This volume is the first extended scholarly treatment of Buddhism in the Sung (960-1279) to be published in a Western language. It focuses largely on elite figures, elite traditions, and interactio…
A much broader historical overview than many works that discuss the economic intricacies of Buddhism in China, Buddhism in Chinese Society interweaves an understanding of social and political organ…
A veritable treasure trove.... Both demanding and tremendously rewarding.... The book is of high scholarly standard, but ... is clear, precise and a pleasure to read - and is certainly accessible t…
Online version:rnGanguly, Swati.rnPerspectives on evolution of Buddhism.rnDelhi, India : Eastern Book Linkers, 2002rn(OCoLC)606950676rnOnline version:rnGanguly, Swati.rnPerspectives on evolution of…
From the begining of modern Indological research, the dates of te Buddha have been recognized as having crucial importance for early Indian history. A symposium on the date of the historical Buddha…
This volume originates from the Fourth Syymposium on Buddhist Studies
In this study a social and cultural anthropologist and a specialist in the study of religion pool their talents to examine recent changes in popular religion in Sri Lanka. As the Sinhalas themselve…
The earliest records we have today of what the Buddha said were written down several centuries after his death, and the body of teachings attributed to him continued to evolve in India for centurie…
The most influential work on Buddhism to be published in the nineteenth century, Introduction à l’histoire du Buddhisme indien, by the great French scholar of Sanskrit Eugène Burnouf, set the c…
This volume deals with Sri Lanka's evolution into a stronghold of Theravada Buddhism and China and Tibet's contribution to the Mahayana and Tantrayana traditions.
An English translation of the Asokavadana" text
This ambitious cross-disciplinary study of Buddhist modernism in colonial Cambodia breaks new ground in understanding the history and development of religion and colonialism in Southeast Asia.