Born in A.D. 1575, Lama Taranatha wrote this book in 1608. V. Vasil'ev of St. Petersburg translated it from Tibetan into Russian in April 1869 followed by the German translation of the text by Schiefner also published in St. Peterburg in October of the same Year. In view of the profound importance of the work for understanding Indian history in general and of the history of Buddhism in particular. modern scholars have extensively used specially Schiefner's German translation of the History for decades and for varied purposes.
About The Author
Prof. Lama Chimpa, Head of Indo-Tibetan Studies, Visvabharati University, Santiniketan, is acknowledged as one of the foremost Tibetologists in India.
Dr Alaka Chattopadhyaya obtained her doctorate degree from Calcutta University with her highly acclaimed work based on Tibetan sources published under the title Atisa and Tibet.
Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya is an M.A., D. Litt of the Calcutta University Honorary D.Sc. of the Moscow Academy of Sciences, and Member of the German Academy of Sciences.
| Foreword | xi |
| Preface | xxiii |
| Acknowledgement | xxxi |
| On Typography and abbreviations, etc | |
| TARANATHA'S HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA | |
| Introductory | 5 |
| Benedictory Verse | 5 |
| Aim of the Work | 5 |
| Table of Contents | 6 |
| The Sources | 19 |
| Ch. 1. | |
| Account of the Period of King Ajatasatru | 20 |
| Ch. 2. | |
| Account of the Period of King Subahu | 26 |
| Ch. 3. | |
| Account of the Period of King Sudhanu | 29 |
| Ch. 4. | |
| Account of the Period of Arya Upagupta | 34 |
| Ch. 5. | |
| Account of the Period of Arya Dhitika | 45 |
| Ch. 6. | |
| Account of the Period of King Asoka | 50 |
| Ch. 7. | |
| Account of the Incidents During the Period of King Asoka | 68 |
| Ch. 8. | |
| Account of the Period of King Vigatasoka | 76 |
| Ch. 9. | |
| Account of the Period of Kasyapa, the Second | 79 |
| Ch. 10. | |
| Account of the Period of Aryan Mahaloma and Others | 82 |
| Ch. 11. | |
| Account of the Period of King Mahapadma | 85 |
| Ch. 12. | |
| Account of the Period of Third Council | 91 |
| Ch. 13. | |
| Account of the Period of the Beginning of the Extensive Propagation of the Mahayana | 96 |
| Ch. 14. | |
| Account of the Period of Brahmana Rahula | 102 |
| Ch. 15. | |
| Account of the Period of the Doctrine Under the Leadership of Arya Nagarjuna | 106 |
| Ch. 16 | |
| Account of the Period of the First Hostility to the Law and of its Retoration | 120 |
| Ch. 17. | |
| Account of the Period of Acarya Aryadeva and Others | 123 |
| Ch. 18. | |
| Account of the Period of Acarya Matrceta and Others | 130 |
| Ch. 19. | |
| Account of the Period of the Renewed Hostility to the Doctrine and of its Restoration | 137 |
| Ch. 20. | |
| Account of the Period of the Third Hostility to the Doctrine and of its Restoration | 140 |
| Ch. 21. | |
| Account of the Period of the Final Activities of King Buddhapaksa and of the period of King Karmacandra | 144 |
| Ch. 22. | |
| Account of the Period of 'Brothers Arya Asanga' [Asanga and Vasubandhu] | 149 |
| Ch. 23. | |
| Account of the Period of Acarya Dignaga and Others | 176 |
| Ch. 24. | |
| Account of the Period of King Sil | 196 |
| Ch. 25. | |
| Account of the Period of the Kings Cala, Pancamasimha and Other | 210 |
| Ch. 26. | |
| Account of the Period of Sri Dharmakirti | 224 |
| Ch. 27. | |
| Account of the Period of King Govicandra and Others | 249 |
| Ch. 28. | |
| Account of the Period of King Gopala | 257 |
| Ch. 29. | |
| Account of the Period of King Devapala and His Son | 265 |
| Ch. 30. | |
| Account of the Period of King Sri Dharmapala | 274 |
| Ch. 31. | |
| Account of the Period of King Masuraksita, king Vanapala and the Great King Mahipala | 284 |
| Ch. 32. | |
| Account of the Period of King Mahapala and Samupala | 289 |
| Ch. 33. | |
| Account of the Period of Canaka | 294 |
| Ch. 34. | |
| Account of the Period of King Bheyapala and Neyapala | 304 |
| Ch. 35. | |
| Account of the Period of Amrapala, Hastipala and Ksantipala | 310 |
| Ch. 36. | |
| Account of the Period of King Ramapala | 313 |
| Ch. 37. | |
| Account of the Period of the Four Sena Kings and Others | 316 |
| TARANATHA'S SUPPLEMENT TO THE HISTORY OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA | |
| Ch. 38. | |
| Account of the Succession of Teacher at Vikramasila | 325 |
| Ch. 39. | |
| Account of the Spread of the Doctrine in Ko-Ki in the East | 330 |
| Ch. 40 | |
| Account of the Introduction of the Law into the Smaller Islands and of its Revival in the South | 332 |
| Ch. 41. | |
| Account of the Spread of the Doctrine in the south as related in The Galand of Flowers | 334 |
| Ch. 42. | |
| Some Discussion on the Four Sects | 334 |
| Ch. 43. | |
| A Brief Discourse on the Origin of the Mantrayana | 343 |
| Ch. 44. | |
| The History of Image-makers | 347 |
| On the Sources etc | 350 |
| Epilogue | 351 |
| Colophon | 352 |
| Colophon of the Potala edition | 352 |
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