Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... early under the influence of Buddhism , we find , besides a still sur- viving number of small aristocratic republics , four kingdoms of considerable extent and power . Be- sides , there were a dozen or more of smaller king- doms , like ...
... early under the influence of Buddhism , we find , besides a still sur- viving number of small aristocratic republics , four kingdoms of considerable extent and power . Be- sides , there were a dozen or more of smaller king- doms , like ...
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... earliest Buddhist records reveal the survival , side by side . with more or less powerful monarchies , of republics with either complete or modified independence . It is significant that this important factor in the social condition of ...
... earliest Buddhist records reveal the survival , side by side . with more or less powerful monarchies , of republics with either complete or modified independence . It is significant that this important factor in the social condition of ...
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... early in the new movement , he proclaimed himself an adhe rent , in a special sense , of the Buddha's . ' This was in consequence of a talk he had had with the Buddha himself . The King had asked him how he , being so young , as ...
... early in the new movement , he proclaimed himself an adhe rent , in a special sense , of the Buddha's . ' This was in consequence of a talk he had had with the Buddha himself . The King had asked him how he , being so young , as ...
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... early alluded to , and is no doubt a historical fact . It is said to have preceded only by a year or two the death of the Buddha himself . The beginning of this story , on the other hand , seems very forced . Would a family of ...
... early alluded to , and is no doubt a historical fact . It is said to have preceded only by a year or two the death of the Buddha himself . The beginning of this story , on the other hand , seems very forced . Would a family of ...
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... early years of Buddhism . Vesāli , soon to become a " Magadha town , " is still inde- pendent . And Angā and Kāsī , then incorporated in neighbouring kingdoms , are apparently looked upon as of equal rank with the others . It is evident ...
... early years of Buddhism . Vesāli , soon to become a " Magadha town , " is still inde- pendent . And Angā and Kāsī , then incorporated in neighbouring kingdoms , are apparently looked upon as of equal rank with the others . It is evident ...
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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.