India and China interaction through Buddhism and diplomacy : a collection essays by Professor Prabodh Chandra Bagchi by Bagchi, Prabodh Chandra

Table of Contents: “…Ancient Chinese names of India -- The beginnings of Buddhism in China -- Indian influence on Chinese thought -- A noteon the Avadanasataka and its Chinese translation -- Bodhisattva-sila of Subhakarasimha -- A fragment of the Kasyapa Samhita in Chinese -- The Chinese mysticism -- Some early Buddhist missionaries of Persia in Chia -- Some letters of Hiuan-Tsang and his Indian friends -- New lights on the Chinese inscriptions of Bodhgaya -- A Buddhist monk of Nalanda amongst the Western Turks -- Political relations between Bengal and China in the Pathan period -- Chinese coins from Tanjore -- Report on a new hoard of Chinese coins -- Ki-pin and Kashmir -- Sino-Indian relations: the period of the united empires (681-1100 AD) -- Sino-Indian spheres of influences -- Khotan as the cultural outpost of India -- Indian sciences in the Far East -- The Visva-Bharati Cheena Bhavana -- Indian civilization in China -- Influence of Indian music in the Far East -- Indian Hindu culture and religion in China…”

Headlines in history the 1700s

Table of Contents: “…Absolutist rulers of Europe -- War of the spanish succession -- French rout in flanders -- Day in the life of Louis XIV -- French peasant's life -- Age of the composer -- Accomplishment of Peter the great -- Slavery in New England -- Chapter 2 -- Philosophers of the enlightenment -- Montesquieu's thoughts on government -- Philosophy of Rousseau -- Life and times of voltaire -- Birth of the Paris art salon -- Morsels of wisdom from Ben Franklin -- Discoveries of vitus bering -- Chapter 3 -- First days of the seven year's war -- French and Indian war -- Iroquois clash with british settlers -- Swedish visitor describes American slavery -- Catherine the great reforms Russia -- James Watt's steam engine -- Chapter 4 -- Revolution against Britain -- Boston massacre -- Declaration of Independence -- White travels among the native American Indians -- Music of mozart -- Chapter 5 -- rness -- Ben Franklin's antislavery view s -- Execution of Louis XVI -- French reing of terror -- Child laborers in the industrial revolution -- English convicts populate Australia.…”