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JAINISM,
OR
THE EARLY FAITH OF ASOKA;
WITH
ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ANCIENT RELIGIONS OF THE EAST,
FROM
THE PANTHEON OF THE INDO-SCYTHIANS.
(Read at the Meeting of the Royal Asiatic Society, Feb. 26, 1877.)
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A NOTICE ON BACTRIAN COINS AND INDIAN DATES.
BY
EDWARD THOMAS, F.R.S.,
CORRESPONDANT DE L'INSTITUT DE FRANCE; CORRESPONDING MEMBER GERMAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY ; HON. MEMBER ASIATIC SOCIETY BENGAL;
VICE-PRESIDENT NUMISMATIC SOCIETY.
LONDON: TRÜBNER & Co., 57 AND 59, LUDGATE HILL.
