DavidK wrote: "How would somebody from the U.S. go about getting a copy?
When I search for it online it leads me back here to this post!"

Google books provides some places you can order it from:

http://books.google.com/books?id=ruMGAAAAYAAJ&q=Kings+of+the+Buddha's+Ti\
me+Amritananda&dq=Kings+of+the+Buddha's+Time+Amritananda&pgis=1

Interlibrary loan at your public library sometimes works.

The copy I bought was only 80 baht in Bangkok at the bookstore of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamakut_Buddhist_University

Sincerely,
Jon Fernquest

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "dkotschessa" <dkotschessa@...> wrote:
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Fernquest" bayinnaung@ wrote:
> >
> > Dear List;
> >
> > "King's of the Buddha's Time" (1983) by Bhikkhu Amritananda of Nepal
> > (now deceased)
> >
> > This is a really fantastic book that I would recommend to anyone
> > interested in Pali literature.
> >
> > It is full of useful background information and puts Jataka stories
> > into context.
> >
> > Often you hear names when reading the Tipitaka that can sometimes
> not
> > have meaning for the reader due to limitations in knowledge. This
> book
> > weaves together disparate parts of the Tipitaka into biographies and
> > narratives and provides this background info.
> >
> > It only cost 80 baht (2.5 US dollars) at the bookstore across from
> Wat
> > Benjamapopit (sorry for spelling) which leads me to believe that the
> > price was set more to cover the cost of paper than to make any
> profit,
> > with an aim to disseminating this work as widely as possible.
> >
> > Which leads me to conclude that a lot of authors of works probably
> > would be open to making their work available on the internet, if
> asked
> > politely with objective of non-profit dissemination made clear.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Jon
>
>
> Jon,
>
> How would somebody from the U.S. go about getting a copy? When I
> search for it online it leads me back here to this post!
>
> -DaveK
>