Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments And Other Things Abbreviations Figments Chapter I. The Mahâyâna And The Middle Period In Indian Buddhism Through A Chinese Looking-Glass Chapter II.The Phrase Sa Pŗthivīpradeśaś Caityabhūto Bhavet In The Vajracchedikâ Notes On The Cult Of The Book In Mahāyāna Chapter III. The Bones Of A Buddha And The Business Of A Monk Conservative Monastic Values In An Early Mahāyāna Polemical Tract Chapter IV. On Sending The Monks Back To Their Books Cult And Conservatism In Early Mahāyāna Buddhism Chapter V. Sukhāvatī As A Generalized Religious Goal In Sanskrit Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature Chapter VI. The Generalization Of An Old Yogic Attainment In Medieval Mahāyāna Sūtra Literature Some Notes On Jāetismara Fragments Chapter VII. Mahāyāna In Indian Inscriptions Chapter VIII. The Inscription On The Ku Şān Image Of Amitâbha And The Character Of The Early Mahāyāna In India Chapter IX. The Ambiguity Of Avalokiteśvara And The Tentative Identifcation Of A Painted Scene From A Mahāyāna Sūtra At Ajaṇṭā Chapter X. A Verse From The Bhadracaripraṇidhāna In A Tenth-Century Inscription Found At Nālandā Chapter XI. The Text On The “Dhāraṇī Stones From Abhayagiriya” A Minor Contribution To The Study Of Mahoeyoena Literature In Ceylon Chapter XII. The Bodhigarbhālaṅkāralakṣa And Vimaloṣṇīṣa Dhāraṇīs In Indian Inscriptions Two Sources For The Practice Of Buddhism In Medieval India Chapter XIII. A Note On The “Technology Of Prayer” And A Reference To A “Revolving Bookcase” In An Eleventh-Century Indian Inscription Chapter XIV. Stūpa And Tīrtha Tibetan Mortuary Practices And An Unrecognized Form Of Burial Ad Sanctos At Buddhist Sites In India Index Of Archaeological Sites And Findspots For Inscriptions Index Of Texts Index Of Subjects About The Author