Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
Subtitle: Indian Buddhists and their Tibetan successors
By: David Snellgrove.
Publisher: Shambhala; Distributed in the United States by Random House
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Boston; [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 640
Subjects: Buddhism -- India -- History; Buddhism -- China -- Tibet -- History
Description: Provides a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism and its subsequent establishment in Tibet. It concentrates on the tantric period of Buddhist theory and practice, from the eighth to the thirteenth century, when the Tibertans were actively engaged in absorbing all they could find of Buddhist culture and religion into their own country. The author emphasizes the significant role played by the Central Asian kingdoms along the ancient Silk Route in the gradual process of Tibertan conversion.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [617]-632.
Includes indexes.