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1833 CE–1902 CE

Siamese monastic reforms

Religion · Buddhist traditions · Theravāda · State

Mongkut founded the Thammayut fraternity in 1833. Subsequent reforms of monastic registration and administration culminated in Chulalongkorn’s first Sangha Act in 1902.

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1833–1902
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  1. Benjamin Schonthal — Formations of Buddhist constitutionalism (opens in a new tab)
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