Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian StatesJ. Murray, 1919 |
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Page lxxxi
... Buddhism hardly any of the old virtue or rationalism can be traced . But the early art and principal Buddhist literature of India are inspired by a beautiful devotion and a reasonable morality . A summary of the spirit of Buddhism can ...
... Buddhism hardly any of the old virtue or rationalism can be traced . But the early art and principal Buddhist literature of India are inspired by a beautiful devotion and a reasonable morality . A summary of the spirit of Buddhism can ...
Page lxxxii
... Buddhist mission to Ceylon . After Asoka's time Buddhism more and more affected the literature and art of India . Towards the beginning of the Christian era exterior influences began to operate upon the religion , then widespread and ...
... Buddhist mission to Ceylon . After Asoka's time Buddhism more and more affected the literature and art of India . Towards the beginning of the Christian era exterior influences began to operate upon the religion , then widespread and ...
Page lxxxiii
... Buddhist as a popular religion , after the latter's pre- valence for approximately one thousand years , so that Buddhism became by degrees assimilated to Hinduism ; and by the 8th century Buddhism was no longer a philosophic doctrine ...
... Buddhist as a popular religion , after the latter's pre- valence for approximately one thousand years , so that Buddhism became by degrees assimilated to Hinduism ; and by the 8th century Buddhism was no longer a philosophic doctrine ...
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Agra Ahmadabad Akbar ancient arches architecture Asoka Aurangzeb bank beautiful Benares Bengal Bombay Brahman British Buddh Gaya Buddha Buddhist building built Burma Calcutta called capital carved cave Cawnpore centre century Ceylon chaitya chief Church College columns court Delhi District dome Emperor erected European famous figures front garden Gate gateway Ghat Government Gujarat Gwalior hall hill Hindu Hooghly House India irrigation Jain Jhansi junction station Kashmir Khan King lake lakhs Lord Lucknow Madras Mahal Maharaja Mahrattas marble Masjid ment mosque Mughal Muhammadan Mutiny Muttra Nagpur Narbada native officers ornament Oudh palace Panjab Parsi Peshwa picturesque pillars population Port Prince principal Provinces railway station Raja religion river road round route ruins sacred Sarnath sculptures Shah Jahan shrine side Sikhs Singh Siva steamers stone storeys stupa style Surat tank temple tion tomb tower town troops veranda vihara Vishnu wall