Whethersacred mounts or gardens, original photography, original architectural drawings,and three-dimensional renditions of temple ruins dramatically illustrate the concisescholarly insight and passion of the author. The cultural landscape of Buddhism is,for the first time, drawn together from the religionrs"s inception to its grand spreadthrough more than twenty Asian countries. This story is essential reading foranyone wanting to peer over the temple wall at the fascinating motivations behindsuch architecture.