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by Sangeeta Khanna

A History of Indian Buddhism, the summation of a lifetime of research on Indian Buddhism, is an exceptionally comprehensive discussion of Indian Buddhism, with detailed chapters on its history, doctrine and bibliography. The text also presents some of the debates on Indian Buddhism that have occurred in the Japanese academic community and emphasizes issues that have often been treated only in passing in India and the West. Hirakawa's extensive use of Chinese translations of Indian Buddhist sources and his references to Japanese studies of these works are particularly noteworthy. Finally, the book includes an extensive bibliography of Western scholarship compiled by the translator.ades. It is documented with Preface, Bibliography and Index.

About the Author:

One of the most eminent scholars of Indian Buddhism in Japan, HIRAKAWA AKIRA is a Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University. Author and Editor of many scholarly books and articles, he has directed several research projects on Abhidharmakosa.DR. SARASVATI CHENNAKESAVAN is known in literary circles as a writer of PAUL GRONER received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is currently Associate Professor at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Saicho: The Establishment of the Japanese Tendai School and a number of articles on early Japanese Buddhism.