The Spread of Buddhism (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik)
Contributors: Ann Heirman (Editor); Stephan Peter Bumbacher (Editor)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: July 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9789004158306
Subjects: General; Eastern - General; Social Science; Sociology; Asia, Central; Buddhism; East Asia; History
Description: "Based on up-to-date research, this book aims at unraveling the complex factors that shaped the presence of particular forms of Buddhism in the regions to the north and the east of India. The result is a view on the mechanisms that allowed or hampered the presence of (certain aspects of) Buddhism in regions such as Central Asia, China, Tibet, Mongolia, or Korea."--Jacket.