Buddhist Revival in India Aspects of the sociology of Buddhism

Abstract

I am grateful for permission to reproduce' some passages which have appeared elsewhere. Much of Chapter 4 appeared originally as a contribution to the volume Pali and Buddhist Studies, edited by A. K. Narain (New Delhi, 1979). Chapter 3 includes, in a revised form, some material from my contributions to the volumes Man and His Salvation, edited by J. R. Hinnells and E. Sharpe (1973 ), and History and Society, edited by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (Calcutta, 1978). Some passages in Chapter 7 are from my inaugural lecture at Leeds University, 'Max Weber in India', published in the Leeds University Review, May 1973. I should particularly like to mention the very generous help I have received from Mr Harish Chandra Gupta, Deputy Librarian of India's National Library, Calcutta, and to express my thanks to Mr Biswanath Chatterjee for his patient typing of my manuscript.