Separate but equal: property rights and the legal independence of Buddhist nuns and monks in Early North India.(Report): An article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society

by Gregory Schopen

37 pages, ebook

Published October 1, 2008

About the author

Gregory Schopen, PhD (South Asian and Buddhist Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, 1979; MA, History of Religions, McMaster University, Ontario, 1975; BA, American Literature, Black Hills State College, 1970), is Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Asian Languages & Cultures Department of the University of California, Los Angeles. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1985 for his work in the field of History of Religion, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015. He served previously as a professor at the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Texas.