Buddhist India

alphabet ancient Anguttara Aryan Asoka Avanti bas-reliefs beliefs Bharahat Tope Bharhut birth brahmins Buddha Buddhaghosa Buddhist called canonical books capital Ceylon clan coins commentary custom Dhamma dialect Dialogues Digha doubt Edict epic evidence existing fact foll Gandhāra Ganges gods ideas important India inscriptions instance Jain Jāt Jātaka King kingdom Kosala Kosambi Kshatriya language later legends Licchavis literary literature Magadha Mahā Megasthenes mentioned Nāgas Nikayas older oldest Order Pajjota Pāli Pasenadi passages poems Prakrit preserved priestly books priests probably Professor prose Rājagaha records referred religion rise of Buddhism sacrifice Saketa Sākiya Samyutta SANCHI SANCHI TOPE Sanskrit Savatthi schools seventh century B.C. sixth century B.C. social sort soul story Stupa supposed Suttanta Suttas third century B.C. tion tradition tree tribes Udena Ujjeni Veda Vedic vernacular verses Vesāli village Vinaya Vinaya Texts Wanderers word written