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Introduction
Temples of different kinds. The heretics are very numerous but principally the Pasupatas (the cindercovering heretics).
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The records of the country state: Sixty years before this flourished Siladitya a man of eminent wisdom and great learning; his skill in literature was profound. He cherished and protected the four kinds of creatures, and deeply respected the three pleasures. From the time of his birth to his last hour, his face never crimsoned with anger, nor did his hands ever injured a living thing. His elephants and horses drank water that has been strained, after which he gave it them, lest any creature living in the water should be injured. Such were his love and humanity. During the fifty years and more of his reign, the wild beasts became familiar with men, and the people did not injure or slay them. By the side of his palaces he built a Vihara. He exhausted the skill of the artist, and used every kind of ornaments in decorating it. In it he put images of several Buddhas, Lords of the World. Every year he convoked an assembly called Moksha Maha Parishad, and summoned the priests of the four quarters. He offered them the four things in religious charities; he also gave them sets of three garments used in the religious services and also bestowed on them the seven precious jewels in wonderful varieties. This meritorious custom has continued in practice without interruption till now." (pp. 260-62. Book II. Buddhist Records of the Western World--Beal.) It is this Siladitya, who according to Dr. Jayaswal, is referred to in the Aryamanjuṣrī Kalpa. *
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* This Sila the Dharmraja, of the family of Dhara is Siladitya Dharmaditya I, the seventh in succession from
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