[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922) › v1.c19.s7.7 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s7.7 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c19.s7.7 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s7.7) The long poem of old Pārāpariya, a \*laudator temporis acti\*, on the decay of religion since the death of the Master⁵, adds nothing to political history. So also the edifying ghost-story recorded in the Peta-vatthu (ii, 10) can only, at most, give us the name of a sort of public-works officer at Kosambī shortly after the Buddha's death. - [Previous: v1.c19.s7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s7.6) - [Next: v1.c19.s7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s7.8) - [Up: v1.c19.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c19.s7.7) · Pramāṇa