Dust on the Throne: The Search for Buddhism in Modern India - Paperback
by Douglas Ober
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Availability:In StockContributor:Douglas OberSeries:South Asia in MotionPublish date:2023-03-28Pages:394
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503635036ISBN-10:1503635031UPC:9781503635036Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Asia, BuddhismBook Topic:South, HistorySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCKFTAZVBZ
Dust on the Throne: The Search for Buddhism in Modern India
Received wisdom has it that Buddhism disappeared from India, the land of its birth, between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, long forgotten until British colonial scholars re-discovered it in the early 1800s. Its full-fledged revival, so the story goes, only occurred in 1956, when the Indian civil rights pioneer Dr. B.R. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with half a million of his...
Series: South Asia in Motion
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9781503635036ISBN-10:1503635031UPC:9781503635036Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Asia, BuddhismBook Topic:South, HistorySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCKFTAZVBZ
Douglas Ober is Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Fort Lewis College and an Honorary Research Associate in the Centre for India and South Asia Research at the University of British Columbia.
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