Vakataka gupta age: circa 200-550Ramesh Chandra Majumdar, Anant Sadashiv Altekar Many text on music dance and drama continued to be written in different parts of India until the 17th century. Between the 12th and the 16th century regional styles emerged. Medieval texts have been discovered in all parts. One amongst these is the Srihastamuktavali belonging to the eastern tradition. |
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... doubt find the narrative of the political history in this volume rather meagre and sketchy . But in the present state of our knowledge it is not possible to give a fuller account . In spite of the discovery of a large number of coins ...
... doubt find the narrative of the political history in this volume rather meagre and sketchy . But in the present state of our knowledge it is not possible to give a fuller account . In spite of the discovery of a large number of coins ...
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... doubt , had an earlier glimpse of this new material , though in a very compressed form , in Hara Prasad Shastri's School History of India . But Smith's work , occupying a much ampler canvas and full of details and exact references , can ...
... doubt , had an earlier glimpse of this new material , though in a very compressed form , in Hara Prasad Shastri's School History of India . But Smith's work , occupying a much ampler canvas and full of details and exact references , can ...
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... doubt that the missionary and religious activities of monks and preachers contributed a good deal towards the fostering of the cultural unity . A Vasubandhu from Peshawar would go to Ayodhyā to preach his Mahāyāna philosophy , a ...
... doubt that the missionary and religious activities of monks and preachers contributed a good deal towards the fostering of the cultural unity . A Vasubandhu from Peshawar would go to Ayodhyā to preach his Mahāyāna philosophy , a ...
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... doubt , started long before our period , but it is after the beginning of the 3rd century A.D. that we are able to trace its definite course and achievements . Without getting any help from any state in the mother country , private ...
... doubt , started long before our period , but it is after the beginning of the 3rd century A.D. that we are able to trace its definite course and achievements . Without getting any help from any state in the mother country , private ...
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... doubt regarded as Mlechchhas but were nevertheless respected as highly as the ancient sages for their proficiency in astronomy . Hindu scholars had realised that there was nothing wrong in studying the contributions made by other ...
... doubt regarded as Mlechchhas but were nevertheless respected as highly as the ancient sages for their proficiency in astronomy . Hindu scholars had realised that there was nothing wrong in studying the contributions made by other ...
Contents
Coinage in South India | 306 |
CHAPTER XVII | 334 |
General View | 335 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 342 |
Sculpture | 374 |
Technical and Primary Education | 396 |
Bhāsa | 403 |
Technical Literature | 409 |
The Pitribhaktas | 77 |
CHAPTER V | 93 |
Pravarasena II | 113 |
Narendrasena | 121 |
442 | 126 |
Buddhism | 156 |
10 | 166 |
Basim Branch of the Vākāṭakas | 251 |
10 | 285 |
Taxation | 291 |
Jainism | 293 |
The Coinage of the Republics | 298 |
Astronomy | 418 |
THE SAKA RULERS OF WESTERN INDIA | 474 |
CHAPTER VI | 486 |
Index | 491 |
AppendixThe Extent of the kingdom of Chandragupta_I | 493 |
134 | 503 |
Chemistry and Metallurgy | 506 |
ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF THE GUPTA PERIOD | 515 |
Dāmajada I Jivadāman and Rudrasimha | i |
Map of India | |
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Page 465 - ... the sky. From all these emanates a great joy in the surpassing radiance of the face of the world, in the physical nobility of men and women, in the strength and grace of animals and the loveliness and purity of birds and flowers; and woven into this fabric of material beauty we see the ordered pattern of the spiritual values of the universe.
Page 465 - On the hundred walls and pillars of these rock-carved temples a vast drama moves before our eyes, a drama played by princes and sages and heroes, by men and women of every condition, against a marvellously varied scene, among forests and gardens, in courts and cities, on wide plains and in deep jungles, while above the messengers from heaven move swiftly in the sky.
Page 273 - almost all functions of the government, except that of organising the army, determining foreign policy, and declaring and conducting a war, were discharged through the agency of the local bodies, where the representatives of the locality had a powerful voice...
Page 164 - It is difficult for instance to believe that the inheritor of the mighty empire of Samudragupta could be so decisively defeated by a Saka King that he had no means of saving his army or kingdom save by consenting to an act, which would be regarded as the most ignominious by any king in any age, or country, not to speak of the mighty emperor of the golden age of India, who had the blood of Samudragupta running in his veins.
Page 195 - Higher up in India, that is, farther to the north, are the White Huns. The one called Gollas when going to war takes with him, it is said, no fewer than two thousand elephants and a great force of cavalry. He is the lord of India, and oppressing the people forces them to pay tribute.
Page 195 - ... not believe the law of Buddha, but loved to worship demons. The people of the country belonged entirely to the Brahman caste ; they had a great respect for the law of Buddha, and loved to read the sacred books, when suddenly this king came into power, who was strongly opposed to anything of the sort. Entirely selfreliant on his own strength, he had entered on a war with the country of Ki-pin (Cophene),61 disputing the boundaries of their kingdom, and his troops had been already engaged in it...
Page 326 - At the sound of a gong, three thousand priests assemble to eat. When they enter the refectory, their demeanour is grave and ceremonious; they sit down in regular order; they all keep silence; they make no clatter with their bowls, etc. ; and for the attendants to serve more food, they do not call out to them, but only make signs with their hands.
Page 200 - Bal8,ditya8-raja, king of Magadha, profoundly honoured the law of Buddha and tenderly nourished his people. When he heard of the cruel persecution and atrocities of Mahirakula (Ta-tso), he strictly guarded the frontiers of his kingdom and refused to pay tribute.
Page 156 - His officers were always employed in restoring the wealth of the various kings who had been conquered by the strength of his arms.