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Taranatha's History of Buddhism in India

By Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya

Book information

Publisher
Motilal Banarsidass Pub
Year
1990
ISBN
8120806964, 9788120806962
Open Library ID
OL13130530M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (26661054 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
523\523
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Born in A.D. 1575, Lama Taranatha wrote this book in 1608. V. Vasil'ev of St. Petersburg translated it from Tibetan into Russian in April 1869 followed by the German translation of the text by Schiefner also published from St. Peterburg in October of the same Year. In view of the profound importance of the work for understanding Indian history in general and of the history of Buddhism in particular. modern scholars have extensively using specially Schiefner's German translation of the History for decades and this for varied purposes.

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