Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... earlier periods , though we have inherited a connected history of one corner in the south - east of the continent , the records . handed down for the rest of Europe are perhaps as slight and as imperfect as those handed down in India ...
... earlier periods , though we have inherited a connected history of one corner in the south - east of the continent , the records . handed down for the rest of Europe are perhaps as slight and as imperfect as those handed down in India ...
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... earlier ones . It is scarcely probable , therefore , that the actual originating cause of Viḍūḍabha's invasion of the Sakiya territory was exactly as set out above . He may have used the arrogance of the Sakiyas , per- haps , as a ...
... earlier ones . It is scarcely probable , therefore , that the actual originating cause of Viḍūḍabha's invasion of the Sakiya territory was exactly as set out above . He may have used the arrogance of the Sakiyas , per- haps , as a ...
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... earlier times , it describes it in the Buddha's time as a republic . Its size , as a separate kingdom , is said to have been three hundred leagues ( about twenty - three hundred miles ) in circumference . ' Its capital , Mithila , was ...
... earlier times , it describes it in the Buddha's time as a republic . Its size , as a separate kingdom , is said to have been three hundred leagues ( about twenty - three hundred miles ) in circumference . ' Its capital , Mithila , was ...
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... earlier of the two . The Cey- lon chronicles , therefore , in dating the first colony in the very year of the Buddha's death ( a wrong syn- chronism which is the cause of much confusion in their early chronology ) must be in error . It ...
... earlier of the two . The Cey- lon chronicles , therefore , in dating the first colony in the very year of the Buddha's death ( a wrong syn- chronism which is the cause of much confusion in their early chronology ) must be in error . It ...
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... earlier times the capital had been Mähissati . " Ved- isa , where the famous Bhilsa Topes were lately found , and Erakaccha , another well - known site , were in the vicinity . Vedisa was fifty leagues from Pāṭaliputta . ' Vesali . This ...
... earlier times the capital had been Mähissati . " Ved- isa , where the famous Bhilsa Topes were lately found , and Erakaccha , another well - known site , were in the vicinity . Vedisa was fifty leagues from Pāṭaliputta . ' Vesali . This ...
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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.