The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka Motilal Banarsidass international reflects no little credit on

reflects no little credit on the care and judgment with which that energetic but ill-fated traveller endeavoured to serve on this occasion the cause of Sanskrit philology

he correctly ascertained the era employed in Kalhana’s chronological reckoning and thus succeeded in fixing with fair accuracy the dates for almost all the kings from the advent of the Karkota dynasty onwards

Director General of at that time and Professor Sahitya Vedic Studies

and to whom much thanks are due

The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka Motilal Banarsidass international reflects no little credit onIn 1956, Theravada Buddhists in Sri Lanka and throughout Southeast Asia celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the Buddha's entry into Nirvana and of the establishment of the Buddhist tradition. This book examines this revival of Theravada Buddhism among the laity of Sri Lanka, analysing its origins and its growth up to the present day. Within the spectrum of reinterpretations that have comprised the revival, the book focuses on four important types or