Buddhist and Brahmanical -- The Indian Subcontinent -- The Mauryas and their successors -- Helenistic intruders and the Mahayana -- The pantheon of the gods -- Hindu empire and the fruits of dynastic rivalry -- The south and the great Dravidian vimana -- The north and the 'Nagara' temple mountain -- Central synthesis -- Forts -- Sri Lanka -- Nepal -- South-East Asia -- Java and its neighbours -- The Advent of the Khmer -- Angkor -- The Cham and the late ascent of the Mahayana at Angkor -- Mons and Myenmar -- Thais and their eastern neighbours -- Heaven's Empires -- China and its Orbit -- The generation of conservative traditions -- Interregnum and the impact of Buddhism -- Middle age, Sui, Tang and Song -- The Yuan interregnum and Tibet -- Ming and the Qing: longevity and sclerosis -- Himalayan theocracy and imperial Lamaism -- Korea -- Japan -- Origins -- From Asuka to Heian -- Kamakura and Muromachi -- From Momoyama to Edo.