The Early History of India from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest: Including the Invasion of Alexander the Great |
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Alexander Alexander's ancient Andhra Antiochos army Arrian Asoka authority Bactria Beal Bengal Brahmanical Buddha Buddhist capital cavalry century A. D. Ceylon Chalukya Chandella Chandragupta Chavannes chiefs China Chinese Chola coins conquest contemporary Cunningham death defeat district dominions dynasty elephants emperor empire Eukratides foreign frontier Gandhāra Greek Gupta Harsha Hindu Hiuen Tsang Huns Huvishka Hydaspes India Indus inscriptions invasion Jain Jihlam Kabul Kadphises Kalinga Kanauj Kanchi Kanishka Kashmir king kingdom known Kushan later legend Macedonian Magadha Mahāyāna Matsya Maurya Menander miles monarch monastery Muhammadan Northern India occupied Pallava Pandya Panjab Parthian Pataliputra period Persian pilgrim Pōros prince probably provinces Purānas Pushyamitra Rāja recorded reign religion river Rock Edicts Roman royal Saka Samudragupta Sanskrit satrap Seleukos seventh century Siva Soter Southern sovereign Strabo succeeded successor Taxila temples territory throne tion town tradition transl tribes western Yueh-chi καὶ
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Page 286 - He went from east to west subduing all who were not obedient; the elephants were not unharnessed nor the soldiers unbelted (unhelmeted). After six years he had subdued the Five Indies.
Page 311 - ... this prodigious army, once shaken, like a great " building, tottered to its fall, and was lost in its own ruins.
Page 275 - They were distinguished from the rest of the human species by their broad shoulders, flat noses, and small black eyes, deeply buried in the head...
Page 157 - That they have provided for the feeding of souls. Building of hospitals provides for men's bodies; to build material temples is judged a work of piety; but they that procure spiritual food, they that build up spiritual temples, they are the men truly charitable, truly pious.
Page 278 - Han could not be operated for the entire country, and, where preserved, was often much weakened. The cultural unity achieved by them was also threatened. Foreign influences, especially Buddhism, wrought striking modifications in the life of the country.
Page 100 - ... the blazing heat and want of water destroyed a great part of the army, and especially the beasts of burden, which perished from the great depth of the sand, and the heat which scorched like fire, while a great many died of thirst.
Page 10 - Modern European writers have been inclined to disparage unduly the authority of the Puranic lists, but closer study finds in them much genuine and valuable historical tradition.
Page 142 - The royal palace and halls in the midst of the city, which exist now as of old, were all made by spirits which he employed, and which piled up the stones, reared the walls and gates, and executed the elegant carving and inlaid sculpturework, — in a way which no human hands of this world could accomplish.
Page 28 - And now I betake myself, Lord, to the Blessed One as my refuge, to the Truth, and to the Order. May the Blessed One accept me as a disciple, as one who, from this day forth, as long as life endures, has taken his refuge in them.
Page 260 - Those who want to go away, may go; those who want to stop, may stop. The king in his administration uses no corporal punishments; criminals are merely fined according to the gravity of their offences. Even for a second attempt at rebellion the punishment is only the loss of the right hand.