Russian Imperial Academy of Science Project for Studying Vasubandhu's "Encyclopedia of Abhidharma"
In the 1917, F.I. Shcherbatskoy initiated systematic research of «Abhidharma-kośa» and its translation into European languages. His colleagues in the project were O.O. Rosenberg and leading international Buddhism scholars of early XX century -S. Levi, La Valle Poussin, D. Ross, U. Ogihara.