Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra
By: edited by Sree Padma, A.W. Barber.
Contributors: Sree Padma, 1956-; Barber, A. W.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780791474853
Subjects: Buddhism -- India -- Andhra Pradesh -- History; Buddhism -- India -- Krishna River Valley -- History
Description: "Offering perspectives from a distinguished group of international scholars, this book provides a multidisciplinary inquiry into the various forms of Buddhism that thrived during the early centuries of the common era in the Krishna River Valley areas of what is now the modern state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The contributors explore not only the factors that led to the rise of Buddhist communities, but also the significance of these early Buddhist communities in the unfolding of the greater history of Buddhism throughout the Asian world."--Jacket.
Notes: Material culture and the emergence of urban Buddhism in Andhra / Sree Padma -- Of tempted arhats and supermundane Buddhas : abhidharma in the Krsna Region / Bart Dessein -- Amaravati as lense : envisioning Buddhism in the ruins of the great stūpa / Jacob N. Kinnard -- Buddhism in Andhra and its influence on Buddhism in Sri Lanka / John Clifford Holt and Sree Padma -- Candrakīrti on the medieval military culture of South India / Karen C. Lang -- Two Mahayana developments along the Krisna River / A.W. Barber --  Dhanyakataka revisited : Buddhist politics in post-Buddhist Andhra / Jonathan S. Walters.

Includes bibliographical references and index.