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Buddhist and Jain literature

Tripitaka (Vinaya, Sutta, Abhidhamma), Jatakas, Dhammapada, Nettipakarana, Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa, Buddhaghosa's Visuddhimagga
Sanskrit Buddhist literature: Mahavastu, Lalitavistara, Avadanashataka, Divyavadana, Buddhacharita (Ashvaghosha), Prajnaparamita sutras, Milinda-panha (Nagasena and Menander)
Sarvastivada Vinaya and the Indian monks in China: Sanghabhuti (fourth century commentary), Kumarajiva, Dharmaraksha
Jain canon: twelve Angas, Upangas, Purvas lost; Ardhamagadhi Prakrit; Valabhi council redaction (fifth to sixth century)
Kalpasutra (Bhadrabahu), Parishishtaparvan (Hemachandra), Adipurana and Trishashti-lakshana Mahapurana (Jinasena and Gunabhadra), Bhagavati Sutra, Hemachandra's Kumarapalacharita

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Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings, pp. 1-33 (printed 82-114)
Theme 4 Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings, 2. The Background: How Buddhist texts were prepared and preserved (Tipitaka), p. 5 (printed 86)

Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, Buddhist Literature, pp. 56-57 (printed 52-53)
Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, Buddhist Literature (Sanskrit Buddhist works, Milindapanha, Buddhacharita), p. 56 (printed 52)
Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, Buddhist Councils; Buddhist Literature (schools and the spread of Buddhism), pp. 55-57 (printed 51-53)
Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, 3.5 Jainism (the twelve angas and upangas, Ardha-Magadhi), p. 53 (printed 49)
Lesson 3 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms and New Religious Sects, 3.5 Jainism (the earliest Jaina texts: Acharangasutra, Sutrakritanga, Kalpasutra), p. 53 (printed 49)

ch. 9 Traders, Kings and Pilgrims, The spread of Buddhism; The quest of the pilgrims, pp. 5-8 (printed 95-98)