Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... older book to King Pasenadi and in the younger to King Agnidatta - makes it highly probable that Pasenadi ( used as a designation for several kings ) is in reality an official epithet , and that the King's real personal name was ...
... older book to King Pasenadi and in the younger to King Agnidatta - makes it highly probable that Pasenadi ( used as a designation for several kings ) is in reality an official epithet , and that the King's real personal name was ...
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... older documents , and had two distinct settlements . One , probably the older , was in the mountains , in what is now called Nepal . ' The other , probably a later colony , was near Kosambi to the east and has been even confused with ...
... older documents , and had two distinct settlements . One , probably the older , was in the mountains , in what is now called Nepal . ' The other , probably a later colony , was near Kosambi to the east and has been even confused with ...
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... older and more famous Patiṭṭhāna , also a ferry , more generally known as Payaga , on the site of the Allahabad of to- day . Perhaps this more southern one was named after it . One place still farther south may possibly be re- ferred 30 ...
... older and more famous Patiṭṭhāna , also a ferry , more generally known as Payaga , on the site of the Allahabad of to- day . Perhaps this more southern one was named after it . One place still farther south may possibly be re- ferred 30 ...
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... older Champā in Kashmir . Kampilla , the capital of the Northern Pañcālas . It was on the northern bank of the Ganges , about long . 79 ° W. , but its exact site has not yet been decided with certainty . 1 Jāt . 4. 74 . 2 Jāt . 6. 32 ...
... older Champā in Kashmir . Kampilla , the capital of the Northern Pañcālas . It was on the northern bank of the Ganges , about long . 79 ° W. , but its exact site has not yet been decided with certainty . 1 Jāt . 4. 74 . 2 Jāt . 6. 32 ...
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... older one , a hill fortress , more properly Giribbaja , was very ancient , and is said to have been laid out by Mahā Govinda the architect . " The later town , at the foot of the hills , was built by Bimbisāra , the contem- porary of ...
... older one , a hill fortress , more properly Giribbaja , was very ancient , and is said to have been laid out by Mahā Govinda the architect . " The later town , at the foot of the hills , was built by Bimbisāra , the contem- porary 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.