02300nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801170007608200180019310000170021124501180022826000370034630000470038336500080043050502050043852011650064365000130180865500790182170000170190094200090191799900170192695201150194320180829134730.0180829b        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9788120804982  aAtlantic Publishers & Distributors (P)LTD.b;7/22,Anasri Road, Daryaganj,New Delhi-110002c;1081191d;18/08/2018  a294.3657 DUTT  aSukumar Dutt  aBuddhist monks and monasteries of Indiab : their history and their contribution to Indian culturec/Sukumar Dutt  aDelhi b: M. Banarsidassc, 1988  a397 pages b: illustrations, map c; 25 cm  b900  aThe primitive sangha, The asoka-satavahana age 250 BC-AD 100 and its legacy, In the Gupta age (AD 300-550) and after, Eminent monk-Scholars of India, Monastic Universities, (AD 500-1200), Bib., Index.  aThough India is no longer a Buddhist country, Buddhism held its place among Indian faiths for nearly seventeen centuries (500 B.C.-A.D. 1200). During this long stretch of time the Buddhist monks were organized in Sanghas in most parts of the country and their activities and achievements have profoundly influenced India`s traditional culture.

There are monumental remains of Buddhist monastic life scattered all over India: in the south there are about a thousand cave-monasteries, among them Ajanta, world-famous for its exquisite mural paintings; in the north, less spectacular, the ruins of monastic edifices from Taxila in the west to Paharpur in the east. A connected history of the Buddhist monks of ancient India, their activities, their monastic establishments and their contributions to Indian culture, is available for the first time in this work, which is remarkable also for its pervading human interest.

In reconstructing the history of the emperors and kings who were patrons of Buddhism, the early missionaries and the illustrious monk-scholars of later times, the author has used sources in four languages-Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan  aReligion  a Buddhist monasticism and religious orders -- India.bBuddhist monasteries  aSukumar Dutt  cBOOK  c50082d50082  00102ddc4070aSNULbSNULd2018-08-29g900.00l0o294.3657 DUTp25552r2018-08-29 00:00:00w2018-08-29yBOOK