 9
SOCIOLOGY ................................................................................................... 20
HORVÁTH, Izabella
Confucius and Laozi at a Formal Chinese Dinner Party ............................................................ 21
RELIGIOUS HISTORY .................................................................................. 38
MIRABILE, Françoise
Les Juifs d´Istanbul ........................................................................................................................... 39
MIRABILE, Françoise: The Jews of Istanbul .................................................................................................................. 71
TRAVELOGUE ................................................................................................ 74
MIRABILE, Paul
Enquête sur les Peuples Naxis dans le Sud-Ouest de la Chine ................................................ 75
MIRABILE, Paul: Inquiry into the Naxi People of Southwest China ....................................................................... 109
Our Authors ......................................................................................................................................... 111