The Bhilsa Topes Or Buddhist Monuments of Central India: Comprising a Brief Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Buddhism; with an Account of the Opening and Examination of the Various Groups of Topes Around Bhilsa

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Smith, Elder, 1854 - 370 pages

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Contents

Ditto
12
Funeral Topes
13
Intimately connected with Buddhist religion
14
CHAPTER XXIII
15
CHAPTER III
31
Philosophical systems of ditto
32
The Pythagoreans
33
Sákyas faith Buddha Dharma Sangha
34
The Samádhikas Contemplatists and the Prádhánikas Ma terialists
35
Buddhists deny the Creators providence
36
Doctrine of Nirvritti and Pravritti or rest and action
37
The five Dhyáni Buddhas or personifications of the elements
38
The Sankhy a doctrine of the eternity of matter
39
Doctrine of the Sankhya teacher Patanjali
40
The Brahmanical Seswaras and the Aiswárika Buddhists
41
1 Vinaya 2 Sutra 3 Abhidharma
42
Their compilation in B c 543
44
Ditto
45
Ditto
46
Ditto
47
Identification of Kachhayana and Katyayana
49
Ditto
50
Sakya a social reformer
51
Ditto
52
Buddhism and Mahomedanism
53
CHAPTER IV
55
First Synod of five hundred monks
56
CHAPTER V
71
CHAPTER VI
77
CHAPTER VII
81
CHAPTER VIII
87
Antiquity of the Páli Scriptures vindicated
106
Appointed Governor of Ujain
112
The zeal of Asoka anticipated Christianity in religious missions
123
Death of Bindusára
125
Conquests of Menander in India
126
The Scythian Mauas expels the Greeks
127
Rise of the Yuchi or Tochari under Kadphises
128
Milindu Raja of Sakala
130
Buddhism extended into Tibet
131
By Klemens of Alexandria
133
By Palladius and Scholastikos
135
In the Hindu dramas
136
CHAPTER XII
138
Gupta era dates from establishment of dynasty
139
Gupta kings mentioned by the Chinese
140
Chronological table of the Guptas
141
7 Mr Thomass chronology
145
Reasons for adopting a later date
146
Silver currency of Gujrat copied from the drachmas of Apollodotus
149
Inscription of Chandra Gupta at Udayagiri
150
Sanakánika name of the kingdom of Bhilsa
151
Vaishnava faith of the princes of Sanakánika
152
Causes of the decline and fall of Buddhism
167
14 Other additions by subsequent kings
175
The same description applies to the Great Sánchi Tope
176
1819 Various shapes of Topes
177
Their age ascertained approximately from shape
178
CHAPTER XIV
179
Group of Topes at Sánchi
180
Name of Sánchi
181
Story of the holy nettle at Shachi
182
Situation of the Great Tope No 1
183
Shape of the dome
184
Upper enclosure
185
Height of the Tope
186
Pillars of colonnade
187
Four gateways
189
Left PillarInner Face
233
CHAPTER IX
269
SECOND SYNOD
270
Position of Tope
275
Pinnacle
276
Ornaments of pillars
277
Basreliefs of Tope and wheel pillar
278
CHAPTER XIX
280
CHAPTER XX
285
Relicbox with inscription
286
Inscriptions on the steatite boxes
287
Remarks on the enshrined relics
289
Relics of ten Buddhist teachers in 240 B C
291
Intimate connection between the principal Buddhist leaders
292
Value of genealogies derivable from other Topes
293
CHAPTER XXI
295
Pillars of ditto
296
Relicchamber with two relicboxes
297
Series of seven precious things according to the Chinese
298
Reliccasket of Maha Mogalána
299
Sákyas account of Sáriputra
301
His death and cremation
305
Relics of both found at Satdhára
306
Date of Tope perhaps 500 B C of railing 250 B C
307
Other Topes at Sánchi
308
CHAPTER XXII
309
Wheel pillar at Srávasti
310
Situation of Topes
311
Dimensions of Tope
312
CHAPTER XXIV
320
CHAPTER XXV
327
Situation of Topes
328
No 1 Tope A
329
No 2 Tope B
330
Opening of ditto
331
No 3 Tope C
332
No 4 Tope D
333
No 7 Tope a second stage
334
Relicjar of Patito the degraded
335
Relicjar of Upahitaka
336
No 8 Tope b
337
No 10 d
338
No 11 e
339
Third stage of Topes
340
Fourth stage of Topes
341
CHAPTER XXVI
342
Position of the Topes
343
Opening of No 1
344
No 2 Tope
345
Opening of ditto
346
Tall steatite reliccasket
347
No 3 Tope
348
Relics presented by Aswa DevaInk writing
349
CHAPTER XXVII
351
The wheel a symbol of universal dominion
352
Crowns the summits of the Sánchi gateways
353
Quadruple symbol of Buddha
355
1 Early observations of mankind
356
Symbol of Sangha
358
Triple symbol of Dharma
359
Probable Buddhist origin of Vithoba
360
Fair at Besnagar
361
Origin of the fair
362
Besnagar probably included in Vidarbha
363
Foundation of Bhilsa
364
1 Ten indulgences claimed by the Vaisáli fraternity
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