CONTENTS: Preface, Acknowledgment, List of Maps, Tables, diagrams and illustrations, 1. Context and Significance: An Introduction to Buddhist Tantric Sculptures, 2. The Land and Its People: A Foundation for Tantric Buddhist Traditions, 3. Historical Roots and Economic Foundations of Maharashtra's Buddhist Era, 4. Sculptural Representations of Tantrayana Male Gods, 5. Sculptural Depictions of Tantric Female Deities, 6. Tantrayana in Maharashtra: An Interpretive Study, Glossary of Technical Terms, Selected Bibliography, Tributes, Figures of Identifications, Plates.