Buddhism and Buddhist literature in early Indian epigraphy

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A detailed authentic record of Buddhism as depicted in the inscriptions of ancient India. In this scholarly work the author discusses the significance of the inscriptions and shows how they, as primary source material, play a major role in providing the factual underpinnings of the social, political, religious, cultural, and literary history of early India. This work, based on the author's original study of the inscriptions of the period and the extant literature on the subject, provides an in-depth account, on the one hand, of the richness and variety of the information provided by them and; on the other, a description of Buddhism in Ashoka's time. By skilfully weaving together all the available information, the author is able to paint a vivid portrait of Ashoka, the great Mauryan ruler, and his patronage of the Buddhist faith.rnrnHe also shows and explores the Second Buddhist Council and the schism that followed with the formation of two major sects: the Sthaviravada and the Mahasamghika, and from these eighteen sub-sects were born. The book looks at how these sub-sects came into existence, their central tenets and doctrines, and their development

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0005035

BQ286 .H36 2002

Research Library (อาคาร 1 ชั้น 4)

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BQ286 .H36 2002

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: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.., 2002

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xii, 204 p. ; 22 cm.

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English

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9788121510370

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Buddhism

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Buddhism
Buddhism--India--History--Sources.
Buddhist literature--India--Sources.
Buddhist inscriptions--India.

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