Life of Buddha : Asvaghosha Bodhisattva: Translated from Sanscrit into Chinese by Dharmaraksha, A.D. 420; From Chinese into English by Samuel Beal Book

Contents: Introduction. I: 1. The birth. 2. Living in the palace. 3. Disgust at sorrow. 4. Putting away desire. 5. Leaving the city. II: 6. The return of Kandaka. 7. Entering the place of Austerities. 8. The general grief of the palace. 9. The mission to seek the prince. III: 10. Bimbisara Raga invites the prince. 11. The reply to Bimbisara Raga. 12. Visit to Arada Udrarama. 13. Defeat Mara. 14. O-wei-san-pou-ti (Abhisambodhi). 15. Turning the Law-wheel. IV: 16. Bimbisara Raga becomes a disciple. 17. The Great Disciple becomes a Hermit. 18. Conversion of the "Supporter of the Orphans and Destitute". 19. Interview between father and son. 20. Receiving the Getavana Vihara. 21. Escaping the Drunken elephant and Devadatta. 22. The lady Amar sees Buddha. V: 23. By spiritual power fixing his term of years. 24. The differences of the Likkhavis. 25. Parinirvana. 26. Mahaparinirvana. 27. Praising Nirvana. 28. Division of the Sariras. 

"The book is an excellent piece of outstanding work done by the author consisting of biography of Gotama Buddha so far as it includes those earth lives which he was said to have lived under preceding Buddhas and also the life he lived as a disciple. In this book an attempt is made to represent how Buddha leaves his palace and become a disciple. The intention here is to cover almost the whole life of Buddha starting from his birth to death." (jacket)