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Buddhist India

by T. W. Rhys-Davids. 214 pgs.

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Contributors:

   T. W. Rhys-Davids

Publisher:

   Susil Gupta

Place of Publication:

  Calcutta  

Publication Year:

  1957
Subjects:   Buddhism, India--Civilization, India--History
Table of contents
CONTENTS
I. THE KINGS 1
II. THE CLANS AND NATIONS 9
III. THE VILLAGE 22
IV. SOCIAL GRADES 27
V. IN THE TOWN 33
VI. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 39
VII. WRITING--THE BEGINNINGS 46
VIII. WRITING--THE DEVELOPMENT 53
IX. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE I. GENERAL VIEW 59
X. LITERATURE II. PALI BOOKS 70
XI. THE JATAKA BOOK 85
XII. RELIGION--ANIMISM 96
XIII. RELIGION--THE BRAHMIN POSITION 107
XIV. CHANDRAGUPTA 119
XV. ASOKA 125
XVI. KANISHKA 140
APPENDIX 147
PLATES
INDEX
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