Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... interesting from the comparative point of view that the 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 ...
... interesting from the comparative point of view that the 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 ...
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... interesting to know whether the attack was ever made , and what measure of success it had . We know that afterwards , in the fourth century B.C. , Ujjeni had become subject to Magadha , and that Asoka , when a young man , was appointed ...
... interesting to know whether the attack was ever made , and what measure of success it had . We know that afterwards , in the fourth century B.C. , Ujjeni had become subject to Magadha , and that Asoka , when a young man , was appointed ...
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... interesting to no- tice that the names are names , not of countries , but of peoples , as we might say Italians or Turks . This shows that the main idea in the minds of those who drew up , or used , this old list was still tribal and ...
... interesting to no- tice that the names are names , not of countries , but of peoples , as we might say Italians or Turks . This shows that the main idea in the minds of those who drew up , or used , this old list was still tribal and ...
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... interesting to notice that while tradition makes Videha a kingdom in 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 ...
... interesting to notice that while tradition makes Videha a kingdom in 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 ...
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... interesting to find that women are proud to bear a part in such works of public utility . " The economic conditions in such villages were simple . None of the householders could have been . what would now be called rich . On the other ...
... interesting to find that women are proud to bear a part in such works of public utility . " The economic conditions in such villages were simple . None of the householders could have been . what would now be called rich . On the other ...
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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.