An Illustrated History of the Mandala: From Its Genesis to the Kalacakratantra by Kimiaki TanakaEnglish...
This book is a history of the genesis and development of the mandala from the fifth and sixth centuries, when the mandala first appeared in India, to the eleventh century, when the Kalacakratantra appeared just before the disappearance of Buddhism in India. The 600 years of Indian esoteric Buddhism that...