The Bhilsa topes: or, Buddhist monuments of central India: comprising a brief historical sketch of the rise, progress, and decline of Buddhism; with an account of the opening and examination of the various groups of topes around Bhilsa

Title......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 9
CONTENTS.......Page 20
LIST OF PLATES.......Page 40
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.......Page 42
CHAPTER II.LIFE OP SaKYA.......Page 56
CHAPTER III.FAITH OF SAKYA.......Page 72
CHAPTEE IV.FIEST SYNOD.......Page 96
CHAPTER VCHRONOLOGY.......Page 112
CHAPTEE VI.SECOND SYNOD.......Page 118
CHAPTER VII.BUDDHIST SCHISMS.......Page 122
CHAPTER VIII.PROGRESS OF BUDDHISM.......Page 128
CHAPTER IX.REIGN OF ASOKA.......Page 138
CHAPTER X.THIRD SYNOD.......Page 156
CHAPTER XI.RISE AND FALL OF THE INDO-SCYTHIANS.......Page 166
CHAPTER XII.THE GUPTA DYNASTY.—DECLINE AND FALL OFBUDDHISM.......Page 179
CHAPTER XIII.BUILDING AND DEDICATION OF TOPES......Page 210
CHAPTER XIV.SaNCHI topes.......Page 220
No. 1 Tope.—Sanchi.......Page 224
CHAPTER XV.DESCRIPTION OF THE SANCHI BAS-RELIEFS.......Page 242
CH'APTER XVI.INSCRIPTIONS......Page 276
CHAPTER XVII.OPENING OF THE SANCHI TOPE,......Page 310
CHAPTER XVIII.NO. 2 TOPE......Page 316
CHAPTEE XIX.INSCRIPTIONS.—NO. 2 TOPE......Page 321
CHAPTER XX.OPENING OF NO. 2 TOPE......Page 326
CHAPTER XXLNO. 3 TOPE......Page 336
CHAPTER XXII.SONARI TOPES.......Page 350
CHAPTER XXIII.NO. 2 TOPE.—SONARI......Page 356
CHAPTER XXIV.TOPES OF SATDHARA.......Page 361
CHAPTEK XXV.TOPES AT BHOJPUR......Page 368
CHAPTEE XXVI.ANDHER TOPES.......Page 383
CHAPTER XXVII.SYMBOLS OF BUDDHA, DHARMA, AND SANGHA.......Page 392
APPENDIX.......Page 478