The World’s Story A History of the World in Story, Song and Art Volume 11 India, Siam Edited by Eva March Tappan
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CONTENTS INDIA I. THE COMING OF THE ARYANS RnIN TO INDRA AND SoltA
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THE PEOPLE WlIOM THE ARYANS FOUND IN INDIA
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IL BUDDHA AND HIS TEACIDNGS • • • • Sir William Wilson Hunter From "A Brief History of the Indian Peoples." STORIES OF BUDDHA Sir Edwin Arnold THE LITE OF BUDDHA
BUDDHA AND THE WOUNDED SWAN
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From "The Light of Asia."
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KARMA, A STORY OF BUDDHIST ETHICS
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How BUDDHA WON THE PRINCESS • BUDDHA AND THE LAMB
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A GROUP OF FOLK-LORE STORIES
Katherine Neville Fleeson Ka!lzcrilie Neville Fleeso11 THE LEGEND OF THE RicEI • • Katherine Neri/le Fler.son From "Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India." RIGHT AND MIGHT
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THE LORD KRISHNA AND THE LAPWING'S NEST
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THE PEACOCK Al\D THE TORTOISE LET'S SEE ON wmcH SIDE THE CAMEL SITS THE \VASHERhlAN AND THE DONKEY THE SEVEN WEAVERS AND THE FIELD OF FLAX Sm.i:E INDIAN PROVERBS
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COXTEXTS f f . L\-UB IX D.-\YS OF YORE Plu!.:rcli 83 .-\u:..\'..-\.'\"DER nn: GREAT �; IxDL-\ • Fro.:::i "Ph:tarch's Lives,'' correeted and translated by.-\. H. Clough. Tru: Rocr ED1crs or .-\.so:i;:.-\ Asoka, Kir.g of Ber.a, 93 1':.wALA nu: OBEDIIST, So::-. OF .-\so;;:.-\ l'i,:w:t A. Smith 96 From ·• .-\soka, the Buddhist Emperor oi India." POElli BY F:.�G BH.-\RTRIB.-UU • • Bl:,:Jrlril:cri 100 Fro;::i ".-\ Century oi Indian Epigrams," translated by Paul Elm.er �lore. • Kolidasa 101 SAE:00!-.T.U..-\, OR rm: LOST R!xG . • Tran.:lated from the S�t by Sir �onier :Monier-'\\"illiam.,. \·. THE �IOGCL COXQt;EST Tm: PEACOG. THRo:-."E or TIIE Giu:...H �IOGn, SHAH ]EH..\..'Jecn Baptiste Ta-.:ernier u9 Fro;::i "TaYemier's TraYels." Fr,;r.,ois Bernier 122 Q::-; THE �L-\RCH WITH .-\C'll.DGZEBE From "T,a\·els in the �Iogul Empire."
THE DECI.IXE OF TIIE �IoGn E!.fl'IRE
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BECmrES .-\ BRITISH PRO\"IXCE
How ROBERT CLffE DEFE�""DED .-\RCOT Thomes Ba'!>:ng:On Jifccau!cy Tm: BL.-\CT HoLE or C.ucrnA. TJ:orr.-;s Bcb:,:g!or. Jlaccufoy From "Lord Cli\·e." TEI ha>E.-\C�:-.-r OF W.-\RRE!-. HASTJ::\"GS Thom.JS Babir.,gfon JIacaulay Fro;::i "\\"arren Hastings." I�-nL-\..'-; CcsTo.:..:s A:-.""D �L-\..,"").Z:RS D: 1840 Jf our.tsl:lcrt FJpJ:ins!one Froo "History of India." Tm: RELIEF OF Lcci;:sow . Robert Traill Sper.ce ur-.-dl \\'HE!\ Qa:E!-. \"JC'IORL\ BEC.u:E E:.!PRESS OP lXDL-\ Fidc-Jfcrsr.cl Lord Robfrts Fro::i "Forty-o:::e Years b Indfo.."
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CONTENTS VII. THE INDIA OF TO-DAY \VIIAT IS C ASTE?
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SUNDAY IN TUE BRITISH ARMY IN INDIA
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Sir Monier Afo11ier-Williams Sir Afo11ier Monier-Williams
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THE AMUSEMENTS OF AN EASTERN KING
How TIIE MOIIAM!JEDANS KEEP TIIE FESTIVAL OF TIIE 1\-IoIIURRIM
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From "The Private Life of an Eastern King," by a member of the Household of Nussir-u-decn, late King of Oude. From "Scenes through the Battle Smoke."
C AMP LIFE IN INDIA. • THE TOWERS OF SILENCE
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Ramakrishna
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John Finnemore
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From "Ramakrishna, his Life and Sayings," by F. Max Millier. THE CORONATION DuRBAR OF 19n
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From "Peeps at Great Cities: Delhi and the Durbar." SIAM
THE RECEPTION OF A WHITE ELEPHANT
Mrs. A. H. Leonowens
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Heinrich Heine
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