[Buddha-l] A candid question

[Stephen Hodge]

Franz Metcalf wrote:

> These books are both decades old; no doubt there are more recent works on 
> the topic; I'd love to hear about them.

You could look at "The Sociology of Early Buddhism" by Greg Bailey & Ian 
Mabbett (CUP 2003), which goes some in answering your conundrum -- "central 
among those was attracting patronage ... etc"

Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge