Cultural Horizons of India
author: Musashi Tachikawa
edition: 1990, International Academy of Indian Culture and Aditya Prakashan
pages: 2743
Topic: History
Buddhism and the origin of printing technology
This chapter describes Buddhism and the origin of printing technology located on page 119 of volume Volume 1 in the book Cultural Horizons of India compiled by Musashi Tachikawa. This book comprises 50 years of research material of Lokesh Chandra and represents a thorough study of the ancient culture of India, dealing with Tantra, Buddhism, Art, Archaeology, Language and Literature in 7 volumes.
The first volume presents the evolution of ideas that emerge from a broad spectrum of quests in languages such as Sanskrit, Greek and Latin (etc.) and further presents an introduction to Indonesian history, art and linguistics.
This book covers the research articles and general surveys of Professor Lokesh Chandra. For example, this chapter describes Buddhism and the origin of printing technology. Everything together represents a huge collection of writings related to languages such as Sanskrit, Iranian, Sino-Japanese, Tibetan, Thai, Greek, Latin, Celtic, and Slavic..
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Buddhist Education in Thailand (critical study) [by Smitthai Aphiwatamonkul]
With the coming of the merchants and Christian missionaries in the mid 1800 s modern technology in the form of printing press entered Thailand leading to the availability of books in the Thai language for the first time. In 1858, king Rama IV commanded the government to establish a printing press for its own use and began to print the Royal Gazette or Rajakiccanupeksa, which has continued till the present day....
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Lord Jhulelal: An Analytical Study [by Thakkar Harish Gopalji]
It is obvious that when the process of printing was not developed, everything was carried orally from generation to generation. This might have continued for many centuries until the technology for printing was developed and became available to people. The classic example is Vedas which were carried generations to generations in oral tradition alone, without any documentation, and in spite of that, they were carried without any mistakes or faults....
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Rao, Ethamukkala “Your article TRIPLE STREAM (Super Technology-Boon or Bane) has captivated me, an old timer (Buddhist aged 92 years). Such well-informed articles on latest technology – present and future – shaping the life of future man are rare to come across. They capture the mind and heart of the modern man, revealing future pattern of his life on this planet, in all its aspects, Readers look forward to many such brilliant articles with all avidity....
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[Cultural Horizons of India: index]
[About the Author (Lokesh Chandra)]
[Volume 1 (summary)]
[Volume 1 (preface)]
[Volume 2 (summary)]
[Volume 3 (summary)]
[Volume 4 (summary)]
[Volume 5 (summary)]
[Volume 6 (summary)]
[Volume 7 (summary)]