Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... kings , and battles , and authors , have not been preserved in the literature - that is , of course , in the brahmin litera- ture which is all that has hitherto been available to the student . That is unfortunately true , and some of ...
... kings , and battles , and authors , have not been preserved in the literature - that is , of course , in the brahmin litera- ture which is all that has hitherto been available to the student . That is unfortunately true , and some of ...
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... en- trancing interest I have ventured to raise a consider- ation more worthy of them , in every way , than I have been able to give . October , 1902 . T. W. RHYS - DAVIDS . CHAPTER CONTENTS 1 . THE KINGS . II . THE PREFACE vii.
... en- trancing interest I have ventured to raise a consider- ation more worthy of them , in every way , than I have been able to give . October , 1902 . T. W. RHYS - DAVIDS . CHAPTER CONTENTS 1 . THE KINGS . II . THE PREFACE vii.
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Thomas William Rhys Davids. CHAPTER CONTENTS 1 . THE KINGS . II . THE CLANS AND NATIONS III . THE VILLAGE IV . SOCIAL GRADES · V. IN THE TOWN . VI . ECONOMIC CONDITIONS VII . WRITING THE BEGINNINGS VIII . WRITING ITS DEVELOPMENT IX ...
Thomas William Rhys Davids. CHAPTER CONTENTS 1 . THE KINGS . II . THE CLANS AND NATIONS III . THE VILLAGE IV . SOCIAL GRADES · V. IN THE TOWN . VI . ECONOMIC CONDITIONS VII . WRITING THE BEGINNINGS VIII . WRITING ITS DEVELOPMENT IX ...
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Thomas William Rhys Davids. CHAPTER XV . ASOKA XVI . KANISHKA APPENDIX INDEX · PAGE 272 308 321 · 323 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE RESTORATION Frontispiece KING PASENADI IN HIS CHARIOT . X CONTENTS.
Thomas William Rhys Davids. CHAPTER XV . ASOKA XVI . KANISHKA APPENDIX INDEX · PAGE 272 308 321 · 323 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE RESTORATION Frontispiece KING PASENADI IN HIS CHARIOT . X CONTENTS.
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Thomas William Rhys Davids. ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE RESTORATION Frontispiece KING PASENADI IN HIS CHARIOT . ABOVE IS THE WHEEL OF THE LAW 9 From the Bharahat Tope . Pl . xiii . AJAKASATTU STARTING OUT TO VISIT THE BUDDHA KINGS AND QUEENS ...
Thomas William Rhys Davids. ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE RESTORATION Frontispiece KING PASENADI IN HIS CHARIOT . ABOVE IS THE WHEEL OF THE LAW 9 From the Bharahat Tope . Pl . xiii . AJAKASATTU STARTING OUT TO VISIT THE BUDDHA KINGS AND QUEENS ...
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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.