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2015â2017: Funding of the American Council of Learned Societies/Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies, for the collaborative project âFrom VijayapurÄ« to ÅrÄ«ká¹£etra? The beginnings of Buddhist exchange across the Bay of Bengal as witnessed by inscriptions from Andhra Pradesh and Myanmar.â
2019â2026: Funding through the synergy project DHARMA (âThe Domestication of âHinduâ Asceticism and the Religious Making of South and Southeast Asiaâ), funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Unionâs Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement no. 809994).
This book has been realised thanks to the financial support of the J. Gonda Fund Foundation, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
Cover illustration: Cuboid dice from the toraṇa architrave at Phanigiri (fragment 7). Photo Vincent Tournier
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