Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Introduction; Tantric Literature; External Influences & Interactions; The Primitive Substratum; Tantrism & the Earlier Forms of Indian Religious Systems; Development of Tantric Buddhism; Tantric Ideas & Practices in Medieval Religious Systems; Tantrism & the Religion of the Masses: The Lokayata Tradition; The Sophisticated Tantras with Sakta Orientation; Tantric Art: A Review; Glossary of Tantric Technical Terms; Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

As an Indologist, N.N. Bhattacharyya requires no introduction. He retired as professor of History from Calcutta University and passed away in 2001. He wrote a large number of books most of which have gone into several printings.