Uudam Baoagudamu

This project examines how Buddhist institutions in eighteenth-century Inner Mongolia mediated overlapping authority from the Qing state and the Geluk system in Lhasa. Focusing on Huizong and Shanyin monasteries at Dolonnuur, it explores how imperial patronage, military expansion, and transregional Buddhist networks shaped these sites. Using Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Manchu sources, the study investigates their administrative, financial, and ritual roles and how local monastics navigated competing powers. It aims to show how Inner Mongolia functioned as a zone of negotiation where Buddhism contributed to both imperial governance and local authority.