Jaina Mendicant Paraphernalia Warehouses (2025)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2025). Jaina Mendicant Paraphernalia Warehouses. Jaina studies, 20, 16-22

Providing for small groups of mendicants roaming in the villages is relatively easy. However, the large entourages accompanying the ācāryas often pose challenges not only regarding the supply of food and drink but also items for daily use. These chal... Read More about Jaina Mendicant Paraphernalia Warehouses.

Index to the Jaina-Onomasticon of Johannes Klatt (2023)
Book
Flügel, P., & Krümpelmann, K. (2023). Index to the Jaina-Onomasticon of Johannes Klatt. Harrassowitz

The book offers twenty indexes unlocking the wealth of data on the history of the Jaina tradition embedded in Johannes Klatt's Jaina-Onomasticon. The indexes were created by the authors by cross-referencing the bio-bibliographical information collate... Read More about Index to the Jaina-Onomasticon of Johannes Klatt.

The Jaina Prosopography Database: A New Tool for the Humanities (2023)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P. The Jaina Prosopography Database: A New Tool for the Humanities. In L. W. C. van Lit, & J. H. Morris (Eds.), Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia: An Introduction (157-175). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110747607-008

How can the blind spots in Jaina social and intellectual history be investigated in a systematic fashion given the fragmentary nature of the evidence? The idea of a prosopographical database with a sociological focus emerged organically from a SOAS C... Read More about The Jaina Prosopography Database: A New Tool for the Humanities.

Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas (2020)
Book Chapter
Waghmar, B. (2020). Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas. In S. Pankova, & S. J. Simpson (Eds.), Masters of the Steppe: the Impact of the Scythians and Later Nomad Societies of Eurasia. Proceedings of a conference held at the British Museum, 27-29 October 2017 (639-649). Archaeopress

At the easternmost edge of the Iranic world, settled rather than saddled Scythians ran the kingdom of Khotan as Iranian-speaking Buddhists who traded and tussled with their T’ang and Tibetan neighbours. Straddling the Sino-Tibetan and Irano-Indic oec... Read More about Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas.

Between Hind and Hellas: the Bactrian Bridgehead (with an Appendix on Indo-Hellenic interactions) (2020)
Book Chapter
Waghmar, B. (2020). Between Hind and Hellas: the Bactrian Bridgehead (with an Appendix on Indo-Hellenic interactions). In R. Seshan (Ed.), Indo-Hellenic Cultural Transactions: Proceedings of the Seminar on Indo-Hellenic Cultural Transactions, K R Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 19-20 January, 2013 (187-228). K. R. Cama Oriental Institute