tailieunhanh - Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) An Historical Sketch

The present work was begun in 1907 and was practically complete when the war broke out, but many circumstances such as the difficulty of returning home, unavoidable delays in printing and correcting proofs, and political duties have deferred its publication until now. In the interval many important books dealing with Hinduism and Buddhism have appeared, but having been resident in the Far East (with one brief exception) since 1912 I have found it exceedingly difficult to keep in touch with recent literature. Much of it has reached me only in the last few months and I have often been compelled to notice new facts and. | Hinduism and Buddhism Volume 1 1 Hinduism and Buddhism Volume 1 Project Gutenberg s Hinduism and Buddhism Vol I. of 3 by Charles Eliot This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Hinduism and Buddhism Vol I. of 3 An Historical Sketch Author Charles Eliot Release Date March 4 2005 EBook 15255 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM Produced by Jonathan Ingram Shawn Wheeler and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM AN HISTORICAL SKETCH BY SIR CHARLES ELIOT In three volumes VOLUME I ROUTLEDGE KEGAN PAUL LTD Broadway House 68-74 Carter Lane London . First published 1921 Reprinted 1954 Reprinted 1957 Reprinted 1962 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY LUND HUMPHRIES LONDON BULLET BRADFORD PREFACE The present work was begun in 1907 and was practically complete when the war broke out but many circumstances such as the difficulty of returning home unavoidable delays in printing and correcting proofs and political duties have deferred its publication until now. In the interval many important books dealing with Hinduism and Buddhism have appeared but having been resident in the Far East with one brief exception since 1912 I have found it exceedingly difficult to keep in touch with recent literature. Much of it has reached me only in the last few months and I have often been compelled to notice new facts and views in footnotes only though I should have wished to modify the text. Besides living for some time in the Far East I have paid many visits to India some of which were of considerable length and have travelled in all the countries of which I treat except Tibet. I have however seen something of Lamaism near Darjeeling in northern China and in Mongolia. But though I have in .