The book is not what I expected. I expected an "organized account" of the schools of thought in India and not a history of Indian philosophy written in an analytic fashion. I skimmed through the rest of the chapters after reading Chapter 3, "The Buddha's Middle Way." It is the most useful chapter as it represented what the Buddha taught. I am not sure where this book belongs: in the trash or on my book shelf. Don't waste your money on Hamiliton's book. Michael Carrither's "Buddha" (VSI series) is worth buying.