L. M. Joshi is a Buddhist scholar from the Rajasthan University, Jaipur, student of G.C. Pande.

Contents:

Foreword
Excerpts from Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Editionv
I. Background of Earlier Developmentv

II. Buddhism During the 7th and 8th Centuries

III. Buddhist Art in the Monasteries

IV. Monastic Life and Discipline

V. Ethical and Spiritual Culture

VI. Buddhist Education and Its Centres

VII. Buddhist Learning and Literature

VIII. Buddhist Philosophy and Dialectics

IX. Kuumarila an dSankara on Buddhism

X. Origin and Growth of Exoteric Buddhism

XI. Doctrines and Practices of Esoteric Buddhism

XII. Beginnings of the Decline ofBuddhism in India

XIII. Buddhist Contribution to Indian Culture

Notes and references
Abbreviations
Bibliiography
Index