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... Gangā . The king had a son named Dīghābhaya by another wife . The sentry- post at Kacchaka - ford on the Ganga was maintained by him . To mount the sentry , he enlisted a son from each noble family within a radius of two yojanas . In ...
... Gangā . The king had a son named Dīghābhaya by another wife . The sentry- post at Kacchaka - ford on the Ganga was maintained by him . To mount the sentry , he enlisted a son from each noble family within a radius of two yojanas . In ...
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... Gangā to make the Faith shine forth . Give us bhikkhus who will go with us , for the sight of bhikkhus will be a ... Ganga . Waging war on the power- ful and experienced Damila , Titthamba , he showed his mother and captured him by ...
... Gangā to make the Faith shine forth . Give us bhikkhus who will go with us , for the sight of bhikkhus will be a ... Ganga . Waging war on the power- ful and experienced Damila , Titthamba , he showed his mother and captured him by ...
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... Ganga - ( 1 ) the great North Indian river , generally referred to as Ganges . ( 2 ) Mahaväliganga , the longest river in Sri Lanka . Definitely a case of toponymic duplication on the part of early Aryan settlers from the Gangetic basin ...
... Ganga - ( 1 ) the great North Indian river , generally referred to as Ganges . ( 2 ) Mahaväliganga , the longest river in Sri Lanka . Definitely a case of toponymic duplication on the part of early Aryan settlers from the Gangetic basin ...
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The Visit of the Tathāgata | 17 |
The Dynasty of Mahāsammata | 25 |
The First Council | 27 |
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