Foreword by Prof. G. C. Pande 5
Opinions 8
Dedication 9 9
Author’s Preface 10
Contents 21
Analysis of Contents 22
Abbreviations 35
I.The Background of Earlier Development 39
II.Buddhism During the 7th and 8th Centuries A.D 54
III.Buddhist Art in the Monasteries 94
IV.Monastic Life and Discipline 118
V.Ethical and Spiritual Culutre 152
VI.Buddhist Education and its Centres 193
VII.Buddhist Learning and Literature 216
VIII.Buddhist Philosophy and Dialectics 254
IX.Buddhism as Viewed by Kumarila and Samkara 305
X.Origin and Growth of Esoteric Buddhism 339
XI.Doctrines and Practices of Esoteric Buddhism 386
XII.Beginnings of the Decline of Buddhism in India 418
Appendix 460
1.Emperor Harsa as a Buddhist Author 460
2.List of Works Translated by Yuan Chwang 465
3.The Date of Dharmakirti 468
4.Gaudapada’s Synthesis of Buddhism and Vedanta 480
5.Chronology of Some Early Siddhas 490
Bibliography 500
Index of Proper Names 537
Index of Important words and subjects 560
Additions and Corrections 572