THE MAHAYANA CHAPTERPAGE XVI [MAIN FEATURES OF THE MAHAYANA][3]XVII [BODHISATTVAS][7]XVIII [THE BUDDHAS of MAHAYANISM][26]XIX [MAHAYANIST METAPHYSICS][36]XX [MAHAYANIST SCRIPTURES][47]XXI [CHRONOLOGY OF THE MAHAYANA][63]XXII [FROM KANISHKA TO VASUBANDHU][76]XXIII [INDIAN BUDDHISM AS SEEN BY THE CHINESE PILGRIMS][90]XXIV [DECADENCE OF BUDDHISM IN INDIA ][107]