The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c23.52
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c23.52
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³ Hamilton, *Description of Hindostan* (1820), vol. i, p. 718, 4to ed.; Crooke, *Things Indian*, art. 'Pinjrapole' (Murray (1906)). The 'Banyan', or mercantile castes, who supported the hospital, are divided between the Jain and Vaishṇava religions, both of which go beyond Buddhism in an exaggerated regard for the sanctity of animal life.