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опубликовано несколько статей Ф. И. Щербатского. В предисловии к ним известный индийский философ и историк Дебипрасад Чаттопадхьяи пишет об огромной благодарности, -испытываемой индийцами к русскому ученому, который, по словам Д. Чаттопадхьяи, помог им открыть их собственное прошлое и восстановить подлинный смысл их философского наследия. «Индийская культура и буддизм» позволит еще глубже и более всесторонне оценить выдающийся вклад академика Ф. И. Щербатского в развитие мировой ориенталистики, Г. М. Бонгард-Левин FROM EDITOR This collection of articles in commemoration of academician F. I. Stcher batsky, the eminent Soviet Orientalist who specialised in Indology, Tibetan studies and Buddhology, falls into two parts. Part one presents the papers read at the session held to mark the centenary of Stcherbatsky's birth (Moscow — Leningrad, '1966); part two carries articles and notes devoted to the history and culture of the East (mostly India, Central Asia and the Far East) as well as to general and specific problems of Buddhology, Indology and Tibetan studies. Stcherbatsky took up all these subjects; he stands out as a great authority on Indian culture, ancient and medieval philosophy, Indian religions, ancient Indian literature and science. His main field, however, was Buddhism (its philosophy and history) and the cultures of those Asian countries where Buddhism in widespread. The main trends of Stcherbatsky's work prompted the title of this volume, Indian Culture and Buddhism. The contributions to the volume show that the traditions of Stcherbatsky's school are successfully continued and deve loped by Soviet scholars, and the problems of Oriental culture and ideology in the past and today hold a very important place in their researches. Not only has Stcherbatsky's work retained its significance for the development of Oriental studies, but it is in itself the subject-matter of scientific analysis, making up a special branch of modern Buddhology. To this day his studies are reprinted in many countries of the world and translated into many languages. It is noteworthy that the Soviet Indological Series published in India, recently carried two volumes of articles by Stcherbatsky. Introducing these articles, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya, the well-known Indian philosopher arid historian, expressed the Indians' deep appreciation of the work of Stcherbatsky, who, in his view, had helped the Indians to discover their own past — 2 —
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