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Dr. Lalit Gupta
Secretary
Indian Society for Buddhist Studies
108 A (Private)
Gandhi Nagar. Near Gole Market Jammu-180004 (J&K)
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From the Desk of Editor
The present book of Abstracts is reflective of our program of deliberations that have been set for the 19th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Buddhist Studies (ISBS) hosted by Prachya Vidyapeeth, Shajapur (M.P.) during October 11-13, 2109 at its campus.
ISBS, was envisioned and established in 2000 by our beloved founer Secretary Prof. Baidyanath Labh, who is presently the worthy Vice Chancellor of Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (Deemed University), Nalanda, Bihar. Since its inception in the year 2000, ISBS has emerged as only of its kind academic association providing a common platform to academicians and researchers working in different fields of Buddhist Studies in Bharat and neighboring countries. During the last 19 years established and reputed scholars/luminaries and as well as budding researchers engaged in teaching and research in the field of Buddhist Studies have shared their researches in the ISBS's annual conferences.
The Abstracts in this book reveal the participating member scholars' active interest in Buddhist Studies which in modern times has emerged as a multidisciplinary academic discipline with focus on Buddhist history, culture, archaeology, art, philology, anthropology, sociology, theology, philosophy, ritual studies, inter religious comparative studies and other
