OXFORD UNIVERSITY

PRESS

Amen House was the prestigious London headquarters of the Oxford University Press from 1924 to 1964.

original: "CAPETOWN"; now usually written as two words.

original: "CALCUTTA MADRAS"; these cities were renamed to Kolkata and Chennai in the late 20th century.

HUMPHREY MILFORD

Sir Humphrey Sumner Milford (1877–1952) served as the Publisher to the University of Oxford and headed the London office during the period this book was produced.

THE GODS OF

NORTHERN BUDDHISM

Northern Buddhism Historically, this term refers to the Mahayana branch of Buddhism practiced in regions such as Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, and Japan, as distinguished from the "Southern" or Theravada tradition of Southeast Asia.