CHAPTEB V,
 

BUDDHISM.
 

Section I.
 

The period of simple thought and feeling,

Eationalistic tendencies before the times of Buddhism.—
Buddha Goutama.—The times of Buddha Goutama and
hia early life.—The life of Buddha Goutama summed up.—
Buddhism and its spread.—The character of Buddha
Goutama.—The system of discipline and its basis.—
A revolutionary element in the system.—The simplicity of
the doctrines of Buddha Goutama.—Buddhistic ethics,—
Propagation of Buddhism,—The history of the first period
summed up.—The question of the develcipment of the
Fr^it Languages,—^An analysis of the Gatha literature.
 

Section II,

The period of metaphysical Buddhism.

The times  of the   Dhammapada,—-The times of the   BouddhS-
charyas,—A note en the signification oif Nirvana,
 

Section III.

The period of popular Buddhism audits decline.

The third, period of Buddhism,—The influence   of Buddhism.-
the chronology and phases of the Brahmanical revival.