Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s3.t8.7
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s3.t8.7
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²⁰³ There is a race of people called Nāgas residing upon the elevated region between Assam and Manipur, who are said to be universally dreaded for the devastations they commit upon the inhabitants of the plains, and it is possible that the mythological Nagas may have had their origin in the fears produced by the ravages of the ancient mountaineers, Hardy, Manual of Buddhism p 45 London 1880 see also Rhys Davids Buddhist India, pp 220 ff Atul K Sur Calcutta Review Nov Dec 1932 p 209 Dr Vogel's Indian Serpent Lore (1 3 1f) for various theories of origin of Nāga worship