A history of Indian Buddhism
from Śākyamuni to early Mahāyāna
by Hirakawa, Akira
This comprehensive and detailed survey of the first six centuries of Indian Buddhism sums up the results of a lifetime of research and reflection by one of Japan's most renowned scholars of Buddhism. Relying on Pali and Sanskrit sources and on inscriptions from archaeological sites and Chinese translations of Indian texts, Hirakawa balances his review of early Buddhist doctrinal development with extensive discussion of historical background and the evolution of Buddhist institutions. The inclusion of Japanese and Western language bibliographies together with an extensive bibliographic essay by the translator should make this volume especially useful as an introduction to a large corpus of Japanese scholarship on Buddhism which is still not widely known in the West.
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A history of Indian Buddhism: from Śākyamuni to early Mahāyāna
1990, University of Hawaii Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-384) and index.
Translation of: Indo Bukkyō shi.
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