Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... authorities . Why trouble about these miserable heretics ? " Well , I would plead , in extenuation , that I am not the first guilty one . People who found coins and inscriptions have not been deterred from con- sidering them seriously ...
... authorities . Why trouble about these miserable heretics ? " Well , I would plead , in extenuation , that I am not the first guilty one . People who found coins and inscriptions have not been deterred from con- sidering them seriously ...
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... authorities ) inquired once of his courtiers whether there was any king whose glory was greater than his own . And when he was straightway told that Udena of Kosambi surpassed him , he at once de- termined to attack him . Being then ...
... authorities ) inquired once of his courtiers whether there was any king whose glory was greater than his own . And when he was straightway told that Udena of Kosambi surpassed him , he at once de- termined to attack him . Being then ...
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... authorities . were served by a special body of peons , or police , distinguished , as by a kind of uniform , from which they took their name , by a special headdress . These particular men had a bad reputation for extortion and violence ...
... authorities . were served by a special body of peons , or police , distinguished , as by a kind of uniform , from which they took their name , by a special headdress . These particular men had a bad reputation for extortion and violence ...
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... authorities , or of the mint officials , to appear learned . But the people did not fancy the innovation of Sanskrit legends , and the authorities apparently did not care to go on issuing coins not popular with the people . So in our ...
... authorities , or of the mint officials , to appear learned . But the people did not fancy the innovation of Sanskrit legends , and the authorities apparently did not care to go on issuing coins not popular with the people . So in our ...
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... authorities just referred to ( which are quite independent one of another , and yet confirm one another in the most important mat- ters ) are conclusive evidence that the changes had actually taken place . Taken separately , each of ...
... authorities just referred to ( which are quite independent one of another , and yet confirm one another in the most important mat- ters ) are conclusive evidence that the changes had actually taken place . Taken separately , each of ...
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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.