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History of Indian Buddhism: From the Origins to the Saka Era

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Divinity Atlas. "History of Indian Buddhism: From the Origins to the Saka Era." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/history-of-indian-buddhism-from-the-origins-to-the-saka-era.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). History of Indian Buddhism: From the Origins to the Saka Era. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/history-of-indian-buddhism-from-the-origins-to-the-saka-era

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  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {History of Indian Buddhism: From the Origins to the Saka Era},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/history-of-indian-buddhism-from-the-origins-to-the-saka-era},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Etienne Lamotte was a scholar of Buddhist studies, and this Institut Orientaliste volume, translated into English by Sara Webb-Boin, is his standard scholarly history of Indian Buddhism from its origins through the Saka era. Its strength is that it remains, decades after its original French publication, one of the most comprehensive and heavily cited scholarly histories of early and classical Indian Buddhism, drawing on Lamotte's own extensive command of the primary textual sources across multiple languages. Its limit is its age, subsequent archaeological and textual discoveries have added detail Lamotte could not have addressed, so a claim about a current historical question should be checked against more recent scholarship alongside this still-standard history.

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Etienne Lamotte's standard scholarly history of Indian Buddhism from its origins to the Saka era, translated by Sara Webb-Boin.

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Etienne Lamotte's standard scholarly history of Indian Buddhism from its origins to the Saka era.

Citation

Author

Etienne Lamotte, translated by Sara Webb-Boin

Publisher

Institut Orientaliste, Louvain-la-Neuve

Publication Year

1988

Source Type

academic monograph

Claims Backed By This Source (69 claims)

This source backs 69 claims across the atlas. As facts: 43 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 7 holds, 4 connected. Plus 9 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Articles, 18 claims: 12 well-attested, 3 connected, 3 general references.
Spread Events, 15 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 6 holds, 2 general references.
Doctrines, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
Open Questions, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
Religions, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
Councils and Synods, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 open question, 1 general references.