Buddhist IndiaG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903 - 332 pages |
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... whole of India would be under the sway of monarchical governments . In those parts of India which came very early under the influence of Buddhism , we find , besides a still sur- viving number of small aristocratic republics , four ...
... whole of India would be under the sway of monarchical governments . In those parts of India which came very early under the influence of Buddhism , we find , besides a still sur- viving number of small aristocratic republics , four ...
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... whole of the Third Samyutta , consisting of twenty - five anecdotes , each with a moral bias , is devoted to him . And there are about an equal number of references to him in other parts of the literature . Educated at the celebrated ...
... whole of the Third Samyutta , consisting of twenty - five anecdotes , each with a moral bias , is devoted to him . And there are about an equal number of references to him in other parts of the literature . Educated at the celebrated ...
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... whole level country between the foot of the mountains and the Great River , the Ganges . After the destruction of the clans by the neighbouring monarchies this jungle again spread over the country . From the fourth century onwards ...
... whole level country between the foot of the mountains and the Great River , the Ganges . After the destruction of the clans by the neighbouring monarchies this jungle again spread over the country . From the fourth century onwards ...
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... whole of South India and Ceylon ignored in it , but there is also no mention of Orissa , of Bengal east of the Ganges , or even of the Dekkan . The horizon of those who drew up the list is strictly bounded on the north by the Himalayas ...
... whole of South India and Ceylon ignored in it , but there is also no mention of Orissa , of Bengal east of the Ganges , or even of the Dekkan . The horizon of those who drew up the list is strictly bounded on the north by the Himalayas ...
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... whole country comprised in our modern phrase the Dekkan . But it is used , in the very passage in question , as de- scriptive of a remote settlement or colony on the banks of the upper Godhāvari . The expression does not occur in any ...
... whole country comprised in our modern phrase the Dekkan . But it is used , in the very passage in question , as de- scriptive of a remote settlement or colony on the banks of the upper Godhāvari . The expression does not occur in any ...
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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.