Today there are many Buddhists in the West, but for 2000 years the Buddha's teachings were unknown outside Asia. It was not until the late 18th century, when Sir William Oriental Jones, a British judge in India, broke through the...

The Prisoner of Kathmandu von Allen, Charles

In his quest to govern India by moral force alone, India's lost emperor Ashoka Maurya turned Buddhism from a minor sect into a world religion and set up a new yardstick for government which had huge implications for Asia. But his brave...

"Menschen in ihrer Zeit" von Charles Allen ist ein umfassendes Werk, das sich mit der Geschichte und Entwicklung der Menschheit auseinandersetzt. Das Buch beleuchtet die verschiedenen Epochen der menschlichen Zivilisation und untersucht,...