Early history of Buddhism in Ceylon: or State of Buddhism in Ceylon as revealed by the Pali commentaries of the 5th century A.D.

Adikaram, EW

ISBN: 9789559219095, 955921909X

Thesis submitted to and accepted by the University of London for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Early history of the spread of Buddhism and the Buddhist schools, with a foreword by Narendra Nath Law, Calcutta, 1925

Dutt, Nalinaksha

ISBN: 9788130700922, 8130700921

The early Mustang Kanjur catalogue

Eimer, Helmut

Embedded languages: studies of Sri Lankan and Buddhist cultures; essays in honor of W. S. Karunatillake, ed. by Carol S. Anderson et al

ISBN: 9789553034151, 9553034152

This volume provides an indepth examination of the contributions of a teacher, mentor, and translator: Professor W.S Karunatillake. His approach is rooted in the study of language.

The emergence of Buddhism

Kinnard, Jacob N

ISBN: 9780313328381, 0313328382

The story of Buddhism unfolds through a series of narrative chapters, dealing with the Brahmanical cosmology from which Buddhism emerged, the stories and myths surrounging Buddha's birth, Buddha's path to enlightenment, and the eventual spread of his teachings throughout India and the world.

Encounter with Buddhism: a study of the evolution of Buddhist thought

Pandit, Moti Lal

The book explains the three phases of development of Buddhist thought in India and how it spread to countries as far as Japan.

Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, Vol.7, Fascicle 3: Petavatthu-saddhammapajjotika, ed. by W.G. Weeraratne

Epochs in Buddhist history: the Haskell lectures, 1921

Saunders, Kenneth J

ISBN: 9788176240420, 8176240427

Evolution of Buddhism: in the light of materialism in India

Ranjan, Deepak

ISBN: 9789380550480, 9380550480

Excavations at Lalitagiri (1985-1991)

Patnaik, Jeeban Kumar

Lalitagiri is one of the sites of Buddhist 'diamond triangle' in Odisha, the other two sites being Ratnagiri and Udayagiri. The excavations have brought to light plethora of Buddhist antiquities in the form of monasteries, apsidal chaitya, stupa and myriads of artifacts etc.

Buddhism: a living spiritual force

Lama, G.K.

ISBN: 9789391985189, 9391985181

The contribution of Buddhist thought and culture had been very important and distict in shaping the religious life of Asian people for at least eight long centuries from the first century BCE.

The footprint of the Buddha

Ludowyk, EFC

ISBN: 9789558129951, 955812995X

This book seeks to bring before the common reader the Buddhist monuments of old Ceylon--a distintive and valuable portion of the art of the ancient and medieval world.;

Footprints of foreign explorers on the Silk Road, compl. by the Information office of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China, Chief ed. Wu Dunfu

ISBN: 9787508507064, 7508507061

Early Buddhist society: the world of Gautama Buddha

Liu, Xinru

ISBN: 9788178246505, 8178246503

A great deal is known about Buddhist tenets and doctrine, but very little exists on the lived context of the Buddha himself. Early Buddhist texts in Pali reveal a society in ways that other texts relating to Buddhism - including the Brahmanical literature - do not. Xinru Liu reads this literature to argue that the historical Buddha does not really exist in the imagination of most people, neithe...

From local to global: papers in Asian History and culture, 3 vols., ed. by Kamal Sheel et al.

ISBN: 9789380852744, 9380852746

From ogress to goddess Hariti: a Buddhist deity

Maheshwari, Madhurika K

ISBN: 9788186786277, 8186786279

The Buddhist Goddess - Hariti, comparable to the Brahmanical Sitala, has a dramatic life story; with many ups and down. Born to a yaksha king, married into another important yaksha royal family, she turns into child - eating ogress. Ultimately she gets converted by Sakyamuni Buddha Himself and attains arhatship. Riding on the Buddhist wave she becomes a cultic figure and travels to Central Asia...

Gautama Buddha and origin of Buddhism

Singh, Mahesh Vikram et al

ISBN: 9789380836584, 9380836589

The genesis of an orientalist: Thomas William Rhys Davids and Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Wickkremeratne, L Ananda

ISBN: 9788120823617, 8120823613

The glory of Sanchi (Singhalese & English) ed. by Ananda N. Tilakaratne

ISBN: 9551222680804, 1222680807

Golden Rock Temple of Dambulla: caves of infinite Buddhas

Seneviratna, Anuradha