Spreading the Dhamma: Writing, Orality, and Textual Transmission in Buddhist Northern Thailand Africa “Larger-than-life Thai artist Thawan Duchanee

“Larger-than-life Thai artist Thawan Duchanee is one of the foremost representatives of Thai and Asian art

but not before Phaulkon’s widow attempted to seek refuge in Bangkok and was disgracefully returned to her captors by General Desfarges

the transformation of the automo­tive industry

founding three historically important dynasties in the heartland of Myanmar at Pinya

Spreading the Dhamma: Writing, Orality, and Textual Transmission in Buddhist Northern Thailand Africa “Larger-than-life Thai artist Thawan DuchaneeHow did early Buddhists actually encounter the seminal texts of their religion? What were the attitudes held by monks and laypeople toward the written and oral Pali traditions? In this pioneering work, Daniel Veidlinger explores these questions in the context of the northern Thai kingdom of Lan Na. Drawing on a vast array of sources, including indigenous chronicles, reports by foreign visitors, inscriptions, and palm leaf manuscripts, he traces the