CONTENTS(目次)
Preface
Illustrations
Part One Papers Issued before 2001
I. Buddhist Establishments in Taxila and Gandhāra: A Chronological Review
II. Beginning of the Square Podium of Stupa in Taxila
III. The Buddha’s Bowl in Gandhāra
IV. Stupas with the Wheel-shaped Structure Inside
V. Aspects of the Stupa Court at Hadda: Looking at Tapa Shotor from Lalma
VI. The Hephthalites in Tokhāra and Gandhāra
VII. Pilgrimage Route Change: The Fall of Gandhāra and the Rise of Bāmiyān
VIII. Bāmiyān and its Buddhist Activities
IX. Two Superimposed Shrines at Khair Khāna, Kabul
X. Identity of the ‘Nezak’ Coins
XI. A New Date for Begram III
XII. Between Begrām II and III: A Blank Period in the History of Kāpiśī
XIII. The Horizon of Begrām III and Beyond: A Chronological Interpretation of the Evidence for Monuments in the Kāpiśī-Kābul-Ghaznī Region
XIV. The Turki Śāhīs and Relevant Brahmanical Sculptures in East Afghanistan
XV. The Inscription of Gaṇeśa from Gardez and a Chronology of the Turki Shāhis
XVI. Dating Yaśovarman of Kanauj on the Evidence of Huichao
Part Two Papers Issued after 2002
XVII. The Kushans, viz. the Dà Yuèzhī 大月氏: A Century-long Fallacy
XVIII. The Chitral Yaβγu 雙靡□(※合+羽)侯and Southward Trade Route in the First Century BC
XIX. Kañjūr Ashlar and Diaper Masonry: Two Building Phases in Taxila of the First Century AD
XX. The Stupa in Gandhara
XXI. Tangible Ties with Śākyamuni in Gandhāra
XXII. Swāt, Udyāna, and Gandhāra: Some Issues Related to Chinese Accounts
XXIII. Kāpiśī and Gandhāra according to Chinese Buddhist Sources
XXIV. Chinese Records on Bamiyan: Translation and Commentary
XXV. Kāpiśī and Kābul in the Sixth-Eighth Centuries
XXVI. The Mofa 末法, or the End-period of the Dharma: An Echo of the Hephthalite Destruction of Gandhāran Buddhism?
XXVII. How Xuanzang Learned about Nālandā
Part Three
XXVIII. The Main Stūpa of Shāh-jī-kī Ḍherī: A Chronological Outlook
List of the Academic Print Media having first accepted and issued the anticles collected in this book
Geographical Index