The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c10.10

Language: English

c10.10

The Jâtakas have been arranged into twenty-two nipâtas, not according to their contents, but according to the number of gâthâs or verses occurring therein. The first nipâta has 150 stories, the second 100, the third and fourth 50 each, while the others have much fewer. King Brahmadatta of Benares figures in numerous stories, which may have first arisen in or near the sacred town.

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