The Betrayal of Buddhism: An Abridged Version of the Report of the Buddhist Committee of Inquiry |
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... pay survey fees for the lands in respect of which their claims allowed . In most cases they had to pay twice the value e land . The temples had no right of appeal against any decision of the Temple Lands Registration Commissioners . It is ...
... pay survey fees for the lands in respect of which their claims allowed . In most cases they had to pay twice the value e land . The temples had no right of appeal against any decision of the Temple Lands Registration Commissioners . It is ...
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... Temple Lands Registration Commissioners . It is estimated that in all the temples lost as much as 800,000 acres . The other enactment was the Service Tenures Ordinance , passed at the instance of the missionaries who found the system of ...
... Temple Lands Registration Commissioners . It is estimated that in all the temples lost as much as 800,000 acres . The other enactment was the Service Tenures Ordinance , passed at the instance of the missionaries who found the system of ...
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... Lands made a daring attempt to create a new type of land tenure for the Archbishop on Crown land . When Crown land ... temple lands did not give such rights . Those tenures were based on customary laws which the Buddhist monks could not ...
... Lands made a daring attempt to create a new type of land tenure for the Archbishop on Crown land . When Crown land ... temple lands did not give such rights . Those tenures were based on customary laws which the Buddhist monks could not ...
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