Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... VILLAGE IV . SOCIAL GRADES · V. IN THE TOWN . VI . ECONOMIC CONDITIONS VII . WRITING THE BEGINNINGS VIII . WRITING ITS DEVELOPMENT IX . LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE . I. GENERAL VIEW . X. LITERATURE . PAGE I 17 42 52 63 87 107 121 · · 140 XI ...
... VILLAGE IV . SOCIAL GRADES · V. IN THE TOWN . VI . ECONOMIC CONDITIONS VII . WRITING THE BEGINNINGS VIII . WRITING ITS DEVELOPMENT IX . LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE . I. GENERAL VIEW . X. LITERATURE . PAGE I 17 42 52 63 87 107 121 · · 140 XI ...
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... village in Kasi in dispute . Three years after- wards Pasenadi's son Vidūḍabha revolted against his father , who was then at Ulumba in the Sakiya . country . The latter fled to Rājagaha to ask Ajāta- sattu for aid ; but was taken ill ...
... village in Kasi in dispute . Three years after- wards Pasenadi's son Vidūḍabha revolted against his father , who was then at Ulumba in the Sakiya . country . The latter fled to Rājagaha to ask Ajāta- sattu for aid ; but was taken ill ...
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... village were carried on in open assembly of the householders , held in the groves which , then as now , formed so distinctive a feature of each village in the long and level alluvial plain . It was no doubt in this plain , stretching ...
... village were carried on in open assembly of the householders , held in the groves which , then as now , formed so distinctive a feature of each village in the long and level alluvial plain . It was no doubt in this plain , stretching ...
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... villages were separated one from another by forest jungle , the remains of the Great Wood ( the Maha Vana ) , por- tions of which are so frequently mentioned as still surviving throughout the clanships , and which must originally ( not ...
... villages were separated one from another by forest jungle , the remains of the Great Wood ( the Maha Vana ) , por- tions of which are so frequently mentioned as still surviving throughout the clanships , and which must originally ( not ...
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... villages and to have been three hundred leagues ( about twenty- three hundred miles ) in circumference . * 3 3. The Kāsis are of course the people settled in the district round Benares . In the time of the Buddha this famous old kingdom ...
... villages and to have been three hundred leagues ( about twenty- three hundred miles ) in circumference . * 3 3. The Kāsis are of course the people settled in the district round Benares . In the time of the Buddha this famous old kingdom ...
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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.