The New Encyclopædia Britannica: In 32 Volumes. A-ak - Bayes, Volume 1Philip W. Goetz, Dale H. Hoiberg, Robert MacHenry Encyclopædia Britannica, 1992 - 32 pages |
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Page 272
... Asia . The peoples of Southeast Asia have not been mere satellites of the more powerful Indian and Chinese civilizations . On the contrary , the cultures that arose in these three vast areas might better be thought of as alternative ...
... Asia . The peoples of Southeast Asia have not been mere satellites of the more powerful Indian and Chinese civilizations . On the contrary , the cultures that arose in these three vast areas might better be thought of as alternative ...
Page 273
... Asia , Bud- dhism has had a much more difficult time . In Myanmar , which endured an extended period of British rule , the sangha and the structures of Buddhist society have been seriously disrupted . Under the military regime of ...
... Asia , Bud- dhism has had a much more difficult time . In Myanmar , which endured an extended period of British rule , the sangha and the structures of Buddhist society have been seriously disrupted . Under the military regime of ...
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... Asia , whence it spread to China and East Asia generally . Known as Ti- ts'ang in Chinese and Jizō in Japanese , he is Lord of hell and therefore the centre of afterdeath liturgies . Celestial buddhas and bodhisattvas in art and archae ...
... Asia , whence it spread to China and East Asia generally . Known as Ti- ts'ang in Chinese and Jizō in Japanese , he is Lord of hell and therefore the centre of afterdeath liturgies . Celestial buddhas and bodhisattvas in art and archae ...
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