Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. 1. First, How I Set Out from Lhasa 29
5. 2. General Formation of the Land of India and How It Acquired Its Name 59
6. 3. How the Lands Were Given Th eir Names 71
7. 4. The Snow Mountains of the North and Analysis of Related Issues 89
8. 5. What the Famous Places of the Past Are Like 95
9. 6. On Men, Women, Food, Drink, and Various Apparel 129
10. 7. Identification of Various Species of Flowers and Trees and How to Recognize Th em 175
11. 8. Writing Systems of Various Lands of Past and Present 189
12. 9. On the Linguistic Rules of the Tibetan Language 209
13. 10. The Inscriptions of the Dharma King Aśoka Carved on the Rock Face of Mount Girnar 221
14. 11. The Gupta Dynasty 229
15. 12. The Pāla Dynasty 259
16. 13. From 1,600 Years aft er the Passing of the Buddha to the Present 279
17. 14. On the History of Siṅghala 305
18. 15. On the Conditions and the Customs of the Tibetan People in Ancient Times 349
19. 16. The Religion of the Tīrthikas 363
20. 17. Conclusion 397
21. Acknowledgments 417
22. Appendix A: Tibetan Transliteration 419
23. Appendix B: Glossary of Terms 425
24. Notes 427
25. Index 453