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nucleus of historic fact.' He succeeded very well in doing so, but perhaps the most suggestive fact we may learn from the play is, that in spite of the brah. mins, the memory of Chandragupta had survived, in the people's hearts, all through that long interval of priestly silence - another proof, if any were needed, that it is not very wise to trust altogether exclusively to brahmin evidence.
1 Indische Altherthumskundi, 2nd Ed., pp. 205–222.
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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