I. The Thousands Buddhas Of the fortunate Aeon 195 Towards a literary history 195 Speculations on Numbers and Time 200 One thousand Buddhas 205 An epigraphic detour 211 Alam Bridge, Gilgit 213 II. A summary of Tibetan version of the Bhadrakalpika-sutra 214 Section 1 215 Section 2 219 Section 3 219 Section 4 219 Section 5 222 Section 6 223 Conclusions 224