Acknowledgements Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - The Material of Religion Chapter 3 - From the Buddha to Ashoka: c. 600 - 200 BCE Chapter 4 - The Sangha and the Laity: c. 200 BCE - 200 CE Chapter 5 - The Beginnings of Mahayana Buddhism, Buddha Images, and Monastic Isolation: c. 100 - 600 CE Chapter 6 - Lay Buddhism and Religious Syncretism in the First Millennium CE Chapter 7 - The Consolidation and Collapse of Monastic Buddhism: c. 600 - 1400 CE Conclusion Bibliography
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