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The Religious World of Kirti Sri: Buddhism, Art, and Politics of Late Medieval Sri Lanka Holt, John Clifford (Professor of Religion, Professor of Religion, Bowdoin College)
The Religious World of Kirti Sri: Buddhism, Art, and Politics of Late Medieval Sri Lanka
Holt, John Clifford (Professor of Religion, Professor of Religion, Bowdoin College)
This inderdisciplinary inquiry seeks to uncover how Buddhism was expressed during the waning years of indigenous political power in Asia's oldest continuing Buddhist culture. It focuses on King Kirti Sri Rajasinha and how he successfully revised Sinhalese Theravada Buddhism.
156 pages, 8 pp colour and 32 pp black and white plates, line figures
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 18, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195107579 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 192 |
| Dimensions | 235 × 156 × 11 mm · 282 g |
| Language | English |