Peter Harvey (Buddhism)

"As European powers expanded into Asia, knowledge of its religions became more soundly based. Changes in European thought also led to some receptivity to ideas from non-Christian religions. In the eigh…"

"From 986 CE, the Muslim Turks started raiding northwest India from Afghanistan, plundering western India early in the eleventh century. Forced conversions to Islam were made, and Buddhist images smash…"

"These elements came together in the last two decades of the nineteenth century, when there was something of a vogue for Buddhism among sections of the middle classes in America, Britain and Germany. L…"