The Bhilsa Topes: Or, Buddhist Monuments of Central India: Comprising a Brief Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Buddhism; with an Account of the Opening and Examination of the Various Groups of Topes Around BhilsaSmith, Elder, 1854 - 368 pages |
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... read of kings bowing reverentially before Topes and Trees ; of princes bearing caskets of relics on their heads , to be shrined in the Topes ; and of the universal reverence paid to the monks . 4. The Buddhist remains now existing may ...
... read of kings bowing reverentially before Topes and Trees ; of princes bearing caskets of relics on their heads , to be shrined in the Topes ; and of the universal reverence paid to the monks . 4. The Buddhist remains now existing may ...
Page 90
... και του αλλου ποταμου , for which I propose to read — και τοῦ Αλάου ποταμου . The change is very slight from A to A. The Greek text has rou and not rov . which has been applied both to the Gandak and to 90 THE BHILSA TOPES .
... και του αλλου ποταμου , for which I propose to read — και τοῦ Αλάου ποταμου . The change is very slight from A to A. The Greek text has rou and not rov . which has been applied both to the Gandak and to 90 THE BHILSA TOPES .
Page 93
... read Varisăra , the " foe - killing arrow , " instead of Várisára , then the name of Amitragháta , or " arrow to his enemies , " might be considered as synonymous with that of the Váyu Purána . 8. But in spite of the difference of names ...
... read Varisăra , the " foe - killing arrow , " instead of Várisára , then the name of Amitragháta , or " arrow to his enemies , " might be considered as synonymous with that of the Váyu Purána . 8. But in spite of the difference of names ...
Page 99
... read simply eighty - four cities and eighty - four Vihárs . The building zeal of Asoka is fully confirmed by the Chinese pilgrim Hwan - Thsang , who travelled through India in the middle of the 7th century of our era . At different ...
... read simply eighty - four cities and eighty - four Vihárs . The building zeal of Asoka is fully confirmed by the Chinese pilgrim Hwan - Thsang , who travelled through India in the middle of the 7th century of our era . At different ...
Page 110
... read with cer- tainty - Antiochus , Ptolemy , Antigonus , and Magas ; and the fifth has been conjectured to be Alexander . James Prinsep , who first read these names , assigned them to the following princes : - • Fo - kwe - ki , c ...
... read with cer- tainty - Antiochus , Ptolemy , Antigonus , and Magas ; and the fifth has been conjectured to be Alexander . James Prinsep , who first read these names , assigned them to the following princes : - • Fo - kwe - ki , c ...
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