Decline of Buddhism in India

Sarao, Karam T. S.:
The Decline of Buddhism in India : a fresh perspective / K.T.S. Sarao. - New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 2012. - xiv, 327 S.
ISBN 978-81-215-1241-1
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DDC: 294.30954

Beschreibung
It is almost impossible to provide a continuous account of the near disappearance of Buddhism from the plains of India. This is primarily so because of the dearth of the archaeological material and the stunning silence of the indigenous literature on this subject. Interestingly, the subject itself has remained one of the most neglected topics in the history of India. In this book apart from the history of the decline of Buddhism in India, various issues relating to this decline have been critically examined. Following this methodology, an attempt has been made at a region-wise survey of the decline in Sind, Kashmir, northwestern India, Bengal, Orissa and Assam, followed by a detailed analysis of the different hypotheses that propose to explain this decline. This is followed by author's proposed model of decline of Buddhism in India.

Inhalt
PART ONE
1. The rise of Buddhism
2. The progress of Buddhism up to the pre-Maurya period
3. Buddhism in the Maurya empire
4. Buddhism during the reign of the Sungas, the Kanvas, the Satavahanas and the successors of the Satavahanas
5. Buddhism during the rule of the Indo-Greeks and the Indo-Scythians
6. Buddhism under the Guptas and later Guptas
7. Buddhism during the reign of the Maukharis, Harsavardhana and the Maitrakas
8. Buddhism in northern India after Harsa
9. Buddhism during the reign of Sasanka of Gauda
10. Buddhism in southern India
PART TWO
11. India in AD 630 as described by Hiuen-Tsang
12. Gradual decline of Buddhism in different regions of India
13. Causes of the decline of Buddhism in India
14. Conclusion: no decline but gradual assimilation with Brahminical religion or is Buddhism really extinct from the motherland?

Autor
KARAM TEJ SINGH SARAO, Professor, Department of Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Delhi. Profile page.

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