S.B.E. Sacred Books of the East (Clarendon Press). HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM AN HISTORICAL SKETCH BY SIR CHARLES ELIOT In three volumes VOLUME II ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL LTD Broadway House, 68-74 Carter Lane, London, E.C.4. _First published_ 1921 _Reprinted_ 1954 _Reprinted_ 1957 _Reprinted_ 1962 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY LUND HUMPHRIES LONDON - BRADFORD CONTENTS BOOK IV THE MAHAYANA CHAPTER XVI. MAIN FEATURES OF THE MAHAYANA XVII. BODHISATTVAS XVIII. THE BUDDHAS or MAHAYANISM XIX. MAHAYANIST METAPHYSICS XX. MAHAYANIST SCRIPTURES XXI. CHRONOLOGY OF THE MAHAYANA XXII. FROM KANISHKA TO VASUBANDHU XXIII. INDIAN BUDDHISM AS SEEN BY THE CHINESE PILGRIMS XXIV. DECADENCE OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA BOOK V HINDUISM XXV. ŚIVA AND VISHNU XXVI. FEATURES OF HINDUISM: RITUAL, CASTE, SECT, FAITH XXVII. THE EVOLUTION OF HINDUISM. BHÂGAVATAS AND PÂŚUPATAS XXVIII. ŚANKARA. ŚIVAISM IN SOUTHERN INDIA. KASHMIR. LlNGÂYATS XXIX. VISHNUISM IN SOUTH INDIA XXX. LATER VISHNUISM IN NORTH INDIA XXXI. AMALGAMATION OF HINDUISM AND ISLAM. KABIR AND THE SIKHS XXXII. ŚÂKTISM XXXIII. HINDU PHILOSOPHY BOOK IV THE MAHAYANA CHAPTER XVI MAIN FEATURES OF THE MAHAYANA