This volume of the work entitled 'Encyclopedia of Indian Architecture' is devoted to the study of Buddhist architecture. It has twenty four chapters. The chapters discuss Buildings during the Rule of the Early Mauryan Dynasty (c. 400 B. C.) : Wooden Origins, Asoka and the Beginnings of the Buddhist School (c. 250 B.C.), The Stupa and its Symbolism, Architecture of Sungas, Buddhist Rock- Cut Architecture, Rock-Cut Architecture of Hinayana 2nd Century B.C., Buddhist Architecture in Southern India (200 B.C. to 4th Century A.D.), Architecture of Kusanas, the Buddhist Chaitya House, the Mahayana or theistic Buddhist Monasteries of Gandhara (250 B.C. to 450 A.D.), the Vihara or Monastery, Buddhist Architecture of Gupta Period, Architecture of Kausambi-A Re-appraisal, Architecture of Allahabad Pillar (7th Century B.C.), Architecture of Buddhist Monastery of Ghositaram at Kausambi, Mehrauli Iron Pillar (412-415 A.D.), Ancient Indian Universities-Ajanta- Visnu's Last Avtara, The Tirtha of Ellora, the Evolution of Indian Fine Art and its Influence on Indian Temple Architecture, the Buddhist and Brahamanical Remains of Kashmir (A.D. 200 to 1300 A.D.), the Rock-Cut Architecture of the Mahayana Buddhist (A.D. 450 to 642 A.D.), Buddhist Rock- Architecture: The Final Phase (A.D. 600 to 900), Buildings in Brick, Buddhist Architecture of Vidarbha Region. In short the volume is very much important for the study of Buddhist architecture in India.