Return to Buddhist Art Catalogue PageBuddhist Heritage in India and Abroad/edited by G. Kuppuram and K. Kumudamani. 1992, xix, 368 p.,
Contents: Foreword/Prof. Upendra Thakur. Preface. I. The Traditions of Buddhism: 1. The world of Buddhism/K. Krishna Murthy, Former Superintending Archaeologist, Andhra Pradesh. 2. Buddhism in America: some introductory reflections/Charles S. Prebish, The Pennsylvania State University, USA. 3. The role of Sri Lanka as a medium of cultural exchanges and influences in the Indian Ocean cultural community--an historical analysis/Acharyage D.T. Edward Perera, Editor, Encylopaedia of Buddhism, Sri Lanka. 4. The Buddhistic art-tradition of China/K. Krishna Murthy, Former Superintending Archaeologist, India. 5. Buddhism in Mathura and its contribution to social harmony in India and abroad/K.D. Bajpai, Madhya Pradesh, India. 6. Some aspects of Buddhism in south-east India with special reference to Andhra Pradesh/K. Kumudamani, Magadh University, Bihar, India. 7. Buddhism in early Tamilnadu: an inquiry about its antiquity/G. Kuppuram, Egerton University, Kenya.
II. Buddha's teachings and its influence: 8. The Sarvastivada and the Mahayana: a note on their linkages/V.K. Thakur, Patna University, Bihar, India. 9. A discussion on "Cittavarana" in the Prajnaparamita-Hrdaya-Sutra/Wu Bai-Hui, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China. 10. The four noble truths in Vasubandhu/Jose Pereira, Fordham University, USA. 11. Not to escape, but to transform: enlightenment and the concept of Parinamana in the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita/Joanna R. Macy, Berkeley, USA. 12. Dhammavinaya solves contradictions of the modern age/S.K. Pathak, West Bengal, India. 13. On the transformation of the Vinayavastu of the Mulasarvastivadins/Hisashi Matsumura, University of Gottingen, Germany. 14. Agent-causation and event causation: the Buddhist-Naiyayika controversy/Rita Gupta, Visva Bharati, West Bengal, India. 15. Literary aspects of Pali employed in ritual/J.R. Joshi, University of Poona, India. 16. The early Buddhist attitude to aesthetics/P. Gnanarama, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka. 17. Legacy of Buddhism: past and present/G. Kuppuram, Egerton University, East Africa; and K. Kumudamani, Magadh University, Bihar, India. 18. The Sino-Indian trans-cultural method of Madhyamika dialectic: Nagarjuna to Seng-chao to Chi-ts'ang/Shohei Ichimura, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, USA. 19. sPa tshab Nyi ma grags and the introduction of Prasangika Madhyamaka into Tibet/Karen Christina Lang, University of Virginia, USA. 20. Some significant readings from Buddhist literature/G. Kuppuram, Egerton University, Kenya; and K. Kumudamani, Magadh University, Bihar, India.
III. Cultural significance: 21. The Buddhist panorama/Lokesh Chandra, International Academy of Indian Culture, New Delhi 22. Evolution of the Buddha image/A.D.T.E. Perera, Editor, Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, Sri Lanka. 23. The illiteracy of Muhammad and Hui-Neng/Arvind Sharma, McGill University, Canada. 24. Harischandra of Anuradhapura/Ukku Bandage Karunananda, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
[G. Kuppuram is Associate Professor of Archaeology at Egerton University, Kenya. His books include The Imperial Cholas in Karnataka.] No. 6826