The Religions of India c26.3
The Religions of India c26.3
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Page 340, note 4: The gods here are priests. The real meaning seems to be that the Brahman priests, who were regarded as gods, have been put to naught in being reduced to their true estate. Compare Senart, (revised) *Inscriptions de Piyadasi*, third chapter. Açoka dismissed the Brahman priests that his father had maintained, and substituted Buddhist monks.