With a Fistful of Rice: Buddhist Women and the Making of Mahamaya Girls' College

Kandy, Sri Lanka: Mahayam Girls' College, 2003. 1st ed. Octavo in glossy burgundy pictorial wraps; vii, 255 pages: illustrations; 22 cm Very good (+) to near fine; clean pages; slight edgewear to wraps. Paperback. ISBN: 9558904007

"The fascinating saga of the founding of the Mahamaya Girls' School in Kandy at a time when Buddhist education had suffered a severe setback owing to the relentless onslaughts of Christian missionary enterprise. This well-researched and well-documented study is not only an investigation into the beginnings of Buddhistt women's education, but also a history of woman-power. It is written in a fluent, readable style, gripping the reader with personal anecdotes intermingled with a great deal of factual information." --Back cover review from Dr. Lorna Dewaraja.

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