The Bhilsa Topes, Or, Buddhist Monuments of Central India: Comprising a Brief Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress and Decline of Buddhism ...

Smith, Elder, 1854 - Bhilsa (India) - 370 pages

CHAPTER I	1

3 First Synod of five hundred monks	3

Philosophical systems of ditto	4

No 2 Tope	5

Surrounded by a Buddhist railing	6

Inscriptions on Rocks and Pillars	7

The five Dhyáni Buddhas or personifications of the elements	10

Existing before Sákyas advent	13

Causes of the decline and fall of Buddhism	167

No 11	174

1 Position of No 2 Tope	177

Ceremonies on closing the reliccasket	186

Style of sculpture in the lions	195

CHAPTER XV	201

Worship of Buddhaas flame	207

SOUTH GATEWAY	213

CHAPTER VII	15

The four classes of Kleitarchos	16

Funeral Topes	19

Burning of his corpse	22

Height of ditto	28

CHAPTER III	31

TOPE SÁNCHI	35

PAGE	36

No 10	38

Identification of Kachhayana and Katyayana	49

31	51

CHAPTER IV	55

TOPE SONÁRI	64

Difference between Buddhist and Christian ideas of immortality	67

1 Succession of teachers	73

The Bauddha community	77

BUDDHIST SCHISMS	81

CHAPTER VIII	87

Identity of Priyadarsi and Asoka	109

Appointed Governor of Ujain	112

CHAPTER X	115

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

Accession and conquests of Asoka	149

Inscription of Chandra Gupta at Udayagiri	150

Sanakánika name of the kingdom of Bhilsa	151

Vaishnava faith of the princes of Sanakánika	152

Lokáditya	161

Left PillarInner Face	233

97	250

Cornices or copings added to	258

On southern pillar	259

CHAPTER XVII	269

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

1 Present appearance and former size	295

His death and cremation	305

Position of the Topes	311

Tope No 1 of brick	321

No 1 Tope	342

Buddhist railing	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

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

Gotiputra the missionary to Dardábhisára

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Title	The Bhilsa Topes, Or, Buddhist Monuments of Central India: Comprising a Brief Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress and Decline of Buddhism ...
Author	Alexander Cunningham
Publisher	Smith, Elder, 1854
Original from	The British Library
Digitized	18 Aug 2014
Length	370 pages

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