Summary: this volume contains the minor writings of prof lokesh chandra on buddhism, the role of women therein, and the opening up of the vast buddhiswt literature in the tibetan canon description: the author goes on to a personal narrative of his sinological studies, followed by identification of the votive banners of tun-huang and the karma-vibhanga culture and civilization as interactive diversities in the sino-indian context, the lives of early buddhist masters in the catalogue of seng-yu and the role of buddhism in creating the state of korea and her alphabet