Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c16.s2.22

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¹ The three immortal precepts, lit. *steps to immortality*, *dama*, *chāga* and *apramāda*, self-control, self-denial and watchfulness, mentioned in the second part of Heliodora's inscription, occur in the *Mahābhārata* (*V.* 43. 22; *XI.* 7. 23; *Damas-tyāgo' pramādaścha te trayo Brahmaṇo hayāḥ*. *Cf.* also *Gītā*, XVI. 1.2). See JASB, 1922, No. 19, pp. 269-271; ASI, 1908-1909, p. 126; JRAS, 1909, 1055, 1087f, 1093f; 1910, 815; 1914, 1031f; IHQ, 1932, 610; *Annals of the Bhandarkar Institute*, 1918-19, p. 59.