The Spread of Buddhism
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Handbook of Oriental Studies Handbuch der Orientalistik Section Eight Central Asia Edited by Denis Sinor Nicola Di Cosmo VOLUME ...
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CONTENTS Acknowledgements ..................................................................... ix Introduction: The Spread of B ...
The Later Spread of Buddhism in Tibet .................................. 341 Sven Bretfeld The History of Buddhism among the Mon ...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The inspiration for this volume came from frequent discussions with colleagues and students. Their stimulating ...
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INTRODUCTION: THE SPREAD OF BUDDHISM Ann Heirman (Ghent) and Stephan Peter Bumbacher (Tübingen) The aim of the present work is t ...
2 ann heirman and stephan peter bumbacher dif culties did they encounter? Was the spread a single event or did it consist of se ...
introduction 3 The rise of Buddhism occurred just after the end of the later Vedic period of Indian history (ca. 1000 BC–550 BC) ...
4 ann heirman and stephan peter bumbacher Buddhist archaeological remains of the initial period of the Maurya dynasty (ca. 320–c ...
introduction 5 appears to have been assimilated into similar Hindu traditions. Only in a restricted and secluded region of Nepal ...
6 ann heirman and stephan peter bumbacher time of the Maurya king Aoka. Still, it is only from the rst century BC and thus af ...
introduction 7 only a minor role. While from the fth to the early second century BC, there were frequent military and politica ...
8 ann heirman and stephan peter bumbacher Ann Heirman also raises the question of the in uence of the Sin ha- lese Theravda Sc ...
introduction 9 * * * The introduction of Buddhism into China during the rst centuries of our era and the subsequent developmen ...
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