Author : Tāranātha (Jo-nang-pa)
Release : 1990
Genre : Buddhism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 962/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Tāranātha's History of Buddhism in India by : Tāranātha (Jo-nang-pa)
Download or read book Tāranātha's History of Buddhism in India written by Tāranātha (Jo-nang-pa). This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in A.D. 1575, Lama Taranatha wrote this book in 1608. V. Vasil`ev of St. Petersburg translated it from Tibetan into Russian in April 1869 followed by the German translation of the text by Schiefner also published from St. Peterburg in October of the same Year. In view of the profound importance of the work for understanding Indian history in general and of the history of Buddhism in particular. modern scholars have extensively using specially Schiefner`s German translation of the History for decades and this for varied purposes.
