Brings together a broad spectrum of research and translations from Chinese, Burmese, Tibetan and Pali Buddhist sources. Includes collected folklore and early studies on the life of the Buddha; Dutt's prize-winning investigation of Buddhist monks in ancient India; Beal's insightful travel-log offering a valuable sourcebook of ancient Indian history; Edkin's important early work detailing the history of Buddhism and its spread through China; and Bigandet's modestly titled text providing a complete exposition of the great system of Eastern Asia.
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IF we examine in succession the rules of the emperors, or look into the records of the monarchs, when P'au I began to adjust matters and Hien-yuen began to let fall his robes, we see how they administered the affairs, and first divided the limits of the empire. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
iooo priests, bequeathed body, great snowy mountains, ioo paces, seven precious substances, several myriads, holy fruit, ling mountains, religious merit, fifty priests, esteem learning Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hiuen Tsiang, General Cunningham, Marco Polo, Southern India, Max Muller, North India, South India, Hinen Tsiang, Hiuen Wang, Spence Hardy, Colonel Yule, Eastern India, White Water, Cock's-foot Mountain, Monier Williams, Pali Diet, Tath Bata, Wood's Oxus New!
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IF we examine in succession the rules of the emperors, or look into the records of the monarchs, when P'au I began to adjust matters and Hien-yuen began to let fall his robes, we see how they administered the affairs, and first divided the limits of the empire. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
iooo priests, bequeathed body, great snowy mountains, ioo paces, seven precious substances, several myriads, holy fruit, ling mountains, religious merit, fifty priests, esteem learning Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hiuen Tsiang, General Cunningham, Marco Polo, Southern India, Max Muller, North India, South India, Hinen Tsiang, Hiuen Wang, Spence Hardy, Colonel Yule, Eastern India, White Water, Cock's-foot Mountain, Monier Williams, Pali Diet, Tath Bata, Wood's Oxus New!
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- Manual of Buddhism by R. Spence Hardy on page 152
- Sacred Traces: British Explorations of Buddhism in South Asia (Histories of Visions) (Histories of Visions) by Janice Leoshko in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Courtesans and Tantric Consorts: Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography, and Ritual by Serinity Young on page 37, and Back Matter
- Becoming the Buddha: The Ritual of Image Consecration in Thailand (Buddhisms) by Donald K. Swearer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Nomads in the Sedentary World (Curzon in Association With Iias) by Anatoly M. Khazanov on page 232
- Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India (Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society) by Daud Ali in Back Matter
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