Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Pronunciation Guide; 1 Formations: The Buddha and his Dharma; 2 Foundations: Mainstream Buddhist Texts and Communities; 3 Furcations: Origins and Development of the Mahāyāna; 4 Consolidations: Medieval Systems of Thought and Practice; 5 Reappraisals: Later Developments in the South Asian Buddhist World; 6 Revivals: Buddhism and Modernity in South Asia; Glossary; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Stephen C. Berkwitz is Professor of Religious Studies at Missouri State University, USA. He is the author of Buddhist Poetry and Colonialism: Alagiyavanna and the Portuguese in Sri Lanka and co-editor with Ashley Thompson of The Routledge Handbook of Theravāda Buddhism (Routledge, 2022).
