A fascinating insight into the historical progress of one of the world' s great religions.'an excellent synopsis of current scholarship.'-Alan Sponberg, Professor of Asian Philosophy and Religion, University of Montana Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Andrew Skilton - a writer on and practitioner of Buddhism - explains the development of the basic concepts of Buddhism during its 2,500 years of history and describes its varied developments in India, Buddhism' s homeland, as well as its spread across Asia, from Mongolia to Sri Lanka and from Japan to the Middle East. Author: by Heinrich Dumoulin Published at: Pantheon First Edition (January 1, 1963) ISBN: 978-1135694746. An ideal introduction to the history of Buddhism. Author: by Andrew Skilton Published at: Windhorse Pubns (January 1, 1995) ISBN: 978-0904766660. Drawing on recent historical and literary research, the author explains the basic concepts of Buddhism from all periods of its development, and places them in an historical framework. This work describes and correlates these diverse manifestations - in Buddhism's homeland of India, and in its spread across Asia, from Mongolia to Sri Lanka and from Japan to the Middle East. Communication is a living, evolving thing, and for all its continuity the Buddhist tradition presents the modern student - and practitioner - with a bewildering array of cultural, philosophical and practical forms. The phenomenon known as "Buddhism" embraces an uninterrupted process of communication through which the Buddha's followers have been guided and inspired for 25 centuries.
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