Ashok Kumar Anand
It was during the very life of Gautam Buddha, that Buddhism had become a powerful religion in some parts of present day state of Bihar. This book discusses the growth and development of Buddhism in India from the sixth century B.C. to the third Century A.D. in depth. The author has exhaustively exploited the literary sources to trace the socio-political settings which led to rise of Buddhism in India. Ashoka’s conversion to Buddhism and his contributions to ...