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Page 130
... Hindu pantheon has 330,000,000 deities , although even the most detailed texts have never tried to list all of them or even all the catego- ries of them . There are many shrines to gods such as Siva , Vişņu , Gaṇeśa , and their wives ...
... Hindu pantheon has 330,000,000 deities , although even the most detailed texts have never tried to list all of them or even all the catego- ries of them . There are many shrines to gods such as Siva , Vişņu , Gaṇeśa , and their wives ...
Page 233
... Hindu - Buddhist cultures was added the third layer of Islam . In mainland Southeast Asia , a new Burmese empire arose over the ruins of the old and con- tinued its task of spreading Buddhism . Hindu tradition reached the Burmese court ...
... Hindu - Buddhist cultures was added the third layer of Islam . In mainland Southeast Asia , a new Burmese empire arose over the ruins of the old and con- tinued its task of spreading Buddhism . Hindu tradition reached the Burmese court ...
Page 252
... Hindu sculptures of Viṣṇu have been found there . In the 1st century AD the predominantly Hindu kingdom known as Funan ( the name given it by Chinese histori- ans ) was established in Cambodia . It seems to have con- trolled an empire ...
... Hindu sculptures of Viṣṇu have been found there . In the 1st century AD the predominantly Hindu kingdom known as Funan ( the name given it by Chinese histori- ans ) was established in Cambodia . It seems to have con- trolled an empire ...
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