This volume is an outcome of the inaugurual national seminar on Buddhism in Kerala done by the Centre in February 2020 under the aegis of the Honourable Vice-chencellor Prof (Dr) Dharmaraj Adat who has also written the preface. Leading scholars and academics in the field like Dr K Sugathan, Dr PK Pokker, Dr T Pavitran, Sri KP Ramesh, Smt Beena K R, Dr MB Manoj and Sri Anirudh Raman have contributed with their enlightening essays and research papers dealing with various aspects of Kerala and Buddhism from the ancient Asokan times to the present. This first comprehensive critical anthology of Buddhism in Kerala is for the young researchers and also for the reading public who are interested in the culture, history and society of Kerala and its polyphonic legacies that are vital in the present and future. The seminar was organized and the volume is edited with introduction by the Co-ordinator of the Centre for Buddhist Studies Dr Ajay S Sekher, Assistant Professor in the Dept of English and Research Supervisor who has authored and edited many volumes on Kerala and its composite culture and history.
