The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c35.s9: Chapter XX. Açoka, the Imperial Patron of Buddhism

The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c35.s9

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Chapter XX. Açoka, the Imperial Patron of Buddhism

For bibliographies of the very large literature dealing with the inscriptions see R. O. Franke, Pāli und Sanskrit (pp. 1-5); V. A. Smith, Asoka² (pp. 202–4); id. Early Hist. of Ind.³ (pp. 172–4); <id. Asoka³ (pp. 227–30). The last appeared after the completion of this chapter.>

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The present bibliography includes those works which deal directly with topics discussed in the chapter.

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Senart, E. Les Inscriptions de Piyadasi. Paris, 1881, 1886. [Still the standard authority on the inscriptions generally. It is supplemented by the following more recent editions of individual inscriptions.] Bairāt: Bühler, Ind. Ant., 1893. Barābar Hills: Bühler, Ind. Ant., 1891. Bhābhrā: Senart, Jour. As., 1887 (IX); Senart and Grierson, Ind. Ant., 1891; <see also Smith, Asoka³, p. 228.> Brahmagiri: Bühler, Ep. Ind. III. Kauçāmbī: Bühler, Ind. Ant., 1890. Maski: K. Krishna Sastri. The new Asokan edict of Maski. Hyderabad Arch. Ser., no. 1. Calcutta, 1915. Niglīva: Bühler, Ep. Ind. V. Orissa or Kaliṅga (Dhauli and Jaugaḍa): Senart and Grierson, Ind. Ant., 1890. Pillar and Rock Edicts: Bühler, Ep. Ind. II. Rummindeī (Lumbinī): Bühler, Ep. Ind. v; Fleet, J.R.A.S., 1908. Rūpnāth and Sahasrām: Bühler, Ind. Ant., 1893. Sāñchī: Bühler, Ep. Ind. II; see also Boyer, Jour. As., 1907 (X); Hultzsch, J.R.A.S., 1911. Sārnāth: Vogel, Ep. Ind. VIII; Boyer, Jour. As., 1907 (X).

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2. OTHER INSCRIPTIONS.

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Barābar Hills (Daçaratha): Cunningham, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, I; Bühler, Ind. Ant., 1891. Junāgarh (Rudradāman): Kielhorn, Ep. Ind. VIII. Kharoṣṭhī Inscriptions discovered by Sir A. M. Stein in Chinese Turkestān. Ed. A. M. Boyer, E. J. Rapson, and E. Senart. Pt. I. Oxford, 1920.

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3. LITERARY SOURCES.

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(a) INDIAN.

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Açokāvadāna. See Divyāvadāna, Bibl. to Ch. VII, 1. Harṣacarita. See Bibl. to Ch. XXI, 1. Kalpasūtra. See Bibl. to Chapters XVIII and XIX, 3. Mahābhāṣya. Ed. Kielhorn. Bombay, 1880–5. Mahāvaṃsa. See Bibl. to Ch. VII, 1. Purāṇas. See Bibl. to Ch. XIII, 1.

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Rājataraṅgiṇī. Ed. A. M. Stein. Bombay, 1892. — Trans. by the same. Westminster, 1900. Sūtrālaṃkāra. French trans. (from the Chinese version) by E. Huber. Paris, 1908.

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(b) CHINESE.

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Hiuen Tsiang. Trans. S. Julien. Mémoires sur les Contrées occidentales. Paris, 1857-8. —— S. Beal. Buddhist Records of the Western World. London, 1884. —— T. Watters. On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India. London, 1904-5.

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Tāranātha. Trans. by F. A. von Schiefner: Geschichte des Buddhismus in Indien. St Petersburg, 1869.

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4. MODERN WORKS.

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Bühler, G. Beiträge zur Erklärung der Aśoka-Inschriften. Z.D.M.G., 1883 and 1887. —— Aśoka's Rājūkas oder Lajukas. Z.D.M.G., 1893. Burnouf, E. Introduction à l'histoire du Buddhisme indien. 2nd edn. Paris, 1876. Cunningham, Bhilsa Topes. See Bibl. to Ch. XXVI, 2. Fleet, J. F. Mahishamandala and Mahishmati. J.R.A.S., 1910. Foucher, Beginnings of Buddhist Art. See Bibl. to Chapters XVIII and XIX, 5 (*b*). Franke, R. O. Pāli und Sanskrit. Strassburg, 1902. —— Trans. Mrs Rhys Davids: The Buddhist Councils at Rājagaha and Vesālī. J.P.T.S., 1908. Griffiths, Ajanta Caves. See Bibl. to Ch. XXVI, 2. Hardy, E. Indiens Kultur in der Blütezeit des Buddhismus: König Asoka. Mainz, 1902. Lassen, Indische Alterthumskunde. See Gen. Bibl., 3. Lévi, Sylvain. Le Nepal. Musée Guimet. Paris, 1905-8. Maisey, Sanchi. See Bibl. to Ch. XXVI, 2. Pargiter, Kali Age. See Bibl. to Ch. XIII, 1. Rhys Davids, Buddhist India. See Bibl. to Ch. VII, 2. Rockhill, W. W. Life of the Buddha. London, 1884. Smith, V. A. Asoka. 2nd edn. Oxford, 1909. <3rd edn. Oxford, 1920.> —— Early History of India. See Gen. Bibl., 3. Thomas, F. W. Les *vivāsāḥ* d'Açoka. Jour. As., 1910 (XV). —— See Smith, Asoka Notes. Ind. Ant., 1908. Waddell, L. A. Upagupta, the fourth Buddhist Patriarch and High Priest of Açoka. J.A.S.B., 1897. —— Identity of Upagupta, the High Priest of Açoka, with Moggaliputta Tisso. Proc. A.S.B., 1899. —— Excavations at Pāṭaliputra. See Bibl. to Ch. XXVI, 2.