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The Spread of Buddhism

The Spread of Buddhism

Heirman, Ann
Bumbacher, Stephan Peter

Paperback

Series: Brill's Paperback Collection, Book 16

BuddhismGeneral European HistoryGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9004226753
ISBN13: 9789004226753
Publisher: Brill
Published: Feb 23 2012
Pages: 474
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
In no region of the world Buddhism can be seen as a unified doctrinal system. It rather consists of a multitude of different ideas, practices and behaviours. Geographical, social, political, economic, philosophical, religious, and also linguistic factors all played their role in its development and spread, but this role was different from region to region. 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 fascinating 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.

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