Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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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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... clan , without distinction of age or sex . The details of the story have not been found as yet in our oldest records . ' But the main circumstance of the war against the clan is very early alluded to , and is no doubt a historical fact ...
... clan , without distinction of age or sex . The details of the story have not been found as yet in our oldest records . ' But the main circumstance of the war against the clan is very early alluded to , and is no doubt a historical fact ...
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... clan , equally free and equally proud , the Liccha- vis of Vesāli , was married to Bimbisāra , king of Magadha . ' It is , furthermore , almost certain that the royal family at Savatthi was simply one of the patrician families who had ...
... clan , equally free and equally proud , the Liccha- vis of Vesāli , was married to Bimbisāra , king of Magadha . ' It is , furthermore , almost certain that the royal family at Savatthi was simply one of the patrician families who had ...
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... Vajjians . But that the Licchavis were a sub - clan of the Vajjians is clear from A. 4. 16 . 2 S. 2. 268 . & M. 3. 7 . 4 S. 2. 242 ; Vinaya Texts , 3. 238-265 ; Sum , 138 , etc. About the same time Bimbisāra , the King , handed THE KINGS ...
... Vajjians . But that the Licchavis were a sub - clan of the Vajjians is clear from A. 4. 16 . 2 S. 2. 268 . & M. 3. 7 . 4 S. 2. 242 ; Vinaya Texts , 3. 238-265 ; Sum , 138 , etc. About the same time Bimbisāra , the King , handed THE KINGS ...
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... of Rāma , and the teacher of Gotama . But the above four are the only ones of whom we have accounts in any detail . See , for instance , M. B. V. 89 . 2 M. 2. 83 . CHAPTER II THE CLANS AND NATIONS T is much the 16 BUDDHIST INDIA.
... of Rāma , and the teacher of Gotama . But the above four are the only ones of whom we have accounts in any detail . See , for instance , M. B. V. 89 . 2 M. 2. 83 . CHAPTER II THE CLANS AND NATIONS T is much the 16 BUDDHIST INDIA.
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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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