Buddhist Annals and Chronicles of South-East Asia

Buddhist Annals and Chronicles of South-East Asia

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Book Specification

Item Code: IDC821
Author: Kanai Lal Hazra
Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Language: English
Edition: 2002
ISBN: 8121500117
Pages: 132
Cover: Hardcover
Other Details 6.0" x 7.6"
Weight 300 gm

Book Description

The annals and chronicles are Important for a study of political, religious, cultural and literary history of a country. This book Introduces to the readers for the first time a new picture in the field of annals and chronicles. It gives, not only, the history and the development of the Buddhist annals and chronicles of South-East Asia but it also refers to the important role played by the chronicles in the field of Pali and Singhalese literature in Ceylon. Fortunately, this is a first attempt, to give a connected account of the Buddhist annals and chronicles of South and South-East Asia, on the basis of all available sources. The book should be found useful to readers interested in the religious and cultural history of South and South-East Asia.

From the Jacket:

The annals and chronicles are important for a study of political, religious, cultural and literary history of a country. This book introduces to the readers for the first time a new picture in the field of annals and chronicles. It gives, not only, the history and the development of the Buddhist annals and chronicles of South-East Asia but it also refers to the important role played by the chroniclers in the field of Pali and Singhalese literature in Ceylon. Fortunately, this is a first attempt, to give a connected account of the Buddhist annals and chronicles of South and South-East Asia, on the basis of all available sources. The book should be found useful to readers interested in the religious and cultural history of South and South-East Asia.

Contents

Preface. vii
Abbreviations xi
1. The Buddhist annals and chronicles of Ceylon. 1
2. The Buddhist annals and chronicles of Thailand. 30
3. The Buddhist annals and chronicles of Indonesia. 72
4. The Buddhist annals and chronicles of Burma. 88
Bibliography. 99
Index. 109

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