Acknowledgements

pp.：  9 – 10

Introduction: The Spread of Buddhism (Ann Heirman and Stephan Peter Bumbacher)

pp.：  11 – 24

The First Turning of the Wheel of the Doctrine— Sarvastivada and Mahasamghika Controversy (Bart Dessein)

pp.：  25 – 58

Buddhism in Gandhara (Siglinde Dietz)

pp.：  59 – 84

The Spread of Buddhism in Serindia—Buddhism among Iranians, Tocharians and Turks before the 13th century (Xavier Tremblay)

pp.：  85 – 140

Greece, the Final Frontier?—The Westward Spread of Buddhism (Erik Seldeslachts)

pp.：  141 – 176

Vinaya: from India to China (Ann Heirman)

pp.：  177 – 212

Early Buddhism in China: Daoist Reactions (Stephan Peter Bumbacher)

pp.：  213 – 256

Tantric Threads between India and China (Martin Lehnert)

pp.：  257 – 286

The Accounts of Milbon, Hyet'ong and Myöngnang in the Samguk yusa (Pol Vanden Broucke†, edited by Sem Vermeersch)

pp.：  287 – 312

The Buddhist Way into Tibet (Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz)

pp.：  313 – 350

The Later Spread of Buddhism in Tibet (Sven Bretfeld)

pp.：  351 – 388

The History of Buddhism among the Mongols (Klaus Sagaster)

pp.：  389 – 442

The Spread of Chan (Zen) Buddhism (T. Griffith Foulk)

pp.：  443 – 466

Index of Names

pp.：  467 – 474

Index of Places

pp.：  475 – 480

Index of Titles

pp.：  481 – 484