Which is a good book to read about history of Buddhism?
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- Buddhism: Its History and Literature, by T.W. Rhys Davids
- Buddhist India, by T.W. Rhys Davids
- Early Buddhist Monachism (600 B.C. - 100 B.C.), by Sukumar Dutt
- History of Buddhism in Ceylon: The Anurādhapura Period, 3rd Century BC – 10th Century AC, by Walpola Rahula
- History of Indian Buddhism: From the Origins to the Śaka Era, by Étienne Lamotte
- The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction, by Richard H. Robinson
- The History of Buddhist Thought, by Edward J. Thomas
- Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo: (Second Edition), by Richard F. Gombrich
- Indian Buddhism (A.K Warder),
- History of Indian Buddhism (Hirakawa Akira),
- How Buddhism Began (Gombrich).
- The Birth of Insight (Erik Braun).
- The Origin of Buddhist Meditation (Alexander Wynne),
- Buddha and Buddhist Synods in India and Abroad (Amarnath Thakur).
- Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India (Gregory Schopen).
There is a more of such books at http://www.ahandfulofleaves.org/
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