"original" Buddhists

[g.v.simson at easteur-orient.uio.no]

Miroslav Rozehnal asked:
>I wonder if there has been done any research on surviving Buddhist
>communities in Indian subcontinent.
>
As far as the Buddhists of Bengal are concerned, see: Heinz Bechert: "Zur
Geschichte des Theravada-Buddhismus in Ostbengalen"; in: Beitraege zur
Indienforschung. Ernst Waldschmidt zum 80. Geburtstag gewidmet. 1977
(Veroeffentlichungen des Museums fuer Indische Kunst Berlin, Band 4), pp.
45-66.

Best regards

Georg Simson

Professor Georg von Simson
University of Oslo
Department of East European and Oriental Studies
Box 1030, Blindern
0315 Oslo, Norway