Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... Greek republics have considered a mar- riage of one of their daughters to a neighbouring tyrant beneath their dignity ? And in the present case the tyrant in question was the acknowledged suzerain of the clan . The Sākiyas may have con ...
... Greek republics have considered a mar- riage of one of their daughters to a neighbouring tyrant beneath their dignity ? And in the present case the tyrant in question was the acknowledged suzerain of the clan . The Sākiyas may have con ...
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... Greek archōn . We hear nowhere of such a triumvirate as bore corresponding office among the Licchavis , nor of such acts of kingly sovereignty as are ascribed to the real kings mentioned above . But we hear at one time that Bhaddiya , a ...
... Greek archōn . We hear nowhere of such a triumvirate as bore corresponding office among the Licchavis , nor of such acts of kingly sovereignty as are ascribed to the real kings mentioned above . But we hear at one time that Bhaddiya , a ...
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... Greeks ( 73 ° 2′E . by 21 ° 42 ' N. ) . And the extreme southerly point reached at all is the hermitage on the Godhāvari , about 20 ° N. ' 1 Sutta Nipata , 976 . 2 The spelling of the word Alakassa , the name of this remote set- tlement ...
... Greeks ( 73 ° 2′E . by 21 ° 42 ' N. ) . And the extreme southerly point reached at all is the hermitage on the Godhāvari , about 20 ° N. ' 1 Sutta Nipata , 976 . 2 The spelling of the word Alakassa , the name of this remote set- tlement ...
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... Greek Ozēnē , about 77 ° E. and 23 ° N. There Kaccana , one of the leading disciples of the Buddha , and also Asoka's son Mahinda , the famous apostle to Ceylon , were born . In later times there was a famous mon- astery there called ...
... Greek Ozēnē , about 77 ° E. and 23 ° N. There Kaccana , one of the leading disciples of the Buddha , and also Asoka's son Mahinda , the famous apostle to Ceylon , were born . In later times there was a famous mon- astery there called ...
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... Greeks about barbarians , and of the modern Chinese about foreigners . But the reasons given are vague , and will scarcely bear examination . I recollect hear- ing Professor Bühler at the Oriental Congress in Paris , in 1897 , when the ...
... Greeks about barbarians , and of the modern Chinese about foreigners . But the reasons given are vague , and will scarcely bear examination . I recollect hear- ing Professor Bühler at the Oriental Congress in Paris , in 1897 , when the ...
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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.