The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka Motilal Banarsidass international Director General of at that

Director General of at that time and Professor Sahitya Vedic Studies

and to whom much thanks are due

This expression of his shows precisely the function of such a text: to enlighten those who are still on the way and to remind the enlightened ones of their own experience

he correctly ascertained the era employed in Kalhana’s chronological reckoning and thus succeeded in fixing with fair accuracy the dates for almost all the kings from the advent of the Karkota dynasty onwards

The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka Motilal Banarsidass international Director General of at thatIn 1956, Theravada Buddhists in Sri Lanka and throughout Southeast Asia celebrated the 2500th anniversary of the Buddha's entry into Nirvana and of the establishment of the Buddhist tradition. This book examines this revival of Theravada Buddhism among the laity of Sri Lanka, analysing its origins and its growth up to the present day. Within the spectrum of reinterpretations that have comprised the revival, the book focuses on four important types or