Maurya and Shunga Art c21: Addenda & Corrigenda

Maurya and Śuṅga Art c21

Language: English

Addenda & Corrigenda

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P. 2, line 27, for Piprawha Stupa read Piprahwa Stūpa. " " 28, for earlier that read earlier than that. P. 3, " 3, for my read may. P. 19, " 2., for Hundred columns read Hundred Columns. P. 20, " 31, for R. E. XXIV read R. E. XIV. P. 24, lines 11, 19 & 23 for Sāṅkiśya read Śāṅkāśya. P. 25, line 7, Barua now thinks that the word ‘vigadabhi’ stands for ‘vigatabhi’=‘vigata-bhaya’--free from fear; and alludes to the widely known magical practice of purifying all erections and thus rendering them free from fear. P. 12, line 19, for Here is read Here are. P. 51, " 14, for little or on read little or no. P. 62, " 12, for western Asiatic read Western Asiatic. P. 67, " 3, for edict One read Edict One P. 72, " 19, for un-aryan read un-Aryan P. 77, " 14, for Sirima read Sirimā. P. 83, lines 3 & 9, for Sirima read Sirimā Wherever it occurs, for Pāṭaliputra read Pāṭaliputra.

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In cases of proper names diacritical marks have been avoided as far as possible; they have been used only in cases of less familiar names.

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In the running title, for Sunga read Śuṅga. This has been due to the absence in the press of diacritical marks in the particular font. For the same reason it has not been possible to use marks in italics.

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the *Gesta* of the bishops of Auxerre, written in the ninth century, tells us that Bishop Heribald (829–857) was a man of great learning and piety, but that he was also a man of great simplicity. He was, we are told, a man who was easily deceived, and who was often taken advantage of by those around him. This, however, did not prevent him from being a man of great influence, and his episcopate was marked by a number of important events.

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One of the most significant of these events was the Council of Paris in 829, which Heribald attended. This council was a major event in the history of the Carolingian Church, and it was here that the bishops of the empire sought to address the many problems that were facing the Church at that time. The council was, in many ways, a reflection of the concerns of the Carolingian reformers, who were anxious to restore the Church to what they perceived to be its pristine state.

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It is in the context of this council that we must understand the *Gesta* of Heribald. The *Gesta* is not merely a biography of a bishop; it is a document that reflects the concerns of the Carolingian Church, and it is a document that tells us much about the way in which the Church was governed in the ninth century. It is a document that is, in many ways, a mirror of the Carolingian world.