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Attha Sālini, revised in Ceylon,
175 Authors, none known before
Asoka, 179, ISO Avanti, one of the four great kingdoms, 3, 4, 27, 28; incorporated into Magadha, 267; probable home of Pāli, 153,
15+ Avesta, ISI Ayojjhā, 31, 39
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Babylon, 104, 113, 115, 116 Bacon's Essays, 166 Baktria, 313 Bali offerings, 227 Banyan Deer Jätaka, Igo-I94,
198 Barbers, guild of, 94 Barrows, round, the origin of stūpas, So
. Barter, traffic by, 100 Basket makers, 54, 96 Baths, hot-air, 74; open-air, 75 Baveru (Babylon), 104 Behar, 42 Benares, conquest of, by Kosala,
25; size of, 34 Bengal, ignored in old records, Bhaddiya, consul of the Sākiyas,
19 Bhandarkar, Professor, 32, 150,
177 Bharahat Tope, 10, 82, 198, 209,
288 Bharhut, see Bharahat Bharukaccha, first mention of,
31 ; trade at, 38 ; sea vogages
from, 96, 104, 116 Bimbisāra, king of Vagadha, 3;
builds Rājagaha, 37 Bindusara, king of Vagadha.
272, 304 Blacksmiths, 264 Boats, 94, 103 Bodh Gaya, 288, 302 Bodhi, prince of the Vacchas,
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Bodhi, the sacred tree, 229 Bodhisatva, progress of the idea,
177 Books and VISS., IIO. Bower MS., 127, 128 Brahmā, the god, 233 Brahma-Vihāras, 197 Brāhmanas, language of, 147;
morality of, 270, 247 Brāhmi Lipi, later name of the
Asoka alphabet, 117. Brahmin, spelling of the word,
2; their social rank, 57; trades they followed, 57; could marry a Kshatriya, 59; were considered low-born as compared with Kshatriyas, 60 ; their theories as to learning, IIS: claimed to be divinities, IIS; as grammarians, 149, 317; their influence in Budd. hist times, 150, 159; their struggle against the rajputs, iii, 158; the debt we owe to the learned, 210 ; their divisions,
249 Bricks used for writing on, 121
12+ Buddha Carita, 315 Buddha Vamsa, age of, 176 Buddhaghosa, 20, 217 Buddhist Literature, down to
Asoka, chronological table of,
ISS Bühler, Professor, 43, 113, 126,
202, 319 Burgess, James, 31 Burma, 94, 104 Burnouf, 171 Butchers, 93
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Caravans, 95 Cariyā Pițaka, 176, 196 Carpenters, 264 Carts, 93, 98 Caste, 56, 59, 62 Cattle, customs as to village, 15. 4 6
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