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... Buddhist texts . The earliest records of Buddhism are not textual but inscriptional , in the famous edicts of the Mauryan emperor Aśoka , who reigned c . 269-232 BC . Among these inscriptions on stone , the so - called 13th rock edict ...
... Buddhist texts . The earliest records of Buddhism are not textual but inscriptional , in the famous edicts of the Mauryan emperor Aśoka , who reigned c . 269-232 BC . Among these inscriptions on stone , the so - called 13th rock edict ...
Page 225
... Buddhist shrines , contributing to the repair of a temple , giving daily food to monks , entering the monk- hood as a novice , attending the temple on all Buddhist holy days , and generally obeying Buddhist precepts . Con- versely , by ...
... Buddhist shrines , contributing to the repair of a temple , giving daily food to monks , entering the monk- hood as a novice , attending the temple on all Buddhist holy days , and generally obeying Buddhist precepts . Con- versely , by ...
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... Buddhist styles . Most of these fig- ures were accommodated in monastery halls built in impermanent materials . In both Burma and Thailand a very large number of monasteries , usually surrounding one or two principal pagodas , were ...
... Buddhist styles . Most of these fig- ures were accommodated in monastery halls built in impermanent materials . In both Burma and Thailand a very large number of monasteries , usually surrounding one or two principal pagodas , were ...
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