Buddhist India - PAPERBACK

About The Book : This book describes ancient India from the perspectives of Brahmins and Rajputs. It provides information about ancient times when Buddhism was in a powerful state. The chapters bring forth the knowledge of rulers, their clans, the villages, the social grades, the language and literature, and the religion. The book focuses largely on the literature and writing and discusses Pali books and Jataka books as well. About The Author : Thomas William Rhys Davids FBA ( 1843 – 1922) was an English scholar of the Pāli language and founder of the Pāli Text Society. He took an active part in founding the British Academy and London School for Oriental Studies. He then studied for the bar and briefly practised law, though he continued to publish articles about Sri Lankan inscriptions and translations, notably in Max Müller's monumental Sacred Books of the East. From 1882 to 1904 Rhys Davids was Professor of Pāli at the University of London, a post which carried no fixed salary other than lecture fees. In 1905 he took up the Chair of Comparative Religion at the University of Manchester. Rhys Davids attempted to promote Theravada Buddhism and Pāli scholarship in Britain. The Title 'Buddhist India written/authored/edited by T W Rhys Davids', published in the year 2022. The ISBN 9788121266291 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 354 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Religion. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms