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Thomas William Rhys Davids. BUDDHIST INDIA BY T. W. RHYS DAVIDS , LL.D. , PH.D. PROFESSOR OF PALI AND BUDDHIST LITERATURE AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON AUTHOR OF " BUDDHISM : ITS HISTORY AND LITERATURE , " ETC. NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S ...
Thomas William Rhys Davids. BUDDHIST INDIA BY T. W. RHYS DAVIDS , LL.D. , PH.D. PROFESSOR OF PALI AND BUDDHIST LITERATURE AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON AUTHOR OF " BUDDHISM : ITS HISTORY AND LITERATURE , " ETC. NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S ...
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... BUDDHIST INDIA From the Bharahat Tope . Pl . xliii . GROUND PLAN AND RESTORATION OF THE BHARA- HAT STUPA · From Cunningham's " Stupa of Bharhut . " Pl . iii . RESTORATION ( BY W. SIMPSON ) OF THE AHIN POSH TOPE • PAGE 77 79 81 83 From ...
... BUDDHIST INDIA From the Bharahat Tope . Pl . xliii . GROUND PLAN AND RESTORATION OF THE BHARA- HAT STUPA · From Cunningham's " Stupa of Bharhut . " Pl . iii . RESTORATION ( BY W. SIMPSON ) OF THE AHIN POSH TOPE • PAGE 77 79 81 83 From ...
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... SANCHI TOPE DETAILS FROM EASTERN GATE OF SANCHI TOPE MAP OF THE KINGDOM OF ASOKA AS DESCRIBED IN THE INSCRIPTIONS AND IN THE ENGRAVED EDICTS . • 320 1 BUDDHIST INDIA WHE CHAPTER I THE KINGS HEN Buddhism ILLUSTRATIONS XV.
... SANCHI TOPE DETAILS FROM EASTERN GATE OF SANCHI TOPE MAP OF THE KINGDOM OF ASOKA AS DESCRIBED IN THE INSCRIPTIONS AND IN THE ENGRAVED EDICTS . • 320 1 BUDDHIST INDIA WHE CHAPTER I THE KINGS HEN Buddhism ILLUSTRATIONS XV.
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alphabet ancient Anguttara Aryan Asoka Avanti bas-reliefs Bharahat Tope Bharhut birth brahmins Buddha Buddhaghosa Buddhist called canonical books capital Ceylon Chandragupta Chronicles clan coins commentary Cunningham's custom deer Dhamma dialect Dialogues Digha doubt Edict epic evidence existing fact Ganges GATE OF SANCHI gods Greek ideas important India inscriptions instance Jain Jāt Jātaka JETAVANA King kingdom Kosala Kosambi Kshatriya language later legends Licchavis literary literature Magadha Megasthenes mentioned Nāgas Nikayas older oldest Order Pāli Pasenadi passages period poem preserved priestly books priests probably Professor prose Rājagaha records referred religion rise of Buddhism Royal Asiatic Society sacrifice Sakiya Samyutta SANCHI SANCHI TOPE Sanskrit Savatthi social sort soul story Stupa supposed Sutta Nipata Suttanta Suttas third century B.C. tion tradition tree tribes Udena Ujjeni Veda Vedic vernacular verses Vesāli village Vinaya Vinaya Texts Wanderers word written
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Page 262 - Some superintend the rivers, measure the land, as is done in Egypt, and inspect the sluices by which water is let out from the main canals into their branches, so that every one may have an equal supply of it.
Page 263 - They escort them on the way when they leave the country, or, in the event of their dying, forward their property to their relatives. They take care of them when they are sick, and if they die bury them.