The Gupta Polity Sri Aurobindo Karmi Sangha Trust The Notion of Isvara 317

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he translated the Ashtanga

प्रथम अध्याय: इसमें बोधिसत्त्व के उद्देश्य और उसकी महिमा पर चर्चा की जाती है। यह अध्याय बोधिचित्त (बुद्धत्व की ओर अग्रसर होने की भावना) के महत्व को समझाता है।

Introduction The Purana which describes the occurrences of the Isana Kalpa and was related by Agni to Vasistha

The Gupta Polity Sri Aurobindo Karmi Sangha Trust The Notion of Isvara 317For a reconstruction of the political history of Asoka and his deceasors attempted by the author in ths book the main sources of information are the Kautiliya Arthasastra, the inscriptions of Ashoka and the fragments of Megasthenes. In the first chapter the authen ticity and value of these documents are critically examined. Chapter II is devoted to the character and extent of the Empire. Then the three following chapters deal with the Central