Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... importance , in Europe , for the earlier periods , all the inherited materials have been made available for the historical student by properly edited and annotated editions , and also by dictionaries , monographs , and helps of all ...
... importance , in Europe , for the earlier periods , all the inherited materials have been made available for the historical student by properly edited and annotated editions , and also by dictionaries , monographs , and helps of all ...
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... 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.
... 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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... important factor in the social condition of India in the sixth and seventh centuries B. C. has remained hitherto unnoticed by scholars either in Europe or in India . They have relied for their information about the Indian peo- ples too ...
... important factor in the social condition of India in the sixth and seventh centuries B. C. has remained hitherto unnoticed by scholars either in Europe or in India . They have relied for their information about the Indian peo- ples too ...
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... importance are as follows : 1. The kingdom of Magadha , with its capital at Rājagaha ( afterwards at Paṭaliputta ) , reigned over at first by King Bimbisāra and afterwards by his son Ajātasattu . - 2. To the north - west there was the ...
... importance are as follows : 1. The kingdom of Magadha , with its capital at Rājagaha ( afterwards at Paṭaliputta ) , reigned over at first by King Bimbisāra and afterwards by his son Ajātasattu . - 2. To the north - west there was the ...
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... importance of the families of their respective founders that the later records , both of the Jains and of the Buddhists , differ from the earlier ones . It is scarcely probable , therefore , that the actual originating cause of ...
... importance of the families of their respective founders that the later records , both of the Jains and of the Buddhists , differ from the earlier ones . It is scarcely probable , therefore , that the actual originating cause of ...
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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.