Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra by Padma Holt, Sree

Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780791474860)

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Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra by Padma Holt, Sree

Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra

$34.95
Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra by Padma Holt, Sree

Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra

$34.95
Format: Paperback
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Explores the importance of Buddhism as it developed in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra (modern-day Andhra Pradesh) and its influence.

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.



Author: Sree Padma Holt
ISBN-10: 0791474860
ISBN-13: 9780791474860
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2009
Pages: 225
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
By Sree Padma Holt
By Sree Padma Holt
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Sree Padma Holt is Administrative Director of the ISLE Program at Bowdoin College. She is the author of Costume, Coiffure, and Ornaments in the Temple Sculpture of Northern Andhra. A. W. Barber is Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Calgary. He is the editor of Tibetan Tripitaka, Taipei Edition.

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