Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... evidence . The evidence here collected , a good deal of it for the first time , is necessarily imperfect ; but it seems of- ten to be so suggestive , to throw so much light on points hitherto dark , or even unsuspected , that the ...
... evidence . The evidence here collected , a good deal of it for the first time , is necessarily imperfect ; but it seems of- ten to be so suggestive , to throw so much light on points hitherto dark , or even unsuspected , that the ...
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... politi- cal importance . And the tendency towards the gradual absorption of these domains , and also of the republics , into the neighbouring kingdoms , was already in full force . The evidence at present available. CHAPTER CONTENTS.
... politi- cal importance . And the tendency towards the gradual absorption of these domains , and also of the republics , into the neighbouring kingdoms , was already in full force . The evidence at present available. CHAPTER CONTENTS.
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Thomas William Rhys Davids. already in full force . The evidence at present available is not sufficient to give us an exact idea either of the extent of country , or of the number of the population , under the one or the other form of ...
Thomas William Rhys Davids. already in full force . The evidence at present available is not sufficient to give us an exact idea either of the extent of country , or of the number of the population , under the one or the other form of ...
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... evidence that , when the tradition arose , King Pajjota of Avanti and King Udena of Kosambi were believed to have been con- temporary rulers of adjoining kingdoms , and to have been connected by marriage and engaged in war . We hear a ...
... evidence that , when the tradition arose , King Pajjota of Avanti and King Udena of Kosambi were believed to have been con- temporary rulers of adjoining kingdoms , and to have been connected by marriage and engaged in war . We hear a ...
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... evidence of a further stage of political movement . And in geographical knowledge they look at things from an advanced point of view . They know a very little farther south at the one point where the old list goes farthest in that ...
... evidence of a further stage of political movement . And in geographical knowledge they look at things from an advanced point of view . They know a very little farther south at the one point where the old list goes farthest in that ...
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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.