The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c6: Chapter V
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c6
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Chapter V
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THE PERIOD OF THE LATER SAMHITĀS, THE BRAHMAṆAS, THE ĀRAṆYAKAS, AND THE UPANISHADS
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By Professor A. Berriedale Keith
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| Vedic literature after the period of the Rigveda . . . . . . . . | 114 |
| Extension of Āryan civilisation to the Middle Country . . . . . . . | 116 |
| Peoples of the Middle Country . . . . . | 118 |
| The more eastern peoples . . . . . | 122 |
| Changes in social conditions . . . . . | 125, 135 |
| Government and the administration of justice . . . . . . . . . . | 130 |
| Industry; social life; the arts and sciences . . . . . . . . . . | 135 |
| Religion and philosophy . . . . . | 141 |
| Language . . . . . | 146 |
| Criteria of date . . . . . | 147 |
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CHAPTER VI
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THE HISTORY OF THE JAINS
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By Jarl Charpentier, Ph.D., University of Upsala
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| Jainism in its relation to Brāhmanism and Buddhism . . . . . . . | 150 |
| The tīrthakaras or 'prophets'; Pārçva . . . . . . . . . . | 153 |
| Mahāvīra . . . . . | 155 |
| Jains and Buddhists . . . . . | 160 |
| Mahāvīra's rivals, Gosāla and Jamāli . . . . . . . . . . . | 162-3 |
| The Jain church after the death of Mahāvīra . . . . . . . . . | 164 |
| The great schism: Çvetāmbaras and Digambaras . . . . . . . . . | 165 |
| Settlements in Western India . . . . . | 166 |
| Organisation of the religious and lay communities . . . . . . . . | 168 |
| Blanks in Jain ecclesiastical history . . . . . . . . . . . | 169 |
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CHAPTER VII
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THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE BUDDHISTS
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By T. W. Rhys Davids, LL.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., formerly Professor of Pāli and Buddhist Literature at University College, London, and Professor of Comparative Religion in the University of Manchester
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| Pre-Buddhistic . . . . . | 171 |
| India in the Buddha's time; the clans . . . . . . . . . . . | 174 |
| The kingdoms: | |
| Kosala . . . . . | 178 |
| Magadha . . . . . | 182 |
| Avanti . . . . . | 185 |
| The Vamsas . . . . . | 187 |
| The first great gap . . . . . | 188 |
| Chandagutta . . . . . | 190 |
| Age of the authorities used . . . . . | 192 |
| Growth of Buddhist literature from the time of Buddha down to Asoka . . . | 197 |