Buddhism in Pakistan (English Wikipedia)

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Ahir, D. C. (1994). Gautama Buddha. Books For All. p. 49. ISBN 978-81-7386-112-3. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
Murthy, K. Krishna (1987). Glimpses of Art, Architecture, and Buddhist Literature in Ancient India. Abhinav Publications. p. 146. ISBN 978-81-7017-226-0. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
Purābhāratī: Studies in Early Historical Archaeology and Buddhism : Commemoration Volume in Respect of Prof. B.P. Sinha. Sharada Publishing House. 2006. p. 455. ISBN 978-81-88934-39-3. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
Malalasekera, Gunapala Piyasena (2007). Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 473. ISBN 978-81-208-3022-6. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
Buswell, Robert E. Jr.; Lopez, Donald S. Jr. (24 November 2013). The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton University Press. p. 496. ISBN 978-0-691-15786-3. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
Puri, Baij Nath (1987). Buddhism in Central Asia. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 105. ISBN 978-81-208-0372-5. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2022. The venerable Kumāralāta (labdha) was a native of Takṣaśilā.
Winternitz, Moriz (1996). A History of Indian Literature. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. p. 258. ISBN 978-81-208-0265-0. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2022. Kumāralāta was the founder of the Sautrántika school, and came from Taxila.
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Buswell, Robert E. Jr.; Lopez, Donald S. Jr. (24 November 2013). The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism. Princeton University Press. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-691-15786-3. Born into a brāhmana family in Puruṣapura (modern-day Peshawar, Pakistan), Asanga originally studied under Sarvāstivāda (possibly Māhiṣasaka) teachers but converted to the Mahāyāna later in life.
Jestice, Phyllis G. (2004). Holy People of the World: A Cross-cultural Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-57607-355-1. Asanga, born in the Gandara region of present-day Pakistan in the city of Purusapura (the modern Peshawar) as the third son of Prasannasila (or Prakasila), was probably active around the fourth or fifth century.
Tola, Fernando; Dragonetti, Carmen (2004). Being as Consciousness: Yogācāra Philosophy of Buddhism. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 55. ISBN 978-81-208-1967-2. According to tradition Vasubandhu was born in Puruşapura, the capital of Gāndhāra (the modern Peshawar in Western Pakistan).
Chattopadhyaya, Debi Prasad; Embree, Lester E.; Mohanty, Jitendranath (1 January 1991). Phenomenology and Indian Philosophy. SUNY Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-7914-9882-8. The principal founders of this school, the brothers Asanga and Vasubandhu, were born in Puruṣapura, today Peshawar in Pakistan, and lived probably in the fourth century.
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"UW Press: Ancient Buddhist Scrolls from Gandhara" Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
"Takht Bhai". www.findpk.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015.
Joshi, Lal Mani (1977). Studies in the Buddhistic Culture of India During the 7th and 8th Centuries A.D. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. pp. 258–259. ISBN 978-81-208-0281-0. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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Keown, Damien (2003). A Dictionary of Buddhism (1 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 203, 208. ISBN 9780198605607. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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"Ancient Buddhist terracottas from Mirpurkhas in Pakistan". Art of South Asia, the Silk Road and Beyond. 18 October 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
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Strong, John S. (2002–2003). Faure, Bernard (ed.). "Ashoka's Wives and the Ambiguities of Buddhist Kingship". Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie. 13. Paris: École française d'Extrême-Orient: 35–54. doi:10.3406/asie.2002.1176. eISSN 2117-6272. ISSN 0766-1177. JSTOR 44167352. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

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