Locations of Buddhism: Colonialism and Modernity in Sri Lanka (Buddhism and Modernity (CHUP))

by A M Blackburn (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2010

  $59.87

  Focuses on the life of leading monk and educator Hikkaduve Sumangala (1827-1911) to examine Buddhist life under foreign rule. This work reveals that during Sri Lanka's crucial decades of deepening colonial control and modernization, there was a surprising stability in the religious activities of Hikkaduve and the Buddhists among whom he worked.