Tibetan Buddhism

Also known as Lamaism, promotion of Tibetan Buddhism

Religion

Kúblái, the first of his line to raise himself above the natural and systematic barbarism of the Mongols, probably saw in the promotion of Tibetan Buddhism, already spread to some extent among them, the readiest means of civilising his countrymen.

Type: Religion
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 100
Books: 1

History

BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
Kúblái, the first of his line to raise himself above the natural and systematic barbarism of the Mongols, probably saw in the promotion of Tibetan Buddhism, already spread to some extent among them, the readiest means of civilising his countrymen.