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| name = K.T.S. Sarao<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|04|01}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sangrur]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]<br />
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| nationality = Indian<br />
| known_for = [[Buddhism]], [[Indology]], [[Indian philosophy]]<br />
| occupation = Historian, Writer <br />
| alma_mater = {{nowrap|[[University of Delhi]] <br />[[University of Cambridge]] ([[PhD]]) }} <br />
| awards = Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) by Preah Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Vesak Citation of Honour (वैशाख सम्मान प्रशस्ति पत्र) by the Govt of India (2020),<ref>{{Cite news |title=Vaishakh Samman Prashasti Patra honours 2019, 2020 and 2021 |url=https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2021/may/doc202152611.pdf}}</ref> President of India’s Certificate of Honour (Independence Day Honour: 2018), Prime Minister of India’s Cane of Honour for being the Best All India NCC (National Cadet Corps) Cadet (Republic Day Honour: 1977)<br />
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'''K. T. S. Sarao''' or '''Karam Tej Singh Sarao''' (Hindi: कर्म तेज सिंह सराओ; Punjabi: ਕਰਮ ਤੇਜ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਰਾਓ; born 1 April 1955) is the former head and professor of Buddhist Studies at the [[University of Delhi]]. Sarao has been a visiting professor/fellow at [[Dongguk University]], Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Preah Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, [[St Edmund's College, Cambridge]], [[Maison des Sciences de L’Homme]], [[University of Toronto]], and [[Visva-Bharati University]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Would you choose a career in Buddhist Studies - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/would-you-choose-a-career-in-buddhist-studies/articleshow/69306967.cms |access-date=2020-12-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=CURRICULUM VITAE|url=http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/Faculty%20Profiles/BuddhistStudies/KTS_Sarao.pdf}}</ref><br />
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==Early Life, Family and Education==<br />
He was born in village Chatha Gobindpura, Sangrur and received his high school certificate from Khanauri High School. Later, after having attended D.A.V. College, Chandigarh for one year, he went to Delhi University from where he obtained a bachelor's honours degree in history with economics, a first-class-first master’s in history, and a PhD in Buddhism. In 1985, he went to [[Cambridge University]] as a Commonwealth scholar and received his second doctorate in Pāli and archaeology under the supervision of [[Raymond Allchin]] and [[K. R. Norman]] in 1989. Between the years 1981 and 1993, he also worked part-time for India’s Ministry of Defence as National Cadet Corps officer in the rank of Captain.<ref>{{Cite news |title=About the author|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789402408515#aboutAuthors}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
===Books===<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Mz_tgEACAAJ |title=Buddhism and Jainism (Encyclopedia of Indian Religions)|date=31 March 2017 |publisher=Springer Netherlands |isbn=978-94-024-0853-9 |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5n9DwAAQBAJ |title=The History of Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya |date=2020 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-981-15-8067-3 |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dM1AAQAAIAAJ |title=The Dhammapada: A Translator's Guide |date=2009 |publisher=[[Munshiram Manoharlal|Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers]] |isbn=978-81-215-1201-5 |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Btl2tgAACAAJ |title=The Decline of Buddhism in India: A Fresh Perspective |date=2012 |publisher=[[Munshiram Manoharlal|Munshirm Manoharlal Publishers]] |isbn=978-81-215-1241-1 |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MeB-RQAACAAJ |title=Urban Centres and Urbanisation: As Reflected in the Pāli Vinaya and Sutta Piṭakas |date=2010-02-19 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers |isbn=978-81-215-1209-1 |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Origin_and_Nature_of_Ancient_Indian_Budd/qaNAAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=K.%20T.%20S.%20Sarao&kptab=overview |title=Origin and Nature of Ancient Indian Buddhism |date=2010 |publisher=Eastern Book Linkers |isbn=978-81-215-1222-0 |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LwKAAAAYAAJ |title=Pilgrimage to Kailash: The Indian Route |date=2009 |publisher=Aryan Books International |isbn=978-81-7305-368-9 |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LwKAAAAYAAJ |title=A Text Book of the History of Theravāda Buddhism |date=1995 |publisher=Department of Buddhist Studies, [[University of Delhi]] |language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Kail%C4%81%C5%9Ba_M%C4%81nasarovara_t%C4%ABrthay%C4%81tr%C4%81/twjjZwEACAAJ?hl=en |title=Kailāśa-Mānasarovara tīrthayātrā Bhāratīya mārga |date=2010 |publisher=Vidyanidhi Prakasana |isbn=978-93-806-5116-3}}<br />
===Journals===<br />
*{{Cite journal |date=2017 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26609161 |journal=Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute |volume=77 |jstor=26609161 |issn=0045-9801|title=Buddhist-Muslim Encounter in Sind During the Eighth Century |last1=Sarao |first1=K. T. S. |pages=75–94 }}<br />
*{{Cite journal |date=2008 |title=Buddhist Attitude towards Meat-Eating |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43301036 |journal=The Tibet Journal |volume=33 |issue=2 |jstor=43301036 |issn=0970-5368|last1=Sarao |first1=K.T. S. |pages=91–98 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |date=2003-01-01 |title=The Ācariyaparamparā and Date of the Buddha |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/037698360303000201 |journal=Indian Historical Review |language=en |volume=30 |issue=1–2 |doi=10.1177/037698360303000201 |issn=0376-9836|last1=Sarao |first1=K.T.S. |pages=1–12 |s2cid=141897826 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |date=January–March 2015 |title=The Dalai Lama: Person and the Institution |url=http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Jan015.pdf |journal=Dialogue, A Journal of Astha Bharati, New Delhi |language=en |volume= 16 |issue=3 |issn=0973-0095|last1=Sarao |first1=K.T.S. |pages=71–85 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |date=1990 |title=Iron, urbanization and Buddhism |url=https://kramerius.lib.cas.cz/view/uuid:d13c6173-3e4b-11e1-bdd3-005056a60003?page=uuid:d1ec297a-3e4b-11e1-bdd3-005056a60003&fulltext=Iron,%20urbanization%20and%20Buddhism |journal=Archìv Orientálnì, Oriental Institute, Praha |language=en |volume=58 |issue=2 |issn=0044-8699|last1=Sarao |first1=K.T.S. |pages=102–124 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |date=2003 |title=Vasubandhu |url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/v/vasubandhu.htm |journal=Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |language=en |volume=James Fieser and Bradley Dowden (gen. eds.) |last1=Sarao |first1=K.T.S. }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |date=2013 |title=Anātman |url=https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195393521/obo-9780195393521-0193.xml |journal=Oxford Bibliographies, Oxford University Press, New York |language=en |doi=10.1093/OBO/9780195393521-0193 |last1=Sarao |first1=K.T.S. }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |date=2020 |title= Gurū Nānak (1469-1539) |url=https://www.bloomsburyphilosophylibrary.com/article?docid=b-9781350993785&tocid=b-9781350993785-005 |journal=Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Philosophers, London: Bloomsbury Academic |language=en |doi=10.5040/9781350993785.005 |last1=Sarao |first1=K.T.S. }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |date=2020 |title= Śrī Chand (1494-c.1629) |url=https://www.bloomsburyphilosophers.com/article?docid=b-9781350993785&tocid=b-9781350993785-009 |journal=Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Philosophers, London: Bloomsbury Academic |language=en |doi=10.5040/9781350993785.009 |last1=Sarao |first1=K.T.S. }}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Romila Thapar]]<br />
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