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What people are saying - Write a reviewWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Related booksOther editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesAjatasatru Alexander Alexander's ancient Andhra Antiochos Aornos army Arrian Asoka authority Bactria Bactrian Beal Bengal Brahmanical Buddha Buddhist capital cavalry Ceylon Chalukya Chandragupta China Chinese Chola coins conquest contemporary Cunningham Curtius death defeat District dominions dynasty elephants emperor empire Eukratides fleet foreign frontier Gedrosia Greek Gupta Harsha Hindu Hiuen Tsang Hydaspes Hyphasis India Indus inscriptions invasion Jain Jalalpur Jihlam Kabul Kadphises Kalinga Kanauj Kanchi Kanishka Kashmir king kingdom known Kushan later legend Macedonian Magadha Malwa Maurya McCrindle Megasthenes Menander miles monarch monastery Muhammadan Northern India occupied Pallava Pandya Panjab Parthian Pataliputra period Persian pilgrim Pillar Poros prince probably provinces Pulikesin Puranas Pushyamitra Raja recorded reign religion river Rock Edicts Roman royal Saka Samudragupta Sanskrit satrap Seleukos seventh century Siva Southern sovereign Strabo succeeded successor Taxila temples territory throne tion town tradition tribes Vikramaditya western Yueh-chi Popular passagesPage 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 163 - In 1772, this hospital contained horses, mules, oxen, sheep, goats, monkeys, poultry, pigeons, and a variety of birds; also an aged tortoise, which was known to have been there seventy-five years. The most extraordinary ward was that appropriated for rats, mice, bugs, and other noxious vermin, for whom suitable food was provided. 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 102 - ... 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 300 - In old days the kingdom of Kalinga had a very dense population. Their shoulders rubbed one with the other, and the axles of their chariot wheels grided together, and when they raised their arm-sleeves a perfect tent was... 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 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 159 - 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 236 - I have subjugated three regions ; all men have taken refuge with me ; the region of the north alone has not come in to make its submission. If I subjugate it, I shall never again take advantage of an opportunity against any one, be he who he may, but I do not yet know the best way to succeed in this undertaking. 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. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarNegotiating Evidence: History, Archaeology and the Indus CivilisationSUDESHNA GUHA - 2005 - Modern Asian Studies The Conquests of Alexander the GreatWaldemar Heckel References from web pagesJSTOR: The Early History of India from 600 bc to the Muhammadan ... CHARBO'S ANTIQUARIAAT Bibliographic information
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