Talk:Decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent
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Reliability of "Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste"
editThe article contains a number of statements referenced to this book. However the reliability of both the author and the book is highly contentious given the controversial subject of the article. Firstly, the author Gail Omvedt doesn't possess any academic qualifications related to Indian or Buddhist history. Her opinions on this highly controversial historical subject have hardly any credibility. Secondly, the book cited is sloppy, inaccurate and partisan, which represents an Ambedkarite interpretation of Buddhist history in India.
This is what the leading Buddhist scholar and indologist Richard Gombrich has to say about the book:
“A thoroughly bad book presents the reviewer with a melancholy dilemma. Would it not be kinder to author and publisher to say nothing, to leave the book unreviewed? But then, should the public not be warned? And should one not try to preserve standards? [...] The book is appallingly slapdash and inaccurate at every level [...] The book seems to have been compiled from a random selection of secondary sources, although they are not always accurately reported, and contradictions are blithely ignored.”[1] Stormbird (talk) 17:38, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
References
- ^ Gombrich, Richard. "Book Review:". The Middle Way: Journal of the Buddhist Society. 79 (1): 51–52.
A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion
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Survival of Indian Buddhism in the Indian subcontinent
editContrary to popular belief, Indian Buddhism survived, without interruption, among the Newars of Nepal and Baruas of Bangladesh. A significant freaction of them continue to practice Buddhism even today. It lingerd on for several centuries in several other regions of India, long after the end of Viharas at Nalanda etc.
Someone has deleted the related information (see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Decline_of_Buddhism_in_the_Indian_subcontinent&oldid=624257182). I will add it back. Malaiya (talk) 01:29, 4 October 2022 (UTC)