BY

EVELYN ABBOTT, M.A., LL.D.,
FELLOW AND TUTOR OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen.
1880.

Bungay:
CLAY AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS.

CONTENTS.

[BOOK V.]
THE ARIANS ON THE INDUS AND THE GANGES.
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE[1]
CHAPTER II.
THE ARYAS ON THE INDUS[27]
CHAPTER III.
THE CONQUEST OF THE LAND OF THE GANGES[65]
CHAPTER IV.
THE FORMATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE ORDERS[110]
CHAPTER V.
THE OLD AND THE NEW RELIGION[154]
CHAPTER VI.
THE CONSTITUTION AND LAW OF THE INDIANS[188]
CHAPTER VII.
THE CASTES AND THE FAMILY[236]
CHAPTER VIII.
THE THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE BRAHMANS[270]

[BOOK VI.]
BUDDHISTS AND BRAHMANS.
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CHAPTER I.
THE STATES ON THE GANGES IN THE SIXTH CENTURY B.C.[315]
CHAPTER II.
BUDDHA'S LIFE AND TEACHING[332]
CHAPTER III.
THE KINGDOM OF MAGADHA AND THE SETTLEMENTS IN THE SOUTH[365]
CHAPTER IV.
THE NATIONS AND PRINCES OF THE LAND OF THE INDUS[383]
CHAPTER V.
THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THE INDIANS IN THE FOURTH CENTURY B.C.[408]
CHAPTER VI.
CHANDRAGUPTA OF MAGADHA[439]
CHAPTER VII.
THE RELIGION OF THE BUDDHISTS[454]
CHAPTER VIII.
THE REFORMS OF THE BRAHMANS[491]
CHAPTER IX.
AÇOKA OF MAGADHA[521]
CHAPTER X.
RETROSPECT[544]

BOOK V.