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Self-promotion on Twitter has never been my strong suit but I'm excited to announce the publication of my book, Dust on the Throne: The Search for Buddhism in Modern India with @navayanabooks and @stanfordpress
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Douglas Ober
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Douglas Ober
@cascadechild
Historian of Asia & Buddhism. Visiting Prof in Durango. Hon. Research Associate at @UBC. Teaching global history, India, colonialism. Always thinking mountains
Durango, Colorado Katılım Ocak 2013
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Very late to the game on this one (seems to be my MO on X!) but I couldn't agree more that it would be a great episode for @EmpirePodUK: what say you, @DalrympleWill? My argument on Buddhism in India post-1500 remains the most contested part of my book but is also a good story
Dhammananda@Dhammananda2500
@DalrympleWill While this article has problems (but not Sinclair's essay it references), none comes as surprise. Just read Douglas Ober's Dust on the Throne for thorough discussion of Buddhism's afterlives in post-1500s India, including Buddhaguptanatha. Need an episode with him on @EmpirePodUK
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Love the new cover--thank you @navayanabooks for all your work in getting Dust on the Throne into a paperback edition.
Navayana Publishing@navayanabooks
Learn all about the history of the contested ownership of the Mahabodhi Temple in this Cundill Prize shortlisted account of the history of Buddhist 'revival' in India. Buy: navayana.org/products/dust-…
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For those interested in the background to T.V. Wylie, creator of the Wylie transliteration system and founder of the first Tibetan studies program in the US, check out my recent piece for the @Durangoherald durangoherald.com/articles/from-…
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Thank you @JigmeYesheLama for the review! Very happy to hear you found the book to be illuminating
Jigme Yeshe Lama@JigmeYesheLama
My review of @cascadechild’s wonderful book, ‘Dust on the Throne: The Search For Buddhism in Modern India’ has been published. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…
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'Hindu–Buddhist Bhai Bhai'? The Politics Behind the RSS-Buddhist Alliance at the Kumbh Mela
Douglas Ober✍️
thewire.in/religion/hindu…
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Very honored to be on this list! That is some stiff competition! Thank you @karwaanheritage!
Karwaan: The Heritage Exploration Initiative@karwaanheritage
Big congratulations to all the brilliant authors long-listed for the Karwaan Book Award 2024! Your works inspire and illuminate. The shortlist drops soon, and the winner will be revealed shortly after. Stay tuned as we celebrate the finest voices in literature!
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Big congratulations to all the brilliant authors long-listed for the Karwaan Book Award 2024! Your works inspire and illuminate. The shortlist drops soon, and the winner will be revealed shortly after. Stay tuned as we celebrate the finest voices in literature!
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@pradeepmagazine @surajyengde I think you’re certainly right but just as in the past, the Hindutva project requires an engagement with Buddhism in order to define and contain it
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@cascadechild @surajyengde I doubt BJP/ RSS would propagate any Buddhist project sincerely. It's spread is dangerous to Hindutva project
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this was dr ambedkar’s plan to go eastwards and make the buddhist country corridor. the pitiful congress of the past lost the opportunity that the bjp is now reaping. i had even told a buddhist minister in the k’tka govt about it. he asked me to coordinate the govt would fund.
Kiren Rijiju@KirenRijiju
Witnessing this gathering was a humbling reminder of Asia’s shared spiritual heritage. The Summit’s focus on collective & spiritual growth aligns deeply with India’s Act East Policy & Neighborhood First Policy. Together, we celebrate the timeless teachings of the Buddha, a heritage that connects hearts across Asia, embodying compassion, mindfulness & interconnectedness.
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Dear Friends, Prof. Adeana McNicholl @AdeanaMcN and I are co-coordinating a NEW project:
The Buddhism and Caste Initiative
If you support this critical work, do sign up for our first speaker series ('24–'25) via QR code below and share poster widely!
#BuddhismAndCaste
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@ThatPukkaYak @ChawlaSwati @DavidGAtwill @jaynorbu @TenzinTsundue @TaylorCSherman @Lhatseri @MadhuraB_ @anisabhutia @DannahDennis @DavidGellner @kaustubhdeka @tenpalmo82 Thank you Tenzin-la!
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@cascadechild @ChawlaSwati @DavidGAtwill @jaynorbu @TenzinTsundue @TaylorCSherman @Lhatseri @MadhuraB_ @anisabhutia @DannahDennis @DavidGellner @kaustubhdeka @tenpalmo82 Thank you Douglas. Been pushing everyone in Dharamshala to read your book.
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📢📢 Publication alert:
Delighted that my article "A Tibetan Window into the 20th C Himalayan World" is out!
Drawing on archival collections in Delhi, Gangtok, and London, I show how the #Tibetans who came to India in the 1940s and 1950s trod centuries'-old migration routes.
Swati Chawla, Ph.D.@ChawlaSwati
Look fwd to presenting at the conference "The #Himalaya from its Edges" by @AshokaUniv+ @UniWestminster w/ FULL @tibetscapes contingent, @JigmeYesheLama, @ThatPukkaYak, @aniketalam, @Uchoedup. Keynote "Social Death and Cultural Politics across the Himalayas" by Carole McGranahan.
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@ThatPukkaYak @ChawlaSwati @DavidGAtwill @jaynorbu @TenzinTsundue @TaylorCSherman @Lhatseri @MadhuraB_ @anisabhutia @DannahDennis @DavidGellner @kaustubhdeka @tenpalmo82 Looking forward to reading this!
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@ChawlaSwati @DavidGAtwill @cascadechild @jaynorbu @TenzinTsundue @TaylorCSherman @Lhatseri @MadhuraB_ @anisabhutia @DannahDennis @DavidGellner @kaustubhdeka @tenpalmo82 Delighted to be in such good company
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I couldn't stop myself to start from title of the book to last sentence of the book. It's historical text but not less than thriller. It's the most amazing historical text.....
Strongly recommend to read.
Douglas Ober@cascadechild
Thank you @mauracunningham & @AASAsianStudies for your delightful questions and interview about my book, Dust on the Throne! Your support has been as enriching as it is enduring. I am grateful for the many years of intellectual nourishment provided by AAS #AsianStudies #AsiaNow
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British archeologists faced difficulties with Indians whenever Buddhist heritage was discussed.
Snippet from Dust on the Throne⬇️
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Thank you @mauracunningham & @AASAsianStudies for your delightful questions and interview about my book, Dust on the Throne! Your support has been as enriching as it is enduring. I am grateful for the many years of intellectual nourishment provided by AAS #AsianStudies #AsiaNow
Association for Asian Studies@AASAsianStudies
New #AsiaNow post: editor @mauracunningham interviews historian Douglas Ober @cascadechild about his @stanfordpress book, DUST ON THE THRONE: THE SEARCH FOR BUDDHISM IN MODERN INDIA, which was shortlisted for the 2023 @CundillPrize. asianstudies.org/dust-on-the-th…
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New #AsiaNow post: editor @mauracunningham interviews historian Douglas Ober @cascadechild about his @stanfordpress book, DUST ON THE THRONE: THE SEARCH FOR BUDDHISM IN MODERN INDIA, which was shortlisted for the 2023 @CundillPrize.
asianstudies.org/dust-on-the-th…
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when I read this review of Dust on the Throne, I felt a huge sense of relief to see someone reading the book in this manner. Kudos to Upayadhi Luraschi for her generous words and sharp insights, conveyed with a beauty that far exceeds my own literary talents.
Navayana Publishing@navayanabooks
@cascadechild 's "Dust on the Throne" was reviewed in the Journal of Global Buddhism. Read: globalbuddhism.org/article/view/4…
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@cascadechild 's "Dust on the Throne" was reviewed in the Journal of Global Buddhism.
Read: globalbuddhism.org/article/view/4…
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Thank you Chandrabhan Yadav and @TheIndiaForum for this kind review of Dust on the Throne. Glad to see it continue generating conversations across different domains. @navayanabooks @stanfordpress
The India Forum@TheIndiaForum
Reports of the death of Buddhism in precolonial India were greatly exaggerated. The many Buddhisms promoted by ideologies across the spectrum in modern times came to distinctively shape South Asia. Chandrabhan Yadav on @cascadechild's book @stanfordpress buff.ly/3LCaqmx
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