The gods and the heretics : crisis and ruin of Indian Buddhism / Giovanni Verardi ; appendices by Federica Barba

• VerfasserIn: Verardi, Giovanni
• VerfasserIn von Zusatztexten: Barba, Federica
• Place / Publishing House: New Delhi : Aditya Prakashan, Buenos Aires : Fundación Bodhiyāna, 2018
• Leto izdaje: 2018
• Jezik: English
• Classification: 11.93 - Buddhismus; 15.77 - Indischer Subkontinent
• Fizični opis: 676 Seiten; Illustrationen, Karten, Diagramme; 23 cm
• Note: Literaturverzeichnis Seite [547]-634; Preface: "This book was first published in 2011 by Manohar in New Delhi with the title 'Hardships and Downfall of Buddhism in India'"

This book is not so much about Buddhism, as about Indian history, a general knowledge of which is taken for granted. It is a kind of advanced history of India aimed at discussing the mechanisms that started to set in motion the events that, with increasing force, characterised the Indian middle age...