In collaboration with University of Hawaii, U.S.A.

Inaugurated by Rev. Prof. S. Rinpoche, Director, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath

Keynote Address delivered by Prof. Arindam Chakravarty, University of Hawaii

Valedictory Address delivered by Padmabhushan Prof. Vidya Nivas Mishra

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. Sita Ram Shastri, Prof. K. N. Mishra, Dr. Bhanu Shankar Mehta, Prof. Rai Anand Krishna, Prof. K. D. Tripathi, Prof. D. K. Rai, Prof. R. R. Pandey, Prof. K. N. Tripathi, Prof. R. C. Sharma and Dr. Pranati Ghosal

Conceptualized by Prof. Prem Lata Sharma and after her sudden demise on 4th December 1998, the seminar was dedicated to her sacred memory.

Inaugural Session presided over by Padmabhushan Prof. Vidya Nivas Mishra

Keynote Address delivered by Padmavibhushan Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan

Valedictory Address delivered by Dr. I. Panduranga Rao

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Dr. Vishwanath Vaman Deva, Pt. Gagan Kumar Chattopadhyaya, Prof. Govind Gopal Mukhopadhyaya, Prof. Arindam Chakravarty, Prof. Ramashraya Ray, Prof. Priya Vrata Sharma, Prof. K. D. Tripathi, Pt. H. N. Chakravarty, Pt. Nallan Chakravarti Krishnamacharyulu, Prof. Sita Ram Shastri, Dr. Urmila Sharma, Prof. Krishna Kant Sharma, Dr. Mukund Lath, Prof. Ashok D. Ranade, Prof. Subhadra Chaudhari, Dr. Bhanu Shankar Mehta, Acharya Shrivatsa Gosvami, Dr. N. Ramanathan, Prof. R. C. Sharma, Prof. Bettina Baumer, Prof. Rai Anand Krishna, Ms. Selina Thielemann and Dr. T. M. Hoffman

Inaugurated by Dr. I. Panduranga Rao

Presided over by Prof. Prem Lata Sharma

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. K. N. Mishra, Pt. Ram Yatna Shukla, Rev. Fr. Patrick D'Souza, Prof. Raghunath Giri, Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Prof. Reva Prasad Dwivedi, Acharya Medha Devi, Dr. Sagar Mal Jain, Prof. Chandra Kala Padia, Prof. Hridaya Ranjan Sharma, Dr. Jodh Singh, Shri Nizamuddin Ansari, Prof. R. S. Tripathi, Prof. Shampa Dorje, Prof. R. C. Sharma, Pt. Rama Kant Pandey, Pt. Lakshmi Kant Pandey and Prof. Sita Ram Shastri

In collaboration with Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda; K. J. Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies, Mumbai and Acharya Narendra Dev International Research Institute for Buddhist Studies, Lucknow

Held at Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda and Jnana-Pravaha, Varanasi

Chief Guest : Swami Budhananda

Keynote Address by Dr. S. Chakravarti, Director, Indian Museum, Kolkata

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Dr. Ravindra Panth, Dr. S. K. Somaiya, Prof. J. K. Sharma, Prof. Huang Xinchuan, Dr. Parineeta Deshpande, Dr. (Mrs.) K. Sankarnarayan, Dr. G. K. Lama, Prof. R. C. Sharma, Dr. Prabhakar Mishra, Dr. Amar Singh, Smt. Santosh Kumari, Dr. Piyush Bhargava, Prof. R. K. Rana, Dr. C. B. Mishra, Dr. Yogendra Singh, Shri Shrikant Singh, Prof. Sun Basgang, Prof. Enamul Haque, Prof. Pramod Chandra, Prof. Maheshwari Prasad, Dr. Vidya Nand Upadhyaya, Dr. Vinod Kumar Sinha, Prof. V. C. Srivastava, Shri Suraj Pandit, Dr. Vishwajit Kumar, Dr. A. P. Jamkhedkar, Dr. Ruby Kumari, Prof. Lalji Shravak, Dr. Bimalendra Kumar, Dr. N. P. Joshi, Dr. A. P. Singh, Dr. Niharika and Shri Ajay Srivastava

In collaboration with Acharya Narendra Dev International Research Institute of Buddhist Studies, Lucknow

Coordinated by Dr. Gouriswar Bhattacharya, Berlin, Dr. Yogendra Singh, Lucknow and Prof. R. C. Sharma, Varanasi

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. G. Nawang Samten, Prof. A. K. Narain, Prof. Pramod Chandra, Prof. Charles Willemen, Prof. Kiran Kumar Thaplyal, Dr. Amar Singh, Prof. S. B. Singh, Dr. Ineke Van Put, Prof. Enamul Haque, Dr. S. D. Trivedi, Prof. Kamal Giri, Prof. M. N. P. Tiwari, Dr. T. K. Biswas, Mr. Gerd J. R. Mevissen, Prof. R. Nagaswamy, Dr. Falk Reitz, Dr. Preety Trivedi, Dr. H. C. Das, Dr. Niharika, Shri Ajay Srivastava, Dr. N. P. Joshi and Prof. G. B. Deglurkar

Organized in collaboration with T. R. V. Murti Memorial Trust and Shri Chaitanya Prem Sansthan, Vrindavan

Dedicated to the renowned philosopher Prof. T. R. V. Murti in his birth centenary year

Coordinated by Acharya Shrivatsa Goswami

The Conference was supported by Banaras Hindu University; Indian Council of Philosophical Research; Clarks Hotel, Varanasi; All India Kashiraj Trust, Varanasi; Taj Ganges Hotel, Varanasi; Rai Krishnadas INTACH, Varanasi; Shriji Seva Samiti, Jaipur; Shri Shardul Vikram Gupta, Varanasi; Natya Vriksha, New Delhi and Family Members of Prof. T. R. V. Murti

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Ashok Aklujkar, Johannes Bronkhorst, Arindam Chakrabarti, Amita Chatterjee, A. K. Chatterjee, D. P. Chattopadhyaya, Mani Dravid, Jonardon Ganeri, Bina Gupta, Shohei Ichimura, V. N. Jha, Shashi Prabha Kumar, Dan Lusthaus, Sengaku Mayeda, P. K. Mukhopadhyaya, Karl H. Potter, D. Prahladachar, Raja Ram Shukla, T. S. Rukmani, Mark Siderits, S. Revathy and N. Veezhinathan

In collaboration with Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla

Keynote Address delivered by Prof. R. C. Sharma

Coordinated by Prof. V. C. Srivastava, Director, IIAS, Shimla and Prof. R. C. Sharma, Hon. Director/Acharya, Jnana-Pravaha, Varanasi

Other Scholars Exchanging Views : Prof. A. K. Narain, Prof. T. P. Verma, Dr. S. P. Gupta, Prof. Farid Khan, Prof. Rai Anand Krishna, Dr. N. P. Joshi, Prof. G. Nawang Samten, Dr. Pranati Ghosal, Prof. Charles Willemen, Dr. T. K. Biswas, Dr. B. R. Mani, Dr. Savita Sharma, Dr. S. D. Trivedi, Dr. Pushpa Tiwari, Dr. I. K. Sarma, Prof. Rashmi Poddar, Dr. Preeti Trivedi, Dr. Anamika Roy, Prof. Devendra Handa, Dr. Deenbandhu Pandey, Prof. K. K. Thaplyal, Prof. C. S. Upasak, Dr. V. K. Sharma, Shri Kranti Kumar, Dr. R. D. Chaudhury, Dr. Anasua Das, Shri V. N. Singh, Prof. Vibha Tripathi and Prof. Kamal Giri