TY - BOOK AU - H.W Schumann TI - The Historical Buddha: The Times Life and Teachings of the Founder of Buddhism SN - 8120818172 U1 - 294.363 Sch863 H PY - 2004/// CY - Delhi PB - Motilal Banarsidass KW - Gautama Buddha KW - Buddhism KW - Buddhists KW - India N1 - No man has had a greater inflience on the spiritual development of his people than Siddartha Gautama. Born in India in the sixth century BC into a nation hungry for spiritual experience, he developed a religious and moral teaching that, to this day, brings comfort and peace to all who practise it. This comprehensive biography examines the social, religious and political conditions that gave rise to Buddhism as we now know it ER -