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100			_aMilligan, Matthew D. _98114
245			_aThe economic power of women in early South Asian Buddhism
260			_c2019
300			_ap.53-76.
520			_aThis article serves as a contribution to the financial primacy of Buddhist women in early historic South Asia. Presented here is a single case study from the first century bce monastic stūpa site from Central India called Sanchi whereby gender demographics are analysed over two subsequent stages of funding. Investments by women not only fuelled the construction of the built landscape but, as time went on, female donors were crucial to the economic solvency of the monastic institution at Sanchi. Such a micro-history of Buddhist women from classical India illustrates the agency of women during Buddhism’s formative years. - Reproduced.
650			_aSocial history _98115
773			_aIndian Economic and Social History Review
906			_aBuddhism
942			_2ddc _cAR