Page 20 - The Origin and Early Spread of The Buddhist Flag 佛旗的缘起与传播

Conclusion

Colonel Olcott has helped Buddhist leaders to

form the Buddhist Defence Committee and

created the preconditions for the design of the

Buddhist flag in terms of human resources. He

has also set up the Buddhist Publications Fund

which allowed the propagation of Buddhist flag

after the completion of design.

Colonel Olcott mentioned in his diary that he

was not the designer of Buddhist flag, but only

contributed in the modification of the flag’s

shape. In the Centenary volume of Buddhist

Theosophical Society, which was founded by

himself has also given credits to Gunawardena,

as the designer of the Buddhist flag.