History of Buddhism in India

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History of Buddhism in India (Tib. gyagar chöjung) is a text composed in 1600 by the great Jonang master Jetsun Taranatha. It is together with Gö Lotsawa’s Blue Annals and Buton’s History of Buddhism the main Tibetan reference on the history of Buddhism, particularly the Hinayana and Sutra Mahayana teachings, in its land of orgin from the time of the Buddha until its disappearance in 13th century.


References

Taranatha, History of Buddhism in India, Transl. Lama Chimpa and Alaka Chattopadhyaya, Motilal Barnasidass, Delhi: 1970, 2004. Gö Lotsawa, Blue Annals, Transl. G.N. Rorich, Motilal Barnasidass, Delhi: Buton, History of Buddhism, Transl. E. Orbermiller, Motilal Barnasidass, Delhi: