A History of Indian Buddhism
Douban
From Sakyamuni to Nagarjuna
Akira Hirakawa / Hirakawa Akira translator: Paul Groner
overview
The book, the summation of a lifetime of research on Indian Buddhism, is an exceptionally comprehensive discussion of Indian Buddhism. The text presents the debates of Indian Buddhism that have occurred in the Japanese academic community and emphasizes issues that have often been treated only in passing in India and the West. Finally, the book includes a bibliography which provides a broad look of the study.
