Contents: Vol. I: 1. Buddhist schools in early Andhra/Ajay Mitra Shastri. 2. Remarks on Nagarjuna's dates and philosophical position/Alex Wayman. 3. Ideological transformation of Buddhism in early historic Andhra/Aloka Parasher Sen. 4. Walking on the eightfold path is Dhamma/Angraj Choudhary. 5. The Abhidhamma theory of personality/Annapareddy Venkateswara Reddy. 6. Buddhism and Hinduism -- the Ikshvaku patronage at Nagarjunakonda/Ashvini Agrawal. 7. Buddhism in Andhra Pradesh and Acharya Nagarjuna/A.K. Bandyopadhyay. 8. Buddhist vestiges in and around Thanjavur/T. Chandra Kumar. 9. Spatial conventions in the art of Andhra Pradesh: classical influence?/Elizabeth Rosen Stone. 10. Life and legends of the Buddha on Amaravati reliefs/Gourisankar De. 11. The sculptural art of Chandavaram/P. Govinda Reddy. 12. Buddha -- the ninth incarnation of Vishnu/Haripriya Rangarajan. 13. Depiction of the Buddha in Indian miniatures: mid 15 century to 19 century/Padmasree Jagdish Mittal. 14. Buddhism vs Jainism in Andhra/G. Jawaharlal. 15. Contribution of Andhradesa to Buddhism (during the centuries AD seventh and eighth)/Kalpakam Sankarnarayan. 16. Singala Sutta - the art of living/G. Kamalakar. 17. Buddhist sites in South Coastal Andhra: a case study/K.S.B. Kesava. 18. Contribution of Sarahapada, Nagarjuna and Aryadeva to Buddhist thought--the Tibetan eye view/Kewal Krishan Mittal. 19. Buddhism in Karnataka/M.S. Krishna Murthy. 21. History of Buddhism in Andhra/V.V. Krishna Sastry. 22. Alien cultural motifs in the early Indian art (with special reference to the art of Bharhut, Sanchi, Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda)/Lavanya Rao. 23. Buddhadatta and Atthakathas/Mahesh Tiwary. 24. Buddhist ethics as expounded in Vinaya Pitaka - a study/P.N. Malleswara Rao. 25. Buddhist art of Nagarjunakonda/B.N. Misra. 26. Symbolical representation of the Buddha in the art of Nagarjunakonda/Manjusri Rao. 27. Buddhist society: their use and sustenance of trade routes, technology and art forms on the basis of antiquarian remains from Madhya Pradesh/J. Manuel and O.P. Misra. 28. Acharya Nagarjuna's philosophical contribution -- some salient features/G.C. Nayak. 29. Mandhata legend as found depicted in early Buddhist art of Andhra/M.L. Nigam. 30. Buddhist missionaries and Asokan envoys/K.R. Norman. 31. The cult of the bodily relics of the Buddha/K. Padmanabha. 32. A new light on the location of Potalaka and Srimoolavasam -- the ancient Buddhist centres/S. Padmanabhan. (One Article is Hindi)

Vol. II: 1. Buddhism and Andhra culture/P.V. Parabrahma Sastry. 2. The Buddhist anticipation of human rights/H.S. Prasad. 3. Buddhism and Christianity: an analogy/T.S.V. Prasada Rao. 4. Reaffirmation of Buddha's direct knowledge: Nagarjuna and Buddhaghosa/M. Rajagopala Rao. 5. A Buddhist site at Nandalur-Adapur in Cuddapah district/N.S. Ramachandra Murthy and K. Venkata Chalam. 6. A critical study of the Hinayana Stupa at Chandavaram/P. Ramachandra Murthy. 7. Some problems of interpretation of Mahayana texts with special reference to Nagarjuna/N.S.S. Raman. 8. Self and suffering in early Buddhism/M.V. Ramkumar Ratnam. 9. Archaeological discoveries at Lumbini: the birth-place of Lord Buddha/Ram Niwas Pandey. 11. Buddhapada in the early art of Andhradesa/K.P. Rao. 12. Narrative structure and the significance of the Snake Jatakas in Buddhist art/Ratan Parimoo. 13. Narrative art - communication of Buddhist ideals/V. Sakuntala. 14. Critical assessment of the idea and ideology of Bodhisattva/K. Satyamurty. 15. Analysis of word and meaning in Madhyamika philosophy/T.R. Sharma. 16. Buddhist art of Amaravati/S.B. Singh. 17. Nagarjuna as author of Suhrullekha and Ratnavali and his eventual center of activity as Southern Kosala/Shohei Ichimura. 18. The cultural relations between Andhradesa and Sri Lanka with special reference to Amaravati and Nagarjunakonda/Siri Saman Wijetunge. 19. Andhras' contribution to Mahayana Buddhism/J. Sita Ramamma. 20. Nava Kammikas: the early Buddhist sculptors and architects of Andhradesa (200 B.C. -- 600 A.D.)/E. Sivanagi Reddy. 21. Buddhist monuments of Andhradesa: geographical position and conservation methods/Sreelatha Rao, G. Maheswari and M. Singh. 22. Pushpagiri - a Buddhist site in Cuddapah district (A.P.)/K. Srinivasulu. 23. Buddhist monuments of Chandavaram (A.P.)/K.B.R. Subrahmanyam. 24. Thangkas - the holy banners of Tibet/V. Suguna Sarma. 25. The Tantra texts ascribed to Nagarjuna (with reference to the Tibetan Bstan 'gyur)/S.K. Pathak. 26. Counter-marks on Buddhist symbols on the Roman coins found in Andhra  Desa/S. Suresh. 27. Acharya Dharmakirti and his contribution to Buddhism/C. Upender Rao. 28. Communication and Buddhist art: the Krishna Valley episode/D.N. Varma. 29. Dialectic with special reference to the Madhyamika/G. Vedaparayana. 30. Logic in Buddhist rationalism/B. Vidyadhara Rao. 31. The concept of Tathata/B. Vijay Kumar. (One Article is Hindi).

"Buddhism is one of the important religions of world. Albeit Lord Buddha was not born in Andhra Desa, the contribution of Andhra Desa to Buddhism is not small. Famous Buddhist Stupas and Viharas as seen at Amaravati, Nagarjunakonda, Bhattiprolu, Guntupalli, Chandavaram are only a few to name in Andhra Desa. With the passing time, new discoveries on Buddhism are pouring in from different corners. recent discoveries of Totlakonda, Bavikonda, Pavuralakonda etc. from Andhra Pradesh throw welcome light on the subject. This publication contains the papers presented at the seminar, "Contribution of Andhra Desa to Buddhism" organized by Birla Archaeological and Cultural Research Institute, Hyderabad a few years ago. The purpose of the seminar is to bring to light the new discoveries and throw further light on the already existing information on Buddhism from Andhra Desa in particular and India in general. Research is a never ending process and results of research will always be either finding out something new or updating the existing information with the new discoveries. This publication contains papers submitted by both seasoned and budding scholars covering almost all the aspects of Buddhism like art, architecture, philosophy, survey reports, excavation findings etc. As mentioned above, there are papers altogether with new discoveries and papers highlighting new points on the already existing information." (jacket)