The search for the Buddha
the men who discovered India's lost religion
1st Carroll & Graf ed.
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Author
Publication
2003 - Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
80,500 words, Guess
Page Count
322 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3683648M
- ISBN-100786711973
- OCLC Control Number51726663
- OCLC Control Numbersearchforbuddham0000alle
- Library of Congress Control Number2003043564
and 2 more
- Goodreads4455240
- LibraryThing94050
Classifications
- DDC294.3/07/22
- LCCBQ239.I4 A44 2003
Description
"Now 2,500 years old, Buddhism has 300 million followers worldwide and between two and three million adherents in the United States. Yet, until the late eighteenth century when Sir William "Oriental" Jones - a British judge in India - broke the Brahmins' prohibition on learning the sacred language of Sanskrit, the Buddha's teachings were treasures unappreciated by Westerners. Jones, who began to uncover clues about Buddhism's origins from inscriptions on pillars and rocks, became the first of an enthusiastic, and often eccentric band whose search for the Indian subcontinent's secret religion is chronicled in this book of monumental historical detection infused with the air of high adventure."--BOOK JACKET.
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