The History of Buddhism in Vietnam (Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change. Series Iii, Asia)
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The History of Buddhism in Vietnam (Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change. Series Iii, Asia)
This work on Vietnamese Buddhism from its beginnings through the 20th century provides much evidence requiring Western Buddhologists to radically revise their heretofore accepted time-table for the arrival and development of Buddhism in Vietnam. It provides previously unknown data, details of nomenclature, time, and place, scrupulously gathered from archeological finds and ancient archival records by Vietnamese research teams. Providing much historical analysis and cultural interpretation along the way, this work carries its project forward through the various royal dynasties and the French colonial period.