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A series of small essays written by the intrepid traveler and spy for the British Indian Survey of India Sarat Chandra Das. The essays area bench of eclectic offerings and they deal with various aspects of the origin and progress of the faith in Tibet. There are short biographical notes on Kumara Jiva, Fahian, Bodhi Dharma, Hieun-Tsdang, Dipankara, Atisa etc. short notes on the origin of the Mahayana school, earliest notices of China and India in China, translation of sacred works into Chinese etc. The book was edited by the authors Brother Nobin Chandra Das. This book is a reprint of the 1893 edition.