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Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists & Their Tibetan Successors
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Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists & Their Tibetan Successors Hardback - 2004

by David Snellgrove

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  • Title Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists & Their Tibetan Successors
  • Author David Snellgrove
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 666
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Orchid Press, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Publication date 2004
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9789745240131 / 9745240133
  • Weight 2.39 lbs (1.08 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.31 x 6.53 x 1.68 in (23.65 x 16.59 x 4.27 cm)
  • Category Religion - World Religions
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.309

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Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and their Tibetan Successors

Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists and their Tibetan Successors

by Snellgrove, David

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Bangkok: Orchid Press, 2004. This volume provides a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism and its subsequent establishment in Tibet, where it was transferred more or less complete preceding its demise in northern India in the thirteenth century AD. It is especially informative on the tantric period of Buddhist theory and practice from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries, but also deals at length with the earlier evolution of Buddhist doctrines, the 'Three Turnings of the Wheel', during the first thousand years. Thereafter, the author deals mainly with the Buddhist conversion of Tibet. He emphasizes the great importance played by the kingdoms of Central Asia along the ancient Silk Route in the gradual process of Tibetan conversion. Acknowledging his debt to other scholars of this little-known part of the world, Professor Snellgrove draws upon original sources to illustrate the cultural changes that came over Tibet as a result of its rule from the seventh to ninth centuries of an extensive… Read more
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Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists & Their Tibetan Successors (Central Asian Studies)
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