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A Buddhist invention | INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES

A Buddhist invention

The invention of printing is a striking achievement of Buddhists in east Asia. Korea takes the lead. The world's earliest known printed document is a sutra printed on a single sheet of paper in Korea in750.

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A Buddhist invention | HISTORY OF BUDDHISM

A Buddhist invention

The invention of printing is a striking achievement of Buddhists in east Asia. Korea takes the lead. The world's earliest known printed document is a sutra printed on a single sheet of paper in Korea in750.

This...

A Buddhist invention | HISTORY OF PRINTING

A Buddhist invention

The invention of printing is a striking achievement of Buddhists in east Asia. Korea takes the lead. The world's earliest known printed document is a sutra printed on a single sheet of paper in Korea in750.

This...

Jahangir | HISTORY OF INDIA - THE SUBCONTINENT

Jahangir

Akbar is succeeded in 1605 by his eldest and only surviving son, Jahangir. Two other sons have died of drink, and Jahangir's effectiveness as a ruler is limited by his own addiction to both alcohol and opium. But the emp...

Jahangir | HISTORY OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE

Jahangir

Akbar is succeeded in 1605 by his eldest and only surviving son, Jahangir. Two other sons have died of drink, and Jahangir's effectiveness as a ruler is limited by his own addiction to both alcohol and opium. But the emp...

Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb | HISTORY OF INDIA - THE SUBCONTINENT

Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb

During the reigns of Shah Jahan and his son Aurangzeb, the policy of religious toleration introduced by Akbar is gradually abandoned. It has been largely followed by Shah Jahan's father, Jahangir - though at the very sta...

Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb | HISTORY OF THE MOGHUL EMPIRE

Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb

During the reigns of Shah Jahan and his son Aurangzeb, the policy of religious toleration introduced by Akbar is gradually abandoned. It has been largely followed by Shah Jahan's father, Jahangir - though at the very sta...

Japan enters World War II with | HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pearl Harbor and after

Japan enters World War II with a ruthlessness unmatched by any other combatant, and achieves in a few months a blitzkrieg to rival anything achieved by the Germans. Even Hitler is not informed of the secret strike being...

The origins of kabuki, Japan's popular | HISTORY OF THEATRE

Kabuki

The origins of kabuki, Japan's popular theatre, lie in the ukiyo-e or floating world of the cities. In about 1600 a young Shinto priestess, O-Kuni, forms a troupe in Kyoto to perform dances and mimes. She is so su...

The origins of kabuki, Japan's popular | HISTORY OF JAPAN

Kabuki

The origins of kabuki, Japan's popular theatre, lie in the ukiyo-e or floating world of the cities. In about 1600 a young Shinto priestess, O-Kuni, forms a troupe in Kyoto to perform dances and mimes. She is so su...

Astronomers in China and Japan are | HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY

A sudden bright star AD 1054

Astronomers in China and Japan are excited to observe a new star in the constellation of Taurus. It is so bright that for three weeks it remains visible even in daylight. For a year it can be seen in the night sky. Then...