A history of Indian Buddhism
Subtitle: from Śākyamuni to early Mahāyāna
By: Hirakawa Akira ; translated and edited by Paul Groner.
Contributors: Groner, Paul, 1946-
Series: Asian studies at Hawaii ;; no. 36
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: [Honolulu]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Buddhism -- India -- History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-384) and index.
Translation of: Indo Bukkyō shi.