Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c9.s2.3
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c9.s2.3
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c9.s2.3
2. Memorials of religious suicide. This amazing practice has been known to be common in India from the time of Alexander's expedition. It seems to have been practised in historical times chiefly by Buddhists and Jains².