Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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Page v
... things are pointed out below . But the other side of the question should not be ignored . If we com- pare the materials available for the history , say , of England in the eighth or ninth century A.D. with the materials available for ...
... things are pointed out below . But the other side of the question should not be ignored . If we com- pare the materials available for the history , say , of England in the eighth or ninth century A.D. with the materials available for ...
Page vii
... things is nearly as bad . In all England , for instance , there are two chairs of Sanskrit . In Germany the Gov- ernments provide more than twenty - just as if Ger- many's interests in India were more than ten times as great as ours ...
... things is nearly as bad . In all England , for instance , there are two chairs of Sanskrit . In Germany the Gov- ernments provide more than twenty - just as if Ger- many's interests in India were more than ten times as great as ours ...
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... things existent some time before , and handed on by tradition in the Buddhist schools . But this only adds to its interest and importance . Geographically also the list is very suggestive . No place south of Avanti ( about 23 ° N ...
... things existent some time before , and handed on by tradition in the Buddhist schools . But this only adds to its interest and importance . Geographically also the list is very suggestive . No place south of Avanti ( about 23 ° N ...
Page 43
... things in the seventh century B.C. , either on the shores of the Mediterranean on the one hand , or in the Ganges Valley on the other , is sufficiently clear and precise to justify our taking for granted the then inferiority of the ...
... things in the seventh century B.C. , either on the shores of the Mediterranean on the one hand , or in the Ganges Valley on the other , is sufficiently clear and precise to justify our taking for granted the then inferiority of the ...
Page 50
... things , in this respect , had improved in the interval between the times re- ferred to in our records , and that of Megasthenes . We shall see below , in the chapter on Chandragupta , that his statements often require correction . And ...
... things , in this respect , had improved in the interval between the times re- ferred to in our records , and that of Megasthenes . We shall see below , in the chapter on Chandragupta , that his statements often require correction . And ...
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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.