The Holy Land Reborn
Pilgrimage and the Tibetan Reinvention of Buddhist India
464 pages, 28 halftones, 15 line drawings 6 x 9
©
2008
Series: Buddhism and Modernity
Cloth $45.00
ISBN: 9780226356488
Published August 2008
List of Figures Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction Part One: Locating and Dislocating the Land of the Buddha 1 The Shifting Terrain of the Buddha 2 Buddhist Knowledge and Anachronism in Tibet 3 Journeying to the Centre of the World 4 Tantric Buddhist India and Its Tibetan Appropriation Part Two: Reinventing the Holy Land in India 5 Nirvana in Assam 6 Return to the Centre of the World 7 The Allure of the Atsaras 8 The Precious Guru in the Punjab Part Three: Modern Rebirths of the Holy Land 9 Archaeological and Discursive Rebirths of Buddhist India 10 Encountering the Modern Holy Land 11 Exile in the Land of the Buddha Notes Bibliography Index
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