Crystal mirror series ; v. 9. 

xxxi, 481 pages : 26 cm.; Chapter headings only): Preface / Tarthang Tulku (p.xv) -- Introduction / Tarthang Tulku (p.xviii) -- Part I: The eight great place of pilgrimage (p.3). The practice of pilgrimage (p.4) -- Lumbini (p.15) -- Kapilavastu (p.25) -- Bodh Gaya (p.35) -- Sarnath (p.63) -- Kusinagara (p.78) -- Sravasti (p.88) -- Samkasya (p.101) -- Rajagrha (p.106) -- Vaisali (p.126) -- Part II: Madyadesa (p.133). Six Dharma regions of India (p.134) -- Madhyadesa, heartland of the Dharma (p.139) -- The University of Nalanda (p.157) -- Odantapuri (p.179) -- Vikramasila (p.183) -- Part III: The central valleys (p.189). The central valleys (p.191) -- Mathura (p.200) -- The Northwestern cities (p.207) -- Buddhism in Kashmir (p.219).; Cont.): Part IV: Western India (p.241). Monuments of ancient Avanti (p.243) -- Aparanta : the western coast (p.259) -- Cave temples of Western India (p.270) -- Part V: The far Northwest (p.297). Uttarapatha : the far Northwest (p.299) -- Gandhara (p.305) -- Taksasila (p.313) -- Uddiyana (p.322) -- Buddhism in Afghanistan (p.331) -- Part VI: Holy places of the South (p.353). Daksinapatha : the route South (p.355) -- Buddhist centers of Andhra (p.359) -- Tamilnadu (p.379) -- Kerala and Karnataka (p.391) -- Part VII: Pracya : the Eastern kingdoms (p.397). Vanga and Kalinga (p.399) -- Pundravardhana and Samatata (p.414) -- Tripura and Kamarupa (p.431) -- Traveling information (p.436) -- Pronouncing sanskrit (p.440) -- Abbreviations (p.442) -- Bibliography (p.445) -- Index (p.452).; Presents sites important to those interested in the Dharma, and gives location of the site, historical events associated with the site, the features a pilgrim would find, and how the site figured in the transmission of the Dharma.; 

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