SAST 244 - A Buddhist India

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Staff. This course will offer an unusual perspective on pre-modern India. Over a period of nearly two millennia from its origins in the fourth or fifth century BC Buddhism played an important role in Indian religious practice and philosophical thought, as well as in politics and in the court, and it is often not realized that Buddhists made important contributions to the arts, literature, and the sciences as well. In addition to studying key works writtenby Indian Buddhists, we will read accounts of Chinese and Tibetan pilgrims to what they saw as the holy land of the founder of their faith.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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